General Boston Sports Thread

[truth18]

Apologies if asked-and-answered already, but why doesn't Boston have a WNBA team?

Edit: Would it gain a following/popularity if there was one in NE?

Connecticut has one. Hard to find Jerseys in my personal experience.

Phoenix Mercury play them tonight at 830 EST if you're interested.

[Joshyjess]

After the Sox worst stretch of the season (a three game losing streak), they seem to be back to their winning ways, beating Cleveland twice in a row, and regaining a 9 game lead on the Spanks. Over on the NY board, many posters were getting giddy about the Yanks catching up to Boston. I almost feel sorry for them (OK, I'm lying, I never feel sorry for Yankee fans).

[K For Three]

Slightly off topic but on topic, Nick Foles this preseason continues to looks like crap. I am really still irritated the Patriots blew that Super Bowl.

Don't get me wrong, it's preseason and I know that Foles is a decent starter. But I would be willing to bet the moon that he will never deliver that good again in a playoff setting, it was lightening in a bottle IMO.

That was a Pats ring and everyone knows it.

edit: will stop complaining about it soon, I promise.

[Parliament10]

Red Sox are Far out in the Lead. 90-39, with 33 Games left to Play, in Regular Season

[ViperGTS]

Sox get swept by Tampa. Lead is 6.5, if the Spankees win (which is no given) they will be 6 out with 6 head to head left. The pressure is building and that “insurmountable” lead is exactly what i said it was.

At this rate they will be lucky to play in the WC game. They have run out of steam, and this playing around with Sale is only pissing the baseball gods off. Dom Dom saying if this was a closer race he would pitch. Well Dom Dom you are going to get your wish.

[Feed Your Head]

Lucky to make the WC game? Jesus Christ lol, they have an 11 game lead on the A's. It's a 162 game season, relax. The Dodgers were 91-36 last year then lost 16 of 17, then made it to game 7 of the WS. The Astros went 11-17 in August then won the WS, its a looong season man.

Did you think they were going to win 120 games, without any speedbumps? They split the series with the Indians, and got swept by a desperate team. How exactly have they "run out of steam"? They are 15-7 in August, unless only the last two series count for some reason.

[ViperGTS]

Lucky to make the WC game? Jesus Christ lol, they have an 11 game lead on the A's. It's a 162 game season, relax. The Dodgers were 91-36 last year then lost 16 of 17, then made it to game 7 of the WS. The Astros went 11-17 in August then won the WS, its a looong season man.

Did you think they were going to win 120 games, without any speedbumps? They split the series with the Indians, and got swept by a desperate team. How exactly have they "run out of steam"? They are 15-7 in August, unless only the last two series count for some reason.

They have lost their ability to hit. Pitchers are executing and again, they aren’t adjusting. They have been facing above average to elite pitchers and they only hit decent against Carrasco. They seem to be getting tight. They lost 3 games to the Yankees in what, 4 days? They have 6 against them and what, 3 against Houston and Cleveland? The way they are hitting now, they can be beat by anyone. Hell, they’ve got Atlanta coming up as well.

Dropping 11 to Oakland isn’t far fetched. The warning signs for the Sox have been there for a while. I’m not happy about it but it is what it is. It is realistic for this to happen. Sale lose the Cy Young. Betts and Martinez both lose MVP. Sox miss the playoffs. Porcello yesterday said, “90 wins mean nothing. We need to clean it up”. Then they go play dead like today. Thats also not a good sign.

[Joshyjess]

You know the best thing about ugly wins? They count just as much as blow-outs!
Hopefully the Sox are getting this "slump" out of their system now, and will be firing on all cylinders again once the playoffs begin.

[ViperGTS]

You know the best thing about ugly wins? They count just as much as blow-outs!
Hopefully the Sox are getting this "slump" out of their system now, and will be firing on all cylinders again once the playoffs begin.

