Yup, an incredible game that was undone by an anemic offense. Sale was unbelievable that night.
Judges would also have accpted:
Speak for yourself, I am hoping for a few next offseason.
You have a type! He is definitely of a type. Probably gonna be popular in Atlanta if he's able to perform.
You have to wonder how many people swore in 2018 that they'd always appreciate Sale's contributions.
I just don’t get why so many here have said he was a hard guy to root for. Like, why? He worked his ass off, was always accountable, quietly did charity work in the community (especially for vets). He was a good role model for the younger pitchers on the team. I just don’t get the dislike some have for this man. Sale didn’t make as many starts as any of us and especially him would have hoped over the last 4 years, but he left it all out there. He absolutely deserves a standing ovation when he comes back in early June.
I’ve never heard anyone phrase that as a ‘tantrum’. The results speak for themselves, because after Sale’s rant, they went on to score a million runs and coast to a win giving them a commanding series lead.
I read nothing after “Matt Clement”.
The super-classy Boston fandom, who can just say "Thank You" without trying to get some kind of angle on it.
“Yeah Mike, everyone knows that Sale’s teammates hated him even in 2018.”
This sums it up for me.
I've mentioned this before. The 2018 Sox did almost everything right, but Sale had shoulder inflammation at the end of July, and the Sox put him on the DL supposedly a precaution. That meant opening a key four-game series with the Yankees with Brian Johnson instead of Sale. They swept the series, basicalloy sealing the division. At that point, they should have been letting Sale take his time to prepare for the postseason. Instead, they inexplicably rushed him back the day he was eligible to pitch against the Orioles, a team they beat by 61 games.
I think that game was the day my daughter was born. My wife’s team, the Nats, lost on a walk off grand slam the same day.
My son was born with Beckett on tv in delivery room going 8.2 before Pap slammed door on Orioles. That stuff stays with you, and funny thing is it was at NYU and she’s a relentless Yankee fan.
That game against the Orioles was the famous 12 k’s in only 67 pitches or something. It was absolutely insane. And it was also the last time he threw a 99 mph fastball in a game until he did it last year against the Phillies.
