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    Astros, 1/10

    McHugh vs. Velazquez, both righties

    3:05 pm today at Fenway where, who knows, the attendance might actually get over 35,722 for the AL East champs vs. the AL West champs, albeit in a meaningless game at this point.

    espn carried an irritating headline/story saying the Sox owe the Yankees for keeping them on their toes down to the wire. In retrospect, espn might be right because all six home games this time were biggies in which our rotation seemed to crumble before our eyes. Heck, Porcello has one of our two wins--this one against the Jays, when he gave up 5 in 5.2 innings and the Sox won 10-7. Sale got hit, so did ERod. Fister not bad going 5.1 and giving up 3, one due to a lousy throw by Betts that was not an error but still--and despite a passed ball by Leon and another error by Devers.

    Only Pom stood up when it counted, going 6, giving up 1, which was mostly Smith's fault.

    Nevertheless, you gotta like Sale in game 1 on October 5 followed by Pom in game 2 on October 6, to say nothing of three pretty good arms--Kimbrel, Price, and Reed--and Kelly in the bullpen. I think ERod still gets game 3 on October 8 and, against my sincere advice to Farrell to start Fister, Porcello in game 4 October 9.

    The lineup could be tricky if Nunez is back because Bogie is hitting and so are Pedey and Devers. Besides, he reinjured himself this time just swinging the bat.

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    This is the dream right? A meaningless game #162? Win. Dance. Repeat. x2
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    Spring Training game before start of season. Curious about Velazquez.

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    Go Velazquez............ I'd like to see him have a good outing to end it.

    He looked like garbage out of he gate this year....... but came through big for us a few times........... I hope he does well..
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    End the regular season on a winning note.
    "Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.


    "It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."

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    Quote Originally Posted by OH FOY! View Post
    Spring Training game before start of season. Curious about Velazquez.
    I'd like to see him have a good outing, just so he has a positive to take with him into the offseason.

    Go Sox!!!

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    None of the games today have any playoff implications. Just a fun, relaxing day of baseball.

    Go Sox!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kimmi View Post
    None of the games today have any playoff implications. Just a fun, relaxing day of baseball.

    Go Sox!!!
    Sounds like a good day to watch football to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunder View Post
    Sounds like a good day to watch football to me.
    It is a text book prefect day for football here near Foxboro.
    "Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.


    "It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudboy View Post
    It is a text book prefect day for football here near Foxboro.
    Yes sir! I'm only about an hour away from Gillette myself
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunder View Post
    Sounds like a good day to watch football to me.
    Non-significant baseball > regular season football.

    Go Red Sox!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunder View Post
    Sounds like a good day to watch football to me.
    Completely
    It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kimmi View Post
    Non-significant baseball > regular season football.

    Go Red Sox!!!
    Absolutely!
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    Yea got hand it to the Sox, they just could not go queitly into the night. Well, they are just post-poning the inevitable.
    - From the 2004 ALCS Game 4 Gamethread. A reminder that no game is over until the final out is recorded, and things will always get better. Misspellings unchanged as a reminder that Yankees fans are just terrible.

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    Joe Buck's already talked about the Red Sox in the broadcast of the Patriots game... That counts for something, right?
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    Relaxing day as we clinched but would still be nice to split thus series

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