2018 official Boston Red Sox thread

@1970s said:

@Barndog said:
That game was on Cora. Start to end, wrong personnel and no motivation to win

Big time. Disaster even starting Price against a team that owns him.
Porcello threw 18 innings against the Yankees at Fenway and gave up 3 hits and 0 runs
in 18 innings. Porcello was a disaster at Yankee stadium this year. So Porcello gets
a start in NY instead of Fenway ??????

Kinsler at 2B instead of Brock Holt ??? Really ? Holt's hitting 100 points higher against Tanaka lifetime and Holt is on fire now while Kinsler is struggling at the plate ????

Swihart is hitting .375 against Tanaka ?

LOL+ Somebody who makes decisions for this team is a freakin' idiot.

verily. I commented to my brother before the game started that it looks like Cora consulted with Francoma prior to filling out his lineup card.

@erikthredd said:
This is hilarious, Aaron Judge trolling the Red Sox locker room after the game carrying a boombox blasting "New York,New York"
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/alex-reimer/aaron-judge-played-new-york-new-york-boombox-while-exiting-fenway-park-troll-red

It’s bush league so far as I’m concerned.

1 more to go. Hope they saved some runs for tomorrow. Kudos to Holt for the cycle achievement.

Holt's cycle made history. First cycle ever in baseball playoff history. On the anniversary day of NY Yankee Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Maybe Aaron Judge's stunt with the boom box in Boston will work out like pulling on a lion's tail and not expecting him to get PO'd.

@bigmarty58 said:
Cora just continues to make the right moves with the line-up. With CC starting tonight wonder if Alex sits Benny and Brock.

well not in game 2 though

Horrible win. I only say that because our "closer" sucks in pressure situations. He is more of an "opener" for the opponent. We were lucky to win. For eight innings everything was clicking--starting pitching, bullpen, offense, defense--Sale mowed em down 1-2-3 in the 8th and Kimberly (as I like to call him) comes in and practically ruins it. Threw almost as many pitches in the 9th as Porcello did in the first four innings. He should buy Steve Pearce a Rolex for getting the true "save" by catching that ball and keeping his foot on the base. Shouldve been an easy 4-1 win.

How ‘bout them Sox!!! The best the Yankees in the playoffs, that is reason enough to be happy! I know Kimbrel is a liability but whatever they won and that’s the bottom line. I doubt they get past the Astros however if they don’t win the World Series it’s a successful season after knocking the hated Yankees out especially after that clown Judge trolling them AND that money trap Stanton not doing much. GO SOX!!!

Typical BUSH LEAGUE , POOR SPORT, WHINEY LITTLE GIRLIEMEN Yankee fans. They always feel sooooo entitled to win everything, most looked apoplectic as they went crazy over just getting an out. Then there's the beer can toss...would NEVER happen in Fenway, and I've witnessed a lot of Yankee/Sox games there. The opposing pitcher oftentimes got a standing ovation for his performance. They should ban canned beer amongst the crazy entitled whackos.

MAY THE YANKEE LOSS STING AND STING AND STING to all Yankee fans.

Oh yeah...did your team enjoy listening to "New York", "New York" blaring from the Red Sox locker room??? Hope so!!!

Kimbrel is a heart attack...maybe he's gone soon...no consistency. It was brilliant to bring in Sale. Cora will be the manager of the year, Mookie gets MVP, and the Yankees get what the bird left on the pump handle.

GO RED SOX

Thanks Paul...hope you're doing ok.

A good read on last night and what's to come.
http://time.com/5420119/boston-red-sox-new-york-yankees-division-series/

@MCMLVTopps said:

@BaltimoreYankee said:
Congrats to my Sox fan card collecting brethren. Boston out hit, out pitched and out managed the Yankees in this series. Not even close! Enjoy the next series.

WOW, a Yankee fan with some class...you a very RARE individual. Nice.

Agreed, this guy has been a gentleman here for as long as I can remember.

I know I previously posted a 5 game series prediction. Was I ever so glad I was wrong. That bottom of the ninth was one for the books in drama. GO SOX.

@1970s said:
Are you guys OK with David Price starting game 2 against the Astros ?

no he can pitch out of the bullpen though I mean that is already at rock bottom how much damage can he do there ?

@BaltimoreYankee said:
Congrats to my Sox fan card collecting brethren. Boston out hit, out pitched and out managed the Yankees in this series. Not even close! Enjoy the next series.

Thank you for your civility, and for not throwing a beer can at us.

@bronco2078 said:
Felger and Mazz think Price gets game 2 because there is a day off afterwards. The entire bullpen will need the rest if they pitch 8 1/2 innings

If that’s the case so be it, I would have no problem pulling him right out of there and doing an all hands on deck approach. It’s complete nonsense that a guy needs 2 or 3 days off from 3 innings pitched anyways

I think Kimberly is a FA after this year. Looking forward to that! Some other team will overpay for his "services"

Price can opt out after this year. Snowball's chance in Hell of that happening. Nobody else would pay him anywhere near the $31 million/year he is getting.