hankchifan

Excellent analysis.

Big Energy is a wily veteran.

The As manager is just as bad as our own ex A’s manager TLR.

Vaughn took the wrong route initially and was too slow running back. A decent left fielder catches that ball.

A’s have four lefty relievers in the roster,so we should do better than what we have done so far.

Maybe not, we may need Eloys bat if we go to extras.

Then why is he hitting 5th or in the lineup at all?

You bet. I still can’t believe TLR didn’t intentionally walk the lefty Brown. We are always swimming against the current with TLR at the helm.

I think TLR had a .199 career MLB batting average, just below Mendoza line.

I am happy to eat crow with Sheets homer. Happy to do so. Let’s win the game now.

Sorry my bad. Still Grandal should not be hitting 5 th for the foseeable future.

This was another example why Eloy had to be hitting 5th ahead of Grandal which has no power. The Eloy drive would have scored one run as sacrifice fly.

I predicted this earlier in the thread, that hitting Grandal fifth was a mistake. Reminded me of that time that Leury was penciled in to lead off or to hit third. Big dumb unforced errors.

Add to that poor situational hitting and lack of clutch hitting in game situations.

TLR is not the only dumb manager around.

Boo the team as well as Tony tonight. This is unacceptable. We need more contact, patient hitters. We didn’t even consider Benintendi who is one of the best contact hitters in the majors and good lefty defensive outfielder. What are we doing toimprove the team?

They see it, but we have incompetent coaching with no adjustments.

Because our left handed hitters suck. TLR is obsessed with match ups. We need to play our best hitters regardless of matchups.

Regardless, Grandal should not be hitting 5 th. He has not been productive lately. Take my chances with Eloy instead at 5th.

Are the Sox having fireworks this weekend?

GRF is not the park for Groundball City. This is home run city. Poor roster construction with incompetent hitting coach and manager.

Stoney mentioned tonight that Sox need Lefty power at trade deadline but that it probably won’t happen. He expects more like another reliever or two. Ignoring position player needs both on power and defense once again.

TA gets three game suspension, now on appeal. Could have been worse. Get ready for more Leury time.

GRF is the 3 rd most homers stadium in MLB. In other words, very homer friendly, apparently for everyone but the Sox. If we don’t hit homers at GRF we normally lose.

My wife didn’t agree so I had to edit.