9/26 Cook the Rays

[Sprowl]

The 2023 Red Sox are feckless and unlovable. Why do we stick with them as fans? Well, for one thing, we're still hungry. The only glory left in this miserable season is the chance to cook the Rays and spoil the Orioles. I propose to begin with raie au beurre noisette.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

 

[Ale Xander]

Do we get a higher draft pick if we’re caught by the Guardians/Tigers?

Not really sure what to root for anymore

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Do we get a higher draft pick if we’re caught by the Guardians/Tigers?

Not really sure what to root for anymore

America!

 

[mr_smith02]

I will watch it tonight...I will remember on October 27, 2004, I asked the gods to do whatever needed to be done to allow me to see my Red Sox win the World Series. I guess these seasons are some type of Karma payback.

***My cousin always reminds me, among other things, that I said the gods could take me one year earlier than planned if the Red Sox could just win it all that year. Those were exhausting and exhilarating weeks of baseball! ***

 

[LynnRice75]

Game 157
The Sox lost in 6 because of the rain.
6 series straight that have gone down the drain.
It doesn’t matter, so I won’t complain,
(but one-run losses can drive me insane.)
Our mediocre lackluster campaign
is nearly done. Only 6 games remain.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Can you really eat devil rays?

I’d try it as long as it won’t kill me.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Can you really eat devil rays?

I’d try it as long as it won’t kill me.

Sprowl gave you an example. When you search that, it gives you many recipes, mostly in French. From this I infer it isn't very popular stateside.
The Rays apparently dropped the "devil" some years ago, and try to use the star motif to suggest sun rays. Nobody is fooled, however.

I wonder if a win is possible. Eflin v. Houck seems to favor them, but the Rays lineup is broken, with a # of significant injuries.

 

[E5 Yaz]

1. Carmen Aranda (L) 1B
2. Junior Mintze (R) 3B
3. Raynon Paredes (R) DH
4. Josh Lowebrowe (L) RF
5. Curtis Wilkins (R) 2B
6. Hemingway Margot (R) CF
7. Phil A. Tapia (L) LF
8. Allo Walls (S) SS
9. Frida Pinto (R) C

1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
5. Trevor Story (R) SS
6. Wilyer Abreu (L) CF
7. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
8. Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
9. Reese McGuire (L) C

Eflin (RHP) v Houck

 

[RobertS975]

Don't remember game threads where we talked mostly about recipes! I prefer my stingray sautéed with an herb butter and capers.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Can you really eat devil rays?

I’d try it as long as it won’t kill me.

You can also look up recipes for skate wing.

 

[Joe Shlabotnick]

Totally unrelated to tonight’s game, but breaking news out of Baltimore. Brooks Robinson has passed away,

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

1. Carmen Aranda (L) 1B
2. Junior Mintze (R) 3B
3. Raynon Paredes (R) DH
4. Josh Lowebrowe (L) RF
5. Curtis Wilkins (R) 2B
6. Hemingway Margot (R) CF
7. Phil A. Tapia (L) LF
8. Allo Walls (S) SS
9. Frida Pinto (R) C

1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
5. Trevor Story (R) SS
6. Wilyer Abreu (L) CF
7. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
8. Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
9. Reese McGuire (L) C

Eflin (RHP) v Houck

I would root for Tampa if their first baseman wore fruit piled on top of his cap

 

[InsideTheParker]

1. Carmen Aranda (L) 1B
2. Junior Mintze (R) 3B
3. Raynon Paredes (R) DH
4. Josh Lowebrowe (L) RF
5. Curtis Wilkins (R) 2B
6. Hemingway Margot (R) CF
7. Phil A. Tapia (L) LF
8. Allo Walls (S) SS
9. Frida Pinto (R) C

1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
5. Trevor Story (R) SS
6. Wilyer Abreu (L) CF
7. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
8. Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
9. Reese McGuire (L) C

Eflin (RHP) v Houck

Now do the Sox, can ya?

