i mean ... he would probably be an upgrade on solarte, I guess. But ugh, that contract ( / waistline).
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 March 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce6GhUPUsAEQCWi.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 March 2016 21:51 (eight years ago) link
that last inning was v much "better to be lucky than good" territory
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link
price's opening day line: 6.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2BB, 10K.
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
THROW THE BUCH AT EM
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link
fuck man
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 23:21 (eight years ago) link
i always get down on my dad for having no faith in The Buch but he is pretty much always vindicated
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
brock fuckin holt
buch gets his first 1-2-3 inning, long may it continue
honestly if joe kelly and eduardo don't have it this year i don't know who we got behind price
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 23:55 (eight years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/mVE4Egy.gif
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
and then his true form emerged out of the cocoon-mouth
― Honor thy pisstake as a hidden intention. (WilliamC), Thursday, 7 April 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
is it churlish to say that dave o'brien is good? so good that i'm not even missing orsillo?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 April 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
ok that's how we're doin it this year #b2b
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 April 2016 00:22 (eight years ago) link
BROCK FUCKIN HOLT
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 April 2016 00:38 (eight years ago) link
brock fuckin holtbuch gets his first 1-2-3 inning, long may it continuehonestly if joe kelly and eduardo don't have it this year i don't know who we got behind price --illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand)
honestly if joe kelly and eduardo don't have it this year i don't know who we got behind price --illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand)
the (small, unlikely) hope of porcello having an ERA under 4
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 7 April 2016 01:22 (eight years ago) link
obrien is fine he's just kind of a standard issue broadcaster - he'll never have orsillo's wonderful batshit surrealism
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 7 April 2016 01:23 (eight years ago) link
yeah
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 April 2016 11:25 (eight years ago) link
so the idea this year is offense (+ 1 ace + 4 no. 3 through 5 starters) wins championships?
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 9 April 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
tbf it is better than last year's offense + all no. 5s model
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 9 April 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niJk3wJi9Zo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
well, he was gonna have to get an AB sometime
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 9 April 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
hat trick, error, broken belt. impressive
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
indeed! but hey, the reds aren't gonna break my favorite team's winning streak
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 9 April 2016 20:03 (eight years ago) link
robbie ross jr. throwing 2 shutout innings to seal a win is...not something you see every day
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 9 April 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
hanle y is playing...pretty well at first!
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 11 April 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
i see what you did there¡
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 11 April 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
i was not around for that fabled ilxor but have heard weird rumblings/saw the joke made & it stuck in my head
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 11 April 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgBx9JzWsAAwesk.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 April 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
:(
― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 14 April 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
swihart down, vazquez up
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 April 2016 18:53 (eight years ago) link
and rusney down!! :(
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 April 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
vazquez rules
https://twitter.com/iamjoonlee/status/721142943768322048/photo/1
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 April 2016 02:12 (eight years ago) link
lmao
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 April 2016 02:25 (eight years ago) link
yesterday's game is the template. just like that, every time.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 April 2016 12:10 (eight years ago) link
yeah I'm cool with that being the blueprint
so glad to have vazquez back
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 17 April 2016 12:22 (eight years ago) link
i never realized how intense the dude is
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 April 2016 14:05 (eight years ago) link
by the way i'm pretty sure pedey wasn't anywhere close to touching the bag when he turned two in the 8th
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 April 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link
omg - that shake-off, nod-on was the best.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 17 April 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
@AndrewSimonMLBLast Red Sox pitchers to induce 4 GIDP in a game:- Buchholz today- Dice-K in 2008- Clemens in 1992 and '93
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 April 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/723231943874191360
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 April 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
the oral history of the doug mirabelli trade
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 April 2016 13:50 (eight years ago) link
omg that's awesome.
Mirabelli: They did, like, seven ceremonial first pitches that night. “Here’s Joey from Brockton, going to throw out a first pitch.” They just dragged it on and on.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 April 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
left his cup in the police car
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 14:14 (eight years ago) link
forever in our hearts, dougie, forever going deep tonight
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Friday, 29 April 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
JBJ's onetime inability to hit seems so far in the past given how well he's done lately
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 1 May 2016 04:39 (eight years ago) link
in retrospect it does kinda suck that sandoval had to go down in the year "panda" by desiigner is a major hit, but
a. he prob wouldn't use it as his walkup song b. i enjoy travis shaw playing 3rd
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
otm i love travis shaw and his dazed, glazed mein
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
Ortiz just tried to bunt.
