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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 22:29:59 GMT -5
Sox Smack Yanks Again! Well done, A-Rod! Third out overturned, and Sox score 3 more... Really impressed with Joe Kelly's debut. He has all the potential in the world but hasn't been able to put it all together or stay healthy. If he can, he can be one of those guys who can dominate on a regular basis. I have to say I have liked what I have seen the first time through the Sox rotation. The worst start was Porcello, who still delivered a quality start by MLB standards (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer runs allowed). Buckholz (7 IP, 4 H+BB, 0 ER, 9 K) Porcello (6 IP, 8 H+BB 3 ER, 4 K) Masterson (6 IP, 5 H+BB, 2 ER, 7 K) Miley (5.1 IP, 6 H+BB, 2 ER, 6K) Kelly (7 IP, 3 H+BB, 1 ER, 8K) granted this was against the Phils and the Yanks, 2 teams with older, weaker lineups and it's April when bats haven't caught up with the pitching yet, but it's an encouraging start for team everyone said didn't have any top starters. Also granted that Clay's biggest bugaboo has been consistency, so 1 start says nothing for him, but if the Sox can get anything near this level of pitching on a regular basis this season, they will be in the race for a good long while, especially in the AL East. We'll get a stiffer test when the Nats and O's come to town to open the Fenway portion of the schedule next week, but I am encouraged by what I have seen thus far (with all the caveats about that clearly understood). -M |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 11, 2015 22:42:19 GMT -5
Sox Smack Yanks Again! Well done, A-Rod! Third out overturned, and Sox score 3 more... Really impressed with Joe Kelly's debut. He has all the potential in the world but hasn't been able to put it all together or stay healthy. If he can, he can be one of those guys who can dominate on a regular basis. I have to say I have liked what I have seen the first time through the Sox rotation. The worst start was Porcello, who still delivered a quality start by MLB standards (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer runs allowed). granted this was against the Phils and the Yanks, 2 teams with older, weaker lineups and it's April when bats haven't caught up with the pitching yet, but it's an encouraging start for team everyone said didn't have any top starters. Also granted that Clay's biggest bugaboo has been consistency, so 1 start says nothing for him, but if the Sox can get anything near this level of pitching on a regular basis this season, they will be in the race for a good long while, especially in the AL East. We'll get a stiffer test when the Nats and O's come to town to open the Fenway portion of the schedule next week, but I am encouraged by what I have seen thus far (with all the caveats about that clearly understood). -M Couldn't agree more. Very curious to see how we do this week. (It's going to be 70 degrees for Opening Day. Can't believe it.) Very encouraged, too, by Bogaert's performance at the plate and at short. His play to start the DP that ended the game in the 19th came on a nasty short-hop liner that exploded at his feet. Of course, Pedroia's spin and throw was a thing of beauty, too, but Bogaerts doesn't make that stop, and they might still be playing. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 22:57:28 GMT -5
Really impressed with Joe Kelly's debut. He has all the potential in the world but hasn't been able to put it all together or stay healthy. If he can, he can be one of those guys who can dominate on a regular basis. I have to say I have liked what I have seen the first time through the Sox rotation. The worst start was Porcello, who still delivered a quality start by MLB standards (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer runs allowed). granted this was against the Phils and the Yanks, 2 teams with older, weaker lineups and it's April when bats haven't caught up with the pitching yet, but it's an encouraging start for team everyone said didn't have any top starters. Also granted that Clay's biggest bugaboo has been consistency, so 1 start says nothing for him, but if the Sox can get anything near this level of pitching on a regular basis this season, they will be in the race for a good long while, especially in the AL East. We'll get a stiffer test when the Nats and O's come to town to open the Fenway portion of the schedule next week, but I am encouraged by what I have seen thus far (with all the caveats about that clearly understood). -M Couldn't agree more. Very curious to see how we do this week. (It's going to be 70 degrees for Opening Day. Can't believe it.) Very encouraged, too, by Bogaert's performance at the plate and at short. His play to start the DP that ended the game in the 19th came on a nasty short-hop liner that exploded at his feet. Of course, Pedroia's spin and throw was a thing of beauty, too, but Bogaerts doesn't make that stop, and they might still be playing. Yeah Boegarts seems over the funk he was in last summer, and the work he did all offseason on his first step quickness seems to be paying off. Being flanked by top defenders like Pedey and Panda has to help too, as the infield seems set and he can just focus on playing and not who am I playing with and where...sliding him down to the bottom of the line up seems to help too, takes the pressure off, and if he gets hot, extends that lineup with another quality bat in the bottom 3. There's still a lot of questions and a lot of baseball left to play, but the magic 8 ball of first week impressions says looking good so far. -M |
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 11, 2015 23:02:09 GMT -5
