Game Time - 8:07pm
Red Sox
Rick Porcello (R)
1. Mookie Betts (R) RF
2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
3. Steve Pearce (R) 1B
4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
5. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
6. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B
7. Eduardo Nunez (R) 3B
8. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
9. Christian Vazquez (R) C
Yankees
CC Sabathia (L)
1. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF
3. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
4. Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
5. Luke Voit (R) 1B
6. Neil Walker (S) 3B
7. Gary Sanchez (R) C
8. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
9. Brett Gardner (L) LF
Gametime Temp: 71°F - Chance of Precip: 1%
Figured best to open the thread early to discuss lineup. I'm very surprised that he didn't find a way to get Holt in there, but I would imagine he'll be in at some point. Holt is 0-1 this year vs. Sabathia with a walk. Kinsler is 2-6 and Nunez 3-7 and I'm sure the thought is to load up righties. Most interesting is that Vazquez, who has not caught Porcello all year, will be starting over Leon and I'm quite pleased with that. Leon has 2 hits in his last 45 at bats or some ridiculous stat like that. Vazquez had 2 hits last night.
Quote from: longgame on October 09, 2018, 03:06:24 PM
Figured best to open the thread early to discuss lineup. I'm very surprised that he didn't find a way to get Holt in there, but I would imagine he'll be in at some point. Holt is 0-1 this year vs. Sabathia with a walk. Kinsler is 2-6 and Nunez 3-7 and I'm sure the thought is to load up righties. Most interesting is that Vazquez, who has not caught Porcello all year, will be starting over Leon and I'm quite pleased with that. Leon has 2 hits in his last 45 at bats or some ridiculous stat like that. Vazquez had 2 hits last night.
WOW.... NO HOLT or DEVERS ?? I know that C C is lefthanded, BUT, ya can't shift the entire offense to the 1st 4 in the batting order...…. Mater a fact, Mookie & Benny should come out BUNTING to make C C MOVE on his bad KNEES..... That said, NUNEZ & Kinsler need to participate in the OFFENSE or it will be a game 5 back at the FENS ?? iono iono iono
Left them loaded in the first. Let’s hope that’s a sign they’ll get a lot of men on, not that they’ll strand them!
Needed to be in Fenway on that Kinsler hit. Might of been off the wall.
Mookie needs to relax, CC can’t find the plate.
16 pitches for Porcello through 2. Good sign. Sox should score this inning.
3-0! Go Sox!
Kinsler is on CC. Nice hit for Nunez. 3-0 Sox. Let's go Porcello.
Wow, 27 pitches through 3 innings. Very nice indeed. Need more runs. Put this one away early.
CC chased from the game. Hopefully the Sox can get to Britton.
And they do. Vaz finds the short porch.
Vazquez goes deep!
Billy Crystal texting his driver to come pick him up!
Good inning. Sox doing what they need to do. Time to score more runs.
Oh boy. Need a DP here.
Cora needs to resist the temptation to pull Porcello even if he gives up another hit,
Surprised they didn’t try to get Sanchez at home but probably makes sense to just hold the runner.
Whew. Thought that one was gone.
Porcello missing his spots.
Gotta have that pitch!
Need to get this out. Don't want Judge coming up with men on.
There we go. Out of it.
Phew, out of that jam!
Bad luck with the topped ball to 3rd. But Porcello toughed it out. Almost gave up the HR when they wanted it down & away and it went down the middle. Did good job giving up only one.
C'mon, Sox. No slacking now.
Ugh. Not an impressive inning for the Sox there.
Betts hitting .188 this series. Only 2 walks. Need him to get it going. Has had some good pitches to hit but is missing them.
Oh, this seems to be a mistake. Porcello has one semi-shaky inning and he gets the hook?
I don’t like pulling Porcello here at all. He could have gone 7 easy.
Have a seat, Your Honor.
Quote from: longgame on October 09, 2018, 09:03:08 PM
I don’t like pulling Porcello here at all. He could have gone 7 easy.
Think it was a case of not wanting him to face the top of the order again. Trying to mix it up on the Yanks with a different look. I was skeptical but so far so good.
Barnes done good. Still not sure why Cora pulled Porcello so soon, though. 4 innings is a lot to ask of this BP.
C'mon, JD, earn your pay.
Sox finally get a call to go their way. That looked like strike 3.
Brasier doesn’t look confident but that’s two down. The kid takes forever to pitch though.
So far good work by the BP.
