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As a young teen, in '67, I watched the Red Sox win the division. -- last game of season, for a $4.75 ticket!!
Scarred me for life... Nothing compares to Fenway park! &. Last night's game was da bomb!!!
Scarred me for life... Nothing compares to Fenway park! &. Last night's game was da bomb!!!
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Good vid here from the SMART guys here on MLB Network. This is historic.
Pay no attention to the Moron Red Sox hater Rob Parker towards the end. Actually, PAY attention, good example of personal bias grossly affecting ones judgment. Not that he EVER had good judgment to begin with......
View: https://youtu.be/nq9ppHzaxis?is=RFscITCrb34dCgpu
Pay no attention to the Moron Red Sox hater Rob Parker towards the end. Actually, PAY attention, good example of personal bias grossly affecting ones judgment. Not that he EVER had good judgment to begin with......
View: https://youtu.be/nq9ppHzaxis?is=RFscITCrb34dCgpu
Excellent video. Excellent points. Excellent run the Red Sox are on.
The point they made in spades is about winning the trade vs making your ballclub better. The latter is the goal. But in the end, it doesn't matter if you don't go to the World Series. I'm not taking anything away from the Red Sox; they've been playing great and have fought their way back into the conversation.
As far as the last guy....that "moron Red Sox hater" Rob Parker, I agree with him they can't keep this pace up. Nobody can. If they did, this would be even bigger than it is right now. I disagree with him about them making the postseason. They'll make it. The question is, who will they line up against?
And another point is, yes, the Red Sox got hot but they've all got hot TOGETHER. Durbin, Contreras, Rafaela, Yoshida, Monasterio, Abreau. They're all producing way over their career averages. That's what it takes to go 32-6 but don't you think they're gonna come back to earth? How much, a little? A lot? Teams can really regress if those that all got hot, get cold together. The thing is, they got ungodly hot and they're STILL in 3rd place, 6 games out of the division lead.
IMO, they'll probably stay relatively hot over the next 17 games, judging by the opposition. If they get closer to Tampa and pass the Yankees, they're in good shape. If they don't gain much ground over the next 17, their last 29 seems tougher.........@ NYY, Seattle, @Baltimore, LAA, KC, @Texas, @Tampa, Cleveland, Cubs.
It's going to be interesting, for sure. Another Yankees/Red Sox playoff matchup might be in the cards.
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There was nothing wrong with the hater Parker saying the Red Sox won't stay this hot. Any idiot knows that. Him saying they will miss the playoffs is outrageous and shows how much he hates this organization personally.
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I was watching that game last night and that bizarre 4th out rule blew my mind!!!! How in the fuck is it possible to credit them with a run scored if the guy never tug up at third? Whatever that rule is, they need to rip it out of the rulebook!!!!!
Boston went 32-5 before losing their last 3. They averaged 5.7 runs per game. But they also had good pitching. When they scored 4 runs or more, they went 30-0. When they scored 3 runs or less, they went 2-5. Over their last 3 they scored 3, 3 and 1 run (2.3 R/g). So I guess if they hit, they'll continue to win. Capt Obvious!! I know, I know!!! 
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The real question is how the f have a brain fart like that on the bases in a 2-0 game. Embarrassing. I have actually heard of the 4th out rule in the past so I knew when it was mentioned the run would count. I was more pissed about the dumb baseball. That was reminicent of how they were playing early in the season. They were a dumb ass team and that play gave me flashbacks.
Looks like the magic if fading. Little things are now going to our opponents. A chance to tie the other night and snowcone catch saves the game for the A's, Duran misread on a ball and even Durbin made an error last night.
It was an awesome streak and had a blast with it. If they are going to turn into pumkins at least preseason starts soon!
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The announcers....I think I had the Toronto guys on......blamed it on the scoreboard which had 2 outs displayed. It did change to 1 out as the pitch was delivered...they showed the replay.....but the bottom line is you're professional baseball players and should know how many outs there are regardless of what the scoreboard says. But that rule is ridiculous in the first place.
I have an honest question here. Watching the game on ESPN with Karl Ravetch doing the PXP, I had to turn the sound down. It may be just me but I've always felt certain employees at ESPN were Patriot, Red Sox, Bruins and Celtic fans and there's nothing wrong with that. Bristol is about 100 miles from Boston. My issue is some of them don't even try to hide it. Reality or imagination?
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There is probably something to this. Many ESPN employees started in Boston and left for ESPN. Proximity probably has a lot to do with that. Ravech grew up in Boston, so likely a Sox fan. More than half the anchors at ESPN got started in Boston. Gary Strewszich (sp) and Amina Smith hosted NBCsports Boston. Miss Amina, but Gary sucked and still does. But there is several others who got started in Boston. Kay Adams is one and the other host of Good Morning football started there. They all do shows for a year in Boston then leave for the larger networks
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Peyton Tolle gives a hug to the player he got out.
