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For everyone who thinks the 8th or 9th inning means anything to Kimbrel, it doesn't. He said how he pitched in his save had nothing to do with the inning and everything to do with fixes he's been working on. I realize the timing of him being bad in anything other than the 9th would make fans and media speculate it makes a difference or it was a bad move to force him to pitch in any other role but closer. But if he says his badness was due to making mistakes in his delivery I'll go with that. Baseball On Fanatics on youtube video of the post game interview . It's the last question in the sequence.

Haha you all left out Leury. Come on now !

Yes that is true or false !

I'll take a sweep but expecting one is kind of silly. You are expecting too much and it's no wonder our fans get so irritated in game threads. TLR won't be doing anything differently. The great lineup with every position player we all want to see playing might not even be on the field for even 1 of the 3 games. Neither team has ever swept the other one in a season series of at least 6 games before, even when one team sucked and the other was very good. Sweeping this series means we sweep the season series. There have been two season series sweeps, both by the Cubs in 1998 (3 games) and 2013 (4 games). I have no idea if these games still have a corporate sponsorship. In 2010, 2011, and 2012, the trophy was sponsored by oil and gas company BP and was known as the BP Crosstown Cup. From 2013 to 2018 there was no corporate sponsor. In 2019 the trophy was sponsored by the financial holding company Wintrust and was therefore called the Wintrust Crosstown Cup.

Sox have never had a guy as young as Tatis killing it in the minors like he was at 18 and 19 yrs. old. Easily over 1/3 of his hits where for extra bases playing SS. You never know how they would have reacted. Even now being 22 with all our young stars he would still be the youngest guy on the team. Hard to think that he's still 22 with everything he has gone through. The Padres actually seem to have brought him up at the right time. He was a mature hitter and getting stronger. Even this year through all the injuries he has 100 hits with 58 of them being doubles or HR's. So basically better than every other hit is either a double or a HR ! Who knows maybe Tim would have been traded or asked to switch positions or Tatis would do the same.

If you do, go in the summer when the Sox are playing at the Dodgers or Angels and catch a game at either stadium.

The Sox won't keep playing.500 baseball. I think eventually maybe we finish the season at between 25-29 games over .500 . This team has so much more talent than last year in the rotation and and pen and hitting too . Just get them jelling in the last 2 weeks and keep them healthy and this is one hell of a team ! Right now we are just sweating the minutiae. Sit back relax and strap it down !

And keep Timmy and Sponge LuBob at the top of the order. (every time I see the top of Roberts head I think it looks like a sponge.)

You're probably right. Hahn said that because because it never emphasized with the Sox . I'm sure Hahn had some idea Yermin is a problem child that let's his ego get the better of him. He sort of needed a big ego to go from where he started to reaching the majors. However once you reach the majors humbling yourself is also a key component of sticking around and apparently he is too much of a "me" guy. The whole "retirement" thing practically guarantees him making a living in Japan or Korea next year.

Do Canadians routinely have Poutine ? ?

Oh come on . I know you have plenty of enthusiasm Trev. Hard not to have obvious blunders in baseball. Stuff just happens. Any time you find yourself in Pasadena come watch a game at my place.

Keep your eyes on Romy Gonzalez. He crushed AA ,which isn't easy in Birmingham. He was a 20/20 guy there . It's only been 5 games but he's 8 for 19 with 4 doubles and 3 HR's. That's 7 of his 8 hits for many extra bases . 1.000+ Slg. % and around 1.600 OPS . He went from unranked to #16 and while it's impossible to keep hitting the way he has, he seem really legit. Hit's plenty of his HR's oppo. He has easy power almost like Eloy. Not sure what position he ends up , maybe 2nd base. He'll shoot up from 16 to top 10 easy when the February rankings come out. Might even be closer to Top 5. He'll be 25 in early September. Might not be room to call him up in September but he would be fun to get a look at.

What's Beckham's record when he does Sox telecasts. ? I think he's the culprit for the losses !

8th inning curse strikes again even after 2 outs and no one on. Where's Jobu when you need him ?

I'd love to see Yoan keep that Slugging % above .400. That's very low and not asking for much.

You did the Tool spelling.

Lots of Valium.

And many said that in the thread but that's a little more haphazard. If you shut him down you can plan the rotation for his absence which is why it was always the most viable option. It also is probably better for his arm than pitching here and there. We can only guess how they plan to use him for the rest of the regular season.

I 'm hoping that with 15 games left. He starts playing the every day guys a lot more. He can rest them as much as he wants now to a point. But they do have to start playing together and especially winning together. Once Grandal is back I want to see at least a 5 game winning streak and put this division away even though we know somewhere deep insidethe division is won. There's always the bit of doubt I'd like to see wiped out. I know this team can have fun but do they have a Jordanesque killer instinct ?

Under .500 starting at the 1st time they went 21 over .500 which was maybe a month or so ago ? They can't crack that barrier.

Did you say that in the poll response ? So the Sox ,who should know what's best for Rodon and frankly any idiot knowing his innings pitched totals the last couple of years and this year could've seen the Sox shutting him down but the smarter people here don't necessarily agree with it ? You just keep digging yourself and the other 77.6 % a bigger hole. Is something the matter with you ? The only ones who saw this coming are the 22.4 % who voted for him being shut down for a while because that's what you would do if you knew all his IP totals. And they have been clearly posted many many times.

We have a winner !

There are issues , it's just hard to pinpoint them because of our ignorance and the ignorance of anyone carrying water for them now also. Lots of things going on the last year or 2 in the minors. Lost a whole year, lost teams, lost whole leagues. We have no idea if guys were left to fend for themselves in the Covid year or if there was a plan for them to keep busy. Some organizations did a much better job than others in that regard. Then the Sox probably found out in late 2019 that Vizquel was a moron or worse. Best you can say is it didn't completely crater once Vaughn and Crochet were promoted but Vaughn and Crochet basically also had no time in the minors so we really didn't get to fawn over their development either. It took Vera half a season to get permission to start his career with the Sox. Some of the Int'l. guys are finally starting to perk up like Cespedes and Yolbert Sanchez. Give it another year to catch up.

Also great to see Burger hit his 1st HR since being back. Adolfo's numbers @ Charlotte more than respectable after his mini run against Norfolk. Burger, Sheets, Romy, Mercedes, Adolfo and old man Mahtook a formidable 5some.

Are you covering your ass here ? 1.I agree with Montgomery above Burger. 2. Colson has the higher ceiling, but his floor is much, much lower...I've got Jake above him. Maybe you meant to say you disagree with Montgomery above Burger ?