hankchifan

Looked like the Sox tonight.

I am not asking them to be replaced, as we dont have anybody better, Just asking to be more selective. They are swinging at many balls out of the zone.

Robert and Eloy are not making contact with RISP in the middle of the lineup. That was a major factor in the loss yesterday.

TA and Benintendi are in the top five of MLB players with more at bats without a homer.

Burger K again. Seems he is either hitting a home run or double or striking out. Burger looks to me physically similar to Mike Trout. Hope he gets closer in hitting performance also.

Pedro is risk averse and afraid to confront players. He “trusts” them to do the right things. In the meantime, no adjustments and we keep losing with more of the same.

Agree. Robert I s the least of our worries.

Agree. Singles have become like the 2 point shot in basketball…few practitioners. In basketballs is bombs away with 3 pt shot and in baseball swing for the fences analogous to the 3 pointer.

What a dumb, incompetent selfish team. Crappy manager and everybody wants to be the sole hero swinging for the fences, when we only need to make contact or get a base bit.

Grifol is afraid to offend his players. He trusts them all. What a joke of a manager. Wrong manager for this undisciplined team.

That ball was uncatchable as he was playing shallow. Even if he catches it would have been a sacrifice fly.

Grandal defense hurts again.. a critical passed ball.

Pedro is not respected by the umps.

Our guys have a hard time manufacturing runs. Don’t take walks and too much swinging for the fences and swinging at pitches out of the zone, and not making contact. We live and die by the home run.

Because our manager is Pedro Grifol.

Everybody swinging for the fences, and swinging at balls.

Better to lay off. We have impatient, undisciplined hitters.

Need to make contact. Robert and Eloy trying to hit homers. All we needed was a base hit. Robert also was hurt by the ump, called strike on a ball.

He is the sober version of TLR.

Finally TA moves a runner over.

At least he came back striking out last two batters. Dodged a bullet. Need to get at least 2 runs in the top of the 10th.

A reliever walking people in a tied game bottom of the 9 th is not a formula for success.

Was lit up with a grand slam.

Who else do we have? Middleton?

He is very naive and incompetent if he is blindly trusting people like TA and not adjusting after one failure and another. How much longer is he going to wait to make necessary changes and kick some butt?. Seems to be afraid to offend the players. Not a good manager, more suitable for coach.