Quote from: longgame on October 09, 2018, 09:35:16 PM
Brasier doesn’t look confident but that’s two down. The kid takes forever to pitch though.
I think he is confident. Was shaky his 1st time out but did well the 2nd time. Has taken his time all year. Just his style I guess.
Sale warming up? Not a bad idea at all.
Nunez with a nice double.
Score here, boys.
Cool, DP threat gone.
Vaz badly beaten there. Swing was a year late.
C'mon, Beni. Quick looking and swing at those.
Dammit!!! You can't look at those!!!!
Useless, wasted, awful AB for Benintendi.
For some reason the Sox basically let him throw breaking balls for strikes all through that inning. But that side of the plate where Beni K’d has been a strike for Yankee pitchers and a ball for Sox pitchers all night.
Sweet. Great inning by Sale.
Quote from: longgame on October 09, 2018, 09:56:02 PM
For some reason the Sox basically let him throw breaking balls for strikes all through that inning. But that side of the plate where Beni K’d has been a strike for Yankee pitchers and a ball for Sox pitchers all night.
Angel Hernandez is the worst ump ever. You certainly can't trust him to be consistent and Beni should know that. That was paint and Beni should have been swinging.
Is Cora going to let Sale close?
No, Kimbrel will come in.
I figure Kimbrel will give up at least one bomb, hopefully nobody will be on. Just for drama!
Augh, c'mon Bogaerts. What are you looking at?
Dammit, Kimbrel. Just do your job.
Can this bozo even throw a strike? Should have let Sale pitch the 9th.
Argh. If he blows this...
Hard to watch this.
Kimbrel is lucky Stanton was swinging at crap because he's still not throwing strikes.
WTF??? Doesn't he get paid to throw strikes?
Damn you, Kimbrel. You suck!!
Can’t believe this is happening.
Get him out of there!!!!
I’ll be shocked if we win this now.
Run doesn’t matter, Just need an out now.
Please find this bozo another home next season.
Throw. A. Damn. Strike!!!!!
Yes! Wow, that wasn’t easy!
Pearce just saved the season.
Kimbrel sucks. This win notwithstanding, he sucks. Useless under pressure. Package him with Price and send them to some bottom feeder team.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:37:02 PM
Kimbrel sucks. This win notwithstanding, he sucks. Useless under pressure. Package him with Price and send them to some bottom feeder team.
Agree totally, while I thought Porcello did great overcoming his past performances and did very well. But those other two guys have no guts.
Dombrowski's best move was picking up Pearce now. I almost burst a blood vessel yelling at Kimbrel. All the Sox pitched well tonight except Kimbrel who was totally rattled tonight.
Sox just beat the Yanks for the ALDS in Yankee Stadium and I'm sitting here still burning mad. No excuse for such a shoddy performance. None. Kimbrel gets paid way too much to be that incompetent. I mean, walking in a run in a game this important?
I AM STILL SHAKING!
8 innings of great pitching with Porcello, Barnes, Brashier and Sale.
THEN, KIMBREL made me so nervous and so mad
PHEW!
SOX BEAT THE YANKEES!
Take the ALDS 3 - 1.
YAHOOOOOO!
Sox are going on to the ALCS.
In about an hour - I WILL BE HAPPY.
Right now - I am shaking.
Sale was magnificent and Kimbrel was scary.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:37:02 PM
Kimbrel sucks. This win notwithstanding, he sucks. Useless under pressure. Package him with Price and send them to some bottom feeder team.
Kimbrel is a free agent so it's up to the Sox if they want him back. Myself I'd look at Robertson from the Yankees in the off season. Other than Kimbrel the pitching was very good. Cora pushed all the right buttons even on who he had starting in the lineup. To bad the Sox couldn't capitalize on their 2 bases loaded chances but they did win so time to move on to another tough series.
Porcello with the win. Kimbrel with the save...........barely. On they go.
I'd give the save to Pearce, Geo. That stretch was super-human.
And sending Sale in for the 8th was a stroke of genius for Cora. I suppose he couldn't leave him in to close without bending Kimbrel's nose out of shape. Plus another inning may have impacted his next start. Still, it was a good move.
As much as we trash the BP, they did well tonight except for Kimbrel, who almost folded like a cheap umbrella.
Kimbrella?
True -
The BULLPEN, EXCEPT Kimbrel in the last two games
came thru.
NO WALKS allowed tonight thru 8 innings - and then - Kimbrel walked 3
(2 walks and one hit by pitch)
I had major heart palpitations . . .
