8:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Nick Pivetta (R)
1. Jaylin Davis (R) RF
2. Tommy Pham (R) LF
3. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
5. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
6. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B
8. Kevin Plawecki (R) C
9. Jarren Duran (L) CF
Royals
Kris Bubic (L)
1. MJ Melendez (L) LF
2. Bobby Witt Jr. (R) 3B
3. Salvador Perez (R) C
4. Vinnie Pasquantino (L) DH
5. Hunter Dozier (R) 1B
6. Michael Massey (L) 2B
7. Michael A. Taylor (R) CF
8. Nate Eaton (R) RF
9. Nicky Lopez (L) SS
Gametime Temp: 89°F
Chance of Precip: 1%
Quote from: markj on August 04, 2022, 11:53:18 AM
8:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Nick Pivetta (R)
Royals
Kris Bubic (L)
Gametime Temp: 89°F
Chance of Precip: 1%
Time for Nick Pivetta to square up and pitch a good game for a change. He has been hit hard and has had trouble getting out of the first inning. It would be swell for us to start a new winning streak now that we don't have to worry anymore about having the worst hitting RF in our lineup. Amazing Bloomer Bum thought he could get away with something like that while many of the pink hats were celebrating getting their JBJ back last winter. Sad to say guys there are Red Sox fans out there who would an embarrassment to all of us if they were in our company.
Well KC is on the ropes. Won only 2 of last 9. A woeful .195 team avg after trading Beni and Marifield. Hopefully we don’t play down their level
Pham is going to get his butt into trouble. He looked down at Febles for the signal, turned to get set for his AB while doing a little facial expression, smirk mine head shake thing. Swung at the next pitch. The next pitch was the hit and run, which was called two pitches earlier. I hope someone here is recording this to verify what I saw. Cora would get PO'd to no end and I would not blame him.
We got the lead, but Pivetta is getting bounced around in the 1st, still no outs. 2-1 Sox.
Um, is Verdugo OK? He actually hits Lefties better. He was not part of the problem, though certainly could have been better.
With Plawecki catching every leadoff walk will be an automatic double. Every team will run at will. He couldn't throw me out.
Two bad teams. Yikes!
Youk was right about that Wily Mo homer. I was at that game. Not sure it landed yet.
This team is still listless. They look lost at the plate.
I'm guessing Bloom's little sit down with key players didn't go as well as he thinks. I can't imagine....
I don't get it. Acknowledging problems and negatives doesn't make him right. Just fascinating when you think about it.
Verdugo looks checked out.
Ugh, Hernandez?
Yep, sure enough, he's cratering. Game over. 4 runs in and still no outs. He needs to join JBJ on the DFA Express.
Hernandez strikes again. This guy sucks why they wanted him back is beyond me.
Cora has no place to argue here. He's the fool that put Darwinzon on the mound. He got what he deserved.
Cora's arguing that call only makes sense if he is trying to light a fire under this demoralized team.
He was the 4th batter, too. Double screw up. He had two good outings and comes back up - poof!!!!
Cora had the look in the dugout after getting tossed that every Red Sox fan has had this season and for lots of last year. A cross between exacerbation and dejection.
And he's back out there? They've obviously given up on this game. Probably a good call.
Plawecki with a GIDP for a fitting end to the game.
Quote from: markj on August 04, 2022, 09:32:59 PM
Yep, sure enough, he's cratering. Game over. 4 runs in and still no outs. He needs to join JBJ on the DFA Express.
If you remember markj, the Red Sox were talking about this bum three years ago as potentially a solid pitching prospect for our team. Well you saw tonight that he is just another in a long series of duds who the team coaches have failed to develop into a credible pitcher. We need to rid ourselves of our pitching coaches up and down and try to hire a few who can team pitching mechanics and finally develop a few pitchers who can pitch successfully in the Major Leagues. Darwizon can't, Groome never developed, and Bello already looks like a crud.
Quote from: MongoLikeSox on August 04, 2022, 09:22:54 PM
I'm guessing Bloom's little sit down with key players didn't go as well as he thinks. I can't imagine....
I don't get it. Acknowledging problems and negatives doesn't make him right. Just fascinating when you think about it.
Verdugo looks checked out.
There could be a problem coming from several players who are not buying in to Bloom-isms. They probabably have rejected this abstract way of dealing a veteran for 4-5 high A prospects, who are three years away from helping the team.
Lots of Fenway hopeful could care less about prospects at Salem or Portland. They want stars now, who can win at Fenway and at Yankee Stadium. Bloom is not a good baseball man, he resembles more of a math professor at MIT. The chances of the 2023 team next year are fading week by week. Who really wants to play for this mgt. group?
Just awful in so many ways. That HR call was interesting. It wouldn't have made a huge difference if it were a two run double at that point, but it was definitely clearly a fair ball and in play. Oh well. My bigger concern is that Duran didn't show up in the picture at all as the ball bounced back towards CF. Was he just standing around again?
I can't say anything about Darwinzon that hasn't already been said. The guy stinks. He has always stunk. There's nothing there but my guess is they'll keep trotting him out there because, well that's what they do.
As for Bloom's chats, he has lost them. He made moves that brought in some journeymen and traded away their most clutch hitter after Devers. Like Sea Dog said, people don't care about the minor league players, they care about the team that they are emotionally invested in. It seems like Bloom is taking both players and customers for granted at this point. That' doesn't work in any business.
Has Bloom fixed a problem without creating another problem? It's absolutely astonishing. This isn't second guessing going on.
His entire puzzle never works out and is always flawed. Nothing he does even fits the personnel in place. Even the good moves. (Schwarber, Story)
His underestimation on how these negatives affect have on a team and that teams ability to win games is maddening. What's going on is just awful. Should not be allowed.
Quote from: MongoLikeSox on August 05, 2022, 08:59:35 AM
Has Bloom fixed a problem without creating another problem? It's absolutely astonishing. This isn't second guessing going on.
His entire puzzle never works out and is always flawed. Nothing he does even fits the personnel in place. Even the good moves. (Schwarber, Story)
His underestimation on how these negatives affect have on a team and that teams ability to win games is maddening. What's going on is just awful. Should not be allowed.
Well the owner could do something about it as season's end Mongo. He could send Bloomer Boy packing back down to Tampa Bay or whatever franchise would hire this loser. He is a pencil pusher and analytic monster who does not have a good judge of talent at all, but for Henry to can him means that he has to spend more money to hire someone else and to admit that firing Dombrowski and changing the philosophy of the team was bogus and wrong. And he won't do that, will he?
Fred, He will have to or the Revs the Pro soccer team will be out drawing the Red Sox on a regular basis.