GAME #51, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2019, BOSTON RED SOX @ HOUSTON ASTROS

markj · May 24, 2019, 08:37:40 PM

Bases loaded and nothing to show for it.

markj · May 24, 2019, 09:11:15 PM

Aaaand another error. Unless the officials are really generous. Then Chavis almost commits another one. Super sloppy play tonight.

elktonnick · May 24, 2019, 09:16:17 PM

It is fairly obvious that Nunez is defensive liability.

markj · May 24, 2019, 09:32:33 PM

Looks like the officials were kind to Nunez.

elktonnick · May 24, 2019, 09:47:52 PM

I'd rather have a root canal than watch Hembree pitch.

markj · May 24, 2019, 09:49:52 PM

He got out of it, at least.

elktonnick · May 24, 2019, 10:02:22 PM

Vazquez is on fire. Those errors were the game. Please tell me again how well the Red Sox are playing.

markj · May 24, 2019, 10:03:49 PM

Close, but no cigar.

elktonnick · May 24, 2019, 10:06:05 PM

Quote from: markj on May 24, 2019, 10:03:49 PM
Close, but no cigar.

Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.

markj · May 24, 2019, 10:07:42 PM

They're 5-5 for their last 10. Playing .500 ball isn't going to cut it.

Just a hunch, but I suspect Sale won't be in the running for a Cy Young this season.

elktonnick · May 24, 2019, 10:21:39 PM

Sale wasn't the problem. He should have gotten out of the 4 th inning without giving up a run. Sale should sue for" non support". There was no excuse for the way they played defense. 3 (and there could have been 4 ) errors is indefensible!! Pun intended.

markj · May 24, 2019, 10:48:42 PM

Yeah, I'm not blaming Sale. But he's 1-6 now. Hardly Cy Young numbers.

SeaBeachFred · May 24, 2019, 10:52:13 PM

Come on guys, let's be honest about it and face the sad and sorry facts.......THIS TEAM SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

markj · May 24, 2019, 11:29:28 PM

There's a disconnect here somewhere. Last year they clicked well together. This year they're looking like a bunch of guys who don't know each other. The talent is there. They're just not melding as a team. If I had the answers, I wouldn't be running a two-bit board. I'd be making millions as an MLB manager.

Sea Dog 23 · May 25, 2019, 05:39:46 AM

Quote from: markj on May 24, 2019, 11:29:28 PM
There's a disconnect here somewhere. Last year they clicked well together. This year they're looking like a bunch of guys who don't know each other. The talent is there. They're just not melding as a team. If I had the answers, I wouldn't be running a two-bit board. I'd be making millions as an MLB manager.

Mark, the only thing I can figure that is there right now is a $$ sign. This is a contract year for several players. Mgmt has extended three players. However a few remain. One has been asking for a new deal on a couple occasions, and he has a voice around the clubhouse for example when the subject of catchers comes up. --- -- Porcello. Contract money and players not signed across the league was a hot topic in the off season, Sale let it be known in an interview about the state of the game.

I hope I'm barking up the wrong tree, and these guys are professionals. But this is a big spending franchise, the biggest right now. Maybe, just maybe some angst is starting to show.