The Red Sox Thread

[4bronxbombers]

That will change this weekend ... they'll all muscle up and play like supermen, and the games will take four and a half hours.

It will be another series win for the Yankees and I don't expect to enjoy much of it at all. I've come to hate watching these two teams play.

Me too.....it's old.

[Meecham4ever]

How in the world are the Red Sox only 5 games out for the 4 seed? Unreal.

[Yankee Fan in Boston]

How in the world are the Red Sox only 5 games out for the 4 seed? Unreal.

On the other hand, there are only 3 teams in the AL with a worse record

[Tifoso]

How in the world are the Red Sox only 5 games out for the 4 seed? Unreal.

Proof that the extra WC slot is horsebleep.

[ArodEra]

This is so true. It's amazing they have so many fans IMO - with so many unlikeable, surly, whining players.

Birds of a feather?

[NerfBall55]

How in the world are the Red Sox only 5 games out for the 4 seed? Unreal.

That's actually pretty bad at this point. Look how many teams they're behind.

[Gigi Buffon]

How in the world are the Red Sox only 5 games out for the 4 seed? Unreal.

Get used to saying that about team x, y, z in the coming years. Any team that's near .500 will be "in the hunt." Extra WC, dumbest crap ever. Hopefully they'll get rid of it someday.

[Meecham4ever]

Get used to saying that about team x, y, z in the coming years. Any team that's near .500 will be "in the hunt." Extra WC, dumbest crap ever. Hopefully they'll get rid of it someday.

I agree, but it's 5 games out for the "normal" wild card spot...with the guys they've had on the DL?
Also, the "extra" wild card spot was put in to reward division winners and penalize wild card teams.

[NerfBall55]

I agree, but it's 5 games out for the "normal" wild card spot...with the guys they've had on the DL?
wild card teams.

There's nothing special about having the 4th worst record in the AL, regardless of the WC.

Yankees are 10 UP on the WC after losing the best closer ever, the best defensive LF in the game, their projected #2, their replacement #3, and DL stints from their ace and their set up guy.

[YankeePride1967]

If Bud keeps adding WC teams, Boston will find a way to make it in.

[b-ball-lunachick]

So Cherington was on WEEI this morning and said this:

When we look at where we are in the standings, I guess particularly the teams that are right ahead of us in the wild card chase, we don't believe that any of those teams are better than us, or necessarily more talented than us.

The announcers on the MLB Radio channel today read this and laughed and said they wished the had a laugh track.


http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/th...sox-not-giving

[sweet_lou_14]

So Cherington was on WEEI this morning and said this:



The announcers on the MLB Radio channel today read this and laughed and said they wished the had a laugh track.


http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/th...sox-not-giving

In his defense, I have to imagine every team with a worse record than Baltimore believes they're really better than Baltimore.

But there's no way Boston is better than the Angels or Rays -- on paper or on the field.

[Carbon Fiber]

In his defense, I have to imagine every team with a worse record than Baltimore believes they're really better than Baltimore.

But there's no way Boston is better than the Angels or Rays -- on paper or on the field.

I agree that the team I root for on the field this year just plain stinks... But *on-paper* almost everyone had them as a playoff team.

Here's just one of them.
http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/c...ecota_edition/

[NerfBall55]

I agree that the team I root for on the field this year just plain stinks... But *on-paper* almost everyone had them as a playoff team.

Here's just one of them.
http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/c...ecota_edition/

THIS guy didn't. (points to self with both thumbs)

But, I do completely understand why most projection systems had them near the top.

Given a full roster and the historical player performance that surrounds them, the math certainly points towards the post season. It's just that projections like PECOTA don't have access to NerfBall55's proprietary douchebaggary factors (NBPDBF) to weight them with.

[4bronxbombers]

So Cherington was on WEEI this morning and said this:



The announcers on the MLB Radio channel today read this and laughed and said they wished the had a laugh track.


http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/th...sox-not-giving

Another one with his head so far up his ass.....

LOL on the laugh track comment.

[teknetic]

....how...how..does Aaron Cook have THREE strikeouts in 36 innings this year? That's SIX starts.

0.8 BB/9
0.8 K/9

My brain just exploded.

[jcarey]

....how...how..does Aaron Cook have THREE strikeouts in 36 innings this year? That's SIX starts.

0.8 BB/9
0.8 K/9

My brain just exploded.

One of the strikeouts was Montero.

[RenoHightower]

It's just that projections like PECOTA don't have access to NerfBall55's proprietary douchebaggary factors (NBPDBF) to weight them with.

Color me intrigued.

[NerfBall55]

Color me intrigued.

At the moment, all I can tell you is that it works.

[Mr Coffee]

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/...monster-stolen

First, it was their struggles on the field. And now this: The Boston Red Sox mascot's costume was stolen Friday afternoon, the Boston Police Department confirmed to ESPNBoston.com.

According to the report, the suspect was fleeing the area wearing the Wally The Green Monster costume.

Cherington pulling a Theo?

[4bronxbombers]

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/...monster-stolen





Cherington pulling a Theo?

They're just losing everything aren't they?

[Yankee Fan in Boston]

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/...monster-stolen





Cherington pulling a Theo?

I'm assuming the costume was available because even Wally isn't showing up for the games anymore

[EvanJ]

Aaron Cook went into tonight with 3 strikeouts and 3 walks in 36 innings. The last pitcher to finish a season with at least 36 innings, fewer than 1 strikeout per 9 innings, and fewer than 1 walk per 9 innings was Slim Sallee in 1919. The last pitcher to finish a season with at least 36 innings, fewer than 2 strikeouts per 9 innings, and fewer than 2 walks per 9 innings was Sam Zoldak in 1951.

[teknetic]

In an amusing moment during last nights game, Red Sox play by play announcer, Don Orsillo , revealed that Pedroia had come up to him during spring training and requested that whenever Petey hit a home run that Orsillo yell out La Luna meaning the moon.

http://bloophit.blogspot.com/2012/04...s-red-sox.html

The whackos at SoSH were spamming this in their GDT after the Pedroia homer. Did some googling and this is what I came up with.

*shudder*

[NelsonMuntz]

I wonder if Ellsbury's right arm ever gets chilly.