Red Sox 2016: The Lard of Pablo, or No More Papis in MA

morelike david yikes

_hanle_y
--mookieproof_

--if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes)

and another one

"That was a great moment. Another memorable moment this year was Big Papi's walkoff."

"The baby powder walk-off."

"It was flour."

"Oh it was flour?"

"It was Joe Kelly's idea to do that. Throw flour on Papi as he came into second base. ... Baserunner for Pujols now who's gone 1 for 3."

"I guess baby powder would have smelled."

"Not a good idea to get baby powder in your eyes."

"I'd guess flour isn't good to get in your eyes, either!"

"Gary it's not good to get ANYTHING in your eyes."

ok that was an immensely gratifying game of baseball.

I worked that walk-off!

i will be up in 2 weekends; whether i will be able to buy a seat for $60 or less for the 13th is a diff question

just to get this pun out of the way: dealing pat light was not abad move to get fernando

(actually it was a gr8 move pat light sucked this year in his big league appearances, though im sure someone will tell me he had gr8 stuff)

have an infield seat for Sat 8/13! to the left of home, row 10

letting Wright throw 119 pitches in a 9-0 CG win seems nuts

it was excessive but they have a day off this coming monday so there's extra time for him to rest - he prob won't throw again till at least next Wednesday or thursday

arms don't explode on the 101st pitch, particularly when they're throwing knuckleballs. i'm sure he'll pull through

he's a knuckler!

or what mookie said

bobblehead disaster

link to bobblehead disaster: http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/08/09/red-sox-deem-david-ortiz-bobblehead-racially-insensitive/qwAnoxGz56oV5pxohgrFuM/story.html

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#RedSox Manager John Farrell: Jonathan Papelbon "could be an addition here"

i assume he means that as in "possesses a mammalian frame that has weight and volume"

Papelbon had the good chicken and beer contacts, club house hasn't had as good a spread since.

the fuck has gotten into mookie betts

I can't remember which one of the three, but that one he hit to center was a bomb. If you are 5-9 and have that type of power, you are in league with Jim "The Toy Cannon" Wynn. All those old 60s and 70s guys would talk about how much power that Wynn had for his size.

Don't see Betts play much at all, but the guy has to have some amazing bat speed.

mookie in 11 games against the orioles this season

.426/.490/1.000, 20-for-47, 8 HR, 3 2B, 17 RBI, 3 2B, 16 R, 6 K

seven of the homers have come in the five games at camden yards

Criminy, I figured you guys were referencing the 3 HR game a couple days ago. Yowza, the ball must look like a beach ball to Betts right now.

he was AL player of the month for july; he already has more homers and rbi in august

I guess it is good that Betts never got moved out for a stretch run free agent a few years back when his name came up in those rumors.

he does indeed have incredible bat speed

betts is currently at 6.9 WAR per baseball reference #nice #chill

Haven't read everything on this business about Detroit refusing to change today's game time (from afternoon to everning) to accommodate Boston's schedule, but it seems like Boston should have first asked Baltimore to change the time of yesterday's game since THAT was a getaway day. Anyway...

http://www.bostonherald.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/2016/06/22/062616dombrowskifarrell1.jpg?itok=VeFv7x9s

apparently it was bc there's a preseason lions game tonight? idk. thats what they're saying publicly i think

i was gonna blame showalter bc why not but by all accounts he agreed to let last night be called after finding out what boston's next-day schedule was

one of the sox beat writers mentioned that boston isn't too generous with its getaway days either

All Thursday games at Comerica start at 1:00ish.

Thousands of fans would have been thrilled to change/scrap their plans to ensure a good night's sleep for the visiting team.

such a weird non-story. it was fine for the sox to ask, and fine for the tigers to say no!

All Thursday games at Comerica start at 1:00ish.

Thousands of fans would have been thrilled to change/scrap their plans to ensure a good night's sleep for the visiting team.
--Andy K

sorry about the Ls

benintendi just made the sox catch of the year

https://vine.co/v/5OhjYHJnUat

now if he can just learn to hit the cutoff man.....

I happened to have that game on at the time, great catch. Even better was him trying to look professional and not grin ear to ear afterward.

Scott Lauber
ESPN Staff Writer:

Red Sox rookie left fielder Andrew Benintendi has been placed on the 15-day disabled list after twisting his left knee awkwardly as he dove into second base. Benintendi underwent an MRI exam Thursday, and manager John Farrell told reporters that it's too soon to know whether the injury is season-ending. Benintendi, the Red Sox's 22-year-old outfield prospect, was batting .324 since getting called up earlier this month. In his absence, veteran outfielder Chris Young will get the majority of the at-bats in left field, with utilityman Brock Holt filling in against tough right-handed pitching.

no structural damage, should come back for the final games of Sept and the 'offs (however long the sox are in them, I for one don't think that long but wouldn't mind being proven wrong)

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2/7/0/198802270/083116_tbbos_papilego_med_o22mzlqf.gif

perfect expression on his face

damn moncado's got a rifle on him huh?

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clay buchholz

clay buchholz

i hadn't realized just how truly, truly awful bogaerts has been. his august line was .219/.274/.325, good for a 55 wRC+. and september hasn't been much better

dude has some WILD home/away and lefty/right splits too

like recently? his whole-year lefty/righty split looks normal.

he seems to have gotten worn down this year. even back in july he was vocal about needing a day off.

yeah i meant the combined splits, which admittedly are small sample sizes. for example against lefties on the road in 71 PAs he's got a wRC+ of 41, while against lefties at home it's 228. i don't think this "means" anything tho it's just interesting

oh ok, yeah that is an odd one.

Hanley hitting 500 with 9 home runs in first pitch, holy cow