Darvish just smiles. Tip your hat. Nothing you can do.

2 minutes ago, gusguyman said:

Did it? His success came from a change in mechanics, and most of his struggles since then can be traced to the fact that he is essentially a two pitch pitcher on some days

Yup, it was mechanical changes that allowed for better velocity & fastball command and further development of his changeup that allowed Lucas to take that next step.  Abandoning his curve for a slider has been a neutral move at best.

Dammit, Darvish gave Robert a meatball 

 

 

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Should be at least 3-0 rn with the meatballs Timmy and Pantera missed

Darvish hanging a lot of breaking balls so far

Just now, TheTruth05 said:

Should be at least 3-0 rn with the meatballs Timmy and Pantera missed

Darvish is off so far. 

Darvish is leaving a lot of pitches up

Man McCann just missed one....we should be killing him right now. Maybe this is Mazara’s get right game

Jose is now going to be "randomly selected" to piss in a cup for about a week via MLB. That's usually how these guys "randomly" chosen.

Really good PA for James

James always with his head in the game.

Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Jose is now going to be "randomly selected" to piss in a cup for about a week via MLB. That's usually how these guys "randomly" chosen.

Obviously not steroids-related, but he does seem to be in a bit better shape.  Even his defense looks better this year.

4 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Yup, it was mechanical changes that allowed for better velocity & fastball command and further development of his changeup that allowed Lucas to take that next step.  Abandoning his curve for a slider has been a neutral move at best.

Right, and the couple of times we've seen that curve peek out lately have been nasty, so IMO it was definitely a negative move. 

Huge hanger that Mazara of course fouls off

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

Obviously not steroids-related, but he does seem to be in a bit better shape.  Even his defense looks better this year.

I thought I read something where he went from 268 to playing around 240. That might be a benefit to him 

Darvish has given up two home runs all year. Folks we are witnessing a series we'l probably never see again by a Sox player. The power unleashed against the Cubs has been throoughly enjoyable. And it's the veteran leading the way. I hope those who have ripped Jose in the past give him a break when he goes bad in the future, cause this is a monumental stretch by the guy. Last night he homered on at least one at bat where he fouled off or took two cookies. And he still homered.

That smile by Darvish said it all.  He's first Sox player to ever hit six homers in one series. ALL PRAISE JOSE. My gawd.

Another hanger that he does nothing with. He’s so bad

Mazara just missed three spinners in one at bat. That's impressive.

Just now, fathom said:

Huge hanger that Mazara of course fouls off

And then he hits a slow grounder on the next hanger. 

Mazara missed 2 hangers in a matter of 5 pitches. At this point he's embarrassing. Get Engel more PA's

A pitch clock would really mess with Darvish. Pitch the damn ball. 

Another hanger to Mazara who, unsurprisingly, does nothing with it 

Mazara had three balls that should be on the street

Sigh. Mazara.