― Andy K, Thursday, 5 May 2016 02:48 (eight years ago) link
maybe ortiz should keep playing
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 May 2016 02:26 (eight years ago) link
i would rather he not end his career like a certain hollowed-out, gift-basket-distributing husk, even if the lack of fielding means he /might/ have one to two more years in him - the final of those years, if they occurred, would be the same sort of facile shitshow
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:10 (eight years ago) link
but yeah having a current slash line (#smallsamplesize etc.) of .308/.393/.673 is pretty cool
also cool: steven fuckin knuckleballin' wright all of a sudden pulling off pitching lines like this: CG, 3H, 1R/ER (the gardner homer), 1BB, 7K.
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:13 (eight years ago) link
i like to think my visit for the ARI series in mid-August is what vaulted this team to their current form - they have basically been on fire ever since
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:38 (eight years ago) link
i was there too, u know
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link
Difft day tho I thought - but yes! It was totally us!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:04 (eight years ago) link
papi just crushed #37, moved into a tie w/gehrig for #10 on the XBH list, now has the most RBI in a final season (one more than shoeless joe jackson)
― nomar, Friday, 23 September 2016 23:27 (eight years ago) link
Sox staff has struck out 21 Rays in 9 innings (major league record) including 11 in a row (major league record).
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Sunday, 25 September 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
i think 21 may only be a franchise record
great game tho, totally cobb-esque prancing fro pedey there
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 25 September 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
the way they clinched is sort of a perfect summation of this team.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 29 September 2016 03:07 (seven years ago) link
Can I just say I SAW THIS?
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/195181944/jackie-bradley-jr-makes-highlight-reel-play/
First pitch of the game: Segura lofts a long fly ball to right-center, Jackie Bradley Jr. lazily tracking it back, back, back, and just as he's about to catch it he SLIPS on something - the lip of the warning track? And he tumbles over, the ball bouncing off his glove and into the grass. Segura makes it all the way to THIRD by the time the ball comes in. The crowd groans. Not the greatest omen for the three hours we have ahead of us.
Second pitch of the game: A frozen rope line drive to dead center, looks like a base hit for sure. JBJ barrels towards it, and amazingly, implausibly, catches it off the tops of his shoes. Everyone gasps. And in one motion, he fires the ball home with such unbelievable power that Segura, tagging at third on the catch, decides whoa, I'm going back to third, I can't beat that. But it's too late. The throw was so hard, and so accurate, that Bryan Holaday (who he?) grabs it and fires to third before Segura can get back. Double play. Nobody on the bases, two out.
(Morbs were you there??)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
call all destroyer I disagree that it's a perfect summation! Buchholz was great (he has mainly been terrible); Kimbrel was terrible (he has mainly been great); etc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:16 (seven years ago) link
i was thinking more about the clinching-with-a-heartbreaking-loss aspect, seems to fit a team that has overcome some glaring issues and frustrating stretches to arrive here.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:24 (seven years ago) link
i agree w/ CAD
at the same time, when you go back and think on it...they won the fuckin' games, and while they def pulled a couple of wins out their asses with 9th inning comebacks and such, most of them came from the offense just pulverizing teams day in/day out
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
i'm most worried about the rotation going into the playoffs. rodriguez is showing good signs again, as is buchholz, and the bullpen (barring last night's colossal fart) has seriously improved, but porcello-price-buchholz-rodriguez just feels iffy
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:10 (seven years ago) link
Porcello and Erod feel the most solid to me. Price has been AWFUL. And Buchholz, I mean, he either throws a shutout or gives up 6 in 3 innings.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
i dont think price has been awful of late at all - 7 of his last 9 starts, which were sox wins, had him yielding only 2 runs apiece, and he was never the type of ace who always shut teams out completely. his historical numbers reflect that. BUT, his start on tuesday was an object lesson in all the problems he's had the entire season.
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
so i'm still worried.
as always, buchholz is a coin flip
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
lollllllllll http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2016/09/30/red-sox-manager-john-farrell-responds-to-yankee-stadium-heckler-shut-your-expletive-up/91340268/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Friday, 30 September 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
that is the softest 'expletive' anyone in baseball has ever used
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 September 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:15 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
WOW
― k3vin k., Friday, 30 September 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, September 30, 2016 5:02 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
farrell saves the best ones for when he's being ejected
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Friday, 30 September 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
http://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2016%2F0930%2Fr133571_1296x518_5%2D2.jpg
― Andy K, Saturday, 1 October 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
the president of the dominican republic is here to send off ortiz
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 2 October 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
Ortiz's 1994 Arizona League teammates who made it to the majors:
Wilson DelgadoTommy Hinzo (before '94)Dusty WathanKen CloudeShawn EstesAaron Scheffer*Roy SmithKerry Woodson
*Faced him in high school and barely got a bunt down. Terrifying.
Played some pick-up ball and was high school teammates with another one of this team's pitchers (local demigod, didn't make it out of A-ball).
― Andy K, Sunday, 2 October 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
too bad ortiz won't match dusty wathan's career .600/.667/.800 line
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 October 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
lol
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 2 October 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link