8/17 Just Have Fun

[SemperFidelisSox]

Cora needs to ask more of the starters. Going to the pen in the 5th in a 1-1 game is dumb.

 

[TFisNEXT]

Not sure what’s worse…letting Jeter Downs score twice or thinking that a 3-1 deficit in the 5th inning feels insurmountable with the way this offense is playing.

 

[JOBU]

Jfc

 

[patinorange]

All three of the Nats' runs were walked on base.

You can't walk Jeter Downs twice.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Another rolling breaking ball, ugh.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

How in the hell was he safe

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Meneses, Chavis, Downs…all the old Sox coming back to haunt us.

 

[patinorange]

This team doesn't tag well.

 

[LogansDad]

This game sucks. I'm going to do laundry.

 

[mauidano]

FFS. That’ll probably do it today.

 

[Ted Cox 4 president]

Sorry, DDB. Not having fun. Maybe later?

 

[JOBU]

Just an embarrassing effort

 

[E5 Yaz]

Cora needs to start asking more of the starters.

The problem is that the starters include two older guys who haven't pitched much in the past couple of years, and two younger guys whose innings are being monitored.

 

[Doc Zero]

I got better shit to do, later

 

[Rovin Romine]

Cora's gonna punt this one by leaving Winck in. Because there are infinite games to play on the season.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Two high leverage absolute meltdowns in a row

 

[Harry Hooper]

And now a pitch right in the wheelhouse.

 

[patinorange]

This was a must game. Oh well.

 

[mauidano]

At this point Wink should have to finish the fucking game.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Sorry, DDB. Not having fun. Maybe later?

I was just hoping the players would. For us, optional.

 

[LesterFan]

A two-run deficit with half a game to go?

Will that do it for you? They were never going to score the minimum 4 runs required to win this game without giving up more runs. Not with the way they've been hitting for weeks.

 

[BigSoxFan]

This team is just so annoying to follow.

 

[Harry Hooper]

None of Wink's pitches are working, so what to call.

 

[LogansDad]

At least Cora will have another chance to put out a new experimental lineup that nobody ever saw coming tomorrow.

 

[8slim]

Man, the past couple weeks this team has really been less than the sum of its parts.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

What a terrible inning, could not make a single play (Urias x2)

 

[E5 Yaz]

They were never going to score the minimum 4 runs required to win this game without giving up more runs.

I'm curious how is their ability to score runs dependent on the number of runs they give up?

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Apple is going to move tomorrows Sox-Yankees game to Comedy Central.

 

[mauidano]

Cora needs to ask more of the starters. Going to the pen in the 5th in a 1-1 game is dumb.

Easy to second guess this but spot on. Sale was doing well, got squeezed a bit but obviously this is on Cora. His choice backfired big time.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Not the kind of series they can lose if they wanna get into the tourney. Too few games left for this shit.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

4 hits in 19 pitches

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I'm thinking that this one ends up 5-6, with some meaty Cora pinch hitting decisions. Just a matter of fact blowout seems insincere.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

I don’t think Sale is fully stretched out and he was looking shaky even with the ump bullshit. He made the right move.

 

[LynnRice75]

Would be nice for us to grind out a few at bats and get a series of walks or singles rather than all these early in the count lazy fly outs and soft grounders.
Edit. And strikeouts

 

[TFisNEXT]

I don’t think Sale is fully stretched out and he was looking shaky even with the ump bullshit. He made the right move.

Yeah as painful as it is to see the starter yanked in the 5th and then Wink melt down, Sale is part of this team going forward through 2024 for better or worse so better to err on the side of caution.

 

[patinorange]

Nice response. Dead ass team.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Getting close to Rafaela getting a cup of coffee type of September

 

[mikeford]

Bad team.

Need a complete reset in 24. Bloom gone, Cora gone.

 

[Back Bay]

This team has look lifeless for half of its game.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Offense is down to Casas & Turner, with Reyes chipping in some.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Bad team.

Need a complete reset in 24. Bloom gone, Cora gone.

2026 should be pretty awesome though…maybe

 

[shawnrbu]

The Jeter Downs Game.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Offense is down to Casas & Turner, with Reyes chipping in some.

$300M man hasn’t had an RBI in last 10 games.

 

[chrisfont9]

The Jeter Downs Game.

He's getting revenge... on the team that gave him every chance to succeed and he just pissed it away.

 

[mauidano]

Raffy with 4 hits in his last 8 games, no RBI’s.

 

[Blizzard of 1978]

Easy to second guess this but spot on. Sale was doing well, got squeezed a bit but obviously this is on Cora. His choice backfired big time.

Cora loves to pull his starters early.

 

[derekson]

I was out and doing work but It seems like our playoff aspirations are over.

 

[Merkle's Boner]

Wtf has happened to the bullpen???

 

[mauidano]

Wink coulda done that.

 

[shawnrbu]

3 runs scored for Downs.