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I'm predicting Robert pops out, Vaughn strikes out, and Leury grounds out.

Is there any chance Bummer gets out of this inning still tied?

Fewer strikeouts and more hard hit balls than the results would indicate but still good.

While both of those things are generally true, Ray is a top 5 pitcher in the AL so hits are going to be hard to come by.

In a 3 hour broadcast, the announcers are on screen for a total of what, 3 minutes? You really think women are going to tune into a 3 hour baseball game to see Gordon Beckham for 3 minutes?

Next step is to improve his IP/GS.

Can't wait until we get the thread about what the alternate timeline would be for the LF ballboy if Tatis hadn't been traded.

TA is back!

I'd love to see Sale vs that lineup in a winner-take-all WC game.

Need one of Leury swinging at a pitch that hit him.

vs RHP, I really like TA, Moncada, Jose, Eloy, Grandal, Robert, Vaughn, Hernandez, Goodwin/Engel I've been back and forth vs LHP. I was originally thinking Moncada 2nd and Robert 5th, but maybe now I'm leaning more toward Robert 2nd and Grandal or Vaughn 5th.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996570855/disinformation-dozen-test-facebooks-twitters-ability-to-curb-vaccine-hoaxes I'm sure everybody has seen one of those misleading memes or false facts circulating on social media. They're all originating with a dozen people and getting spread like wildfire. I don't see it much with my friends but my parents see a lot more, mostly from friends from back in HS who are overwhelmingly white, conservative, with no education beyond HS. They will 100% believe what one of their friends shared on Facebook over what the CDC tells them.

You think Oakland will overtake Boston?

8/24 update: Sox now hold a 10 game lead over Cleveland, 12 over Detroit, with a magic number of 28. Tampa Bay has a 4 game lead over New York and 6.5 over Boston. Houston now has a 4.5 game lead over Oakland. Yankees now lead the Wild Card race by 2.5 games over Boston. Oakland is 2 games out of the 2nd WC spot, Seattle 3 out, Toronto 5.5 out Tampa leads the playoff seeding race by 4 over Houston and 5.5 over the Sox. In the NL, San Francisco's division lead over the Dodgers has edged back up to 2.5 games, and Cincinnati has taken a 1 game lead over San Diego for the 2nd WC spot.

I'm OK with this.

Well if they didn't send Collins that would have been a DP anyway.

So now Collins gets on base when there's nobody on and less than 2 outs.

Nice to see Cease keeping his concentration after giving up that homer.

When he swung at that I thought there was no way he could hit it that far.

Exactly equal to the odds of a PB or WP.

I haven't been paying attention the last 15 minutes because my brain is still trying to process Collins swinging 3-0.

Why the hell is Collins swinging 3-0?????

Danny Mendick found all of Yoan's missing BABIP luck.

He was trying to bust him in and missed his spot. If he only does that once every 4 innings he'll be fine.

Sheets is more valuable to the Sox in the future if he's playing every day now, and he needs to be in AAA to do that.