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His second home run yesterday was a great example of how much power this guy has. He might have hit that ball with 50% of his power, and it easily found the seats. That ridiculous power is just a part of his game. His speed, which is understandably and purposefully down a bit right now, might even be a more important part of his game. He can run out singles that should have been outs, turn singles into doubles, turn doubles into stand-up triples, and get to balls in the outfield with ease. He makes tough plays look routine regularly. He's young and still raw. He's going to get better, and if he even comes close to most of his potential in all areas, he's going to be one of the best players in baseball for a long time. I don't know if the Sox ever had a player with as much raw talent. Guys like this don't come along very often.

God I’ve missed that man and his bat drops.

Tepera threw 8 pitches. Does he get the 8th?

Stop it.

So even a 7 run lead isn't enough for this bullpen.

If this team doesn’t have at least a 3 run lead heading into the late innings, they are almost guaranteed to lose. Loser mentality. Horrible offensive approach. Bullpen that routinely shits down their pantaloons.

With full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, I would expect more employers (and maybe venues like restaurants, theaters, etc.) to start requiring vaccines. My employers is not requiring vaccines but is requiring weekly testing for everyone, vaccinated or not. Testing will be a condition of employment. If you refuse a test, you'll be sent home without pay. Continued refusal will result in termination. I wouldn't be surprised if the vaccine becomes required soon. I think the rising cases, especially in areas with low vaccination rates, is causing more people to get vaccinated. That's a good thing. There will still be those who refuse it, but as more and more employers and venues start to require the vaccine, those anti-vaxxers will be shit out of luck. It may take this third wave to actually get to the targeted 75%-80% vaccinated rate. It's too bad it has to happen this way, but getting to that magic number was doomed as soon as everything became political. Now it seems it's gone beyond politics into some other realm with Trump being booed when he encouraged his supports to get vaccinated.

Nice to see the runs early. Cease was awesome, probably the best he's looked all season for 7 innings. Hendriks pitched out of a couple jams. Nice win against a good team. With the way Abreu, Moncada, Eloy, and Robert are hitting right now, this team looks to be much better once TA and Grandal are back.

Way up there.

DP would be nice.

Kopech makes 100 look so easy.

Ending with a wimper.

Looking like a pretty bad trade. I honestly liked it, but I’m not very happy with the results so far.

What a weak throw by Seby.

Looked like Lynn was directing one of his “fuck”s in the general direction of the outfield.

R fucking T!

Nice stop by Collins

Filth

Better slider

Shit, I thought it was tied.

Now let’s hold ‘em and get the win we already had in place before the bullpen blew it.

Decent outcome

T fucking A again!

Hendriks!

This game over in 3…2…