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I don't know. Fegan kind of did a deep dive into Kimbrel's outings with the Sox. These runs have been on bizarre occurrences. The home run hit at Wrigley was not hit hard enough to be anything other than a routine fly ball. The ground ball in Toronto should never have even been a hit. Luis also misplayed that ball off the bat against Boston. Yeah it's a tough play but Luis is a gold glove outfielder. He needs to be able to make that. And the HBP last night and the ground ball. Part of me wonders if the Cubs overused him before he came to the Sox. He did look really good in his first two outings. He has looked good as well in Oakland and also that save in Toronto. I guess we will see in teh final week.

TBH, I kind of feel this way. Two wins in a row and fuck what the Tribe does.

Hmmm. Remind me where we clinched again that year? Was it........

Wright has actually been pretty effective in the role he has inhabited. I'm also not sure if they can send him down given his pending suspension.

This trade will be judged based on what Kimbrel does two weeks from now. Imagine if he had been lights out with us in August and september, and than stunk it up on October. If Kimbrel plays an integral part in going deep into October, it was worth it. I would make this trade every day of the week by the way. Heur is doing well but we would be shitting ourselves if we were counting on him to do something for us in the second half.

Trying to think if I want them to win tomorrow or Wednesday. If we clinch Wednesday, it would be the second clincher in a row that ReyLo started.

Just found out my new roommate's boyfriend is an Astros fan. She moves in October 1st. That first week will be..... interesting if he's around.

Wouldn't they do head to head records?

Can you let me, like, dream for a second?

If the Yankees and Red Sox aren't in, it wouldn't surprise me if Astros-Sox were primetime games.

Part of I think what people are forgetting about the Kimbrel trade is that it eases the strain on people like Bummer. I don't think it's a coincidence that Bummer and Crochet have pitched better since that trade. The pressure isn't there for them to be THE GUY. They just have to be key part of the bullpen.

My gut says Tuesday. Wednesday at the latest. I will say, Houston has struggled this year against under .500 teams and that Oakland series is no joke. I think there's still a solid chance we get home field in the first round.

I would love Semien. I think it's too early to tell with him. They also did just draft a Shortstop who can likely be groomed as a second baseman as well.

I agree with TLR and Maddon. It probably was intentional but this is bullshit. Abreu gets hit constantly and we all hold our breath. They aren't cheapies either. Some of them are pretty ugly. I feel like while they might not be htting him intentionally, they don't want to face him and so they get careless. If you don't want to face him, put him on. But this is bullshit.

Yeah. I can see why they would want a roof but Miller Park is lovely and retractable.

Sheets has sneaky speed. Could be a 15-20 steal guy

I feel like at least SkyDome and the Trop are defensible as being ballparks very much of their time. This is just bad. Sorry it's just every time there is a groundball and I see the turf I want to throw something.

Sorry, this turf is ugly. Ballpark at Arlington was one of the most picturesque parks around. I feel like an old man but WTF? The park was, what, 25 years old?

Cole getting lit up. Let's see if the yankees offense can do something against a scrub pitcher

Houston has a pretty brutal last week. I still think there is a decent chance that the Sox do get home field advantage in this round.

Same if you are at Citi Field.

I refuse to.

The first Cubs game on the south side is the closest we have come.

Am really tempted, if everything goes right, to go to Yankee Stadium sunday and for the only time in my life, root for the Yankees to beat Cleveland so I can see the Sox clinch in person.