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That's not surprising for our Sox but Boston used to be well known for taking lots of walks.

Long subway ride from Chicago to LA.

LOL Phillies

I like Benetti's schtick, but then my parents have subjected me to an overload of late 80s/early 90s music/movies/pop culture so I get pretty much all of his references.

We finally found the data Tony was looking at when he hit Leury 3rd.

Sure, but the best teams have the ability to win some 7-6 games on nights your pitching isn't good. Sox have yet to win a game when allowing > 4 runs, and if that doesn't change, this will be at best a wild card team with an early playoff exit.

That umpire was clearly baiting MadBum into doing something. There really needs to be some accountability for umpire behavior. Checking his hands for that long and staring right at his head instead of looking at his hands while doing it is uncalled for. I'm generally a pro-union guy but this umpires union needs to be put in their place.

The medical staff knew it would be longer. They waited this long to tell anybody so they woudn't call up Mendick or some other AAA player that Tony would overuse until Vaughn is back.

He stayed in the game, so I guess so. Haven't heard any updates.

This Sunday's game will be on NBC broadcast in addition to Peacock, so you don't have to have a Peacock subscription to watch the Sox until August 21 at Cleveland. Peacock subscriptions are free with an Xfinity cable package. Will be weird having Jason be a "neutral announcer" for a national game.

Really dumb question: I know the official scorer can review plays to change a hit to an error and vice versa. Is Robert's catch that was ruled to have hit the ground something that can be reviewed?

I think the deadline to pick up Kimbrel's option came before the decision to make the QO, but the rest of what you said makes sense.

No, but that's why no team should be scheduled to play their first 40+ games all in places where it might be cold.

If you were going to fill the spot that way for a longer period of time, yes, but if you're only filling in 3-4 starts, no.

Burn the pen. Lopez 2 innings, Banks 2 innings, Ruiz 2 innings. Better than starting Dallas at this point.

This bullpen has the potential to be 2005 level.

I thought last Tuesday was bad but at least it was dry.

Yes, and followed it up with a pretty sick slider.

Dammit Engel!

I'm having a hard time imagining Bummer getting through an inning in the rain with less than 2 walks.

Harrison swung at ball 4, ball 5 and ball 6

Sox are gonna go all the way to May 30 before they play a game that is indoors or south of Chicago.

Kopech not going to last 5 innings if he keeps this up.

They can't change his off season training during the season? That's why we have you here as an expert.

Not in lineup so I'll go with Engel.