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7/22 - "He must have thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?"


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#1 DeJesus Built My Hotrod


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:19 AM

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#2 ShaneTrot

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 01:12 AM

I am at the point at which I expect the starters will barf all over themselves every game. That way I am pleasantly surprised when they don't give up runs in the first inning. Go Sox.

#3 SemperFidelisSox


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 01:20 AM

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#4 shepard50

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 02:34 AM

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"Now I know I'm pretty, but I ain't as pretty as a couple of titties. "

Let's get it on.

#5 millionthcustomer

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 08:31 AM

I do believe that the 2012 Sox can be summed up by Drexl Spivey:

"We got everything here from a diddled-eye-Joe to a damned-if-I-know."

#6 InsideTheParker


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 09:43 AM

2 good innings out of 27 won't cut it.

#7 Laser Show

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 10:02 AM

Seeing good Jon Lester would make me feel a lot better about this team.

#8 Al Zarilla


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 10:36 AM

Seeing good Jon Lester would make me feel a lot better about this team.

So, what's the game plan that McClure and Lester have worked out? Something different? Studied some vintage Lester film? More cutters? Anything?



#9 mfried

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 10:50 AM

Middlebrooks out of lineup today. Yesterday's swings have finally discouraged Bobby V. Aviles back instead of Ciriaco.

#10 shawnrbu


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 11:10 AM

Very questionable to be resting key starters against the Blue Jays. This team is facing a road trip where 1-5 or 2-4 looks like the two most likely outcomes. Winning this series against the Blue Jays was crucial.

#11 Red Lunar Eclipse

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 11:18 AM

Apparently it's Alumni Day at Fenway and like the 100th Anniversary thingamajig, all former players are welcome back to Fenway free. Bill Monboquette, Bob Montgomery, and Johnny Pesky allegedly to be present at today's game.

#12 redsox102704

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:11 PM

Seeing good Jon Lester would make me feel a lot better about this team.


A lot of it has to do with the poor offense. Knowing that you basically have to throw a shutout to win is too much pressure for any pitcher. Peter Gammons has mentioned this a few times - Lester seems like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders every time he pitches. During most of last season, when the Sox offense could hit with RISP, Lester seemed much more relaxed on the mound. Now, he knows that if he gives up a run or two, he'll probably lose.

In past years, you always felt confident that the offense could make a comeback, even if they were down 4 or 5 runs. Now, even a one run deficit seems insurmountable at times.

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#13 Rasputin


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:36 PM

A lot of it has to do with the poor offense.


That's the poor offense that has outscored every other team in baseball, right?

#14 Madmartigan

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:37 PM

HAHA

#15 Rasputin


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:37 PM

Well that didn't take long.

#16 PeaceSignMoose

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:38 PM

Good start you lump of shit.

#17 InsideTheParker


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:38 PM

A lot of it has to do with the poor offense. Knowing that you basically have to throw a shutout to win is too much pressure for any pitcher. Peter Gammons has mentioned this a few times - Lester seems like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders every time he pitches. During most of last season, when the Sox offense could hit with RISP, Lester seemed much more relaxed on the mound. Now, he knows that if he gives up a run or two, he'll probably lose.

In past years, you always felt confident that the offense could make a comeback, even if they were down 4 or 5 runs. Now, even a one run deficit seems insurmountable at times.


So his anxiety forces him to throw cookies right down the frigging middle of the plate! Bring in the sports shrink, asap!

#18 Doc Zero

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:39 PM

Aha. Ha. Ha.

#19 AimingForYoko


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:39 PM

The fuck? I try to finish making breakfast and it's already 1-0?

#20 greek_gawd_of_walks


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:39 PM

I hate Jon Lester.

#21 Madmartigan

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:40 PM

Wow this is gonna turn into a laugher isn't it

#22 Nomar813

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:40 PM

Good job, good effort, Jon.

#23 the1andonly3003

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:40 PM

this is going to be a long day

#24 PeaceSignMoose

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:40 PM

Get the Braves on the horn.

#25 Red Lunar Eclipse

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:41 PM

This is pathetic.

#26 Stitch01

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:42 PM

-24 first inning run differential and counting

#27 shawnrbu


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:42 PM

Lester has terrible body language. He looks absolutely defeated out there.

#28 greek_gawd_of_walks


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:42 PM

Can this fucker.

#29 PeaceSignMoose

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:43 PM

What else is on?

#30 E5 Yaz


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:44 PM

Lester is going downhill all right, Jerry

#31 Red Lunar Eclipse

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:44 PM

Get Morales up. This is going to be a long fucking day.

#32 sachmoney


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:45 PM

That's a bottle of vodka that Bobby V is drinking.

#33 mikeford


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:45 PM

If only we had some sort of... lets say... coach... who could work with the pitchers and make them better.

What a revolutionary concept that would be.

#34 LesterFan

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:46 PM

Can't even strike out Arencibia. Pathetic.

#35 sachmoney


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:47 PM

"Look how they massacred my boy."

#36 shawnrbu


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:48 PM

Bobby V with the hook?

#37 mikeford


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:48 PM

Send this fucking dickhead to AAA

#38 Nomar813

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:48 PM

He's torpedoing his cancer good will faster than Walter White.

#39 Harry Agganis

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:49 PM

Put the mercy rule into effect. There has to be some way to DL Lester isn't there?

#40 Stitch01

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:49 PM

ERA up to 5.09. Sad to see what's happened to this guy.

#41 ifmanis5


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:49 PM

This team has spent the entire season down 3-0 after the first inning. Every game it feels like.

#42 E5 Yaz


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:50 PM

Adam Scott feels bad for the Red Sox

#43 mr_smith02

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:50 PM

Why does Valentine go to the mound? Isn't that the pitching coach's role?

#44 Red Lunar Eclipse

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:50 PM

He's torpedoing his cancer good will faster than Walter White.

THIS.

#45 DaubachmanTurnerOD

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:50 PM

I am at the point at which I expect the starters will barf all over themselves every game. That way I am pleasantly surprised when they don't give up runs in the first inning. Go Sox.


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#46 ifmanis5


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:51 PM

He's torpedoing his cancer good will faster than Walter White.

At least Walt can cook.

#47 aksoxfan

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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:51 PM

Can we blame DeJesus?

#48 InsideTheParker


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:51 PM

Imagine that you paid a whole lot of money to see this game in Fenway. I would feel even more angry.

#49 mikeford


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:52 PM

Why does Valentine go to the mound? Isn't that the pitching coach's role?

We have a pitching coach?

#50 AimingForYoko


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:52 PM

Holy shit, it actually got worse????




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