There were some positive signs tonight but the BP is tired. Thats what having starters like Johnson and Pomeranz, early season Erod etc only managing 5 innings per start.

[Feed Your Head]

This is a fun inning, also please make Swihart the main catcher, Leon and Vasquez suck. And JBJ has an OPS of around .830 the last two months, unfortunately he had the unluckiest first two months in baseball history so his overall line still is crap.

At a point in mid June he was like 8th in baseball in hard hit percentage, and one of the 10 highest exit velocities, but was hitting .178. BABIP can be a bitch, but because he was crushing the ball you knew a correction was coming, and it has. Throw his defense into account, and that is one valuable ass player. Just gotta hope Price is okay, and getting E Rod back this weekend is huge.

[ViperGTS]

Good night for the Sox. Saw some good signs that mean more than the box score. Just hope Price is okay long term.

[radcot]

In Sox's 11 run 7th inning, Benintendi was responsible for all 3 outs! (Sac and dp). No game is crazier than baseball.

[Homerclease]

Lucky to make the WC game? Jesus Christ lol, they have an 11 game lead on the A's. It's a 162 game season, relax. The Dodgers were 91-36 last year then lost 16 of 17, then made it to game 7 of the WS. The Astros went 11-17 in August then won the WS, its a looong season man.

Did you think they were going to win 120 games, without any speedbumps? They split the series with the Indians, and got swept by a desperate team. How exactly have they "run out of steam"? They are 15-7 in August, unless only the last two series count for some reason.

They have lost their ability to hit. Pitchers are executing and again, they aren’t adjusting. They have been facing above average to elite pitchers and they only hit decent against Carrasco. They seem to be getting tight. They lost 3 games to the Yankees in what, 4 days? They have 6 against them and what, 3 against Houston and Cleveland? The way they are hitting now, they can be beat by anyone. Hell, they’ve got Atlanta coming up as well.

Dropping 11 to Oakland isn’t far fetched. The warning signs for the Sox have been there for a while. I’m not happy about it but it is what it is. It is realistic for this to happen. Sale lose the Cy Young. Betts and Martinez both lose MVP. Sox miss the playoffs. Porcello yesterday said, “90 wins mean nothing. We need to clean it up”. Then they go play dead like today. Thats also not a good sign.

It’s almost like you want it to happen

[ViperGTS]

Lucky to make the WC game? Jesus Christ lol, they have an 11 game lead on the A's. It's a 162 game season, relax. The Dodgers were 91-36 last year then lost 16 of 17, then made it to game 7 of the WS. The Astros went 11-17 in August then won the WS, its a looong season man.

Did you think they were going to win 120 games, without any speedbumps? They split the series with the Indians, and got swept by a desperate team. How exactly have they "run out of steam"? They are 15-7 in August, unless only the last two series count for some reason.

They have lost their ability to hit. Pitchers are executing and again, they aren’t adjusting. They have been facing above average to elite pitchers and they only hit decent against Carrasco. They seem to be getting tight. They lost 3 games to the Yankees in what, 4 days? They have 6 against them and what, 3 against Houston and Cleveland? The way they are hitting now, they can be beat by anyone. Hell, they’ve got Atlanta coming up as well.

Dropping 11 to Oakland isn’t far fetched. The warning signs for the Sox have been there for a while. I’m not happy about it but it is what it is. It is realistic for this to happen. Sale lose the Cy Young. Betts and Martinez both lose MVP. Sox miss the playoffs. Porcello yesterday said, “90 wins mean nothing. We need to clean it up”. Then they go play dead like today. Thats also not a good sign.

It’s almost like you want it to happen

No I’m just a realist and everything I said is valid. Now, lately, Mookie is staying back and going the other way which has unlocked the inside as evidenced from last night. The team goes as he goes so I will be looking for this to continue. If it doesn’t they are in big trouble. Just a fact.

