Green Line

Tony is having a bad game.

? Im just calling it like I see it. Everyone needs to stop babying the “ace” of the staff!

Evil tony put him in the 7th inning with a reasonable pitch count against the worst team in baseball. That bastard.

Well, they should. These pitchers are so sad and its only getting worse.

Its all true but hard to accept.

Thank you. Have the expectations for a starting pitcher.. let alone the ace of a staff, fallen so far in 2-3 years?? This is not on TLR so much as its on the garbage pitcher that Giolito has been for half of his starts this year. It begins with him.

This is supposed to be our ace? He needs to be better than this. He’s been sub par for most of the season now.

Wow. Bench grandal and sub in Collins!

Also grandal is trash and I think Collins actually had a higher average now.

The baseball gods are gonna punish the sox in the late innings for this RISP trash.

Garcia ruined a productive LAMB at bat. He will be in Tony’s doghouse now for sure ?

Maybe Vaughn didn't want to play today.

I don't know. Maybe I dreamed it.

Is it? That would be good. I just read he was having back issues.

Back issues are hard to overcome and seem to constantly reoccur once they first start up. Not a good thing for Engel going forward.

If you ask they're gonna say no because that is technically the rules, but I was able to walk the length of concourse without anyone asking for my ticket. They have these gates up but the employees standing at them don't do anything.

Stop focusing on that part. It might not be instant, but it is gratification. I'm just saying, we don't need to replace the human aspects of the game. I like it when the blown calls go in our favor. Thats just baseball. Its a slippery slope to robot hitters and pitchers.

Yes, they want everything to be correct. Sometimes you have to accept that the umps make mistakes, just like managers do. Should we replace TLR with a robot? I think many would want that.

Replay IS ruining the game. You guys want instant gratification. Sports are a human game, for humans. We could also have robot batters and robot fielders eventually, but that would be a terrible idea. One day you'll have people pushing for it though. "Why wouldn't we want better quality players on the field?"

I hate them.

Every single year people say that its never been this bad before. There is always going to be a human element to the game when you have umpires calling balls/strikes with their eyes. Its not a bad thing. Automated strike zone will destroy the game.

Collins has become a really solid backup. He’s worked hard and earned his place on this squad. Plus, he seems like a really nice, genuine guy in interviews.

TLR is right. Cease hasn’t pitched himself out of the rotation, yet.. The bullpen is the main problem right now so I see no reason to remove Kopech from it for the moment when he’s the best arm.

God Bless America

Pull this bum!