6/11: Sox vs MFY

[FlexFlexerson]

Impressed that ESPN evaluated their product and boldly asked the question: "how can we be Worse?"

 

[Joe Shlabotnick]

Cy Young now pitching for the MFYs.

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

"He's a good hitter." Incredible TV. I know this is like 80% nostalgia talking but this show has fallen damned far since the days of Jon Miller and, yes, Joe Morgan, when Sunday Night Baseball was the strongest levee against the oncoming rush of another school week.

Now we get to listen to inane conversations between a talentless booth and a catcher who sounds like he's got, well, a catcher's mask over his face, and freaking shaky cam behind the plate views to make the experience the exact wrong combination of in my face and inscrutable.

The kicker is, MLB has to sign off on this dog-and-pony show. Hell, the PA even has to be okay with one of its members wearing two hats DURING PLAY, right?

I guess my big question is, why, after making a badly needed adjustment to the game, does baseball still have so little faith in itself to draw in fans?

 

[mauidano]

Impressed that ESPN evaluated their product and boldly asked the question: "how can we be Worse?"

They have no bottom, an endless deep dark hole.

 

[strek1]

The offense is miserable lately.

 

[soxhop411]

The offense is miserable lately.

This offense is deader then the Oakland coliseum

 

[FlexFlexerson]

They have no bottom, an endless deep dark hole.

A comment that described both the Worldwide Leader and the Sox offense lately, unfortunately

 

[mauidano]

"He's a good hitter." Incredible TV. I know this is like 80% nostalgia talking but this show has fallen damned far since the days of Jon Miller and, yes, Joe Morgan, when Sunday Night Baseball was the strongest levee against the oncoming rush of another school week.

Now we get to listen to inane conversations between a talentless booth and a catcher who sounds like he's got, well, a catcher's mask over his face, and freaking shaky cam behind the plate views to make the experience the exact wrong combination of in my face and inscrutable.

Just horrible shitshow. Who does this really appeal to?

 

[absintheofmalaise]

I'm still trying to digest that the team with fewer errors has a better chance to win.

 

[Moviegoer]

So this might be the third straight series where they won the first game and wind up losing the series. If there's a better sign of a bad team I don't know what it is.

 

[NYCSox]

Not hitting two scrubs like German and Schmidt is kind of embarrassing.

 

[FlexFlexerson]

So this might be the third straight series where they won the first game and wind up losing the series. If there's a better sign of a bad team I don't know what it is.

Losing all three?

 

[mauidano]

Stretch Casas.

safe.

 

[shawnrbu]

Safe.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Devers has time, sets his feet, and still air mails it.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Devers is not a team player.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

There's that defense!

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Triston Casas missed the bag.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Man, this team stinks defensively

 

[mauidano]

E5

 

[budcrew08]

Why can’t our infielders throw to fucking first base?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Devers has time, sets his feet, and still air mails it.

To a giant of a 1B

 

[nvalvo]

This offense is deader then the Oakland coliseum

There is a family of possums living in the Oakland coliseum, in the drop ceiling above the press box.

Who will be the offense's possum tonight?

 

[patinorange]

Just horrible shitshow. Who does this really appeal to?

It's like they are trying to be so bad that they are lobbying to get out of their contract. The producer or executive in charge of baseball does not understand and/or like the game.

 

[Big D]

How many DH's can this team carry?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Devers is not a team player.

That's the second time you've said this. I'm curious as to why you believe this

 

[Stu Nahan]

Inexcusable defense from Devers. Bello must think somebody up there hates him.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

How many DH's can this team carry?

Our infielders field like DH’s and our DH’s hit like infielders

 

[FlexFlexerson]

There's definitely a yakety sax soundtracked supercut to be made out of the Sox defensive, uh, "gifts" this series.

 

[shawnrbu]

ESPN has spent 85% of this telecast talking about the Yankees.

 

[srpat]

Thee announcers think that Trevino is a god!

 

[shawnrbu]

Late timeout.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

These umps are fucking garbage.

 

[srpat]

Umps paid off too.

 

[DadOfFenway]

WTF ? Come on ump

 

[InsideTheParker]

That's the second time you've said this. I'm curious as to why you believe this

I am mostly referring to his interest in only hitting home runs. He doesn't seem to ask himself how he can advance the base runners in any other way. I think he is narrowing his skill set. As for my saying it there, I was being sarcastic. He is usually better in the field than that. I don't know if he isn't concentrating when he does that or what.

 

[Moviegoer]

ESPN has spent 85% of this telecast talking about the Yankees.

You want them to talk about how bad the Sox are instead?

 

[shawnrbu]

You want them to talk about how bad the Sox are instead?

Talk about the farm system.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

GOT HEEM!

 

[InsideTheParker]

Bello is good.

 

[shawnrbu]

Paint.

 

[Back Bay]

froze him. Bello is so dynamite.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Pedro enforces his own pitch clock after a late timeout.

View: https://twitter.com/Thomas_Carrieri/status/1644140812090114051

 

[DadOfFenway]

Beauty Pitch. Now score some f' runs!

 

[LynnRice75]

How many DH's can this team carry?

And still not have one who can really hit?

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

Honestly, the Sox’ SP has been pretty good this series. If only the bats would follow.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Karl Ravech suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

 

[shawnrbu]

Quick hook.

 

[shawnrbu]

Did Booney just call Schmidt a savage?

 

[nvalvo]

Quick hook.

He was worried that if he brought in the lefty for Duran, he'd get Duvall.