Dopes appreciation thread. Or 9/19 game thread. Or both

[Bergs]

Wow I don't think even Kike had a play that bad at SS.

He had 5 or 6. In June.

 

[moonshotmanny]

What was that by the Rangers.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Chapman v Devers ... memories

 

[barclay]

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This is literally perfect.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

That was disappointing. Up to Turner.

 

[JOBU]

That’s basically unhittable

 

[Just a bit outside]

No chance!

 

[E5 Yaz]

Why aren't they walking Turner?

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

I could hit that if I started my swing yesterday.

 

[patinorange]

Chapman v Devers ... memories

That was a little different.

 

[Bergs]

I forgot Chapman was a Ranger now. Mrs. Bergs is a Reds fan, and we saw him in his 1st & 2nd year. Still the most impressive stuff I've ever seen live.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Well, Chapman looked pretty good there. Put out the fire.

 

[Bergs]

I could hit that if I started my swing yesterday.

I might have time to fall down quick enough to get the HBP*.


*But probably not.

 

[patinorange]

Tired Turner.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Took the most hittable pitches, both of them did

 

[Bergs]

Took the most hittable pitches, both of them did

"Hittable" is debatable.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Cole Ragans has a 2.28 ERA in 10 starts for KC. Texas might not even make the playoffs with Chapman.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Murphy was actually decent in his first stint. Recently he’s a gasoline on a fire guy.

 

[Bergs]

Murphy was actually decent in his first stint. Recently he’s a gasoline on a fire guy.

It seems like there should be a law.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I love the infield fly rule. More than ice cream. Less than puppies.

 

[E5 Yaz]

I love the infield fly rule. More than ice cream. Less than puppies.

Reason No. 51

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Reason No. 51

Are there really only 113 total? Seems a little low.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Schreiber still blows.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Murphy coulda did that.

 

[Ted Cox 4 president]

That didn’t take long.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

There was no reason for that ball to go to 3rd. This park is too deep to try that

 

[Harry Hooper]

That didn’t take long.

Crappy first pitch

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Uh oh. Mrs. DDB says time to watch our programme. Enjoy the come back all y’all. Thanks Dopes.

 

[strek1]

Nice bullpen shitshow.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Uh oh. Mrs. DDB says time to watch our programme. Enjoy the come back all y’all. Thanks Dopes.

The Best of Lawrence Welk?

 

[JOBU]

Loser

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Fucking Schreiber. What an ineffectual putz. Hit the showers, you putz!

 

[Harry Hooper]

BBastard

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Schreiber’s descent into mediocrity has been depressing.

 

[mauidano]

The bullpen is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

I will miss baseball when the season ends, but man the end of this season is seriously dragging.

 

[simplicio]

The bullpen is why we can't have nice things.

If the nice things were starters the bullpen wouldn't be a problem.

 

[strek1]

8 K's and 7 walks. What a disgrace our staff is.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

I don’t think Story is getting his timing back this season.

 

[zenax]

Through 7, Sox pitchers have thrown 94 strikes and 71 balls.

Edit: maybe I should say 94 strikes and and 71 not strikes as I'm not certain if batted balls are counted as strikes (the box score lists ##Pitches-#Strikes). But they sure haven't looked like they had good control.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Houck only going four innings killed them.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Houck only going four innings killed them.

Got that on a Save-Get key?

 

[JOBU]

I mean… really?

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

I'm thankful that the Dopes around here do a much better job than Luis Urias.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Second lazy-ass throw by Urias in 3 games.

 

[patinorange]

Second lazy-ass throw by Urias in 3 games.

Totally and completely useless player.

 

[scotian1]

Sadly is Urias the only option at 2nd base?

 

[patinorange]

Schreiber’s descent into mediocrity has been depressing.

Last year may have been the outlier in his career.

 

[derekson]

Totally and completely useless player.

At least he gets one more AB!

 

[Bergs]

The bullpen is why we can't have nice things.

This bullpen likely would've been among the best in MLB with a decent stable of starters and non-atrocious D.