Add Alex Cora....This game had everything that was wrong about 2023
- Starter fails to go 5 innings
- Walks
- Devers error
- JAG relievers
- Yoshida grounders
- Injury
Not that it even matters, but who did we break this time? Haven't been paying attention.This game had everything that was wrong about 2023
- Starter fails to go 5 innings
- Walks
- Devers error
- JAG relievers
- Yoshida grounders
- Injury
Urias left the game with calf tightness.Not that it even matters, but who did we break this time? Haven't been paying attention.
I'd prefer he'd upgrade to another team.Dave Bush is piling up those frequent coach miles. He should probably upgrade to business class.
So they took out Devers not b/c of injury, but just to rest him? So Reyes is on third and Wong at second?Urias left the game with calf tightness.
Pink hats are not the problem. I wish they were.Oh yay! It's Barbie Night at Fenway (Kenway) on Friday. Just what we need, more pink hats.
2004, 2007, 2013, 2018, omAbsolutely embarrassing performance today, this trip, this week, this month, this year.
I hope he didn’t put a curse on the franchise because I can’t go through that again.2-6 Bloomless
100% - it’s wild how they start slow and end slower. Like they check out and want to be anywhere else. It has never made sense to me but seems constant.In three of Cora’s five seasons, his teams have seem woefully unprepared to start the season and disinterested to finish it. His first year and the year after his suspension were the exceptions.
If he returns, they absolutely have to at least shake up the staff. Which may be difficult to do if he’s on a one year deal…and how can they extend him?
Maybe he’s kicked upstairs- but I’m thinking the likelihood of him returning as manager next year is getting more remote with every loss.
I wasn't a fan of him returning to manage the Sox in the first place. But I think he probably stays with the Red Sox next season. It will be an even younger team next year and he seems to be a "players manager". The end of the season now is just stat padding for the players. Wins and losses matter very little now.In three of Cora’s five seasons, his teams have seem woefully unprepared to start the season and disinterested to finish it. His first year and the year after his suspension were the exceptions.
If he returns, they absolutely have to at least shake up the staff. Which may be difficult to do if he’s on a one year deal…and how can they extend him?
Maybe he’s kicked upstairs- but I’m thinking the likelihood of him returning as manager next year is getting more remote with every loss.
I remember that when he started in 2018, he was very vocal about winning in ST to get a winning mentality throughout the team right from the start. They went 22-9 in ST, best in the League, and we know what happened from there. He changed his attitude completely after that year, starting with 2019 ST, and the team finished 12-17. Now, I don't know how important that really is, but it was a clear focus in 2018, and it worked pretty well. Moving away from this always seemed strange to me, especially given the results.In three of Cora’s five seasons, his teams have seem woefully unprepared to start the season and disinterested to finish it. His first year and the year after his suspension were the exceptions.
If he returns, they absolutely have to at least shake up the staff. Which may be difficult to do if he’s on a one year deal…and how can they extend him?
Maybe he’s kicked upstairs- but I’m thinking the likelihood of him returning as manager next year is getting more remote with every loss.
The Bloombino?I hope he didn’t put a curse on the franchise because I can’t go through that again.
It's weird, because I made the thread especially for you.See what happens when @absintheofmalaise locks me out of a game thread?
E5 sacrificed himself. I had nothing to do with it!It's weird, because I made the thread especially for you.
Maybe he doesn't think you are a crappy poster.See what happens when @absintheofmalaise locks me out of a game thread?
BABIP is only motivated by unwilling sacrifices. Volunteers are spat back up. It is known.E5 sacrificed himself. I had nothing to do with it!
Watching the highlights, it seemed that E5 did make an appearance . . .See what happens when @absintheofmalaise locks me out of a game thread?
They are already eliminated btw. Best they can do is 84 wins, and one of Seattle/Texas are guaranteed to get at least 85.Sox elimination number is 1. I believe the next Toronto win will formally eliminate them (two games before the Sox' next game, including one ongoing right now), as they need to beat two of TOR/TEX/HOU/SEA.
Not if Seattle or Texas got swept here, I think?They are already eliminated btw. Best they can do is 84 wins, and one of Seattle/Texas are guaranteed to get at least 85.
Whoever wins tonight gets 85Not if Seattle or Texas got swept here, I think?
Regardless Toronto got to 85 and we're formally eliminated. Fun mental exercise though.
Optimism like that will only disappoint you.I have the utmost confidence that the Red Sox will not lose today.
I, meanwhile, have the utmost confidence that neither Seattle nor Texas will reach 85 wins todayI have the utmost confidence that the Red Sox will not lose today.