8/13 vs. Tigers
- Thread starter Curtis Pride
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You already know the answer. It is the same reason there are commercials during the game. Baseball exists because of the commercials. It’s easy to think it is the other way around. But it isn’t.
Can this be the end of the Whitlock starter experiment? I understand a #3-4 SP is more valuable on paper than a bullpen ace... but he's more of a #5 as a starter and an absolute bullpen ace.
That's cool. Can they beat out Seattle & Toronto by a few games in the remaining ~45 games? Good luck!
He has the same # of doubles as Devers. He got a hit yesterday when lots of other guys on the team did nothing. You guys (not you, strek1) are quick to give up on a player who's been wonderful his first year in the states.
Toronto could be swept at home by the Cubs. That helps. Not many guys on that team having a great season. Seattle is probably the tougher competition the rest of the way for that spot.
The good news is that Seattle, Houston and Texas play each other a billion times in the next month and a half. If the Sox take care of their own business, they have as good a shot as anyone.
Yeah. I can’t remember a team ever losing a 2-3 game lead in mid-August. It would take unimaginable luck
Excellent at bat by Casas after staring at a pitch down the middle for a backwards K his last one. Easy to get jumpy after that. He's such a pro.
I like that Casas can start out down 0-2 in the count and still walk. We don't have many guys who are capable (Or willing) to do that.
I read a piece (Glob, I think) discussing how the travel (distance and time zones) and schedule (no regular Mondays off) are a bigger adjustment for him than the game itself.
And that's with 3 games against the Nats coming up.
They are going to have to earn it, for sure.
Can they sweep a bad team? Hold their own against Houston / Dodgers? Need a lot to go right.
What a tag by Urias
edit: And a crap slide by Greene, Greene had it but somehow missed the bag with his lead hand
edit: And a crap slide by Greene, Greene had it but somehow missed the bag with his lead hand
Credit where it’s due — the ump fucking nailed that call. They fuck up a lot but he hammered that one.
Hell of a tag by Urias too.
Don't know if it was accidental or not, but he put the tag right on the bag and let the runner slide into it. Far more effective than all the reaching for the runner most players do these days.
