4/13 Kluber at Springs

[Moviegoer]

Fantastic choice for first out of the bullpen, Cora.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

This is getting to be worse than the Twins against the Yankees.
Or the Washington Generals against the Globetrotters. Soon Arozarena will throw a bucket of confetti over the Red Sox dugout.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Every game against these bastards, we either blow a close one or they just crush us. It's so sickening and seems like it will never end.

Sometimes you just need lucky hitters, rather than smart ones.

 

[LynnRice75]

Kluber could have done that.

Dude was 0 for 5 with 5 K's against Kluber. Not sure why they made the pitching change.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

JFC

 

[mauidano]

Shitshow.

 

[patinorange]

Fantastic choice for first out of the bullpen, Cora.

He's been morphing into John Farrell. Every move is wrong.

 

[TheYellowDart5]

Bleier doing everything he can to ensure a DFA by May 1

 

[BaseballJones]

Fantastic choice for first out of the bullpen, Cora.

Really glad they brought Bleier in!

 

[Rovin Romine]

How is that a hit batsman - didn't he go for it?

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Every game against these bastards, we either blow a close one or they just crush us. It's so sickening and seems like it will never end.

This time we could have both in one game. So much fun.

 

[Stu Nahan]

This team sucks

 

[GPO Man]

Bleier blows

 

[LogansDad]

Bleier about to put this one out of reach. What a disaster

 

[scottyno]

Apparently Bleier should try to make sure the ground balls he gives up are placed better

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

What a humiliating kick to the crotch.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Tampa's entire roster so much more fundamentally sound than Boston's. They are all good at playing baseball and love to expose all the ways that the Red Sox are not.

 

[normstalls]

Painful inning. Ouch.

They are just so much better than the Sox.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Count it.

 

[Dewey's 'stache]

Blieir with the can of gas, matches

 

[jtn46]

Mercy

 

[Deweys New Stance]

Rocky outing for Bleier.

 

[BigEazy]

this roster fucking blows

 

[strek1]

Trash team = trash results

 

[Scoops Bolling]

Fuck this

 

[Manzivino]

There are a lot of holes on this roster but man Cora couldn’t intentionally make worse decisions.

 

[LogansDad]

Apparently Bleier should try to make sure the ground balls he gives up are placed better

This is a fair point.

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

We suck.

 

[Dewey's 'stache]

Why did Cora pull Kluber? Lowe had 5 SO’s against Kluber.

 

[mauidano]

Fire Cora. Lots of questionable decisions.

 

[GPO Man]

Ka-Bloom!

 

[Papo The Snow Tiger]

Somewhere Matt Barnes is laughing now too.

 

[jmcc5400]

Tampa's entire roster so much more fundamentally sounds than Boston's. They are all good at playing baseball and love to expose all the ways that the Red Sox are not.

100% this.

 

[bluefenderstrat]

Screw it, I hope Tampa goes 20-0.

 

[Trapaholic]

Impressive work from Bleier - up one to down 5 in less than 10 pitches

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Oof

 

[BornToRun]

Well this has been a disaster

 

[TheYellowDart5]

Whoever suggested Bleier as the return for Barnes should be furiously updating their resume right now.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Rocky outing for Bleier.

Franco Harris do anything?

 

[strek1]

This didn't age well.

Sure it did - you just didn't wait long enough.

 

[mr_smith02]

You know you have a poorly constructed team when a player of the caliber of Adam Duvall gets hurt and your team then looks like a AA ball club. Good work front office!

 

[Joe Shlabotnick]

This team is a disgrace. Its gonna be a long season for those fans who stick around to endure it.

 

[LesterFan]

3 soft grounders find holes because of course they do. Luckiest team in the majors.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Impressive work from Bleier - up one to down 5 in less than 10 pitches

Did he even give up a line drive in that whole disgusting sequence?
It's easier to win games if you can score a bunch of runs quickly without having to hit the ball very hard.

 

[aksoxfan]

I checked on the game on my phone and it’s 3-1 Sox. Cool. Eat a sandwich and it’s suddenly 8-3 Rays. Tough duty rooting for this team.

 

[GPO Man]

At least Bleier didn’t balk

 

[RedOctober3829]

This organization needs a house cleaning from top to bottom.

 

[mr_smith02]

This organization needs a house cleaning from top to bottom.

They did that...Mookie, Xander, etc. etc.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Somewhere Matt Barnes is laughing now too.

He's being used as a low-leverage middle innings guy by the Marlins. But he's been surprisingly effective.

 

[BaseballJones]

3-2 Sox, two outs, two on. Cora brings in Bleier....

0-0 Lowe singles in a run - game tied at 3
1-2 Arozarena singles in a run - TB leads 4-3
0-1 Franco hit by pitch
0-0 Margot bunt single, run scores - TB leads 5-3
0-0 Ramirez doubles in three runs - TB leads 8-3

Nine pitches and the Sox go from being up 3-2 to being down 8-3. I mean, that's the very definition of pouring gasoline on the fire.