Just thought that that was notable. I'm happy when players don't take things super serious; it makes the game of baseball all the more fun.
Just thought that that was notable. I'm happy when players don't take things super serious; it makes the game of baseball all the more fun.
Ironic that Tolle showed such sportsmanship. Perhaps Red Sox announcer Fleming should take a page from his book instead of being an unprofessional asshole.
So......what happened????
The Yankees are up 7-1. Chisholm steals 2nd and 3rd. Why did Fleming take such exception? Was the game out of hand? No. Hadn't the Red Sox overcome a 6 run deficit vs Chicago in early August? Yes. That unwritten rule about "running up the score" kicks in when?.....5 run deficit? 7? 8? 10? I'm not sure about these things unwritten.
Here's what I think. Fleming was upset because a Red Sox win would have evened the series and given them the season series tiebreaker. The game turned on a reviewed call (reviewed correctly btw). And Jazz is one of those guys you love on your team but hate as an opponent. So Fleming calls him "bush". Says the pitcher should drill Yankees catcher Wells....as if he had anything to do with it. I said the same thing about Willson Contreras when he pulled that bullshit crowding the plate then taking acception to being pitched tight. I wonder how Fleming saw that in the moment. Prolly enjoyed it since in his eyes it was a Red Sox player, not a hot headed cabrone.
IMHO, Fleming is the classic case of guy who never played ball acting like a tough guy. A fucking wannabe. You can apologize as he did with the lame-assed excuse "I'm a fan" (no, your supposed to be a professional....though clearly you're not) but the genie is out of the bottle. You can't un- say something.
Fuck Will Fleming and if karma is real he'll bump into a Yankee fan in an elevator and be drilled in the mouth.
So......what happened????
The Yankees are up 7-1. Chisholm steals 2nd and 3rd. Why did Fleming take such exception? Was the game out of hand? No. Hadn't the Red Sox overcome a 6 run deficit vs Chicago in early August? Yes. That unwritten rule about "running up the score" kicks in when?.....5 run deficit? 7? 8? 10? I'm not sure about these things unwritten.
Here's what I think. Fleming was upset because a Red Sox win would have evened the series and given them the season series tiebreaker. The game turned on a reviewed call (reviewed correctly btw). And Jazz is one of those guys you love on your team but hate as an opponent. So Fleming calls him "bush". Says the pitcher should drill Yankees catcher Wells....as if he had anything to do with it. I said the same thing about Willson Contreras when he pulled that bullshit crowding the plate then taking acception to being pitched tight. I wonder how Fleming saw that in the moment. Prolly enjoyed it since in his eyes it was a Red Sox player, not a hot headed cabrone.
IMHO, Fleming is the classic case of guy who never played ball acting like a tough guy. A fucking wannabe. You can apologize as he did with the lame-assed excuse "I'm a fan" (no, your supposed to be a professional....though clearly you're not) but the genie is out of the bottle. You can't un- say something.
Fuck Will Fleming and if karma is real he'll bump into a Yankee fan in an elevator and be drilled in the mouth.
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On the bolded part, didn't Fleming also say that the Sox catcher should "fight" Jazz at home plate because he was walking slow from third to home after the Wells homer?
Fleming, to his credit, apologized. Jazz didn't accept it (basically said that Fleming is a nobody who isn't worth his time or thoughts - and honestly, I can't say I blame him). Boone did accept the apology, said that if the Sox held Jazz on in both cases, he would've never told Jazz to steal.
Honestly, though? You play to win the game. If it's a friendly competition, you're at the end of the game, and you've already won the game, you don't run up the score (I've felt that with the boccia tournaments I play in. Obviously never going to the Paralympics, and that's okay by me; I'm doing this to have fun, not to win. I view it as whatever happens, happens, and my goal is just to see places, meet old friends, make new friends, and just enjoy myself, no matter if I win or lose.).
This is professional sports, though, especially baseball, where scores can turn on a dime with a few bad pitches. You don't stop playing hard in baseball because the team is well below you because, as you succinctly stated, teams can come back and make it a game.
By the way, fuck the so-called "unwritten rules" that baseball has. I can agree with a few of them (you drill the batter - in the ribs, mind you, not the wrists, knees, or head - with a pitch if they've done something so egregious that you all but have to do it: Chase Utley after he badly hurt Ruben Tejada being the major example, but also if someone's thrown at your hitter, a tiny tit for tat.), but the vast majority of "unwritten rules" can go fuck off back to the 1800s when the game started.