ground-ball pitchers, pandas, victorino's rickety spine and the hope of mookie betts: your 2015 Boston Red Sox

u coulda been a contender ed-rod

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/07/19/hopes-growing-that-eduardo-rodriguez-ace-material/ncuPXV9uh9HvRccJYUahjM/story.html

*sighs deeply*

his offspeed stuff needs a lot of work imo

I agree there def, also his movements are clearly easy to read although since he's a kid that can be fixed

unrelated, this dude filling in for don orsillo in the booth with remy is v off-putting

sounds kinda like patrick bateman calling a game :/

sometimes pitch tipping doesn't get fixed :/

sometimes pitch tipping doesn't get fixed :/

true, but he's so young and the massive natural talent is so clearly there i'm willing to wait to see if he works it out

never missing an opportunity for nostalgia mining, NESN is airing a marathon of classic pedro games

not that I'm complaining

currently on aug 28 2000 where he hit gerald williams and went complete game, 1H, 13K, 0R, 0BB.

Hot sub-.500 showdown on ESPN tonight.

lol yea, at least with the tigers it's only one game under rather than...12.

miley is pitching tonight and his last start was legit great so there's that but I ain't expecting anything anymore. barring a massive run (which seems impossible), the season's fuckin over

turning point, people

:D

beautiful game. even if it's just that and things haven't changed overall, it was fuckin great

also I posted earlier that miley was starting and it was in fact ed-rod, but rodriguez was great tonight!

in the bleachers for pedro day

there will be tears

um how is that a home run

frankly I was apoplectic (and it wasn't)

ortiz is walking up to a spanish version of "fuck up some commas" tho that was alright

poor cello ;_;

he is not good at the pitching and the throwing and the ground ball outs it is true

lol napoli

fucking napoli. at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes somewhat consistent at the plate the rest of this season and the team still continues to repeatedly shit itself

trampa bay's SP, matt moore, has a 7.61 ERA and kelly (5.94) is pitching for boston so this'll prob be a high-scoring game of absolute shit-tasticness

good fuckin riddance lucchino, you fuck

lol ungrateful much?

omg

this actually makes up for being 14 back

always credited theo more for 2004/2007 than larry and yea I'm prob being halfway irrational with the fuckwords

but yea I don't think his influence has been positive in the front office for quite some time

if one allows that he's been less involved over the past year it's enough to make me wish he was staying.

porcello to the DL

if he really has been battling an injury that /might/ explain some of his struggles but honestly I think he's just flailing

it's the big day for henry owens, and he looks about ready to shit his pants

ended up having a solid night, which robbie ross immediately ruined

the changeup was as advertised i thought.

I'd agree. his command and alarming tendency to pitch high are sus but those things can prob be worked on, seeing as he's 23

braig creslow

daniel nava has been claimed by the rays

:[ as an inveterate nava defender that has me like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dHaMV_eXko

steven wright > luis severino

who'd have thought?

I know napoli going was best for all involved, but it still kinda hurts

8 remaining players from the '13 title team now - workman (TJ), buchholz (collapsing body), koji (old), tazawa (declining), breslow (hot garbage), pedroia (injured, prob shut down for the season soon) ortiz (old, declining, still kinda mashing tho), bogaerts (being of pure goodness and light and extra-base hits)

i don't want to alarm you, but pedroia turns 32 next week

32 isn't that bad, I'm concerned about what he's like when he's 36 and still has 2 more years on a contract that iirc includes an almost ironclad no-trade

not that they'd ever put him out to pasture, the front office is already thinking about how they're gonna market his twilight years/retirement

i don't think taz is declining (he's never seemed as good to me as his numbers suggest but that's not new), i think he's just overused b/c the bullpen is awful.

If you mean, pitching staff I agree with you. Woof.

aaaaand koji's out for the season.

i understand justin masterson is available

that's legitimately cruel