Yankee announcers said that the Sox found ways to score.
AND the Yankees only win when they hit home runs.
SOX pitchers were able to neutralize those home run bats
In this ALDS series -
the team that scored first won the game.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 11:01:35 PM
And sending Sale in for the 8th was a stroke of genius for Cora. I suppose he couldn't leave him in to close without bending Kimbrel's nose out of shape. Plus another inning may have impacted his next start. Still, it was a good move.
As much as we trash the BP, they did well tonight except for Kimbrel, who almost folded like a cheap umbrella.
Kimbrella?
I believe Sale was in to only pitch 1 inning because it was his between starts throwing day. If a couple guys had gotten on he would of come out quick. As far as Kimbrel goes your paying him the dollars to do a job and you just about have to give him the chance. More often then not he gets it done. He just likes to make it interesting.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:57:26 PM
I'd give the save to Pearce, Geo. That stretch was super-human.
Great stretch by Pearce but Nunez made an excellent play to get the slow roller and get it over there to where Pearce had a chance to make a play. Good play by Nunez and a great grab by Pearce.
Cora as much as I criticized him, managed this series brilliantly. Some one once said that managers don't win the players do. While this may be literally true but in this series Cora did such an outstanding job he was as much as a factor in the Sox win as anyone. He certainly out managed Aaron Boone.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:57:26 PM
I'd give the save to Pearce, Geo. That stretch was super-human.
THANK YOU STEVE PEARCE!!!!! AND Nunez!
SO - why do you think that Cora took Porcello out after 5 innings
and ONLY 65 pitches?
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on October 09, 2018, 11:19:57 PM
SO - why do you think that Cora took Porcello out after 5 innings
and ONLY 65 pitches?
That was my question, and several others here. Didn't seem to make sense. But Cora has a different take on things that seems to work, so what can you say?
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on October 09, 2018, 11:19:57 PM
SO - why do you think that Cora took Porcello out after 5 innings
and ONLY 65 pitches?
I think it was because he had given up a double and a single in the 5th and a hard line out to center plus a run. Judge, DD and Stanton were coming up in the 6th and I believe Cora wanted them to see a different type of pitcher in Barnes who throws in the high 90's. Worked out well with 2 grounders to short and a pop up to 3rd.
Quote from: longgame on October 09, 2018, 08:44:14 PM
Cora needs to resist the temptation to pull Porcello even if he gives up another hit,
Ted, I was screaming on Cora in the 9th inning and hitting the TV every time they showed his face, but more on that on another thread. Tonight he made the right decisions until the final inning. Giving credit where credit is due, Alex hit the jackpot playing Nunez and Vazquez tonight and it payed off. He also took Porcello out after five and with guts took a chance on part of his pen and got the Meatball and Brasier to throw two shutout innings before he went to Sale. He did an excellent job running the team----until the ninth.
Quote from: Schloicka on October 09, 2018, 11:30:30 PM
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on October 09, 2018, 11:19:57 PM
SO - why do you think that Cora took Porcello out after 5 innings
and ONLY 65 pitches?
I think it was because he had given up a double and a single in the 5th and a hard line out to center plus a run. Judge, DD and Stanton were coming up in the 6th and I believe Cora wanted them to see a different type of pitcher in Barnes who throws in the high 90's. Worked out well with 2 grounders to short and a pop up to 3rd.
Hats off to Cora for tonight, I say. He had a plan and, short of Kimbrel imploding (no manager can predict that), Barnes, Brasier, and Sale were outstanding. He not only got the W but gave the pen a jolt of confidence. Using Sale was definitely part of the plan if needed.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:05:45 PM
Quote from: longgame on October 09, 2018, 09:56:02 PM
For some reason the Sox basically let him throw breaking balls for strikes all through that inning. But that side of the plate where Beni K’d has been a strike for Yankee pitchers and a ball for Sox pitchers all night.
Angel Hernandez is the worst ump ever. You certainly can't trust him to be consistent and Beni should know that. That was paint and Beni should have been swinging.
Angel Hernandez should be fired forthwith. He is a complete incompetent and he hold grudges going way back when. The guy squeezed Porcello like an orange in the fifth inning, the rotten bastard, and made Rick throw more pitches than he needed to.
