Early entry of Reyes into the game hurt, though he did get a base hit in the 7th.
3/29/24 - Red Sox at Mariners
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Well, on the bright side we've gone toe-to-toe with the best pitching staff in the American League. That's something.
The circle jerks all these commissioners must have together while they talk about the bullshit they put fans through.
Pivetta looked great. Our offense did not. Out Devers,. obviously, but it feels like we should have a credible a way to not have to give Dalbec or McGuire at bats. So brutal.
That was objectively a great game.
Which makes the ump blowing that Casas at bat so badly even fucking worse.
Which makes the ump blowing that Casas at bat so badly even fucking worse.
like most sports leagues, they’ll take waaaaaay too long to adjust (eg pitch clock)
In fairness, the player and ump unions make it hard to drive change
That's not good. On the other hand, the next two batters were very lame. No chance.
Call on pitch #6 was somewhat understandable since the pitch tumbled very late below the zone, but an ump in MLB can't miss pitch #5.
While true. Mlb and the mlbpa wants to make sure the ABS is close to perfect before rolling it out to mlb. ( thus the testing phase in the minors). The nfl “tried” to use replay for pi. And then scrapped it after one year instead of trying to fix the issues. Mlb was literally the last professional league to institute any replay. And they are already more “technologically advanced” than the NHL/NBA/nfl wrt to getting rid of almost all possible “human elements” for officiating gaffes.
Defense and positional versatility and looking good swinging and spring training he’s Hank Aaron
As someone well past that point, all I can tell you is that there are many, many wonderful years ahead. Best wishes to you.
I was bummed about turning 40 a few weeks ago, and a friend who had suffered a lot of loss told me something that put that in perspective:
“The only thing worse than turning 40 is not turning 40.”
Happy Birthday!!!! Eat something you shouldn’t! !!!
Great pitching. Good defense. Meh situational hitting, which is more important against a top pitcher.
Well, we have the same hitting coaches doing the same things with him, as Cora uses him in the same ways. Yay?!?!
Regarding the Casas at bat in the ninth, yes the ump was brutal, especially on strike 2. That said, strike three was more or less in the same location as strike two. It was close enough that all I could hear in my head was what my coaches growing up would say to me if I'd watched it go by: "too close to take with two strikes." Protecting with two strikes is a by-gone skill and a by-gone priority these days.
Good game overall on both sides. Pitching and defense is encouraging. Sox missed their opportunity to get to Kirby early, and with a pitcher like him, you can't miss opportunities.
Good game overall on both sides. Pitching and defense is encouraging. Sox missed their opportunity to get to Kirby early, and with a pitcher like him, you can't miss opportunities.
Bello + Pivetta:
11.0 ip, 8 h, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 12 k, 2.45 era, 1.00 whip, 9.8 k/9
I’ll take that.
11.0 ip, 8 h, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 12 k, 2.45 era, 1.00 whip, 9.8 k/9
I’ll take that.
Of the Heisenberg Principle? Would actually have to be his ghost.
It's on MLBN tonight, maybe because it's the only game at exactly the start time of 6:40 Pacific.
Edit: Sunday is an afternoon game. Monday and Tuesday at Oakland, 6:40 Pacific, Wednesday at 12:37. Oakland will send some kid(s) out to the mound we never heard of and he will stifle our ass. Sorry for looking so far ahead.
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