No it's not. If the score were still 5-2 we wouldn't have done that. Don't let em tease you.
8/27/23 LAD @ Red Sox: Win The Series
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what if they are pleased with job he’s done building the young nucleus but aren’t convinced he’s the right guy to execute phase 2, which is to create a championship-caliber mlb roster?
Yep. He was also a piece of shit in my book. You can Google him plus Doc Rivers for my perspective.
Then why mock Cora for celebrating the home runs after blaming him for not holding the lead to 3?
How many times have they finished in last place? Or been irrelevant on September 1st? A team’s success isn’t only a binary of whether they win a title or not.
Story is going to really get it going somewhere around Sept 25th. I hate watching this guy hit.
Edit: Try to hit.
Edit: Try to hit.
The last place thing is so stupid. They have consistently traded guys away when they don’t have the horses to get into the playoffs. If they aren’t going to make the postseason I prefer that they get the better draft pick than have the “honor” of finishing in third.
Feels like that magic the Life of Pablo had has left. Like when Darnell McDonald came crashing to earth.
I respect taking away Ort's K. He didn't do nearly enough of that up in Boston to desvere it. If Jimy Williams got shit for being shy an M, Kaleb can now be spelt with a C.
Because Cora's generally poor at judging when the Sox might rally. Like, maybe if you're in a tight WC race, and the lineup is turning over, you try to keep the score close, instead of stealing another inning with a guy who's already, in this game, shown himself to be very hittable.
But Cora went with the early-season playbook. The Sox were trailing, so he tried to steal innings, and so punted the game, turning it into one that requires a major rally, instead of a more reasonable one.
I think "punting" is a rational approach. But I do not think it should be done mechanically, which often seems the case with Cora. And so we are 69-61. Hardly a disaster, but probably not good enough to make the post season.
(I didn't even see him celebrating, BTW.)
Maybe I missed this- but who did folks want pitching instead of Murphy? Whitlock is unavailable, Winckowski threw 20 pitches yesterday, Schreiber 24 (and 22 the day prior- so prob n/a). Bernardino is on the IL. Not a lot of options, especially when you play again tomorrow.
Our short stops are taking a beating all year long. We finally get one that can field and then pound him for his bat....
Martin, presumably. In a game where our WP was about 18 percent and we needed 5 bullpen innings.
Randy Arozarena has caused the benches to clear twice in the 8th inning. He’s trolling the Yankees and it’s hilarious.
Reese always does work on things he can handle.
He's been on a heater, or as much as Reese can.
He's been on a heater, or as much as Reese can.
That was an LOL swing from verdugo. Shadows may have played a factor, but that's a perfect way for it to end.