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Yes, it was just the equivalent of a Red Sox home broadcast: how can “the Sox” (as that inane play by play person kept calling the Red Sox) come back and win this? That was their sole focus. Just the icing on the cake of the worst broadcast I think I’ve ever watched. Oh well, “Sox” win, which is what matters.

This broadcast is coaxing me into a simmering rage

If you cut a 3-run lead to two runs are you “cutting the lead in half”?

Way to miss the pitch, AppleTV. This broadcast sucks

The thing about Sheets is that he’s not good

Apple TV definitely leads the mlb broadcasters in bass drops. My sub is getting a workout

But I jumped through all the hoops Manfred set up for me and figured out how to stream each of the games for myself! That doesn't remotely address whether it's fair or good to force fans to jump through these hoops in the first place. But it does show that I'm very smart, very tech savvy, and a very good boy.

Was there last night and the place was rocking, and loaded with Sox fans. Almost a playoff-type atmosphere. Who says the crosstown is dead? Anyway, great win, and thanks to Foster from saving me from what could have been a brutal night.

No. Seriously, though - you can pay a bunch to park super close to the stadium, but if you're willing to walk 15 minutes or jump on the Addison bus you can park for free in lots of spots once you get west of Damen. I live around here and I always walk to the games.

I was surprised that they were uncharacteristically critical of TLR on the postgame show for not allowing Kopech to get the win. (My reaction was — *that’s* what you criticize him for? Something that actually made some sense?)

Fuck the Cubs always and forever.

I might print and frame that one.

I'd give them a D since they have series wins over two solid clubs and the recent split against the Angels, but I'm a softy.

Hell, sacrifice all of Texas outside Austin as far as I'm concerned. Oh wait, Keuchel? yeah him too

With Frank Schwindel hitting cleanup. You can’t make this stuff up ?

A win in the City Connects! Finally!

Freeze this thread in amber.

We should have gotten Benintendi instead of Moncada ?. My God, my 10U player son could have made a better throw

Why not Abreu? Grandal? I mean, if we just totally untether ourselves from reality we can get a lot *more* flexible than that -- don't stop now, boys!

RR was a poor manager and I wanted him gone asap. But it's truly crazy to me that the things he was -- pretty publicly -- fired over have not only been repeated by TLR, they have been his hallmarks. Throwing late season games with weirdo lineups and bullpen decisions? Check. Embarrassing himself on "unwritten rules" nonsense (e.g. throwing at the Cubs after Contreras bat flip)? Um, big check. I was not thrilled with the TLR hire but I foolishly believed "hey, at least those things will be gone -- I mean, they have to be." Obviously not, and based on the RR example we know it must be absolutely triggering for Hahn.

If this brutal early losing streak leads to Tony getting his wings clipped early in the season then it was worth it. I'll believe it when I see it though.

Yeah, this makes sense. I actually think that this is one of those "normal-bad" 3-4 type stretches that a few bad decisions (fielding a AAA lineup to punt a doubleheader, pitching to Buxton, etc.) and bad ball-luck turned into a "really bad" 0-7 slide. Unfortunate, but it will soon be forgotten and we'll be back on track.

Hmm...can't recall this ever happening before for just a few degrees Fahrenheit. Rain I can understand but this seems extreme just to have the game played in the high 40s instead of low 40s.

Back home. Time to get this thing back on track.

Yes, as Bernstein put it, it's not that he's failing to make the 55%/45% calls that distinguish great managers from the rest. It's that he's failing to make 100%/0% calls. He's doing things that are indefensible, have no justification, and would not be done by *any other manager*. The only saving grace, sad as it is, is that there's a limit to the amount of damage a manager can do, so we still have pretty significant hope of compiling a good record. Now come playoff time I'm not so sure.