1. Mookie Betts (R) RF (.254/.293/.421, 0.9 bWAR)
2. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B (.322/.364/.496, 1.3 bWAR)
3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS (.309/.374/.427, 1.4 bWAR)
4. David Ortiz (L) DH (.319/.413/.638, 1.3 bWAR)
5. Hanley Ramirez (R) 1B (.286/.319/.438, 0.3 bWAR)
6. Travis Shaw (L) 3B (.297/.366/.505, 1.3 bWAR)
7. Brock Holt (L) LF (.280/.360/.400, 0.5 bWAR)
8. Jackie Bradley (L) CF (.277/.337/.489, 0.3 bWAR)
9. Christian Vazquez (R) C (.227/.277/.364, 0.2 bWAR)
Rick Porcello (R): (32.2 IP, 2.76 ERA, 3.60 FIP, 1.1 bWAR)
vs.
Michael Pineda (R): (27 IP, 6.33 ERA, 5.23 FIP, -0.3 bWAR)
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF (.260/.306/.380, 0.5 bWAR)
2. Brett Gardner (L) LF (.247/.371/.358, 0.5 bWAR)
3. Mark Teixeira (S) 1B (.225/.361/.337, 0.6 bWAR)
4. Brian McCann (L) C (.267/.375/.413, 0.5 bWAR)
5. Carlos Beltran (S) DH (.250/.267/.417, -0.2 bWAR)
6. Starlin Castro (R) 2B (.293/.327/.465, 0.4 bWAR)
7. Aaron Hicks (S) RF (.091/.143/.091, -0.4 bWAR)
8. Didi Gregorius (L) SS (.215/.241/.316, -0.4 bWAR)
9. Ronald Torreyes (R) 3B (.346/.346/.462, 0.2 bWAR)
We were shifting and no one was close to third.
Papi with a 2 run homer.
2-0
What good is this great Bullpen if you can't score runs. Fuck Hank and Hal, and fuck where this team is going.
Just a horrible contract/ Only thing Ellsbury does better than Gardner is steal, for 3 x the contract price.
What good is this great Bullpen if you can't score runs. Fuck Hank and Hal, and fuck where this team is going.
Thinking you are going to tap the potential of other team's failures (Headley, Eovaldi, Didi),thinking that you are going to make something of other team's failed #1 picks (Hicks, Ackley), constructing a pitching staff from the 9th inning backwards, getting a rep for overhyping farm players so no one will even look at them in a trade, those are among the issues.
Thinking you are going to tap the potential of other team's failures (Headley, Eovaldi, Didi),thinking that you are going to make something of other team's failed #1 picks (Hicks, Ackley), constructing a pitching staff from the 9th inning backwards, getting a rep for overhyping farm players so no one will even look at them in a trade, those are among the issues.
There is nothing wrong with Didi or Eovaldi. Didi is a very good SS and Eovaldi is at worst entertaining. his stuff is too good to ignore.
The problem is Beltran useless in the field, ARod seems to have slowed down this year, Ellsbury is constantly hurt, Teix still has a great glove but is wildly inconsistent at the plate. Bad contracts and ancient over the hill players...
That strike out pitch was a slider off the plate.
I've seen high school players coordinate better than that on a pop fly.
Now watch punkinhead be the hero.
F**k that clown
Either way, fuck that fat slob.
But for us, we got a bonus tantrum.
Now the MLB guys are praising him for playing with passion....
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
And ortiz went around on that 2-1 pitch. And the two final strikes were fucking strikes.
Go yanks!!
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
Broke the 86-yr curse. Earned his place in baseball history. Still might get a game or two suspension (2 reduced to 1, maybe) for tantrum tonight though.
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
McCann was crossed up. Gamecast had that pitch in the strike zone.
Why was Farrell still in the dugout? He was thrown out of the game and came out of the dugout after fatso got tossed.
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
That caught too much plate, IMHO.
Gonna catch shit here, but you guys sound like conspiracy theorists.
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
McCann was crossed up. Gamecast had that pitch in the strike zone.
We agree then. The strike out pitch was low.
Ortiz has probably had the biggest impact on MLB the last 10 years. I hated and still hate the witch hunt that selig facilitated but if any player should be examined thoroughly it's Ortiz.
Fuck David Ortiz. He's a fraud. I'll never believe anything else.
Broke the 86-yr curse. Earned his place in baseball history. Still might get a game or two suspension (2 reduced to 1, maybe) for tantrum tonight though.
As it should be? Are you fucking kidding me? His "farewell tour" can kiss my ass. No one outside of New England is going to miss that scumbag.
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MLB will do everything possible to protect Papi on his farewell tour. As it should be IMO.
Broke the 86-yr curse. Earned his place in baseball history. Still might get a game or two suspension (2 reduced to 1, maybe) for tantrum tonight though.