Cora's been moving the parts around for the past 2 games and it has worked amazingly well. Yesterday, he inserted Holt, Vaz, Devers and they came through. Today, he goes back to Nunez, who had a superb game defensively, and Kinsler who delivered an RBI. And he stuck with Vaz who hit the HR.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:37:02 PM
Kimbrel sucks. This win notwithstanding, he sucks. Useless under pressure. Package him with Price and send them to some bottom feeder team.
I was pissed off at Kimbrel too mark but let's be honest. If we let Kimbrel walk who closes for us???? Meatball? Jerkman? Kelly? No, we need Craig. He never should have been summoned in the ninth anyway. Sale would have had an easy inning and when you have your ace, a Yankee killer BTW, a three run lead is money in the bank. Cora screwed up badly and overmanaged. I was cursing him to death that inning and my heart was in my mouth.
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:44:15 PM
Sox just beat the Yanks for the ALDS in Yankee Stadium and I'm sitting here still burning mad. No excuse for such a shoddy performance. None. Kimbrel gets paid way too much to be that incompetent. I mean, walking in a run in a game this important?
markj, I was burning mad and ready to kill someone until that last out. Then I was grateful, very grateful and on cloud nine to have beaten the Yankees in this playoff. It is always heaven when we beat that team---any time. Now we can relax for a few days.
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on October 09, 2018, 11:58:22 PM
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 10:44:15 PM
Sox just beat the Yanks for the ALDS in Yankee Stadium and I'm sitting here still burning mad. No excuse for such a shoddy performance. None. Kimbrel gets paid way too much to be that incompetent. I mean, walking in a run in a game this important?
markj, I was burning mad and ready to kill someone until that last out. Then I was grateful, very grateful and on cloud nine to have beaten the Yankees in this playoff. It is always heaven when we beat that team---any time. Now we can relax for a few days.
I couldn't watch when the bases were loaded - one out in the bottom of the 9th inning.
I was shaking, my heart was beating hard - and, just relieved that they actually won.
WILL BE EXHILARATED by this win soon -
YAHOOOOOO - we BEAT the Yankees IN Yankee Stadium
in 4 games!
WOW!
(And I still want to shake Kimbrel for making the end of this game
so anxiety filled.)
Quote from: markj on October 09, 2018, 11:01:35 PM
And sending Sale in for the 8th was a stroke of genius for Cora. I suppose he couldn't leave him in to close without bending Kimbrel's nose out of shape. Plus another inning may have impacted his next start. Still, it was a good move.
As much as we trash the BP, they did well tonight except for Kimbrel, who almost folded like a cheap umbrella.
Kimbrella?
Good points save for Sale not going out for another inning. To me another inning wouldn't have made any difference at all; in fact, it would have been a benefit for Chris because he got some work in anyway and two inning would have been better. He would have stopped the Yankees cold as he did all the times he faced them this season. Plus we wouldn't be playing until Saturday and he would have been fully rested and sharper from getting some extra work four days in advance of the ALCS opener.
Quote from: Bill-806 on October 09, 2018, 03:23:04 PM
Quote from: longgame on October 09, 2018, 03:06:24 PM
Figured best to open the thread early to discuss lineup. I'm very surprised that he didn't find a way to get Holt in there, but I would imagine he'll be in at some point. Holt is 0-1 this year vs. Sabathia with a walk. Kinsler is 2-6 and Nunez 3-7 and I'm sure the thought is to load up righties. Most interesting is that Vazquez, who has not caught Porcello all year, will be starting over Leon and I'm quite pleased with that. Leon has 2 hits in his last 45 at bats or some ridiculous stat like that. Vazquez had 2 hits last night.
WOW.... NO HOLT or DEVERS ?? I know that C C is lefthanded, BUT, ya can't shift the entire offense to the 1st 4 in the batting order...…. Mater a fact, Mookie & Benny should come out BUNTING to make C C MOVE on his bad KNEES..... That said, NUNEZ & Kinsler need to participate in the OFFENSE or it will be a game 5 back at the FENS ?? iono iono iono
As DAD would say, "SON, that's why you ae not the MANAGER of OUR BOSTON RED SOX !!!"...….WOW, WE WON, THE RED SOX WON, CORA IS A GENIUS !!!! Great JOB, BOYS !! thumb_u thumb_u rofl rofl rofl rofl
Lot of people like to post with the knowledge of knowing what happened or didn't happen. Sale was never going to pitch more than 1 inning. That was never in the cards especially with a 3 run lead. He only pitched when he did because it was the 8, 9 & 1 hitters. If he had been left in and he got hit around people would of been saying why didn't Cora use our closer? It's his job to close. If Kimbrel had thrown a perfect 123 inning or something close people wouldn't be talking about Sale pitching the 9th. No matter what Cora did if it didn't turn out good everyone would be all over him. Cora handled the pitching just the way he should of. It's up to the player to do his job. There was absolutely no way Kimbrel wasn't going to pitch the 9th. If Kimbrel isn't going to be pitching the 9th in that situation take him off the playoff roster and put someone else on it.
