August 30, 20187 yr Strong effort again by some of the youngsters the rebuild is counting on. They are playing better but let's hope, unlike last year, it doesn't turn into "fools gold' next April.
August 30, 20187 yr Best stretch all year and coming mostly on the backs of guys that will be part of the future. Very encouraging.
August 30, 20187 yr This is not me... But, the last time the Sox won a Yankees series in NYC I was still in fucking college. JFC. Well done boys! Maybe the time off for Rick helped them out... Some really "heady" baseball which this crew has not played much of this year.
August 30, 20187 yr Lopez has some bulldog in him. Started off throwing 91 and getting some hard hit balls for outs then revved it up to 97 in his final few innings. Loved seeing the curve tonight , Sometimes a pitcher just has too many pitches.His main 3 shoulder be FB, curve , changeup. occasionally a slider to keep them off his fastball. Ryan MaMarre hero of the offense with all 4 RBI with 2 doubles and a HR with one the the doubles and the HR both going to RF. The guy looks like he knows how to hit and reminds me of TCQ with his dark hair and heavy beard . Too bad he's nearly 30 . Edited August 30, 20187 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
August 30, 20187 yr Just now, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Reyes has some bulldog in him. Started off throwing 91 and getting some hard hit balls for outs then revved it up to 97 in his final few innings. Loved seeing the curve tonight , Sometimes a pitcher just has too many pitches.His main 3 shoulder be FB, curve , changeup. occasionally a slider to keep them off his fastball. Ryan MaMarre hero of the offense with all 4 RBI with 2 doubles and a HR with one the the doubles and the HR both going to RF. The guy looks like he knows how to hit and reminds me of TCQ with his dark hair and heavy beard . Too bad he's nearly 30 . Best thing Reylo has is by far his mentality. If he can work in the breaking stuff he had tonight he'll be a solid back end starter, maybe more. We'll see. I'm pretty skeptical he has really shown a flat fastball most of the year coupled with for the most part "get me over" off speed stuff. Yea the clay is there and he's young tho, hopefully he continues to develop towards his prime at 27-30 and contributes to some great Sox teams.
August 30, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: Where's Greg and his 48 wins or whatever now? I sure hope he didn't bet the house again.
August 30, 20187 yr 35 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: 182 RS against 184 against in the 38 post ASG. 4.7 runs a game and 4.84 against. Wait if I use your figures that's 4.79 runs per game and 4.84 against. A minor difference but shorts the Sox a bit.
August 30, 20187 yr 37 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Wait if I use your figures that's 4.79 runs per game and 4.84 against. A minor difference but shorts the Sox a bit. yea i would trust your math given my state of mind for my post.
August 30, 20187 yr Gotta be pretty cool for LaMarre, whatever happens in his career, to say he basically singlehandedly beat the Yankees for a game
August 30, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, Hot FiRe said: Sox sweep if Ricky wasn't a joke of a manager I think this surge gets him another year to manage the team. He probably isn't the guy for 2020 but my gut says he now will be back in 19.
August 30, 20187 yr 47 minutes ago, bmags said: Gotta be pretty cool for LaMarre, whatever happens in his career, to say he basically singlehandedly beat the Yankees for a game It will be good to have him on the roster the rest of the season with callups happening Saturday. He won't have to keep going up and down. I really like his play, kind of reminds me of a 2016 (15?) Trayce Thompson, with less power.
August 30, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, Hot FiRe said: Sox sweep if Ricky wasn't a joke of a manager Can't really say that. Maybe Burr get's lit up too. But yea the Minaya move was bad and I questioned it in the game thread as soon as I saw him being brought in . No idea why Ricky would use him again after pitching 1.2 innings the night before.
August 30, 20187 yr Author 30 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Can't really say that. Maybe Burr get's lit up too. But yea the Minaya move was bad and I questioned it in the game thread as soon as I saw him being brought in . No idea why Ricky would use him again after pitching 1.2 innings the night before. I recall them saying when Burr was called up that they were going to break him in slowly before throwing him into higher leverage situations. My guess is that they didn't think he was truly ready due to his limited time at AAA, so they want to use him selectively. Maybe the same applies to Vieira?
August 30, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: I recall them saying when Burr was called up that they were going to break him in slowly before throwing him into higher leverage situations. My guess is that they didn't think he was truly ready due to his limited time at AAA, so they want to use him selectively. Maybe the same applies to Vieira? Even if that's the case when a guy is gassed like Minaya and you have a fresh reliever like Burr and Vieira sometimes the situation forces your hand/ If they are on the team wanting lesser situations is fine but the baseball gods don't always allow you to follow things so rigidly as you would like. I wouldn't have wanted Vieira in that situation anyway since he can be wild and walks needed to be avoided but even he would;ve better than Minaya. You just can't have 2 guys in the pen used only for non high leverage situation. That severely limits your BP .Why have them up here if they can't be used when you need them ? Just for the record the game in question against the Yanks was 8/28 Vieira last pitched 8/24 and picked up the win with .1 innings in the 7th . The Sox were behind 3-0 at the time but had that 6 run 8th inning to win it. Burr's only appearance was 8/23. 1.1 perfect innings with 2 K's . The Sox were behind 7-0 at the time and ended up losing 7-2. I actually think not being used at all is just as detrimental or more so then using him in high leverage situations. He's a reliever .He knows the job description and surely was used in high leverage situations in the minors. Once promoted it's big boy pants time and throwing Minaya to the wolves while they baby Burr was just bad decision making. Let the kid do his thing and if he gets beat up so be it. Won't be the 1st or last time it happens. Anyway bottom line they both were fresh and Minaya wasn't. Edited August 30, 20187 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside mistake
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