4/10 Game 10 Rays/Sox

LynnRice75

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Game 10
Swept the Tigers with solid ball
but watched a Red Sox hero fall.
Surgery for Adam Duvall?
The most-unkindest cut of all.
Still waiting on a full report
and roster moves and who’ll play short.
Amidst this season’s darkest days,
we face the former Devil Rays.
Let’s go in with our bats ablaze,
take the mound with a steely gaze,
prove to the world that we’re not weak,
and end their undefeated streak.
 
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Game matches the teams with the two longest win streaks* in baseball.

*Red Sox tied with Diamondbacks and Padres
 
BornToRun

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I’ll try to be reasonable here and ask for a split instead of a sweep. Tampa’s on fire so I’ll be happy if our guys can just hold their own.
 
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Joe Posnanski on the Rays and their start:

Yes, yes, yes, their three series have been against the Tigers, Nationals and Athletics, who might end up being the three worst teams in baseball. However, the Rays are 9-0 — the first team to start a season 9-0 since the 2003 Royals—and their statistics are absolutely ridiculous.
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They lead the league in runs, homers, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and fewest strikeouts.
Meanwhile, they also lead the league in ERA, hits allowed, FIP, WHIP and fewest home runs and walks allowed.
Wander Franco leads the league in homers. Jeffrey Springs and Drew Rasmussen have not given up a run yet. Randy Arozarena is hitting .371. Someone named Harold Ramirez is slugging .762. They’ve outscored their opponents 75-18 and have won each of their last two games 11-0.
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Obviously—since you now know that the last team to start 9-0 was the 2003 Royals—winning your first nine games doesn’t guarantee anything. Again, the competition has not been great. But, it’s also true that the last 9-0 team before those ’03 Royals was the 1990 Reds, who went on to win the World Series. The Rays are such a young and talented team, so this could be a harbinger of a magical season, not unlike the 1984 Tigers, who started the year 35-5 and basically cruised to a World Series title.
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Having recently made the switch from contacts to glasses, it seems like the opposite of what a baseball player would want. Everything is substantially more distorted in terms of curvature and depth perception, for all the other advantages, especially when turning your head or using your peripheral vision. Plus, random flashes as light hits the lenses just right.
 
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pokey_reese said:
Having recently made the switch from contacts to glasses, it seems like the opposite of what a baseball player would want. Everything is substantially more distorted in terms of curvature and depth perception, for all the other advantages, especially when turning your head or using your peripheral vision. Plus, random flashes as light hits the lenses just right.
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Can't wait for Jim Rice to opine on this topic.
 
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LynnRice75 said:
Game 10
Swept the Tigers with solid ball
but watched a Red Sox hero fall.
Surgery for Adam Duvall?
The most-unkindest cut of all.
Still waiting on a full report
and roster moves and who’ll play short.
Amidst this season’s darkest days,
we face the former Devil Rays.
Let’s go in with our bats ablaze,
take the mound with a steely gaze,
prove to the world that we’re not weak,
and end their undefeated streak.
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Nice
I haven't checked out the other game threads you had started, but wanted to acknowledge this. Brought a smile to my face

Edit/ Nice work on the others too!
 
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These gambling segments are bleh enough made even worse with the personalities only pushing parleys that basically serve to funnel money to the books.
 
BornToRun

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I’m hoping that Bobby can tread water to at least a .750~ OPS with the time he gets. It’s unfair to expect him to maintain Duvall’s production but fingers crossed he’s not just a black hole.
 
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Really hate when they miss middle-middle fastballs like Hernandez just did.

edit: And Turner. Need to be hitting these.
 
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I would be very happy with a split. With or without Duvall I still think this team makes a run for a wildcard spot.
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Losing Duvall stings, a whole hell of a lot actually, but I think this is still a team with playoff potential. I don’t expect them to blow anyone’s doors off but early returns show me they could be that team that wins 85ish games and is still playing meaningful games in September. That’s what I was anticipating and that’s what I’ll be satisfied with. Everyone deals with injuries and they’re gonna have to pick up the slack. We’ll just have to wait and see how well they’re able to do it.
 
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BornToRun said:
I’m hoping that Bobby can tread water to at least a .750~ OPS with the time he gets. It’s unfair to expect him to maintain Duvall’s production but fingers crossed he’s not just a black hole.
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To be fair, it would have been pretty unfair to expect Duvall to keep up his production.
 
LynnRice75

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Sad how much Duvall’s absence weakens the middle of the lineup and the middle of the infield at the same time.
 
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pokey_reese said:
Having recently made the switch from contacts to glasses, it seems like the opposite of what a baseball player would want. Everything is substantially more distorted in terms of curvature and depth perception, for all the other advantages, especially when turning your head or using your peripheral vision. Plus, random flashes as light hits the lenses just right.
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It worked out for my dear friend Ricky, who made the switch to glasses, then led his team to the AL pennant
 
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