2 hours ago, fathom said:

Could you imagine how much Stoney would have blamed Renteria if his team didn’t hustle like this?  

2 hours ago, maxjusttyped said:

Stone acting like Renteria was the worst manager he's ever seen during 2020 is still so bizarre to me

Jerry instructed his worthless paid hacks to attack Renteria, knowing full well he already hired Tony  in the Spring or Summer. Fully convinced of the Sox won the fucking WS in 2020, they would still have fired Renteria.
 

Tony was toxic to the universe before his DUI, had no chance of remaining with the Angels or being hired anywhere else’s once his DUI arrest was leaked.

2 hours ago, fathom said:

Orioles are just as good as the Sox

Orioles are better. They would be 10+ over .500 if they played the imbalanced AL Central schedule, and the Sox ten - games under if they played the AL East schedule.

26 minutes ago, tray said:

Sox have had the worst luck this year. O's get 5 hits...one is a 3 run homer....against Cease.

The Sox are inefficient 

About to be 4 games out, essentially 5 games. Guardians main guys in bullpen are great.

48 minutes ago, tray said:

Sox have had the worst luck this year. O's get 5 hits...one is a 3 run homer....against Cease.

it aint luck bro

13 minutes ago, fathom said:

About to be 4 games out, essentially 5 games. Guardians main guys in bullpen are great.

I said it going into this season after Hahn failed to address at least 3 major holes…

”I’m afraid we’ll finish third.”

Welp, certainly seems like fears for sometimes become reality… but all I had to do is evaluate my life for 5 minutes for that truth to become apparent.

Yay. I’m so overwhelmingly happy. Oh boy.

50 minutes ago, tray said:

Sox have had the worst luck this year. O's get 5 hits...one is a 3 run homer....against Cease.

"Luck is the residue of design" - Hall of Fame executive "Branch" Rickey. 

1 minute ago, Lip Man 1 said:

"Luck is the residue of design" - Hall of Fame executive "Branch" Rickey. 

not sure how anyone can watch this team and really believe its "bad luck"

Time and time again in the situations where the game is for the taking the fail 

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I remember the day Aaron Rowand was dumped thinking uh oh this is bad karma...and here we sit.  We can't get rid of POSHOFTLR but we dumped Arow like he was cancer?  Wtf

5 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

"Luck is the residue of design" - Hall of Fame executive "Branch" Rickey. 

Good Luck = walks and homers

 

 

Luck is a huge element in sports, especially in close contests. An inch, a bad bounce, or a couple of long balls that fall just short of being home runs.

One bad hanging pitch driven out for a 3 run home run...one of just 5 hits in the game.

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Civale pulled with 4 2/3.

Slim 2-1 lead.

Anti LaRussa from Francona.

Apparently it worked as Guardians win 3-1 over SD.

46 minutes ago, tray said:

 

Luck is a huge element in sports, especially in close contests. An inch, a bad bounce, or a couple of long balls that fall just short of being home runs.

One bad hanging pitch driven out for a 3 run home run...one of just 5 hits in the game.

You’re  arguing  that the Sox have bad luck to explain the season?

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23 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

"Luck is the residue of design" - Hall of Fame executive "Branch" Rickey. 

Can we get him to run our team? Heck, if he was still alive he'd only be a couple years older than our owner and his drinking buddy, err manager. 

5 hours ago, JoshPR said:

This ump is a joke

the ump didn't strand 13 baserunner

4 hours ago, Dan Pasqua said:

Can someone tell me something we are good at as a team?

leaving men on base

My man Jose had no chance against that high heat from the closer. This has been the least enjoyable season in memory. Another injury tonight. Another loss. Boy do the Sox reek.

16 minutes ago, greg775 said:

My man Jose had no chance against that high heat from the closer. This has been the least enjoyable season in memory. Another injury tonight. Another loss. Boy do the Sox reek.

Jose swung at a 3-2 pitch out of the strike zone, plate discipline comes into play there especially in that situation. Eloy is considered "day to day" X-rays were negative. We'll see if the Sox sit him for 3-4 days then decide to play shorthanded before placing him on the IL.

52 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

Apparently it worked as Guardians win 3-1 over SD.

I’m officially declaring this year over and am now hoping we lose every game for the rest of the season.

Welp, Sox back on life support. This 1-5 stretch coupled with Cleveland continuing  to play good baseball has just about sealed the Sox fate. 

Fire everyone. 

3 hours ago, Dan Pasqua said:

I remember the day Aaron Rowand was dumped thinking uh oh this is bad karma...and here we sit.  We can't get rid of POSHOFTLR but we dumped Arow like he was cancer?  Wtf

And Carl Everett…two emotional leaders on that team.  Plus, Uribe was also beloved in the clubhouse. Those three, although Uribe stuck around longer due to Buehrle interceding with front office. 

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2 hours ago, hi8is said:

I’m officially declaring this year over and am now hoping we lose every game for the rest of the season.

Where we can henceforth screw up improved draft position with next Torkelson/Vaughn/Madrigal/Burger type…

3 hours ago, kgrittenburg said:

the ump didn't strand 13 baserunner

I know he didn't. Doesn't take away from the fact he was terrible

4 hours ago, tray said:

 

Luck is a huge element in sports, especially in close contests. An inch, a bad bounce, or a couple of long balls that fall just short of being home runs.

One bad hanging pitch driven out for a 3 run home run...one of just 5 hits in the game.

Losers often blame bad luck, winners just get on with it.

6 hours ago, fathom said:

Especially if you can’t score from second on a single because you’re slow or hurt.

Or getting thrown out at home which we also are great at.2nd base is considered scoring position. Can't score on a single from 2nd base and keep getting thrown out at home.

They're hanging around and now the stretch of 19 against shitty teams begins

Oh wait