Josh Hamilton?

http://puigdestroyer.bandcamp.com/track/stop-f***ing-bunting

 

WARNING: loud music

 

Methodic Doubt from the Banshee soundtrack would also be appropriate.

Trayce Thompson?

Robin Ventura has lost his mind.

How in the world do you bunt there. You give an automatic out to your 2nd to best hitter so Abreu can single them in?

Madness

 

 

"no clock, only outs

but still you insist on,

giving them away

...what the f***?

 

play for one (that's all you'll get)

 

stop f***ing bunting"

Robin Ventura has lost his mind.

How in the world do you bunt there. You give an automatic out to your 2nd to best hitter so Abreu can single them in?

Madness

It makes sense but I hate it. Especially that early. Let Melky hit. Runners are speedy.

Trayce Thompson?

 

that is who i was thinking about.... take the hot hand in the minors for your org.

Well, there's always the Bruce Jenner documentary

 

Prefer the current Kurt Cobain one or the Dave Grohl doc (about recording albums in that famous studio).

that is who i was thinking about.... take the hot hand in the minors for your org.

i dont have the time to follow the minor leagues, so if you guys say we have a guy down there, i'm all for it.

Ventura shouldn't be allowed back in the clubhouse for bunting there. Should be fired on the spot.

It makes sense but I hate it. Especially that early. Let Melky hit. Runners are speedy.

I can't see much sense in ordering automatic outs in front of Abreu, especially when the 2 hole hitter is the 2nd to best hitter.

Ventura is managing scared.

Edited April 25, 201510 yr by GreenSox

I 100% agree, and not based on what we just saw. It's the 3rd inning and your 9 and 1 hitters just reached based. Is Robin playing to tie the ballgame in the 3rd inning?

 

It just doesn't make baseball sense.

At ALL.

 

The Robin handicap is very real. Measuring it won't be easy, but it's there.

 

Ventura is managing scared.

This too. Playing for a tie in the 3rd freaking inning!?!?

Edited April 25, 201510 yr by Stan Bahnsen

I can't see much sense in ordering automatic outs in front of Abreu.

Ventura is managing scared.

it's like he's managing an NL team, with a pitcher batting.

I 100% agree, and not based on what we just saw. It's the 3rd inning and your 9 and 1 hitters just reached based. Is Robin playing to tie the ballgame in the 3rd inning?

 

It just doesn't make baseball sense.

 

the old school is, this is the right move, unless you have the heart of your order coming up. now with Avi hitting what he is hitting, that is something else to think about. but it isn't/.

that is who i was thinking about.... take the hot hand in the minors for your org.

I'd trade both Avi and Alexei if we could get a good catcher and a minor leaguer.

2nd and 3rd one out 3,4,5 hitters up usually means runs. Unfortunately Abreu hit it to the only place the run doesn't score on the ground.

Edited April 25, 201510 yr by Dick Allen

Quintana looked good that inning, so there's one positive.

 

Unfortunately this offense is an epic disaster.

Quintana looked good that inning, so there's one positive.

 

Unfortunately this offense is an epic disaster.

and i really just don't get it. the talent is there; the brains are not.

Good chance tmrw's game is in jeopardy...if Alexei's ball wouldnt have been knocked down by the wind this would be a 5-1 or 6-1 Sox lead since no way Ventura would be bunting there with a 3-1 lead. Well, at least one would hope not.

 

 

Fathom will be turning over in angst when he sees what happened that half inning.

Quintana has actually been pitching well tonight. Good to see. Now let's finally get the offense going consistently

Quintana looked good that inning, so there's one positive.

 

Unfortunately this offense is an epic disaster.

Quintana hasn't looked bad the entire game. He shouldn't even be trailing right now had it not been for Abreu's boneheaded play.

I'd trade both Avi and Alexei if we could get a good catcher and a minor leaguer.

i will discuss that in another thread. but i got some ideas.

 

 

all this should have been looked at in the offseason, last offseason.

Edited April 25, 201510 yr by LDF

At ALL.

 

The Robin handicap is very real. Measuring it won't be easy, but it's there.

 

 

This too. Playing for a tie in the 3rd freaking inning!?!?

Getting the go ahead run in scoring position with less than 2 out is not playing for a tie.

Quintana looked good that inning, so there's one positive.

 

Unfortunately this offense is an epic disaster.

The pitching is there. The offense hasn't woken up yet.

2nd and 3rd one out 3,4,5 hitters up usually means runs. Unfortunately Abreu hit it to the only place the run doesn't score on the ground.

 

Because they could pitch him carefully with 1b open and induce him to do exactly that....its called strategy.

 

He doesnt swing, they simply walk him and Avi manages to mess things up again.