First of all, I never watch a Red Sox/ Yankees game until 3 hours after the first pitch. That usually puts me in the top of the 7th. Cubs inconsistent offense clicked into the ON position tonight in a 9-5 win over the Rockies. At The Masters, Jordan Spieth breaks the 36 and 54 hole records and is 18 holes away from becoming the second youngest Masters champion of all time after Tiger Woods. Tiger has put together a couple of good rounds for the first time all year and is in a tie for fifth with current #1 Rory McIlroy. They will play together tomorrow but trail the leader by ten shots. Spieth needs a three under 69 to break Tiger's record for lowest score ever at The Masters. American Pharaoh wins the Arkansas Derby and the 2 year old champion is poised to be the favorite at the Kentucky Derby on May 2. I need to get Kentucky Derby Day and Free Comic Book Day moved to different Saturdays.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 11, 2015 23:20:23 GMT -5
First of all, I never watch a Red Sox/ Yankees game until 3 hours after the first pitch. That usually puts me in the top of the 7th. Then you're usually missing a helluva game... We're not exactly talking Rays-Astros at the Trop here. |
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 11, 2015 23:34:35 GMT -5
First of all, I never watch a Red Sox/ Yankees game until 3 hours after the first pitch. That usually puts me in the top of the 7th. Then you're usually missing a helluva game... We're not exactly talking Rays-Astros at the Trop here. Wasn't there a Yankees fan in this forum? Did he give up on baseball after Saint Derek retired? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 1:37:37 GMT -5
Then you're usually missing a helluva game... We're not exactly talking Rays-Astros at the Trop here. Wasn't there a Yankees fan in this forum? Did he give up on baseball after Saint Derek retired? That would be Ish, and according to him, Jeter ascended into the heavens bodily, he did not retire  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 19:31:14 GMT -5
And tonight Clay is looking like anything but an ace, getting his behind handed to him by the Yanks to the tune of 7 runs in the first inning including back to back homers the second of which was by Stephen Drew...
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 12, 2015 19:39:09 GMT -5
Jordan Spieth cruises to the Masters title with a record tying -18 score of 270.
Cubs win on a 2 run homer on the top of the 9th 6-5. The bullpen gave up no runs in the last 4 2/3 innings.
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 12, 2015 21:09:54 GMT -5
And tonight Clay is looking like anything but an ace, getting his behind handed to him by the Yanks to the tune of 7 runs in the first inning including back to back homers the second of which was by Stephen Drew... -M This is the Feet of Clay Buchholz we all know and have been frustrated by for all these years. He just goes fetal when every little thing isn't perfect. You hate to judge by demeanor, but in Clay's case, we've had, as they say, a big enough sample. He just quits. Notice he didn't back up third on successive base hits in the 4th? Eighth year in the majors, and he gets as flustered as if he were just called up from the rookie league. But we're stuck with him... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 21:15:57 GMT -5
And tonight Clay is looking like anything but an ace, getting his behind handed to him by the Yanks to the tune of 7 runs in the first inning including back to back homers the second of which was by Stephen Drew... -M This is the Feet of Clay Buchholz we all know and have been frustrated by for all these years. He just goes fetal when every little thing isn't perfect. You hate to judge by demeanor, but in Clay's case, we've had, as they say, a big enough sample. He just quits. Notice he didn't back up third on successive base hits in the 4th? Eighth year in the majors, and he gets as flustered as if he were just called up from the rookie league. But we're stuck with him... Clay may be the only guy on the current roster who earns the same middle name as the erstwhile Bucky Dent when his days with the Sox are over....or maybe even by the end of this season.... -M |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 12, 2015 21:20:24 GMT -5
m,
Just replace that first syllable of his surname and you've got what a bunch of us have called him.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 21:24:42 GMT -5
m, Just replace that first syllable of his surname and you've got what a bunch of us have called him. I really liked Clay when he first came up, and I still think he can be a decent pitcher in the rotation, but he's not the leader type and he's not the guy who can put a team on his back and carry it a while. He's a role player, nit a building block for a team. -M |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 12, 2015 21:29:33 GMT -5
m, Just replace that first syllable of his surname and you've got what a bunch of us have called him. I really liked Clay when he first came up, and I still think he can be a decent pitcher in the rotation, but he's not the leader type and he's not the guy who can put a team on his back and carry it a while. He's a role player, nit a building block for a team. -M Agreed, and what makes the Sox think/hope every year that he can grow a set and pitch consistently well is that he has great stuff, four pitches, etc., etc. That Clay just never shows up when they say "Play ball!" |
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 12, 2015 22:05:30 GMT -5
Three hours in and the Sox/ Yankees are blazing along in the bottom of the 7th.  |
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