People like to complain that this guy should play or that guy should play (I wonder at times myself why someone isn't or is playing) The team is 111 and 55 now this year and moving on in the playoffs. Will they win it all? I have no idea but I'm not going to spend my time 2nd guessing every move made. Try enjoying the ride no matter how long it lasts. Don't be a bunch of bridge jumpers.
Quote from: Schloicka on October 10, 2018, 07:13:38 AM
Lot of people like to post with the knowledge of knowing what happened or didn't happen. Sale was never going to pitch more than 1 inning. That was never in the cards especially with a 3 run lead. He only pitched when he did because it was the 8, 9 & 1 hitters. If he had been left in and he got hit around people would of been saying why didn't Cora use our closer? It's his job to close. If Kimbrel had thrown a perfect 123 inning or something close people wouldn't be talking about Sale pitching the 9th. No matter what Cora did if it didn't turn out good everyone would be all over him. Cora handled the pitching just the way he should of. It's up to the player to do his job. There was absolutely no way Kimbrel wasn't going to pitch the 9th. If Kimbrel isn't going to be pitching the 9th in that situation take him off the playoff roster and put someone else on it.
People like to complain that this guy should play or that guy should play (I wonder at times myself why someone isn't or is playing) The team is 111 and 55 now this year and moving on in the playoffs. Will they win it all? I have no idea but I'm not going to spend my time 2nd guessing every move made. Try enjoying the ride no matter how long it lasts. Don't be a bunch of bridge jumpers.
B I N G O dat !!! & THANK YOU very much for putting the GAME/TEAM that we love in to perspective !!! GO SOX !! thumb_u thumb_u rofl rofl rofl
Quote from: Schloicka on October 10, 2018, 07:13:38 AM
Lot of people like to post with the knowledge of knowing what happened or didn't happen. Sale was never going to pitch more than 1 inning. That was never in the cards especially with a 3 run lead. He only pitched when he did because it was the 8, 9 & 1 hitters. If he had been left in and he got hit around people would of been saying why didn't Cora use our closer? It's his job to close. If Kimbrel had thrown a perfect 123 inning or something close people wouldn't be talking about Sale pitching the 9th. No matter what Cora did if it didn't turn out good everyone would be all over him. Cora handled the pitching just the way he should of. It's up to the player to do his job. There was absolutely no way Kimbrel wasn't going to pitch the 9th. If Kimbrel isn't going to be pitching the 9th in that situation take him off the playoff roster and put someone else on it.
People like to complain that this guy should play or that guy should play (I wonder at times myself why someone isn't or is playing) The team is 111 and 55 now this year and moving on in the playoffs. Will they win it all? I have no idea but I'm not going to spend my time 2nd guessing every move made. Try enjoying the ride no matter how long it lasts. Don't be a bunch of bridge jumpers.
I was surprised when he pulled Porcello, but the rest of the way he played it just right. Sale of course was going to pitch only one inning and going to Kimbrel in the 9th is automatic - it is the sole purpose for him being on the team, to close games. I'd like to say that Cora totally outmanaged Boone last night. I was pleasantly surprised when he pulled CC and brought in another lefthander. At least bring in a righty and challenge Cora to make some moves to address it. He screwed up the night before too.
Also, I saw a postgame interview with Porcello and he was absolutely gushing about Cora and what a breath of fresh air he is and how much they all love him and playing for him. Nobody ever said that about Farrell.
Quote from: longgame on October 10, 2018, 07:52:50 AM
Quote from: Schloicka on October 10, 2018, 07:13:38 AM
Lot of people like to post with the knowledge of knowing what happened or didn't happen. Sale was never going to pitch more than 1 inning. That was never in the cards especially with a 3 run lead. He only pitched when he did because it was the 8, 9 & 1 hitters. If he had been left in and he got hit around people would of been saying why didn't Cora use our closer? It's his job to close. If Kimbrel had thrown a perfect 123 inning or something close people wouldn't be talking about Sale pitching the 9th. No matter what Cora did if it didn't turn out good everyone would be all over him. Cora handled the pitching just the way he should of. It's up to the player to do his job. There was absolutely no way Kimbrel wasn't going to pitch the 9th. If Kimbrel isn't going to be pitching the 9th in that situation take him off the playoff roster and put someone else on it.
