The Nature Boy Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The Boston sports media is trying to push the narrative that the Red Sox have a shot at the wild card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks to Dave Dombrowski? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks to Dave Dombrowski? That and they've shown some promise in the past week. I am personally looking to 2016 and seeing how we can put ourselves in contention. One thing that has been brought up that I've been mulling over is, what do you do with Hanley and Panda's contracts in the off season? Hanley is a terrible defensive outfielder and Panda is just terrible this year. Hanley might work at 1st or as a DH but I like Travis Shaw at 1st and Papi isn't moving from the DH spot until he retires. Jackie Bradley has come to life as of late so if I'm the Sox, I play a Betts/Bradley/Castillo outfield in 2016. If you can find a way to move Hanley and Panda, you open a lot of options up. In an ideal world, here's my starting 9 in 2016: C - Christian Vasquez 1B - Travis Shaw 2B - Dustin Pedroia SS - Xander Bogaerts 3B - Brock Holt RF - Rusney Castillo CF - Jackie Bradley Jr. LF - Mookie Betts DH - David Ortiz That team won't win you the division but you can't focus on that right now. The Sox NEED to focus on pitching and use our current parts out in the field. We have a solid core, if they ever build around it. I really hope Dombrowski finds a way to unload Hanley and Panda without giving up our core. Cherington really fucked us over with those deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The Boston sports media is trying to push the narrative that the Red Sox have a shot at the wild card. Yeah, that's not happening. They're 7.5 games back. Toronto leads the wild card by 4 and Texas and Anaheim are tied for the second wild card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The Boston sports media is trying to push the narrative that the Red Sox have a shot at the wild card. Yeah, that's not happening. They're 7.5 games back. Toronto leads the wild card by 4 and Texas and Anaheim are tied for the second wild card. Yeah, I'm looking towards 2016 at this point. The Boston sports media though seems trapped in that pre-2004 mentality of the Sox being the perpetual underdogs who need to rise from the ashes. The Impossible Dream Part II, this is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Trade Dustin Pedroia to the Yankees and bring up Yoan Moncada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The Boston sports media is trying to push the narrative that the Red Sox have a shot at the wild card. yeah, that's a bit ambitious. They'd only need to pass at least 2/5ths of their division first. It's cool that the Royals actually won a game in Boston this year as opposed to last year where they got swept and Raul Ibanez had to remind them that other teams thought they were good. Around baseball: it seems like the heat is getting to a bunch of people because there's been a splurt of ejections over the last week or so. And nobody got ejected for fighting or hitting a guy with a pitch. Just stuff like Brad Ausmus disputing a replay, Francona mad about a neighborhood play, Matt Carpenter arguing strikes, Loney spiking his helmet post strikeout, and Doug Eddings ejecting Fredi Gonzalez. edit: and Lloyd got ejected because his reliever was really shitty. Speaking of that: Fernando Rodney got DFAed. The Mariners bullpen is fucking horrid. Rob Rasmussen is a walking dispenser of free runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Goodbye and good riddance ot Fernando "The Arrow Shooting Idiot" Rodney. Will someone please fire Jack Zdurienczek already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Trade Dustin Pedroia to the Yankees and bring up Yoan Moncada. The guy who has spent the entire year in Low A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Exactly, it's a fool-proof plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Trading Pedroia is a non-starter. There's no way it ever happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I love all of you taking Ryan seriously 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Adrian Beltre has now played the most games in the majors of any native Dominican (He passed Julio Franco) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Shit. That's just for MLB, son. Julio still owns the record for the ML of B, along with ULB, the BCL of J, the NPB, and the KBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The Royals come back from down 6-4 with 2 outs in the 9th to win 8-6. Junichi Tazawa's ineffectiveness trumped the Royals 3rd base coach overdosing on insanity peppers. Summary of that inning: Omar Infante triples to left, is thrown out at home plate trying to score an inside the park home run. 1 out. Drew Butera single to right. Alcides Escobar single to