8/04 Sox at the Trop vs. the Rays

[mvp 78]

Is this team that bad??

Seems like it

[mvp 78]

Number one pick here we come.

Kumar Locker/Jack Leiter sweepstakes

[mvp 78]

At this point? Why not just tank and roll the dice for 2021. This is borderline unwatchable. The Yankees swept us and they aren’t even great. Now the Rays are always inching us in the mouth. Orioles beat us..... who’s next?

Next 12 games are all Rays/Jays/Yanks

[TylerD]

Just checked the score. I see we are
Showing no life! Perfect. We got them right where we want them.

[Maxbialystock]

The more I watch, the more I see the wisdom of Roenicke's approach. There is absolutely no panic in the man because he knows what we fans sometimes forget. It's a long season. Come June, the pieces will begin to fall into place. I think the players are really buying into that approach. By August this rough start will be a distant memory.

[mvp 78]

By August, people won’t even be posting in gamethreads anymore.

[TylerD]

By August, people won’t even be posting in gamethreads anymore.

Lol, was just thinking this.

[oldtimer]

Rays have good pitching and our offense relies on a few players. Same old same old. Beni's now 2 for 28 and counting, with 11 strikeouts. JBJ is starting to slump, Chavis's hitting hasn't improved. So what's new?

[mvp 78]

Looks like a Barnes 9th inning.

[mvp 78]

Kyle Snyder is the pitching coach of the Rays?

[mvp 78]

Is Tim Hyer even traveling with the team?

[mvp 78]

No reason to swing at the end of the game Beni.

[TylerD]

Brutal game.

[Maxbialystock]

The more I watch, the more I see the wisdom of Roenicke's approach. There is absolutely no panic in the man because he knows what we fans sometimes forget. It's a long season. Come June, the pieces will begin to fall into place. I think the players are really buying into that approach. By August this rough start will be a distant memory.

Stupid. Tonight was still one more example that this team is unmanageable--that is, if the the goal of the manager is to win games. In one of the Yankee games, I think jacksonianmarch claimed the Sox can't hit fastballs at 95 mph or more. About right.

[illinoisredsox]

Brutal game.

Sums up the season though. The Rays got 3 huge breaks (Martinez’s double hopping into the stands, the missed strike three and the catwalk foul pop up) and took advantage of all of them. The Sox couldn’t get a hit with anyone in scoring position.