As it should be? Are you fucking kidding me? His "farewell tour" can kiss my ass. No one outside of New England is going to miss that scumbag.
There kissing his ass all over the league this year. Will at Yankee stadium too during the last series.
You guys have some recent experience with guys on farewell tours. You know how it works.
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
McCann was crossed up. Gamecast had that pitch in the strike zone.
We agree then. The strike out pitch was low.
Strike three was Low? It was thigh high, not close to low.
Probably good for a fine, maybe a game or two vacation
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MLB will do everything possible to protect Papi on his farewell tour. As it should be IMO.
Broke the 86-yr curse. Earned his place in baseball history. Still might get a game or two suspension (2 reduced to 1, maybe) for tantrum tonight though.
As it should be? Are you fucking kidding me? His "farewell tour" can kiss my ass. No one outside of New England is going to miss that scumbag.
There kissing his ass all over the league this year. Will at Yankee stadium too during the last series.
You guys have some recent experience with guys on farewell tours. You know how it works.
Don't compare Jeter & Mo to Ortiz, just don't.
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
McCann was crossed up. Gamecast had that pitch in the strike zone.
We agree then. The strike out pitch was low.
Strike three was Low? It was thigh high, not close to low.
Wow. Get glasses.
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Strike three was Low? It was thigh high, not close to low.
Wow. Get glasses.
Strike two was close. Three was fine, fatso froze.
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Strike three was Low? It was thigh high, not close to low.
Wow. Get glasses.
Strike two was close. Three was fine, fatso froze.
Strike 2 was a strike and Ortiz acted like a moron but strike 3 was low.
Whatever. That's your opinion, but he's got the one he's got.
Do you think they'll suspend him a game or two for tonight?
Looked pretty scary.
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should be afforded the same goodbye tour Bonds, Sosa and Clemens got.
Whatever. That's your opinion, but he's got the one he's got.
Do you think they'll suspend him a game or two for tonight?
Looked pretty scary.
Should be suspended for the same amount of games A-Rod was suspended
Here's is probably the greater player, Mo, too, but Ortiz broke an 86-yr curse.
Unique place baseball history.
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Strike three was Low? It was thigh high, not close to low.
Wow. Get glasses.
Strike two was close. Three was fine, fatso froze.
Strike 2 was a strike and Ortiz acted like a moron but strike 3 was low.
That's how I saw it. Even the NESN feed's pitch tracker showed that strike 2 clipped the zone. I loved watching Ortiz throw a tantrum though. Fuck that guy.
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Strike three was Low? It was thigh high, not close to low.
Wow. Get glasses.
Strike two was close. Three was fine, fatso froze.
Strike 2 was a strike and Ortiz acted like a moron but strike 3 was low.
Your opinion (and mine). But it's not where McCann catches it, its where it crosses the plate.
You cannot look at a pitch that close after showing up the ump. You know anything close was going to be a strike.
But as I said earlier, why was Farrell still in the dugout? He should get a couple games suspension.
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should be afforded the same goodbye tour Bonds, Sosa and Clemens got.
Whatever. That's your opinion, but he's got the one he's got.
Do you think they'll suspend him a game or two for tonight?
Looked pretty scary.
Should be suspended for the same amount of games A-Rod was suspended
Old news. I really don't know what happened. Maybe you do. Or not.
Either way, that isn't happening.
Do you think he'll get suspended a game or two for tonight? I'd do it I think if it were my call, but I think MLB will want to protect him if they can.
Didn't quite lose it like he did the time he destroyed the telephone. But pretty outrageous nonetheless.
Scary for kids I think.
Great passion! He's just having fun out there
One was Castro
WHICH PODCAST??? I need something to listen to instead of Joe and Evan talk about only their teams for an entire show and met fans calling in with trade offers in May???
When Betances struck out Ramirez with his slider McCann caught the ball well off the plate but the question was did it clip the plate before McCann received it. The overhead replay had it a tick off the plate but I guess to Ron Kulpa's eye it caught some of the plate.
How often do you hear it said that because the catcher was set up on one side of the plate but the pitcher missed the catchers target and even though it got a lot of the plate on the other side the umpire called it a ball. Not all umpire work that way. It's where the ball crosses the plate and not where the catcher receives it.
It looked as bad as anything but that ball had plenty of the plate and credit Kulpa for not being afraid to call it that way. Shoot, the 2-1 pitch he called a ball was practically right down Broadway. Miller even questioned it. And Papi's check swing may have been called a strike if it were the likes of Gregorious at plate.
He's a red sock. They don't follow rules.
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the Yankee player or players Ortiz was hugging in warm ups so I can add a few more guys to my list of current Yankees I despise.
One was Castro
I'm not telling you guys who to like or hate on your own team, but players having been grab-assing before the game for years (and it does bother me too - especially the joking on the bases - you get to 1b and you have to converse with the 1b), but it knows no bounds. Almost universally you hate the other team more than the players do.