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Lynn’s gonna beat their asses for that.

Great play by Yoan wasted.

Why not challenge that? He was out.

Jake Lamb. ?

LaRussa should have kept his mouth shut and dealt with this in-house.

Not following a sign from the dugout is an issue. But TLR could have just left it at that. Instead he had to go all lame old school and soft and squishy and apologize to the other team...AND say all that bullshit publicly.

Twitter seems to largely disagree with TLR. Heyman and Passan are two of the more well-known names defensing Yermin.

Pine tar poisoning.

Chances Mercedes sits tonight: Increasing?

Does Mercedes get plunked today?

He's not even hitting Madrigal's weight, but the OBP is impressive. I do think that if he were swinging the bat more, especially at the close pitches, he'd be getting more hits. I don't know if his BA would be close to his career norm, but it would be higher. It truly is impressive how good of an eye he has.

I'm torn on Mercedes hitting that HR in that situation. Part of me is fine with it. The other part of me wishes he would have hit it farther.

Yeah, but if he actually tried he'd have an OBP of .500. All he wants to do is make music videos with hot women.

Stone definitely holds a grudge against Moncada for some reason. The way he said it, too - "Yoan deciding to run instead of letting the line drive go through." Unless Yoan was standing on first base when the ball was hit (which no runner ever would be), there was absolutely nothing he could do. Any base runner would have been doubled up.

Stone obviously has something against Yoan. There’s not a base runner that would not have been doubled ip.

Could have probably just said that Abreu is out with a sore body the way the weekend went for him. Let's hope he didn't pull an Eloy and blow out his ankle celebrating.

Yoan definitely does not have the same personality as TA or Abreu or Hendriks (of course, Hendriks is unique). I think the best way to describe Moncada is to say he quietly goes about his business and is one of the best. None of us can say what kind of teammate he is, and it would be speculation if we did say. We also really don't know how hard he works outside of the games. He may work his ass off and prepare as hard as anyone. He obviously puts in a lot of work, but maybe he could work harder. Who knows.

Gallagher's reaction leads me to believe he didn't think he tagged him. He just laid there like a slug in the dirt. If he thought he tagged him, he would have most likely been right to his feet arguing. The home plate umpire had a great look at the play - it was right in front of him. The review showed no conclusive evidence to overturn the call. One could argue the call was "not overturned" vs. "confirmed", but I think he was safe. It was a spectacular slide.

Interesting stat mentioned on the post game yesterday: After a loss, the Sox are 13-2. This is pretty significant and one of the reasons why they are in first place. Sox teams of the past, even the recent past, had trouble getting going again after losses. I still can't stop thinking about how damn good this team would be with Eloy and Robert.

Not a chance. There are about 4 or 5 guys ahead of him.

I like Steve Stone, but his assertion that Moncada is lazy is...bad. Moncada has a shit ton if talent and makes a lot of things look effortless, especially on defense. He does have swagger, but it’s a more subdued swagger, definitely in comparison to TA. The guy is one of the best 3Bs in baseball. Lazy players don’t become the best in their field.

Kept the pitch count down at least

In case you guys didn’t know, Nicky Lopez is from Naperville.

Christ

I can’t stop watching Vaughn’s HR. That swing.