Beat the Cubs today Avril 28

[Ale Xander]

Younhave to be kidding me

 

[E5 Yaz]

Getting nickel and dimed the last few batters.

That was a dollar

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

Fuck me

 

[DadOfFenway]

FAWK

 

[nvalvo]

I think Dalbec's vision has been deteriorating for the last three years. Sometimes 28-year-old eyeballs are substantially worse than 24-year-old eyeballs, which helps explain why he keeps showing up with different eyewear: spectacles, goggles, contacts... Sometimes there isn't a technological solution to mortality, and you need to find another line of work.

But how did he have a ~.930 OPS in AAA last season?

 

[InsideTheParker]

Curses. Really bad words.

 

[Fishy1]

Martin kind of fucking sucks so far this year!

 

[bosockboy]

Fuck it all.

 

[mauidano]

C'mon now; who didn't see that coming?

 

[JOBU]

I thought that was a shallow fly

 

[TrotNixonRing]

Gross.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Martin is fucking toast

 

[Ale Xander]

Too soon, Eduardo, too soon

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Well that sucked.

 

[strek1]

Are there any really good fielding tall pitchers? Seems like a tough tightrope

Roy Halladay was really good in the field at 6"6".

 

[BornToRun]

I hope Doubleday is burning in hell.

 

[mikeford]

This is all Dalbec's fault

 

[nvalvo]

Mike Tauchman has always killed us.

 

[Rovin Romine]

All men are mortal.

Chris Martin is a man.

Therefore. . .nah.

 

[patinorange]

Poor Houk. Again.

 

[TrotNixonRing]

Martin is fucking toast

he’s not signed beyond this year right? If so, good timing looks like

 

[staz]

Cora pulls Houck right after the first runner got on, we're still leading this game.

 

[DadOfFenway]

Tanner Houck is owed more than this... fawk.

 

[strek1]

Nice start by Houck down the drain.

 

[oumbi]

Sigh. Houck's outing goes for naught. But Sox will still win this one, just an irritating win.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Glad Martin is allowed to try and finish what he started. He’s so brave.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Martin has given up more runs this year than he did last, in 40 fewer innings.

 

[mauidano]

This is all Dalbec's fault

I still think when the players gathered on the mound the second time when Houck was losing it is when Cora should have come out and got Houck. Again, one batter too late.

 

[Ale Xander]

Execs in Bristol must be smiling

extra innings means more time for interpreter interviews

 

[HangingW/ScottCooper]

The woo woo noise needs to go away

 

[Sprowl]

But how did he have a ~.930 OPS in AAA last season?

I don't know, but I'll guess that he's still got enough power to make AAA mistakes go a long way.

 

[staz]

Martin was rushed into this game. He should have been warming the second Houck hit 90 pitches, but noooOOOooo

 

[StuckOnYouk]

I mean the whole Martin in toast thing- the two hits before the HR were flares. That's baseball

 

[nvalvo]

Gang, we’re going to win this game.

I disagree with this, AAAA players have always existed.

Jackson Holiday just found out the difference.

Is your view that Jackson Holiday is a AAAA player? After like two weeks of at bats?

 

[Tony Pena's Gas Cloud]

Martin kind of fucking sucks so far this year!

What the fuck are you talking about? He had one awful game and has been great otherwise. Tonight he allowed two absolute fart hits before a bad pitch, then easily got the next three hitters.

 

[mauidano]

I mean the whole Martin in toast thing- the two hits before the HR were flares. That's baseball

I'll have to go back and look but I think O'Neil maybe had a play on the first one.

 

[Obscure Name]

Now someone else gets to be the hero.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

No, but there is absolutely a big difference between AAA and the bigs.

 

[Sprowl]

I mean the whole Martin in toast thing- the two hits before the HR were flares. That's baseball

Bloop-and-a-bloop-and-a-blast

 

[aksoxfan]

I mean the whole Martin in toast thing- the two hits before the HR were flares. That's baseball

First one of which should have been caught.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Theo!

 

[shawnrbu]

Ravech and The GOAT.

 

[shawnrbu]

I feel like the game is interrupting Ravech’s podcast.

 

[nvalvo]

No, but there is absolutely a big difference between AAA and the bigs.

Sure. But Dalbec had a .930 OPS in AAA and a .220 OPS in MLB. The difference can’t be *that* big.

 

[DadOfFenway]

okay Bobby... it's go time - let's do this now.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Set up guy versus set up guy not looking so good for us

 

[brandonchristensen]

No way Bobby D does anything positive here

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Throwing 100 to Valdez is just mean.

 

[staz]

Valdez is going to dip below .100 if he's not careful

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Dalbec vs a hard throwing righty isn’t fair