GAME #90 - THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2022 - BOSTON RED SOX @ TAMPA BAY RAYS

[Sea Dog 23]

After the game Jim Rice was beside himself at the batters' approach.  "Stop undercutting the ball, put the ball in play, and hit it where it is pitched." Like Mongo says, they are pressing, and maybe Cora has lost his passion, wants to move on with 5-6 core players at the end of their contracts.

[longgame]

After the game Jim Rice was beside himself at the batters' approach.  "Stop undercutting the ball, put the ball in play, and hit it where it is pitched." Like Mongo says, they are pressing, and maybe Cora has lost his passion, wants to move on with 5-6 core players at the end of their contracts.

He was furious. Although I kept waiting for Youk to call down to the dugout as he had diagnosed their problem earlier in the game. 

Sox came to TB in 1st place in the WC and left outside of the WC teams.

[elktonnick]

Virtually every Sox batter was swinging from his heels.  There are about 3 or 4 hitters in every lineup that Cora puts out that have no business being there.  Plewieki, Dalbec, Cordero and JBJ come readily to mind.

[longgame]

Virtually every Sox batter was swinging from his heels.  There are about 3 or 4 hitters in every lineup that Cora puts out that have no business being there.  Plewieki, Dalbec, Cordero and JBJ come readily to mind.

What drives me crazy is that this guy kept throwing the cutter that was very hittable but everyone was sitting on a high fastball and got completely fooled by anything else.  Those guys in particular it doesn't matter who pitches and they need to have at least 2 of them in every single night.  Seems a shame though because Plawecki hit much better last year and Franchy showed surprising plate discipline early in the year so they could probably hit somewhere with the right coaching, but this team doesn't look like a team that's scouting pitchers and developing (and sticking to) a game plan.  JBJ and Dalbec simply have no business in an MLB lineup. 

Saw an article with all sorts of ridiculous suggestions for Sox trades for ex Sox players.  Almost all were pitchers (like Perez, even though he's pitched well in Texas, I can't imagine putting that slop out against the the AL East.)  But the last one was Jed Lowrie who would be a huge upgrade at 1B for likely little cost.

[SeaBeachFred]

The last one right there was pathetic. Swings at a ball in the dirt and looks at strike 3 over the plate.

He's reverting back to the Frenchy Fry we k new last season when he literally brought a reeking stink to the plate each time he came up there.  Remember, he failed in with two other teams, the Royals and Padres so a skunk does not lose its odor; just masks it for a short time.  However, people have become numb to having Bradley around, knowing that he is a favorite of  the owner and some in the front office.  The guy simply is as bad a hitter as there is in baseball and we have him replacing Hunter Renfroe, a 30-homer, 100 RBI contributer last season.  Shitbradley has, what, one home run?   Don't also forget, that French Fry replaced Andrew Benintendi  who is hitting a cool 319 for the Royals.  Replacing two solid hi tters with two dogshits isn't going to cut it and I keep wondering what we have to do to finally rid ourselves of Bradley, the worst hitter in baseball last year with his pathetic 163 average.  What's he hitting now, about 205?

[SeaBeachFred]

5 - 3
DAMN!

WHAT the F^^K has happened to this team???????

When you trade a 30 homer, 100 RBI power hitter like Hunter Renfroe for a piece of shit like Bradcrudley, you have at least one good answer.  When you trade Andrew Benintendi for a bum like French Fry you have another answer.  The RedSox front office is like a Fifth Column in Fenway Park.

[BoSoxFanNY]

AND Kyle Schwarber had a good bat last year.

[Sea Dog 23]

5 - 3
DAMN!

WHAT the F^^K has happened to this team???????

When you trade a 30 homer, 100 RBI power hitter like Hunter Renfroe for a piece of shit like Bradcrudley, you have at least one good answer.  When you trade Andrew Benintendi for a bum like French Fry you have another answer.  The RedSox front office is like a Fifth Column in Fenway Park.

And we got Winchowski as a part of the Franchy/Beni trade.  We still came up on the short end.  At least the Yanks did not trade for Beni, they picked up Wade from the Halos this week.

[MongoLikeSox]

My gripe with the Franchy thing that he is NOT an infielder He cost us way too much. If he was a big stick, fine. Do the math and see if it balances out. Dalbe has his own major issues, but at least he can play the position most of the time.