6/12: Sox vs ROXTOWN

[FlexFlexerson]

I realized yesterday that a Sox win against the Yankees would make me thread starter for today, when the Sox begin their series against Colorado's own Rockies - my local team.

I've seen a bunch of Rockies games in my life, some of them even pretty good, but the best I ever saw was game 4 of the 2007 world series. Never thought I'd get to go to a Sox world series game, let alone a clinching one, let alone one at Coors field. Wild.

Anyways, I think I saw blackmon was put on the DL the other day so a good time to be hosting the already pretty hapless Rockies. Due to basketball no one in Colorado will be watching, so let's just win.

 

[BravesField]

Connor Seabold Day today.....Welcome back old friend.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Connor Seabold Day today.....Welcome back old friend.

I'm glad he's being given a shot in a ML rotation on a team like the Rockies. I thought he could turn into a decent back end of a rotation guy but time is running out on him. Or..... more likely he'll turn into an ace tonight after the Sox hack away at crappy offerings, strand runners all over the place and score two runs while Crawford tosses 6 innings and they lose 3-2. Or... maybe not. Maybe they beat the snot out of a crappy pitcher.

 

[mr_smith02]

Win today and take it from there.

 

[caminante11]

This is the free game of the day on mlb.tv

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Connor Seabold Day today.....Welcome back old friend.

Daniel Bard Day.

 

[E5 Yaz]

1. Jurickson Profar (S) LF
2. Ezequiel Tovar (R) SS
3. Ryan McMahon (L) 3B
4. Elias Diaz (R) C
5. Randal Grichuk (R) DH
6. Nolan Jones (L) RF
7. Coco Montes (R) 2B
8. Elehuris Montero (R) 1B
9. Brenton Doyle (R) CF

1. Jarren Duran (L) LF
2. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
5. Adam Duvall (R) CF
6. Triston Casas (L) 1B
7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B
8. Connor Wong (R) C
9. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS

 

[Ale Xander]

totally forgot that Profar is on the Rockies now

 

[joe dokes]

Hasn't Grichuk earned lead-pipe status in recent years?

 

[LogansDad]

Hasn't Grichuk earned lead-pipe status in recent years?

He crushed the Sox in 2020 and 2021, when he was with Toronto, in two otherwise unexceptional seasons.

 

[Coachster]

Hasn't Grichuk earned lead-pipe status in recent years?

Not really. .254/.296/.412 against us lifetime. 8 home runs.

 

[dhappy42]

Yoshida could probably use a day off after the weekend he had.

 

[jmcc5400]

totally forgot that Profar is on the Rockies now

Ah, yes, The Love Song of J. Urickson Profar.

 

[Coachster]

So this is what I don't understand. Kike had a pretty good day at 2nd yesterday. Isn't Arroyo a better shortstop statistically anyway? Why do we have to face the horror of another night with Kike, when Christian is right there on the other side of the bag?

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

I've seen a bunch of Rockies games in my life, some of them even pretty good, but the best I ever saw was game 4 of the 2007 world series. Never thought I'd get to go to a Sox world series game, let alone a clinching one, let alone one at Coors field. Wild.

I was at game 3. Coldest baseball game I've ever been to

 

[Daniel_Son]

Coco Montes is the best baseball name I've seen in a long time.

 

[soxhop411]

Coco Montes is the best baseball name I've seen in a long time.

Coco Crisp, is disappointed in you

 

[LynnRice75]

Game 67
Bad play and bad luck make games tough to endure
like when a groundout takes a two-run detour,
bouncing off second as if shouting “Parkour!”
Last night, when we suffered that snafu de jour,
it felt like a game New York would win for sure,
but our sad Sox assumptions proved premature.
Stellar pitching and smallball helped us secure
a big win in extras and partly obscure
the fact that our offense is still quite demure.
Colorado comes into Boston. It’s pure
and simple: Keep winning! It has more allure.

 

[FlexFlexerson]

I was at game 3. Coldest baseball game I've ever been to

I remember going as a young'un to some Rockies/Sox preseason exhibition game in March at Coors (cannot for the life of me remember the details - tried to look it up and a quick search isn't turning any games up, but I know it happened because I have photos) and there was still piles of snow in the seats. They cleared out some sections and left others buried. Totally surreal.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Game 67
Bad play and bad luck make games tough to endure
like when a groundout takes a two-run detour,
bouncing off second as if shouting “Parkour!”
Last night, when we suffered that snafu de jour,
it felt like a game New York would win for sure,
but our sad Sox assumptions proved premature.
Stellar pitching and smallball helped us secure
a big win in extras and partly obscure
the fact that our offense is still quite demure.
Colorado comes into Boston. It’s pure
and simple: Keep winning! It has more allure.

Nice, and I learned about "parkour," which I guess all the guys know, but I didn't.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Game 67
Bad play and bad luck make games tough to endure
like when a groundout takes a two-run detour,
bouncing off second as if shouting “Parkour!”
Last night, when we suffered that snafu de jour,
it felt like a game New York would win for sure,
but our sad Sox assumptions proved premature.
Stellar pitching and smallball helped us secure
a big win in extras and partly obscure
the fact that our offense is still quite demure.
Colorado comes into Boston. It’s pure
and simple: Keep winning! It has more allure.

Hard fucking core!!

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Ugh. Millar remoting into the booth? Why bother?

 

[Moviegoer]

Does MLB the show really inexplicably have Kaiju customization options or is that just some weird commercial thing?

 

[ColdSoxPack]

Ugh. Millar remoting into the booth? Why bother?

Wish they could mute his audio.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Profar away. Doesn't anybody stay at first base anymore?

 

[InsideTheParker]

Crap. Kid came to play.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Profar away. Doesn't anybody stay at first base anymore?

It would be SO FINE to see Big Jim slam the door!

 

[The Filthy One]

That is a sick play by Arroyo.

 

[Sprowl]

That's the best defensive play I've seen Arroyo make in more than two years.

 

[The Filthy One]

Profar away. Doesn't anybody stay at first base anymore?

This is great, btw.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Christians know how to go their right.

 

[Sprowl]

Hard fucking core!!

Wouldn't it be hard fucking coeur?

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Christians know how to go their right.

Kudos

 

[Beomoose]

Seabold trimmed down some

 

[Sprowl]

Belovéd of BABIP

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Tablesetters on, and Justin Time!

 

[chrisfont9]

Ugh, spoke too soon

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Oh for FUCK'S SAKE!

 

[mauidano]

Helluva job there Raffy. Rally Killer.

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Great job by Devers.

 

[InsideTheParker]

There's the predictable by now Devers DP on the first pitch.

 

[dhappy42]

Goodness gracious just like that

 

[derekson]

Raffy....

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Rafael Devers murders every rally he stumbles upon.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

That was worthless.

 

[Ale Xander]

Seabold trimmed down some

Rockies rule that you can’t eat if you have an ERA above 5

 

[Soxcat]

Keep swinging at everything Devers

 

[fenwaypaul]

Sad.

 

[Back Bay]

What a garbage pitch to swing at

 

[mauidano]

Ugh. Millar remoting into the booth? Why bother?

His schtick has worn thin and stopped watching Intentional Talk a couple of years ago.