People like to complain that this guy should play or that guy should play (I wonder at times myself why someone isn't or is playing) The team is 111 and 55 now this year and moving on in the playoffs. Will they win it all? I have no idea but I'm not going to spend my time 2nd guessing every move made. Try enjoying the ride no matter how long it lasts. Don't be a bunch of bridge jumpers.
I was surprised when he pulled Porcello, but the rest of the way he played it just right. Sale of course was going to pitch only one inning and going to Kimbrel in the 9th is automatic - it is the sole purpose for him being on the team, to close games. I'd like to say that Cora totally outmanaged Boone last night. I was pleasantly surprised when he pulled CC and brought in another lefthander. At least bring in a righty and challenge Cora to make some moves to address it. He screwed up the night before too.
Also, I saw a postgame interview with Porcello and he was absolutely gushing about Cora and what a breath of fresh air he is and how much they all love him and playing for him. Nobody ever said that about Farrell.
The Yankee pen actually pitched very well. The Sox only got 1 run off them and it was a HR by the power hitting Vazquez. (never saw that coming) Good thing we were playing in Yankee stadium because in Fenway that ball doesn't even get to the warning track. I think they went to Britton because Cora could of countered with Holt and Devers against a right hander plus if Britton is on he's very tough. Outside of the HR the Yankee pen was very good. The Sox only got 3 hits & 2 walks the last 6 innings. The only inning where the Sox could of really added on was the 8th when we loaded the bases with 2 outs but Beni k'd to end it.
Well we can all say the move was the right one because Kimbrel finally got that last out, but I wonder what we were thinking last night in the ninth inning when it looked like the game was getting away from us. I'm honest enough to say bullshit to going with "the plan". Yes, Kimbrel is paid big bucks for being our closer and, yes, we would all be pissing and moaning if Sale had pitched the ninth and blown up. Fact is, it wouldn't have happened for two reasons. One, Cora was determined to give Craig the ball, and, second, SALE WOULDN'T HAVE COLLAPSED AT ALL. He would have shoved the Yankee bats up the Yankee asses as he had done all season. Still, I will accept the criticism for getting overwrought but I was scared shitless and anyone who says they weren't is totally full of shit. Glad it worked out for us and our team. I hate losing to the Yankees and it would have been hell having to go back to Boston for that 5th game. Anyway, we're all happy today, and, BTW, aside from Kimbrel, our relievers last night did a helluva job and that was a totally pleasant surprise. Now we can relax for a few days.
TODAY - October 10 is a good day!
Our Sox have advanced to the ALCS.
Fun to listen to the media in New York about the
Red Sox being the better team! With better starting
pitching AND with the exception of Kimbrel - a good bullpen.
NY media is discussing how Alex Cora managed well and knew his team
and how Aaron Boone mismanaged his pitchers. Also - how the Yankees
can only win with homers and don't know how to play small ball.
AND even though the Sox cruised through the end of the regular season,
they DID SHOW that they were ready to plan in the postseason.
Michael Kay is discussing the Yankees loss to the Red Sox.
They are upset - saying that Aaron Boone AND the front office
"scripted" the way that CC would pitch. They are screaming about
the analytics. That a game "has a heartbeat"
They claim that he SHOULD have managed better.
AND that the analytics said that the Yankees SHOULD hit home runs.
AND that was the problem with Yankees in the bottom of yesterday's 9th inning.
Fun . . .
NOW talking about how the Yankees depend on the home run
to win games.
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on October 10, 2018, 02:16:38 PM
NOW talking about how the Yankees depend on the home run
to win games.
I always said if you can stop the Yankees from hitting hr's you can beat them. They are the prototype for today's style of baseball. Swing hard and hope you hit it out.
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on October 10, 2018, 02:11:00 PM
Michael Kay is discussing the Yankees loss to the Red Sox.
They are upset - saying that Aaron Boone AND the front office
"scripted" the way that CC would pitch. They are screaming about
the analytics. That a game "has a heartbeat"
They claim that he SHOULD have managed better.
AND that the analytics said that the Yankees SHOULD hit home runs.
AND that was the problem with Yankees in the bottom of yesterday's 9th inning.
Fun . . .