 

[AB in DC]

LOL Sox.

 

[strek1]

That was FAST

 

[pk1627]

Anyone planning on making a play?

Guess not

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Brooks Robinson is up there shaking his head at Devers.

 

[strek1]

Just to remind everyone how Brooks Robinson could catch those in his sleep. Nice Raffy.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Oh, boy, the Devers signing is biting the Sox in the ass. He better improve, or we're in trouble.

 

[fenwaypaul]

So far they can’t even summon the effort to mail this one in.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

This team has no business finishing worse or the same as last year's team. This is a bit of a disgrace.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Tapia has to hit a granny to come full circle from 2022.

 

[simplicio]

Tanner Houck is not a starter. Let's stop fucking pretending he is next year please.

 

[Sprowl]

The Red Sox death spiral is being performed with great sincerity.

 

[mauidano]

Thanks some more Raffy.

Hey, there's a familiar face. Tapia could not be happier to be out of Boston and headed to the playoffs with the Rays.

 

[strek1]

This team has no business finishing worse or the same as last year's team. This is a bit of a disgrace.

More than a bit the way they have checked out mentally.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Houck, yet another Sox pitcher who hit the wall at like 85 innings.

 

[LogansDad]

Can't watch tonight. Is it as bad as Gameday makes it look?

 

[strek1]

Can't watch tonight. Is it as bad as Gameday makes it look?

Maybe worse

 

[InsideTheParker]

Can't watch tonight. Is it as bad as Gameday makes it look?

Worse. Those of us still watching are either True Fans, Idiots, or Masochists.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Can't watch tonight. Is it as bad as Gameday makes it look?

3-0 is nothin'

 

[pk1627]

Scream at Devers all you want. But Houck sucked

 

[AB in DC]

I turned it off after about five minutes. It was that bad. Did you catch the part where Cora totally wasted a challenge because whoever answers the phone to the replay room got it completely wrong?

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Could have been a lot worse tbh

 

[strek1]

O'Brien is just as checked out as the team. LOL

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

If you were a fan of a team fighting for a playoff spot, is there a single team in baseball that you would rather play right now than the Red Sox?

Or if you were chasing a team, is there a single team they could be playing that would bum you out more than the Red Sox?

We are the worst team in baseball. I guess maybe you pick the As, just because. We actually are having a worse September than they are.

 

[Max Power]

When did Jerry Trupiano get a job as a camera man?

 

[strek1]

Scream at Devers all you want. But Houck sucked

Yes he did but he's a lot cheaper than Devers.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I turned it off after about five minutes. It was that bad. Did you catch the part where Cora totally wasted a challenge because whoever answers the phone to the replay room got it completely wrong?

In Cora's defense, that was literally the only moment in the game in which the Red Sox would still have a chance to win. So, even if the chances were near zero, there will never be a better time for a challenge today.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Since a 17-1 blowout in Houston, the Red Sox will have been 8-20 if they lose tonight

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Worse. Those of us still watching are either True Fans, Idiots, or Masochists.

This really needs to be the title of tomorrow's game thread.

 

[strek1]

Worse. Those of us still watching are either True Fans, Idiots, or Masochists.

Well said. I guess at this point it's like watching a car crash. You just have to look.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Since a 17-1 blowout in Houston, the Red Sox will have been 8-20 if they lose tonight

Assuming a loss tonight, they'll be 4-14 since the Tampa Bay walk off, with three walk off losses in that stretch.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Since a 17-1 blowout in Houston, the Red Sox will have been 8-20 if they lose tonight

We keep playing teams when they are red hot.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I wonder if they will be better next year. Does anyone else think about stuff like that?

 

[Beomoose]

Roman Anthony in the booth

 

[E5 Yaz]

YEHMLBRFGOTS

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Story rips a two-bagger!

 

[strek1]

I wonder if they will be better next year. Does anyone else think about stuff like that?

Only the fans. Apparently the front office isn't concerned about such things.