3/28/24 - Opening Day 2024 - Red Sox at Mariners
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That's likely approaching three WAR if he gets 600 PA. So, yeah, I'd be extremely happy with that year one.
Sox are going to be pretty good this year, a little better than last year. Prospects will progress nicely. They'll use all this to go grab a really good pitcher before the deadline and sneak into the playoffs. Then anything can happen. And it starts with a win tonight.
...or they suck, who knows
...or they suck, who knows
Look, I was a fan of this team when back these motherfuckers were *bad*, both in terms of results and in terms of being owned and assembled by a racist failson. So, like, shit can get worse than this. It was only a couple of years ago when they gently snuck into the Yankees' bedroom and smothered them with a pillow in the playoffs. Such a result is not totally insane this year. Let's focus on achieving it. SEA has great RH SP, but we have great LHH. Waking up tomorrow to a 1-0 record courtesy of 10-8 win is manifestly in play. Allez-y.
T-Mobile Park is precisely where the 2019-2023 period of misery began.
Tonight, this chapter begins to close.
Tonight, this chapter begins to close.
With a homer today, he'd break a tie with Yogi Berra, Gary Carter and Todd Hundley for the most consecutive Opening Days with a HR
I don't really think the Sox are going to be very good this season, but I think it's possible. The rotation is the weakness, but I think they all have the potential to be average to fringe above average, and a couple maybe even a bit better than that.
I also feel like the Orioles will come back down to earth a bit, the Yankees will somewhat implode a bit, and both Tampa and Toronto have the potential to be good, but also could easily swing to average or not-so-good. It wouldn't be the biggest upset ever if the Red Sox sneak into a wild card slot with 85ish wins and the Rays/Jays/Yankees all win 78-84ish games.
Do I think it will happen? Not really. But it could. I think Kutter Crawford could be a sneaky all-star.
I also feel like the Orioles will come back down to earth a bit, the Yankees will somewhat implode a bit, and both Tampa and Toronto have the potential to be good, but also could easily swing to average or not-so-good. It wouldn't be the biggest upset ever if the Red Sox sneak into a wild card slot with 85ish wins and the Rays/Jays/Yankees all win 78-84ish games.
Do I think it will happen? Not really. But it could. I think Kutter Crawford could be a sneaky all-star.
Wow -- that's an amazing stat. Just 78 HRs and 4 on consecutive opening days? That's wild. Carter and Berra had over 300 HRs, and Hundley had over 200.
I think Dwight Evans had a bunch of opening day home runs, but not all in a row I don't think.
It's opening day, gotta let the rest of us get to mid-season form before you bust out that immaculate grid stuff.
The other three guys to homer on Opening Day 4 times all appear to be catchers of some sort. Aletranslator tells me that was the joke they were going for.
Like an idiot, I somehow bought tickets to see Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles today at 7pm Pacific. Anyway, I expect when I emerge from my cinematic trance, the Sox will have won. Let's fucking go!
Thank god it’s opening day. Doesn’t really feel like baseball season, weather wise, but we’ve got at least 162 to look forward to. And god willing, perhaps even more. Play ball.
A reminder that our annual prediction contest closes in an hour and a half or so, at the first pitch.
https://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?threads/lets-predict-the-2024-red-sox-season.41886/
https://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?threads/lets-predict-the-2024-red-sox-season.41886/
The poll is already closed, but the predictions contest is still open for some fleeting minutes.
Hat tip to j-man for noting recently it would behooooove the Sox to pile up some wins on this early swing out west. Well, you go to the season with the team you have., or something like that. Win tonight.
Hat tip to j-man for noting recently it would behooooove the Sox to pile up some wins on this early swing out west. Well, you go to the season with the team you have., or something like that. Win tonight.
Finally got around to listening to Norah Jones' latest album tonight, and this has improved the mood. However, the eighth track is "I'm Awake," which is certainly in doubt beyond the first few innings tonight.
