Holt killing us tonight. Killing us. Jays pitcher got a called strike in the same exact spot where Pom got a ball--low outside corner.
Holt killing us tonight. Killing us. Jays pitcher got a called strike in the same exact spot where Pom got a ball--low outside corner.
He has to do the small things right to earn playing time but has been just the opposite. Our bats better wake up soon..
Down 3-2 after 4 12. Both teams with 6 hits, but the Jays better are grouping theirs. Middle--Beni, Betts, Moreland, Devers--of the order is hitless.
Toronto pitcher has at least 3 pretty good pitches, including a changeup and a slider. Plus fastball, of course.
Pom is battling.
Pom is not sharp tonight. 5 walks. We need runs.
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Originally Posted by a700hitter
I would take him out here. I don't think he has a feel for his curve tonight. He could really blow up here without his curve.
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This team right now's lackadaisical. Not doing anything good right now. They have no urgency at all.
Nice play by Devers coming home with that ball.
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We're scattering hits, but with no power it's hard to deliver a game knock out or comeback.
Pom also kind find the corners. Most of those hits by theJays are in the middle of the zone.
OK. Here's me back on my hobby horse. Subject is managerial and baserunning blunders. I feel certain that, had Vazquez been out going to 2b, this would have been brought up by several is simply gambling and not even with a chance of success. All Farrell's fault of course. The second is the bottom of the 5th. Left Pom in with the bases loaded and 1 out. I guarantee, had the Jays scored, this would have led to a discussion about how Farrell doesn't have a brain in his head. Everyone knows Pom was through. Farrell needs a brain wave check.
And here's the best part. No one, but no one--except me--will actually say that in both instances Farrell actually deserves some credit. But doing that is virtually forbidden on talksox.
Off my soapbox, now.
Last edited by Maxbialystock; 08-28-2017 at 08:07 PM.
Two great sliders to strike out Devers looking. Just found the outside of the plate, and they were sharp breaking too.
I think we have hit a couple or so extra liners tonight right to Jays outfielders. Now just two, but two extra because we've hit a lot of balls hard.
Even wrong calls sometimes work just as a broken clock tells the right time twice a day.
I had no issues with both calls you brought up.
Even if they did not work, they were not "blunders", at least the way I have been using the term..
Good. But you ignored the last part. Would you agree they were actually good plays for which the manager gets some credit?
Wow. 6 innings, 3 runs, quality start, but about as brutal a one as I can remember. Two incredible escapes, but neither was luck. Really smart play by Devers on the grounder in the 5th with 3 on. He first checked the hitter to see if a GIDP was possible after touching 3B. No. So he thru a strike to force out the guy going home.
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