[Feed Your Head]

They have lost their ability to hit. Pitchers are executing and again, they aren’t adjusting. They have been facing above average to elite pitchers and they only hit decent against Carrasco. They seem to be getting tight. They lost 3 games to the Yankees in what, 4 days? They have 6 against them and what, 3 against Houston and Cleveland? The way they are hitting now, they can be beat by anyone. Hell, they’ve got Atlanta coming up as well.

Dropping 11 to Oakland isn’t far fetched. The warning signs for the Sox have been there for a while. I’m not happy about it but it is what it is. It is realistic for this to happen. Sale lose the Cy Young. Betts and Martinez both lose MVP. Sox miss the playoffs. Porcello yesterday said, “90 wins mean nothing. We need to clean it up”. Then they go play dead like today. Thats also not a good sign.

It’s almost like you want it to happen

No I’m just a realist and everything I said is valid. Now, lately, Mookie is staying back and going the other way which has unlocked the inside as evidenced from last night. The team goes as he goes so I will be looking for this to continue. If it doesn’t they are in big trouble. Just a fact.

But it wasn't valid, you started this by saying mookie couldn't hit outside pitching, i showed you that he was better than most top hitters on pitches outside, including xander who you praised for being able to.

Then you said Mookie was being way too pull heavy. But during the slump he was actually going the other way more, and pulling the ball LESS, same for the whole second half in general. You just overreacted to a 3 game losing streak while Mookie was slumping, slumps are going to happen lol. It's not a big deal, we all want them to win the WS, just a healthy debate. But he's always going to be a heavy pull hitter, because he has the rare bat speed to get around on everything. This story is from three days ago, here's a small sample.

https://www.overthemonster.com/2018/8/27/17785616/mookie-betts-slump-rays-grounders-aggression

It’s not just the grounders, either. When you watch Betts while he’s at his best, the thing that stands out the most are his quick hands. The man can turn any pitch around and do damage. It’s almost unbelievable. Because of these hands, he can do a tremendous amount of damage when he turns the ball around and smacks it into left field. When he’s at his best, he’s hitting the ball in the air to his pull-side. We know the grounders are trending up, but the pull-rate is trending in the wrong direction too. After pulling the ball 52 percent of the time in the first half, that rate is all the way down to 41 percent in the second half and 36 percent over the last ten games. Below is another graph showing every ten-game stretch of Betts’ season, this time displaying his pull-rate.

[Feed Your Head]

I am excited to see Kopech pitch for the White Sox tonighy. I hope he is too amped up and gets wild, but to say his stuff electric would be an understatement.

[Joshyjess]

In the past couple of weeks, the Sox have gone through one of their worst spells of the season, and yet they are still 8 1/2 games ahead of the second place Yanks (and actually only lost 2 games off their highest lead they had a while ago).
Pretty much every team goes through some kind of slump during the season. If this was (is) the Sox time to slump, it looks like they should come out of it in pretty good shape.
Beating the Braves today (the best team in the NL) in Atlanta could be the jump the Sox need to get back to their winning ways.

[ViperGTS]

In the past couple of weeks, the Sox have gone through one of their worst spells of the season, and yet they are still 8 1/2 games ahead of the second place Yanks (and actually only lost 2 games off their highest lead they had a while ago).
Pretty much every team goes through some kind of slump during the season. If this was (is) the Sox time to slump, it looks like they should come out of it in pretty good shape.
Beating the Braves today (the best team in the NL) in Atlanta could be the jump the Sox need to get back to their winning ways.

Hopefully. The Spankees are worse than I even thought and the W/C is pretty much a lock at this point. Of course Oakland no hit this team so maybe they are legit themselves.

[Parliament10]

23 Games left, counting today's game.
Red Sox, 95-44, 8.5 over Yankee Doodles

Tick Tock, Tick Tock . . .

[ViperGTS]

Sox make an amazing comeback over the Braves 9-8. Swept a first place team and that shows a lot of character. All this with Sale on the DL. Now a major series with Houston coming up. Time to make a final statement.