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[kieckeredinthehead]

The only legitimate criticism of Tito is the fact that his players are completely out to lunch in the field and on the bases.

[Jack Rabbit Slim]

The Rays have a horseshoe shoved up their collective asses

[Sprowl]

Meh -- Scutaro didn't establish effective cutoff position. Reddick's throw was a good one.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Fuck it. You give up the lead one inning, and hit the #9 guy to start the next inning, you'll take what your RF gives you and like it.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

[Hee-Seop's Fable]

Is this a new age Christian thing?

Isn't the third one coming out next year? Might as well get a head start labeling them.

[bosockboy]

The only legitimate criticism of Tito is the fact that his players are completely out to lunch in the field and on the bases.

Yeah, they need a closed-door asskicking. Hopefully Tito has it in him.

[AimingForYoko]

Aggravated Panda.

[Obscure Name]

Remy should be angry more often.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

The only legitimate criticism of Tito is the fact that his players are completely out to lunch in the field and on the bases.

Careful. People have been yelled at for suggesting this is something that Tito can be blamed for.

[Hee-Seop's Fable]

Justice.

[Nomar813]

Remy channeling his inner Heinsohn is cathartic.

[Rudy Pemberton]

Tito's biggest problem is that his current rotation is a pile of shit. No manager is going to win games with slop like Wakefield, Miller, Lackey, Weiland, etc.

[bosockboy]

Letting Longoria hit here=questionable.

[reggiecleveland]

Is there a pitcher on this team that isn't in a slump?

[Barbara]

Probably not a good idea to read tonight's game tweets.

[nothumb]

does this ump just follow the catcher out to the mound anytime he visits the pitcher and yell at him as soon as he gets there? get a fucking life man

[kieckeredinthehead]

Is there a pitcher on this team that isn't in a slump?

Hard to say what Papelbon's been up to.

[reggiecleveland]

Tito's biggest problem is that his current rotation is a pile of shit. No manager is going to win games with slop like Wakefield, Miller, Lackey, Weiland, etc.

No shit.

I think they may be hooped. It is hard to imagine Beckett and Bedard pitching well if they get one start before the playoffs.

Feel free to post Jim Mora if you want.

[Greg29fan]

Is there a pitcher on this team that isn't in a slump?

Pap

[Rudy Pemberton]

Look at it this way; the Sox basically have 7 good pitchers.

Beckett- HURT
Lester
Buchholz- HURT
Bedard- HURT
Papelbon
Bard
Aceves

So, we're basically down to four good pitchers right now; 3 of them are relivers; 2 of whom may be experiencing some degree of dead arm / fatigue.

Albers and Wheeler picked bad teams to regress, too. Argh.

[Snodgrass'Muff]

Isn't the third one coming out next year? Might as well get a head start labeling them.

The First Testament, featuring the Gospel of Glenn Beck and Psalms for the Subservient Wife by Michele Bachmann.

[LesterFan]

Who knew the Rays had a pen

[NoMaRRaMoN]

That fastball looked pretty hittable.

[nothumb]

take another steroid, joel peralta.

[Sprowl]

Probably not a good idea to read tonight's game tweets.

JulE6 must be having a field day.

[derekson]

Salty just swung through 3 fastballs down the middle. What the fuck?

[Jack Rabbit Slim]

3 fastballs down the middle Salty, hit one of them

[PhilPlantier]

That fastball looked pretty hittable.

To which of the three cookies are you referring?

[Rudy Pemberton]

Salty has a lot of horrible at bats. 23 bb and 103 k?

[bosockboy]

Look at it this way; the Sox basically have 7 good pitchers.

Beckett- HURT
Lester
Buchholz- HURT
Bedard- HURT
Papelbon
Bard
Aceves

So, we're basically down to four good pitchers right now; 3 of them are relivers; 2 of whom may be experiencing some degree of dead arm / fatigue.

Albers and Wheeler picked bad teams to regress, too. Argh.

If Beckett and Bedard are fine, that's probably enough in the postseason with the off days for the pen. Aceves is having an off night tonight, but he can bridge the 6th and the 7th for Bedard and Lackey and get the game to Bard/Papelbon.

Silver lining....Bard and Papelbon are getting rest.

[Sprowl]

The First Testament, featuring the Gospel of Glenn Beck and Psalms for the Subservient Wife by Michele Bachmann.

