ALDS - Yanx vs Sawx

[Centerfield]

Jonathan Holder.

Was destined to be a middle reliever.

[Frayed Knot]

smg58 wrote: I'd be enjoying this more if the Sox had won game two.

Or if you got awarded two wins for winning by a sizable margin.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Frayed Knot wrote: Actually, it's just 3-1/2

You're right, I was getting all excited the game might end before 11:30.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Who is the commentator frothing at the mouth waiting for Judge
to hit a homer? K'd, see ya...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LoL, MFY

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, if I can't watch the Mets in the postseason, watching the Yankees get the everlovin' shit beat out of them at the Stadium will just have to do.

[MFS62]

If Angel Hernandez is nothing else, he's consistent(ly bad):
https://sports.yahoo.com/umpire-angel-hernandez-gets-roasted-twitter-three-calls-overturned-022438086.html

And he'll be calling balls and strikes in Game 4!

Later

[Centerfield]

OMG. That was so much fun.

My wife got home from her work event last night and found me beaming at the 11-1 score. She was like "Let's watch John Oliver". It was in the 8th inning, and I really wanted to see the last out, so I said, sure. Recorded the rest of the game. Anyway, watched John Oliver, got all upset about Kavanaugh again, but then turned the game back on. It was still on! 16-1. Beautiful.

[Edgy MD]

I'm curious to see what impact this game has on Angel Hernandez' career. Pedro Martinez threw him under the subway train after the game.

[Ceetar]

it's probably not going to help his, probably valid, suit.

[Edgy MD]

How can getting three first base calls overturned in a widely watched post-season game help his suit?

[Ceetar]

I would imagine it's quite the opposite.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Dear Santa,
I know it's early, but for xmas can I please have another good-ol'-drubbing
of the Yankees tonight at The Bronx Armory. I promise to eat my broccoli,
do my homework and not to pick on Amanda the Panda no more in class.
Signed,
KC

[Frayed Knot]

That Sabathia generates a lot of grounders, Neil Walker will get tonight's start over the atrocious-fielding Miguel Andujar.
Also Gardner and Aaron Hicks are in LF & CF, McCutcheon to the bench.

It can't be too much to ask that Rick Porcello out-pitches CC, can it?


And poor Brock Holt, hits for a cycle one day and is benched the next (he usually sits vs LHPs)

[HahnSolo]

Remember earlier this season when some media and Yankee fans thought Severino was the best pitcher in New York? Yeah that was cute.

[Frayed Knot]

HahnSolo wrote: Remember earlier this season when some media and Yankee fans thought Severino was the best pitcher in New York? Yeah that was cute.

I like to think it was our 2-0 win on the June 10th nationally televised Sunday night game over the then 9-1 Severino that started his decline.
It doesn't quite line up that way as he had a couple good games under his belt after that, but I'm claiming it as the turning point anyway
ERA by month: 2.61, 2.03, 1.60, 6.58, 4.86, 3.98
BA-Against: .176, .215, .211, .324, .274, .250

[HahnSolo]

Kinsler misses a first inning grand slam by about a foot and the Sox let CC off the hook with no runs scored

[Centerfield]

Jeteresque.

[HahnSolo]

This shit-hole gives the cheap RF homer and it takes the cheapo homer.

[metirish]

Time to bury them right now

[Centerfield]

Fucking Angel just missed two strikes.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Even WITH the Angel calls, they're doing nothing.

Agent Porcello is TCoB.

[Centerfield]

Ugly inning. Need a shutdown inning here. Momentum starting to shift.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Momentum is an illusion. They play in a mall with no mojo.

Surprised Cora went with middle relief from THIS pen over leaving Porcello in for third-time-it is?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I was scared too but that was some hot middle relief. Earned a few Schaefer points for me.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hell, I'd leave Barnes in for another frame, until they get a runner to second.

[Centerfield]

Dangerous letting them hang around.

[Centerfield]

Why would you pull Barnes?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Centerfield wrote: Dangerous letting them hang around.

yup. All it takes is a bad break still.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

This Sawx pen reminds me of ours. Every inning feels like a coin flip between striking out the side and loading the r bases with none out.

God, how good is Betts?