GermanSoxFan

TLR‘s lineup construction is especially terrible when so many guys are not hitting. You have to hit Vaughn, Robert and Abreu in some order back to back to back to have at keast a chance of getting something going. But Leury and his .487 OPS has to bat leadoff because he is fast and fast guys hit leadoff because that’s how baseball has always done it of course forgetting that the leadoff hitter leads off once per game.

That’s a week‘s worth for our Sox.

These Dback teams were loaded with exciting young players, not only the Shelby Miller trade was infamous. He traded for the wrong Basabe brother and let that team fizzle out to irrelevance

Promoted to the front office because his time in Arizona was such a success.

Rasmussen has thrown 66 pitches in 6 innings. I think that tells you everything you need to know

But only one strikeout, pit the ball in play early and good things happen. Tony must have read a ball on strategy and approach from the 50s

If anything the Sox don’t take enough big looping swings They are putting the ball in play too much, as paradoxical as that may sound

And Kissinger will still outlive him ?

A competent 1B makes that play

My least favorite team since the 2009 team, at least that one had some 2005 heroes still on it. But I‘d rather watch Conor Gillaspie than this garbage

lol Abreu

Mental midget gives me a soxtalk game thread bingo, where can I pick up my prize?

This idea on striking out less and putting the ball in play is such a terrible idea. People would have looked at you like a crazy person 20 years ago but nobody hits the ball hard anymore in this lineup.

lol wild pitch offense to the rescue

So he can get thrown out by 12ft instead of 15ft at home.

Yaz is done. Hard to believe after his very strong season last year, his batted ball profile looks bad. But his trade value is negative at this point.

lol, fuck this

This team is the least fun to watch in over a decade. It’s a team that sucks all the fun out of a baseball season. A feat even the really bad mid 2010s teams didn’t accomplish.

Pitching Banks in the highest leverage spot is something TLR will have to explain because that’s a 4D chess move only a hall of famer can pull off

seriously though: donaldson needs to. learn to just stfu. This is a fucking embarassing statement

Donaldson probably waited for him in a parking lot, ready to fight or apologize. ?

This has nothing to do with politics, this is about basic human decency. That you see this as “political“ tells a lot about you. As a son of a black father and as someone who is very visible black who had to deal with this bullshit. I have zero patience for people handwaving racist ass remarks:;. I have the following to say to you: Go pound sand and use this time to reflect that this shit isn’t about you or partisan politics.

This “punishment“ is a freaking joke. MLB could have shown that racial discrimination is not tolerated, but talk is cheap and it’s easier to pay lip service to a cause than actually sending a message.

Tim isn’t going around calling himself Jackie, it was a one off remark in an interview three fucking years ago. But apparently that’s enough for some people to handwave everything. I bet if Josh Donaldson called him the n-word, people here would be like “well, everything is racist nowadays, cAnCeL cUlTuRe“ When even Tony LaRussa calls you out for being racist, you know you fucked up.

There are so many people on this forum showing their asses on this issue. This isn’t about a disagreement or a matter of opinion, it‘s caping for an asshat who made a racist remark.