One of the story lines coming out of this Red Sox-Yankees series concerns the classless thing Aaron Judge pulled after the Yankees' 6-2 in Saturday at Fenway Park. Walking past the Sox clubhouse with his Video Blaster spewing out "New York, New York, a favorite from Frank Sinatra. Well long time Yankee Mark Teixeira thought it bush league and took Judge to task in a very angry reply this morning saying that it woke up a sleeping giant. Who knows if it did, but Mark thinks the Red Sox were not amused and we saw what transpired the next two games. And by now we all know what song the Red Sox played in the visitors clubhouse after they sent the Yankees packing to the off season. Frankie never sounded so good and it just might have spurred the Red Sox on and might have determined the winner on an night when the Yankees actually won a game.
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on October 10, 2018, 06:20:10 PM
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on October 10, 2018, 02:11:00 PM
Michael Kay is discussing the Yankees loss to the Red Sox.
They are upset - saying that Aaron Boone AND the front office
"scripted" the way that CC would pitch. They are screaming about
the analytics. That a game "has a heartbeat"
They claim that he SHOULD have managed better.
AND that the analytics said that the Yankees SHOULD hit home runs.
AND that was the problem with Yankees in the bottom of yesterday's 9th inning.
Fun . . .
One of the story lines coming out of this Red Sox-Yankees series concerns the classless thing Aaron Judge pulled after the Yankees' 6-2 in Saturday at Fenway Park. Walking past the Sox clubhouse with his Video Blaster spewing out "New York, New York, a favorite from Frank Sinatra. Well long time Yankee Mark Teixeira thought it bush league and took Judge to task in a very angry reply this morning saying that it woke up a sleeping giant. Who knows if it did, but Mark things the Red Sox were not amused and we saw what transpired the next two games. And by now we all know what song the Red Sox played in the visitors clubhouse after they sent the Yankees packing to the off season. Frankie never sounded so good and it just might have spurred the Red Sox on and might have determined the winner on an night when the Yankees actually won a game.
B I N G O ……..GOOD/GREAT STUFF !!!! rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl
After the game the other night I had flipped over to YES for their postgame. It was like a funeral. But yes, there is a lot of second guessing in NY and I'm hopeful they'll form a circular firing squad soon.
As for Judge, I think he may have learned something. Good of the Sox to keep it more low key and then to troll them back by playing New York, New York to celebrate winning in NY. Always satisfying to beat the Yankees, but even more so to do it in the playoffs at the Stadium.
A very satisfying win indeed. Beforehand you had to give Cash -man credit ---- building that lineup, then adding Stanton, Lynn, Hap, then Britain to the staff --- their fan base was all set. Then Eovaldi happened, and Holt.
Quote from: longgame on October 11, 2018, 08:08:14 AM
After the game the other night I had flipped over to YES for their postgame. It was like a funeral. But yes, there is a lot of second guessing in NY and I'm hopeful they'll form a circular firing squad soon.
As for Judge, I think he may have learned something. Good of the Sox to keep it more low key and then to troll them back by playing New York, New York to celebrate winning in NY. Always satisfying to beat the Yankees, but even more so to do it in the playoffs at the Stadium.
You bet Ted!!!!! Hell, I'm just starting to come down from my Heaven-like cloud and I can tell you that yesterday I had one of the happiest days of my life. Amazing what beating the Yankees in a playoff can do for one's self confidence even though I had nothing to do with the win save for rooting like hell for our beloved team.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on October 11, 2018, 09:53:00 AM
A very satisfying win indeed. Beforehand you had to give Cash -man credit ---- building that lineup, then adding Stanton, Lynn, Hap, then Britain to the staff --- their fan base was all set. Then Eovaldi happened, and Holt.
I hear you Sea Dog. Before the series began I didn't hear much of anything about the Yankees not getting all the way up to snuff for their set-to with the Red Sox. You said the names the Yanks procured and were favored to win the AL East this season, and that was before they traded for Lynn and Hap and Britain to the staff. By playoff time we heard it on the pre game shows on TBS, we heard it on MLB where most pundits picked the Yankees to win the ALDS, and Mad Dog Russo was totally convinced the Red Sox were doomed. Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds and others there were all in on the Yanks. Only Pedro and Papi picked the Red Sox to win and who knows if it was out of loyalty to the team they both starred on. The "only" non Red Sox alumnus who I saw picking the Red Sox was Russo's on screen partner who get about ten or 15 minutes to add to the show. He picked the Red Sox in five. The one thing I can't stand is all this back stepping by everyone who picked the Yankees. They guessed wrong and should just fess up to it and come and say so.
