9/2 - Playing out the string

[JOBU]

Boom town.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

I absolutely love watching Casas hit. Dude is a masher. And we havent even scratched the surface with him.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Looks like they care tonight.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Another missile off the bat of the incendiary Adam Duvall. Mercy!

 

[ngruz25]

Casas hits some absolute moonshots. What a skyscraper.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Marsh is giving up all the hard contact. Hopefully KC sticks with him.

 

[barclay]

Ceddanne and Wilyer both on the bench. Do not like. No reason not to play them both.

Could not agree more -- that is why I tuned in, only to be disappointed. That said, Casas is a beast worth watching!

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Yoshida should have stopped at 1st for the team cycle this inning.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Velazquez is fixin' to raise the white flag out there in right.

 

[ngruz25]

Average exit velocity of 130 mph this inning.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Boom town.

View: https://youtu.be/c3st4AD69-0?si=5-8lwatmFVf9ubbe

 

[YTF]

Velazquez is fixin' to raise the white flag out there in right.

Right looks like it might be a tough sun field out there ATM.

 

[YTF]

I'll admit, I was a little nervous when I saw that ball leave Raffy's hand.

 

[JOBU]

I'll admit, I was a little nervous when I saw that ball leave Raffy's hand.

If it was up 6 more inches he would have been in trouble

 

[absintheofmalaise]

If it was up 6 more inches he would have been in trouble

Prom night.

 

[YTF]

If it was up 6 more inches he would have been in trouble

Yep.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

I don't know about y'all, but I'm Jimmy Buffetted the fuck out.

 

[derekson]

I don't know about y'all, but I'm Jimmy Buffetted the fuck out.

You just need another Margarita

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

You just need another Margarita

You know what? That's a capital idea!

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Dirty Waters is scuffling his ass off!

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Verdugo benefitting from rough Waters

 

[InsideTheParker]

I miss Reyes. Valdez is no Reyes.

 

[YTF]

You can say that again Youk.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

The Royals defense has caught a bad case of Red Sox-19.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Raffy lets some crushable mediocre cheese pass him by for strike 3.

 

[mauf]

Anyone else think that 1-2 to Devers was a purpose pitch, thrown right at that back leg? The catcher sure didn’t seem surprised by it. Then again, it might not have been a whole foot off the plate.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Anyone else think that 1-2 to Devers was a purpose pitch, thrown right at that back leg? The catcher sure didn’t seem surprised by it. Then again, it might not have been a whole foot off the plate.

I did. He was up on the plate like Youk was saying and Marsh decided that he wanted to use the Pedro part of the dish.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Anyone else think that 1-2 to Devers was a purpose pitch, thrown right at that back leg? The catcher sure didn’t seem surprised by it. Then again, it might not have been a whole foot off the plate.

I think Houck and Cora did.

 

[mauf]

I did. He was up on the plate like Youk was saying and Marsh decided that he wanted to use the Pedro part of the dish.

And I think Houck just got payback. Way the hell off the plate, and the catcher seemed to be anticipating it.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Ole'!

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Rafael "Dr. StrangeGlove" Devers

 

[DeadlySplitter]

"Out if Raffy doesn't fuck it up", I thought.

That's the way you have to think.

 

[JOBU]

Sigh

 

[InsideTheParker]

Should Devers have had that?

 

[Bergs]

Horrible.

 

[ngruz25]

How did the batter get to second? Brutal all around.

 

[derekson]

How is that a double?

 

[patinorange]

Should Devers have had that?

Yes

 

[Bergs]

Should Devers have had that?

Yes.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Rafael "Dr. Strangeglove" Devers

Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Extension

 

[DeadlySplitter]

He didn't even need to make a short hop play there. Think he had enough time to wait and still go to 1st, if not, go to 2nd - Beaty is below average speed at best.

 

[mauf]

Should Devers have had that?

As others have said, yes.

I think that’s scored an error in Boston, but the KC scorer (understandably) wanted to give his guy the RBI double.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

What a rope by the fully resurged ADAM DUVALL!

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

As others have said, yes.

I think that’s scored an error in Boston, but the KC scorer (understandably) wanted to give his guy the RBI double.

It's happening all around baseball this year. (Conspiracy)Theory is that MLB wants to show that the rule changes are adding offense. Unearned runs don't help the story.

 

[YTF]

One thing I'll say for Story is that he does bust his ass getting down the baseline.

 

[mauf]

It's happening all around baseball this year. (Conspiracy)Theory is that MLB wants to show that the rule changes are adding offense. Unearned runs don't help the story.

I think there’s a good case for this from a purist perspective. For every measurable athletic activity, the standard for elite performance has improved markedly over the past 50 years. There’s no reason to think fielding in baseball hasn’t improved similarly. So resolving close calls in favor of hits rather than errors comes closer to giving us a clean comparison across eras.

 

[InsideTheParker]

This game is sort of like a mirror image of last night, except the Sox didn't score anything this early.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

The irrepressible ENMANUEL VALDEZ!

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Alex "Cycle" Verdugo climbs in...

 

[E5 Yaz]

I'd say the wheels have come off for KC, but the Royals have been on cinder blocks since April