6-6: Sox vs. Guardians

[strek1]

Lots of teams must be looking forward to playing the Sox right now.

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Zero ability to get the third out of innings while stranding runners by this lot

 

[DeadlySplitter]

He was fine through 3 batters then no control the next 3.

 

[staz]

MLB's 28th-best offense is having no problem figuring out Pax

 

[soxin6]

If this ump wasn't being generous, this could be even worse.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Ump helped out big time there.

Bieber looked hittable. Let's see what they can do.

 

[soxin6]

He was fine through 3 batters then no control the next 3.

He needs to avoid being fine for the first three batters and he will fit in better with the rest of the Sox pitchers

 

[absintheofmalaise]

I blame E5 for posting the lineup.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Big Maple pitching like Big Fudge

 

[Moviegoer]

What's wrong with ketchup on a hot dog? It's italian sausage you don't put ketchup on.

 

[ngruz25]

I think Zunino's career batting average just dipped below .200. That's crazy for a guy with over 3,000 plate appearances spread out over more than a decade.

Edit: nope, just barely clinging to .200. One more AB without a hit tonight brings him down to .1994.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Triston Catalyst

 

[The Gray Eagle]

I turned on the game just as they hit the first RBI double. When they quickly hit the second one, I turned it off. Nothing after that is my fault!
I wish I could enjoy watching more than 30 seconds of a Red Sox game, but that doesn't seem possible most days lately.

 

[E5 Yaz]

This ump's strike zone is smaller than Abs's heart

 

[soxin6]

Is Bieber trying to get traded to the Sox? This kind of strike throwing seems to be loved by Bloom.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Kike got most of that.

 

[soxin6]

It is sad when a fly out is a positive, but I was expecting a GIDP from Kike

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

It's sad. Kiké thought he got that, and it wasn't even WTP.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Raffy's injured, right? That's why he can't hit anymore. R-right...?

If I got paid hundreds of millions guaranteed I’d probably be pretty cozy too.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Nevermind the fly out, Kike chased a 3-1 cutter out of the zone. Should have walked.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

This ump's strike zone is smaller than Abs's heart

You seem to be implying that I have one.

 

[JOBU]

What's wrong with ketchup on a hot dog? It's italian sausage you don't put ketchup on.

Absolutely nothing if you’re under the age of 10

 

[JCizzle]

I'm a fan of Middlebrooks, will make this watchable at least.

 

[The Filthy One]

DOB and Middlebrooks acting like it's supernatural that the team stopped hitting. Guys like Duran, Valdez, Wong, and (to a degree) Casas carried them for about three weeks, but none of those guys have a track record of success at the big league level. There's nothing supernatural about that.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Two liners right to Kwan already... dammit.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Why are the holding Casas on? That makes no sense.

 

[strek1]

Another leadoff runner wasted.

 

[Doc Zero]

I’m so fucking tired of this team’s particular brand of bad baseball for the better part of the last three seasons.

 

[brandonchristensen]

I’m so fucking tired of this team’s particular brand of bad baseball for the better part of the last three seasons.

You don’t like listless and bored baseball?

 

[E5 Yaz]

You don’t like listless and bored baseball?

Listless and bored are the moments we, too, can share

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

GOT HEEM!

James J. Jimmy "Big Jimmy" Paxton has settled down. We got this.

 

[Doc Zero]

Wasting opportunities while maximizing the damage of their own mistakes.

 

[ngruz25]

I’m so fucking tired of this team’s particular brand of bad baseball for the better part of the last three seasons.

Don't be so negative, 36 year old career OPS+ of like 102 guy Adam Duvall is about to show up and save the season. And just you wait until scouting report hero Aldaberto Mondesi is manning shortstop.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Don't be so negative, 36 year old career OPS+ of like 102 guy Adam Duvall is about to show up and save the season. And just you wait until scouting report hero Aldaberto Mondesi is manning shortstop.

You and @JohnnyTheBone represent the poles of Sosh attitudes, at least gamethreadwise.

 

[LynnRice75]

Sox off to a bland start again. I exclaimed “blah” then realized that was the word that inspired my whole poem today and I never actually included it. Snuck back and added it. Maybe it’ll shake things up. Likely not.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

The best hitter in baseball, Masataka Yoshida!

 

[E5 Yaz]

You and @JohnnyTheBone represent the poles of Sosh attitudes, at least gamethreadwise.

And at least one of them is threading as performance art

 

[Doc Zero]

Like, it really doesn’t feel like the last two seasons have just been “bad baseball.” It feels like they’ve been a very specific type of bad. It has its own unique stink. I can’t explain it.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Can't the MIT guys figure out how to clone Masa?

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Turn on one, Justin!

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Such a damn tease.

 

[strek1]

Can the other guys on our team take note that Yoshida doesn't overswing?

 

[patinorange]

They have hit some pretty good flyballs. We have that going for us.

 

[Moviegoer]

Sox off to a bland start again. I exclaimed “blah” then realized that was the word that inspired my whole poem today and I never actually included it. Snuck back and added it. Maybe it’ll shake things up. Likely not.

A poem is never finished; it's abandoned.

 

[E5 Yaz]

A poem is never finished; it's abandoned.

Valery true

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

You'd better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
Huh, I'd like to beat Josh Naylor

 

[soxhop411]

our entire offense has been hitting like <<<<redacted>>>>> the past 14 days

 

[Moviegoer]

Valery true

I always wondered whose saying that was. Had a poet friend years ago who would say that all the time.

 

[strek1]

Take the walk raffy

 

[S. H. Frog]

Yeah, sorry about that. Marco Polo would be magnificent.

It was fun feeling more and more skilled at watching the reconstructions. Some of them had a really paltry set of production stills and seemed half-assed, though.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Kwan, you bastard!