right, Butera to 2nd. Ben Zobrist lines out to short, 2 outs. Lorenzo Cain singles to right, Butera to 3rd/Escobar to 2nd. Eric Hosmer singles to left, Butera/Escobar score, Cain to 3rd. Tie game. Kendrys Morales walks, Hosmer takes 2nd on indifference. Mike Moustakas double to right field, Cain/Hosmer score, Morales is out at Home. 8-6. So, 6 hits, 4 runs, and the first and third outs came at home plate. Including trying to induce an Omar Infante inside the park home run. Although the official reasoning is that Omar scores if not for the incredible throw. Which is sorta like saying "they had to really bring it to cause our bad decision to backfire". I think if they sent Gordon in Game 7, the offseason is dedicated to people insisting the Giants got lucky when they threw him out. Tazawa was hilariously ineffective today. Like "belt-high forkball" bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 The Royals come back from down 6-4 with 2 outs in the 9th to win 8-6. Junichi Tazawa's ineffectiveness trumped the Royals 3rd base coach overdosing on insanity peppers. Summary of that inning: Omar Infante triples to left, is thrown out at home plate trying to score an inside the park home run. 1 out. Drew Butera single to right. Alcides Escobar single to right, Butera to 2nd. Ben Zobrist lines out to short, 2 outs. Lorenzo Cain singles to right, Butera to 3rd/Escobar to 2nd. Eric Hosmer singles to left, Butera/Escobar score, Cain to 3rd. Tie game. Kendrys Morales walks, Hosmer takes 2nd on indifference. Mike Moustakas double to right field, Cain/Hosmer score, Morales is out at Home. 8-6. So, 6 hits, 4 runs, and the first and third outs came at home plate. Including trying to induce an Omar Infante inside the park home run. Although the official reasoning is that Omar scores if not for the incredible throw. Which is sorta like saying "they had to really bring it to cause our bad decision to backfire". I think if they sent Gordon in Game 7, the offseason is dedicated to people insisting the Giants got lucky when they threw him out. Tazawa was hilariously ineffective today. Like "belt-high forkball" bad. I came thisclose to driving to Boston to the game today. I'm glad I didn't, what a fucking miserable 9th inning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Jorge Soler and Jason Motte both to the DL. FUCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Can I just publicly thank the Cubs for giving me a reason to keep an eye on baseball this late in the season? I mean, hot damn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I'm not sure I can remember a Cubs team I ever loved as much as this one. I mean yeah, it's not a perfect team, but they do a lot of stuff I love, they can hit a ton of homers, they seemingly are having a blast out there playing, and they find ways to win close games. It's so easy to get behind this team, and every once in a while you look at the standings and realize how good they've been and dream. 6 out of the division and 2.5 back on the Pirates is probably too much overcome for the Division but.... It is possible. And I don't think either the Cards or Pirates would want to deal with Arrieta twice in a short series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Can they overcome the might of the Brewers as they steamroll to 65 wins or bust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Sweet Jesus, NYM blew the fuck up today. 8 HRs, 15 XBH. Down 7-2 after 3, score 14 unanswered to win. And on top of it all, they get deGrom off the hook on a day he got drilled, ballooning his ERA to 2.29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 There are so many great combinations for a World Series between snake-bitten franchises, Mets/Pirates/Cubs v Jays/Royals/Astros. So strap yourselves in for Cardinals v Yankees, obviously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 It will end in a tie with both teams agreeing each other is the best in their respective leagues and splitting everything. They will then announce they're combining into one giant team and moving to Hokkaido, Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 It will end in a tie with both teams agreeing each other is the best in their respective leagues and splitting everything. They will then announce they're combining into one giant team and moving to Hokkaido, Japan. Well Hokkaido is world renown for it's many soap factories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffman Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 From my experience, St. Louis is spending way too much time preparing ourselves for losing another World Series to the Royals, all the while not even contemplating the meltdown that would happen if the Cubs beat the Cardinals in the NLDS (or heaven forbid, the wild card game). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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