In Which the Red Sox Beat the Astros

[Jed Zeppelin]

How long after a guy is berating himself on the mound do you leave him in? Good news, if it’s a dozen more baserunners you too have a chance to be a major league manager.

 

[soxhop411]

No lefties in the pen, right?

Nope. ONLY RHP. And sale only going 4.2 innings is yet again going to kill Our BP.

 

[Dewey's 'stache]

Fuckity Fuckity Fuckity fuck.
This guy with name that sounds like throat clearing needs to gtfotm

 

[Daniel_Son]

Fuck it. Leave him out there for the rest of the game. Maybe he can start tomorrow, too.

 

[normstalls]

What a pathetic game, effort with the season on life support.

 

[strek1]

Hey, no point in pulling him now. The game is screwed. Leave him in til his arm falls off.

 

[katnado]

Fire Cora right now, have his office packed for him

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Why was the pen saved yesterday?

Well, it wasn’t really- Whitlock and Winckowski weren’t available yesterday. But should be today.

 

[LogansDad]

Inexcusable.

Fire him.

 

[budcrew08]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a lockdown middle reliever who threw 98 consistently and didn’t gag up leads? Too much to ask, I know.

Most of the league has one. We don’t.

 

[AB in DC]

I've been a Cora defender most of this year.


Fire Cora.

 

[E5 Yaz]

I know when my season is on the line, I rely on some journeyman scrub to get key outs.

'round here, we call that an Ontiveros

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

It’s hard for a loss to truly be exclusively on the manager but he is working in a real gem of one tonight.

 

[Sprowl]

Wtf is Cora doing?

Everything he touches turns to dross. It may be time for him to go.

 

[Vandalman]

Still in there…

 

[LesterFan]

At least the pen gets another full days rest for tomorrow.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Nobody is even warming.

 

[bosockboy]

No one warming.

 

[ngruz25]

'round here, we call that an Ontiveros

Holy moly what a callback.

 

[shawnrbu]

This is on Bloom more than Cora.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Nope. ONLY RHP. And sale only going 4.2 innings is yet again going to kill Our BP.

Seems like a lefty reliever could be useful in a series against Houston.

 

[NYCSox]

'round here, we call that an Ontiveros

(nods head wistfully)

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

This guy reminds me of Jacob Faria

 

[budcrew08]

Varitek could do this. Anyone have an issue with that?

 

[P'tucket rhymes with...]

I tend to give Cora a lot of leeway given the ever-changing array of moving parts at his disposal and mixed messages from his superiors, but that's really horrible work.

 

[bosockboy]

Drifting into Gradyville.

 

[shawnrbu]

No one warming.

I would love to know what Cora really thinks about Bloom.

 

[JM3]

You'd have thunk Papi did that

I was surprised to find out the other day that Papi also never had a 3-homer game. 2nd most homers all time without one.

 

[bosox1025]

There isn’t a single decent explanation for this

 

[mauidano]

Obviously, Cora ahs given up now. No one warming.

 

[MonstahsInLeft]

Wow

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

He's this close to finding his groove

 

[Vandalman]

At least he can hold runners on.

 

[Daniel_Son]

Abreu sporting the Trot Nixon helmet.

 

[AB in DC]

Yep. Couldn't take him out after the first walk. Could have after the second, but it's arguable that facing Maldonado was okay. But he should have been gone at that point

This was an absolute nobrainer. I was stunned when Barraclough was left in for Altuve. There's no way I want that matchup with a 4-3 lead. I knew this was coming the moment that Barraclough was left in. If I had been faster to get on SOSH I would have said something at the time. But four more runs came in before I got back to the keyboard. What the hell is Cora doing.

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

Guy can’t throw strikes and there’s nobody warming. If the manager doesn’t care, why should we? I’m out.

 

[budcrew08]

Seems like a lefty reliever could be useful in a series against Houston.

Bernardino has COVID

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Varitek could do this. Anyone have an issue with that?

He isn't on the 40 man

 

[Bergs]

I'm OK if this is Cora's last season with the Sox.

 

[bloodysox]

If Cora is still managing the team next year I swear I'm not fucking watching

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

After the game, we’ll probably find out that Whitlock’s hammy was barking and Winckowski has covid.

 

[mauidano]

There isn’t a single decent explanation for this

 

[mr_smith02]

WTF?!?

 

[fenwaypaul]

Leaving him in until the margin is big enough to allow a position player to pitch?

 

[bosockboy]

This is a message to Bloom.

 

[ngruz25]

Winckowski for the 6th
Whitlock for the 7th
Martin the 8th
Jansen the 9th

Was Cora fearing that selling out on today’s game for the win would jeopardize tomorrow’s? Sure seems that’s how he’s been managing for a while. Meanwhile… another game is about to be a blowout.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Cora being questioned by O'B! Hard to imagine getting to this point.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Looks like an organizational decision to throw a game. Make it make sense.

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

What. The. Fuck?

 

[Curt S Loew]

"Bearclaw is getting Glazed"

-Houston announcer.