July 17 @ A's

[E5 Yaz]

The Red Sox enter this series against Oakland with a major-league best 9-2 record for July and having swept the A's before the all-star break.

Today also marks 20 years and one month since the book Billy Beane wrote about how much of a genius he is was published

 

[ColdSoxPack]

Channeling Joe Morgan. Cool.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Channeling Joe Morgan. Cool.

No, I don't want you to draw any conclusion. I want you to listen to what I just said.

 

[JOBU]

We are playing good. They are not. Losers of their last 7. It’s always hard to project a sweep. But they really kinda should.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

We are playing good well. They are not. Losers of their last 7. It’s always hard to project a sweep. But they really kinda should.

Channeling Joe Morgan. Cool.

I have it on very good authority that E5 holds Joe Morgan in the highest esteem. In fact, they are pen pals.

 

[E5 Yaz]

I have it on very good authority that E5 holds Joe Morgan in the highest esteem. In fact, they are pen pals.

This is true ... although he hasn't written back in a couple of years

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

No official announcement on who'll be "starting" but I'm guessing Pivetta will get the bulk again with another TBD for tomorrow's game?

 

[joe dokes]

This is true ... although he hasn't written back in a couple of years

Stuck on the blue screen of death.

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Bernardino would make pretty good sense to open. Only 13 pitches on the 14th. Plus, gives you the left/right piggyback situation with Pivetta.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

This is true ... although he hasn't written back in a couple of years

He writes to you with tears from heaven.

 

[Archer1979]

I'll try to game thread the replay if they win.

 

[Joe Shlabotnick]

No official announcement on who'll be "starting" but I'm guessing Pivetta will get the bulk again with another TBD for tomorrow's game?

Any word on when Houck is expected back?

 

[normstalls]

Has Faria been DFA'd yet?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Alex Verdugo (L) RF
Justin Turner (R) 3B
Masataka Yoshida (L) DH
Adam Duvall (R) CF
Triston Casas (L) 1B
Christian Arroyo (R) 2B
Connor Wong (R)
Yu Chang (R) SS

Gelof 2B
Diaz 3B
Noda 1B
Rooker LF
Soderstrom DH
Langeliers C
Bleday CF
Allen SS
Brown RF

Blackburn RHP

 

[chrisfont9]

Any word on when Houck is expected back?

As of last week he had not begun throwing. Early August? Mid-month?

 

[strek1]

No Devers tonight?

1Duran, JaLF	.318
2VerdugoRF	.286
3Turner, J3B	.291
4YoshidaDH	.317
5DuvallCF	.250
6Casas1B	.233
7Arroyo2B	.251
8WongC	.233
9ChangSS	.169

 

[soxhop411]

View: https://twitter.com/ChrisCotillo/status/1681058856107900928?s=20
Bleier activated. Faria DFA.
Brennan Bernardino opens tonight.

 

[chrisfont9]

Has Faria been DFA'd yet?

NVM too slow.

 

[E5 Yaz]

No Devers tonight?

1Duran, JaLF	.318
2VerdugoRF	.286
3Turner, J3B	.291
4YoshidaDH	.317
5DuvallCF	.250
6Casas1B	.233
7Arroyo2B	.251
8WongC	.233
9ChangSS	.169

someone has me on ignore

edit: well, someone else

 

[InsideTheParker]

I'll try to game thread the replay if they win.

I discovered to my dismay that the Friday games have no Sox in Two, so the apparently really fun game one win in Chicago was lost to me, b/c I fell asleep soon after it started. I will try to stay awake in bed for the first few innings of tonight's game, but like you, I will be counting on the replay to fill in the gaps.

 

[Ale Xander]

Ort still on the 40

 

[LogansDad]

No Devers tonight?

1Duran, JaLF	.318
2VerdugoRF	.286
3Turner, J3B	.291
4YoshidaDH	.317
5DuvallCF	.250
6Casas1B	.233
7Arroyo2B	.251
8WongC	.233
9ChangSS	.169

No Hernandez, either, though. Winsome, losesome.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

What was your favorite moment of Jake Faria’s Red Sox career?

 

[absintheofmalaise]

As of last week he had not begun throwing. Early August? Mid-month?

Looks like Houk started throwing last week.

Houck had a successful follow-up appointment with a doctor Thursday and has been cleared to resume throwing starting Tuesday (July 11), manager Alex Cora said. Houck had facial surgery to install two small metal plates (officially an open reduction and internal fixation of a right orbito-zygomatico-maxillary complex (OZMC) fracture) on June 27.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

What was your favorite moment of Jake Faria’s Red Sox career?

The ending.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Looks like Houk started throwing last week.

That's Major news.

 

[moretsyndrome]

That's Major news.
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Ralph would feel right at home with the current Sox winning percentage.

 

[Doc Zero]

What was your favorite moment of Jake Faria’s Red Sox career?

The fist pump.

 

[LynnRice75]

Game 95
Kutter went hunting Cubs and he shot’em
down for 6 innings. Runners? We got’em
on base a lot and our hitters brought’em
in, then the Yankees lost and we caught’em.
Craving some more big wins, we have sought’em
out here in Oakland. Mantras? I’ve thought’em.
Here’s one: “If you want to play in Autumn,
you have to beat the teams on the bottom.”
Who pitches tonight? Ort? Please God: Not him.
I think we’d all throw up if we spot him.

 

[soxhop411]

The airheads on Sports talk radio in Boston are mad that the sox are “winning too much”


View: https://twitter.com/985TheSportsHub/status/1681076356619091974?s=20

 

[E5 Yaz]

No Hernandez, either, though. Winsome, losesome.

Ah, the someone else

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Ah, the someone else

Winsome and lonesome

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Winsome and lonesome

Or loathsome?

 

[RobertS975]

Has Faria been DFA'd yet?

Faria was DFA'd back in April after being on the active roster without making an appearance. He cleared waivers, signed with Worcester, and still managed to treat us to those two innings last night at Wrigley. It could be deja vu all over again.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

View: https://twitter.com/MikeMonaco_/status/1681084212382924800

 

[E5 Yaz]

View: https://twitter.com/MikeMonaco_/status/1681084212382924800

Just like Dave O’Brien does with his Twitter account

 

[Ale Xander]

View: https://twitter.com/MikeMonaco_/status/1681084212382924800

A’s fans can’t catch a break

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Are you…on your way?

 

[mauidano]

What was your favorite moment of Jake Faria’s Red Sox career?

The fist pump at the end of the game. Man, he nailed that strike.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Where is OB, anyways?

 

[JOBU]

Where is OB, anyways?

I do not know, nor do I care.

 

[mauidano]

So I will be following the game on Gameday while I watch the MFY's/Angels. Blacked out by MLB. I get the Angels games on our cable package. FFS though, why would MLB black out the A's games? They are a semi-pro team at this point.

 

[mauidano]

Where is OB, anyways?

DOB's daughter got married this past weekend in Europe.

 

[InsideTheParker]

I do not know, nor do I care.

Marrying off a daughter, apparently.
Anyway, it's too hot for me to go upstairs b/c the air's too polluted to turn on the attic fan. So I'll be watching with you guys. These are end-of-the-world omens, folks.
Geaux, Sox, anyway!

 

[Ale Xander]

Good seats still available

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

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DOB's daughter got married this past weekend in Europe.

Ah, thanks.

 

[JOBU]

Speed kills

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Jarren Duran is the best player in the universe.

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

So fast

 

[Ale Xander]

Duran Double