Papelbon had the good chicken and beer contacts, club house hasn't had as good a spread since.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
the fuck has gotten into mookie betts
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 03:32 (eight years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 03:43 (eight years ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 03:46 (eight years ago) link
he was AL player of the month for july; he already has more homers and rbi in august
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 03:56 (eight years ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 04:00 (eight years ago) link
he does indeed have incredible bat speed
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
betts is currently at 6.9 WAR per baseball reference #nice #chill
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
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
― Andy K, Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
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
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
one of the sox beat writers mentioned that boston isn't too generous with its getaway days either
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
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, Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
such a weird non-story. it was fine for the sox to ask, and fine for the tigers to say no!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
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
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
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 21 August 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
benintendi just made the sox catch of the year
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 01:51 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/5OhjYHJnUat
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 01:58 (eight years ago) link
now if he can just learn to hit the cutoff man.....
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 08:35 (eight years ago) link
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.
― My name is Donald J. Trump, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht. (WilliamC), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link
Scott LauberESPN 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.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 August 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
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)
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 27 August 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2/7/0/198802270/083116_tbbos_papilego_med_o22mzlqf.gif
― nomar, Thursday, 1 September 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
perfect expression on his face
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 September 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
damn moncado's got a rifle on him huh?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 4 September 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
moncadA
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 4 September 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
clay buchholz
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 September 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
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
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link
dude has some WILD home/away and lefty/right splits too
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
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.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
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
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 15:38 (eight years ago) link
oh ok, yeah that is an odd one.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
Hanley hitting 500 with 9 home runs in first pitch, holy cow
― brimstead, Thursday, 15 September 2016 01:04 (eight years ago) link
(on first pitch, oops)
What's this, the fifth or sixth time Boston and Baltimore have come back from 3+ runs down the past week? Every time I leave a game involving one of them happy, I come back to disaster.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
rick porcello was blowing ppl away throwing 89 tonight. he's fun to watch when he's sharp.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
dude hit clayton kershaw's 2014 win-loss record tonight, which is hysterical, because obv wins are a somewhat misleading stat and in no way will he ever be that type of natural genius, but he manages to do a lot right that I didn't expect him to do based on how much he sucked for most of last year
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 02:09 (eight years ago) link
it's completely nuts!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:37 (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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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