Wild Card IGT

[Fman99]

Go Sawx! Stanton turns a near HR into a single by stupidly watching the ball in the first inning.

[Frayed Knot]

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Go Sawx! Stanton turns a near HR into a single by stupidly watching the ball in the first inning.

[Fman99]

Good (for now) guys up 2-0 on a Bogaerts dinger.

[TransMonk]

[Frayed Knot]

Nice to see that Schwarber can hit HRs off both NYC teams, not just one.

Every other BoSox who swung at that high fastball from Cole tonight has missed it by about a foot.

[Frayed Knot]

Wow-zers!!! Cole pulled after 2+ IPs (12 batters faced, six retired)



Preemptive genius by Boone or job-insecure panic?

[Frayed Knot]

Early returns (K, GiDP) suggest genius as Clay Holmes gets out of a 1st & 2nd/no-out inherited situation.

[Frayed Knot]

ESPN now has a piece of the NHL telecasts this season so they suddenly start recognizing hockey players.

How 'bout that?

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Frayed Knot wrote: Wow-zers!!! Cole pulled after 2+ IPs (12 batters faced, six retired) Preemptive genius by Boone or job-insecure panic?

I suspect they are paying Cole $300 million for exactly these kinds of games. And they were hoping to get more out of him than three innings!!

[Edgy MD]

That was my thought What's the point of dropping all that coin on Cole?

[Edgy MD]

Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single.



Some guy shy managers, man.

[Edgy MD]

Kevin Plawecki with the big play!!

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man.

Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game.

[Frayed Knot]

Gotta like two off the wall shots by Stanton which wound up yielding a total of two total bases (I'm assuming they gave him a single-plus-throw on that last one) and an out.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man. Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game.

Will Cole wear his "Team Boras" cap to the press Zoom call after the game, or was that just an Astros thing? Or, will he appear in the post-game call at all?

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man. Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game.

Agreed. Just a comment about the environment. No doubt that Booney blinked way first, and way most.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Gotta like two off the wall shots by Stanton which wound up yielding a total of two total bases (I'm assuming they gave him a single-plus-throw on that last one) and an out.

John Sterling, "It is HIGH, It is FAR, it IS..."

a single, John.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Loiasiga throws five pitches after being brought into the game and he needs a mound conference before being allowed to throw another.



When I'm made king of the world, outlawing this will be my first edict.









and, btw, this was another example of a PH'er causing a mound conference because those, stunningly, don't count against a team's total.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Guest

[Fman99]

A-Rod is so tedious. No wonder J-Lo went back to her old beau for the high hard one.

[Frayed Knot]

ESPN2 is carrying a ... let's say calmer, alternate telecast of the game.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Nice to see that Schwarber can hit HRs off both NYC teams, not just one.

Schwarber has been a high-school hellcat since that trade. His OBP as a Sock was .435!

[Edgy MD]

And man, pulling Plaweck for a pinchie after he tagged Judge out in the face is a kick in the nuts.



Hey, Boston, I'm trying to LIKE you!

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man. Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game. Agreed. Just a comment about the environment. No doubt that Booney blinked way first, and way most.

Sawx do seem determined to go to as many relievers as possible until they find one who Doesn't have his game tonight.

They haven't found him yet, but they'll keep searching.

[Frayed Knot]

New pitcher, throws six pitches, needs another committee meeting.

Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

[Edgy MD]

Well, this game is a lot of things, but at its core, it's a Yankee-Red Sox game.



If there were any two teams in baseball who could be statistically shown to average a longer game time per matchup, I would call bullshit on the statistics.

[Frayed Knot]

How 'bout the insult to injury ending to that inning?

Chad Green faces two hitters, gives up a bases-loading walk followed by a 2R single, and only gets out of the inning via a bad baserunning play ... and then he gets stopped by the ump for illegal substance check on his way back to the dugout.

[Frayed Knot]

Some red hot Hansel Robles action for your viewing pleasure.

[Edgy MD]

I'm totally missing my Hansel.

[Frayed Knot]

Gary Sanchez for late inning defense.



I'll take substitutes you'd never think of for $600 Alex

[Frayed Knot]

"Only" 3:07 thru 8 innings.

aka: A quickie by Yanx/Sawx standards.