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on October 11, 2018, 04:04:27 PM
Quote from: longgame on October 11, 2018, 08:08:14 AM
After the game the other night I had flipped over to YES for their postgame. It was like a funeral. But yes, there is a lot of second guessing in NY and I'm hopeful they'll form a circular firing squad soon.
As for Judge, I think he may have learned something. Good of the Sox to keep it more low key and then to troll them back by playing New York, New York to celebrate winning in NY. Always satisfying to beat the Yankees, but even more so to do it in the playoffs at the Stadium.
You bet Ted!!!!! Hell, I'm just starting to come down from my Heaven-like cloud and I can tell you that yesterday I had one of the happiest days of my life. Amazing what beating the Yankees in a playoff can do for one's self confidence even though I had nothing to do with the win save for rooting like hell for our beloved team.
I was in Heaven on Wednesday as well.
(It took me a while to stop shaking from Kimbrel's antics in the bottom of the 9th.)
I re-watched the game AND enjoyed listening to the YES Network!
ON to the ALCS!
Should be a good series.
Let's GO Red Sox!
Don't know if any of you caught it, but like Fred was saying, everyone was picking the Yankees and one of those was A-Rod. He and Papi had a bet, A-Rod of course lost and had to pay up by wearing a Sox uniform while Papi sprayed him with champagne. rofl
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/a-rod-wears-red-sox-jersey-on-fs1-after-bet-with-david-ortiz/c-297760500 (https://www.mlb.com/cut4/a-rod-wears-red-sox-jersey-on-fs1-after-bet-with-david-ortiz/c-297760500)
So now everyone of course is picking the Astros and I get why people like them, but the Sox won more games and have home field advantage. I think part of the issue is that every Sox failure gets highlighted, while every Astros win is celebrated and on top of that, we know all of the Sox' warts. Both of these teams are very similar though and while I get the old adage about pitching winning championships, but I think that is flipped and now it is beating good pitching that wins championships since everyone has good pitching.
One of the things that gets called out is the Sox played in a weaker division, but they had to fight off the Yankees and the Rays had the best record of non-Wild card teams (and a game behind Cleveland). Sure the Sox got the O's, but the West had the Rangers and Angels who were pretty bad too. When you win 108 games and win your division going away against a 100 game winner, clearly something is working.
Sox in 6.
Quote from: longgame on October 13, 2018, 12:30:20 PM
Don't know if any of you caught it, but like Fred was saying, everyone was picking the Yankees and one of those was A-Rod. He and Papi had a bet, A-Rod of course lost and had to pay up by wearing a Sox uniform while Papi sprayed him with champagne. rofl
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/a-rod-wears-red-sox-jersey-on-fs1-after-bet-with-david-ortiz/c-297760500 (https://www.mlb.com/cut4/a-rod-wears-red-sox-jersey-on-fs1-after-bet-with-david-ortiz/c-297760500)
So now everyone of course is picking the Astros and I get why people like them, but the Sox won more games and have home field advantage. I think part of the issue is that every Sox failure gets highlighted, while every Astros win is celebrated and on top of that, we know all of the Sox' warts. Both of these teams are very similar though and while I get the old adage about pitching winning championships, but I think that is flipped and now it is beating good pitching that wins championships since everyone has good pitching.
One of the things that gets called out is the Sox played in a weaker division, but they had to fight off the Yankees and the Rays had the best record of non-Wild card teams (and a game behind Cleveland). Sure the Sox got the O's, but the West had the Rangers and Angels who were pretty bad too. When you win 108 games and win your division going away against a 100 game winner, clearly something is working.
Sox in 6.
It get redundant to keep saying it, but as long as you're dispensing some pretty insightful missives, well, nice going again. The Red Sox don't have to apologize to anyone for being in a "weaker" division because they weren't. Yes we had a real weak Oriole team and Toronto was no great shakes either but when you compete for a division title against a powerful team like the Yankees and best them by eight games you have nothing to be ashamed of. And, while I'm at it, the Rays weren't exactly a pushover either winning 90 games. In fact it the Rays that gave us that margin for error before we hung out the Yankees to dry after our four game sweep. And where do those "experts" come off saying those things in the first place? Texas was just plain bad, the Angels pretty much fell apart after their 11-3 start, and by the middle of August the always underachieving Seattle Mariners were their usual horse shit selves. We won 108 games; we have to apologize to no one.