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Blue Jays (31-29) at Red Sox (38-25), right about now and also June 11th-14th 

Post#1 » by Schad » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:18 pm

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Post#2 » by GoRapstheoriginal » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:33 pm

Get this ship righted again! GO JAYS GO! Get all the wins!! Gotta make it to the wild card FFS!
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Re: Blue Jays (31-29) at Red Sox (38-25), right about now and also June 11th-13th 

Post#3 » by Randle McMurphy » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:33 pm

Richards couldn't be any more lucky to escape with 1 run allowed there. He was absolutely awful that inning.
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Post#4 » by vaff87 » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:33 pm

Some poor luck that inning.
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Post#5 » by rarefind » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:33 pm

Had Richards on the ropes there and let him off the hook. Springer can't get back soon enough...
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Post#6 » by Randle McMurphy » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:37 pm

And now the Red Sox are gonna score on this, what an inning lol
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Post#7 » by rarefind » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:38 pm

We let Richards get back to the dugout with his head and give Verdugo 3rd base to top it off.
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Post#8 » by Randle McMurphy » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:42 pm

Stripling pitching well to save that run at least.
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Post#9 » by StringerBell » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:54 pm

Why can't Bo just approach every AB like he has 2 strikes.
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Post#10 » by Schad » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:56 pm

"Lemme bounce a 3-2 curve 12 feet in front of home plate" is both a sign of respect to Vlad and the only rational choice.
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Post#11 » by Randle McMurphy » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:57 pm

StringerBell wrote:Why can't Bo just approach every AB like he has 2 strikes.

He'd have less power then, but he'd probably hit like .330.
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Post#12 » by Schad » Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:58 pm

Richards cleverly playing to the home stadium by giving up a bunch of rocket liners to right handed hitters.
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Post#13 » by Randle McMurphy » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:00 am

Not sure I've seen a pitcher pitch worse and still be in the game with 3 runs. He's getting annihilated.
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Post#14 » by Schad » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:05 am

I don't want to get too crazy about cause-and-effect, but Strip Rossling has a 0.95 ERA with very good components since he realized that he was announcing his pitches with semaphore or whatever.
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Post#15 » by StringerBell » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:11 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
StringerBell wrote:Why can't Bo just approach every AB like he has 2 strikes.

He'd have less power then, but he'd probably hit like .330.


Wouldn't that be more ideal from your number 2 hitter in front of Vlad and Teo? And he would still probably hit 20 hrs. .330 with 20HR's sounds a lot like Michael Brantley.
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Post#16 » by Schad » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:12 am

Garrett Richards has a slider that just kinda hangs there, and a curveball with 8 feet of break that never comes within two miles of the strike zone, and I'm perplexed that he's been okay this season.
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Post#17 » by Randle McMurphy » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:19 am

Schad wrote:I don't want to get too crazy about cause-and-effect, but Strip Rossling has a 0.95 ERA with very good components since he realized that he was announcing his pitches with semaphore or whatever.

The jinx is strong in this one.
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Post#18 » by Randle McMurphy » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:20 am

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StringerBell wrote:Why can't Bo just approach every AB like he has 2 strikes.

He'd have less power then, but he'd probably hit like .330.


Wouldn't that be more ideal from your number 2 hitter in front of Vlad and Teo? And he would still probably hit 20 hrs. .330 with 20HR's sounds a lot like Michael Brantley.

Well ideally he would just stop taking massive hacks at basically any pitch thrown to him early in counts and just be more selective. Best of both worlds. He's not there yet though, but I think he has the talent to do so.
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Post#19 » by StringerBell » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:22 am

Watching the Red Sox feed and they were jokingly referring to Richards as the Magician or Magic Man. Seems like hes been working his way out of trouble a lot this year.
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