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[ivanvamp]

I'm still shaking my head at the fact that Kotchman was a pretty decent hitter before he came to the Red Sox (2007-08 he put up a line of .283/.349/.436/.785, 105 ops+), was a complete dog *with* the Sox in 2009 (.218/.284/.287/.572, 48 ops+), and is now raking to the tune of .312/.380/.429/.809, 131 ops+ before tonight's 2-2, 1 hr performance.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Rodriguez thumb hurts because he's been feeling squirrely and sticking it up his ass.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

How many obscenity riddled tweets do you think they had to sift through to find those three?

[LesterFan]

Pedroia's first walk since August 27th

[Reverend]

Meh -- Scutaro didn't establish effective cutoff position. Reddick's throw was a good one.

Although I am loathe to disagree with you, Sprowly...





...ball don't lie.

Second time this game, too.

Edit: Scut is covering bag and realizes there is no cutoff, so runs to get it maybe hoping maybe he can get it and run it back, but then it's over his head. Of course, there would have been nobody covering the bag anyway...

Edited by Reverend, 10 September 2011 - 08:41 PM.

[BoSoxFink]

I'm really nervous now that the Rays may actually catch the Sox. The Sox just can't beat this fucking team when it matters it seems

[Hee-Seop's Fable]

The First Testament, featuring the Gospel of Glenn Beck and Psalms for the Subservient Wife by Michele Bachmann.

Beck does have considerable time on his hands after loosing his TV show. I wonder how the Red Sox will figure in the story. Will they see redemption? This storyline is setting up along classic lines.

[BucketOBalls]

I'm really nervous now that the Rays may actually catch the Sox. The Sox just can't beat this fucking team when it matters it seems

Generally, the Ray's havn't played as well vs everyone else as they have vs the Sox.

[ifmanis5]

Is it too late to re-read Rich Harden's X-Rays?

[BunnzMcGinty]

I'm really nervous now that the Rays may actually catch the Sox. The Sox just can't beat this fucking team when it matters it seems

What really worries me is they can't seem to beat ANYONE now.

[LesterFan]

Padres blew a huge lead last season, Sox are on the verge of doing so, too. It's the Adrian Gonzalez curse.

[Sprowl]

Although I am loathe to disagree with you, Sprowly...





...ball don't lie.

Second time this game, too.

Edit: Scut is covering bag and realizes there is no cutoff, so runs to get it maybe hoping maybe he can get it and run it back, but then it's over his head. Of course, there would have been nobody covering the bag anyway...

I think that supports my conclusion, rather than the contrary -- it is the cutoff man's job to get in position between the RF and the 3B so that he can make the decision about whether or not to intercept the ball. The rightfielder must avoid overthrowing the cutoff man, but that's a matter of trajectory, not direction. There's no point in throwing the ball to a cutoff man who is out of line with the 3B: if that's the case, then the rightfielder just runs the ball in to hold the men at first and third.

[Jack Rabbit Slim]

Umm 6.18 ERA and he's the setup guy? How bout we crush him

[Reverend]

I think that supports my conclusion, rather than the contrary -- it is the cutoff man's job to get in position between the RF and the 3B so that he can make the decision about whether or not to intercept the ball. The rightfielder must avoid overthrowing the cutoff man, but that's a matter of trajectory, not direction. There's no point in throwing the ball to a cutoff man who is out of line with the 3B: if that's the case, then the rightfielder just runs the ball in to hold the men at first and third.

I think the larger problem is that there is no cut-off play given the arrangement of the players, no?

Pedroia chased the ball. Scut covered the bag. Weiland's backing up third.

The whole thing is sorta a clusterfrick. Maybe Reddick threw to 3rd because there was no cutoff man, but if Pedey's in short right... I'm actually trying to figure out what should have happened.

[Sprowl]

Papi sez Fükk the Schift.

[Hee-Seop's Fable]

Maybe Papi's elevated GB ratio this year is sustaining a higher BABIP because he's punching the ball on the ground into LF on purpose? I must have missed this discussion, but can he keep this up for a couple of more years?

[SemperFidelisSox]

Nice RH bat off the bench. Jesus fuck me.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Umm 6.18 ERA and he's the setup guy? How bout we crush him

His ERA in August was 1.23 and his opponent's OBP was 267. He's pitching better than his numbers indicate.