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    4/1 vs Orioles - Opening Day 2021

    You know that old adage, hope springs eternal? I think that takes on extra meaning this year.

    Put aside everything that happened in 2020, both with the Red Sox, and with the rest of the world. Turn the page over and start fresh. Let your hope rejuvenate from the ground up.

    I personally lacked interest in baseball last year. I was mentally and emotionally preoccupied with other things, and I'm sure most of you felt similarly. I didn't even want baseball to come back. And this was before I knew we would finish in last place.


    But, this year. Oh baby, we're back. Baseball is meant to be played in 162 game seasons, starting in the April chill, lasting through the dog days of heat and humidity, and into the dark, cold nights of October. We have reached a public health situation that is just healthy enough to feel good about the world - and ourselves - again, and to dive in ten toes deep with our favorite baseball team, uniting over the pointless banter and silly arguments that remind us that all is well enough in our lives to get to caught up in discussions about the lineup, our dear friend WTF Cora, or which reliever is the biggest bum. This may be the most excited I've ever been for a season, and I hope y'all feel the same way.


    LHP John Means vs RHP Nathan Eovaldi

    2:05 PM start

    Weather looked iffy earlier in the week, but it has improved. Cloudy with a chance of light rain. Not overly warm, but who cares? We're playing baseball in Boston in April.
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    Nice intro. I'm also pumped for this season, and not just for the Yanks. But also to stalk these boards after bullpen implosions, bad managerial decisions, and Mookie displacement syndrome

    Looking forward to another year of it all, best of luck.

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    The last time there was an opening game to a full season, we were defending champs.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

    The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bkzwhitestrican View Post
    Nice intro. I'm also pumped for this season, and not just for the Yanks. But also to stalk these boards after bullpen implosions, bad managerial decisions, and Mookie displacement syndrome

    Looking forward to another year of it all, best of luck.
    You too. I'm actually kind of pumped for the opening series between the Yankees and the Jays.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

    The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.

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    Agreed.. pumped up for 2021. Hoping they surprise me with a Wild Card run. They can't be as bad as last year, right?!

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    OMG ITS HERE!!!!!

    Let’s do work!!!! I’ll be listening to the game at work tomorrow.

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    Projected line up versus the lefty starter:

    1. R Hernandez CF
    2. L Verdugo RF
    3. R JD Martinez DH
    4. R Bogaerts SS
    5. L Devers 3B
    6. R Renfroe LF
    7. S Gonzalez 2B
    8. L Dalbec 1B
    9. R Vazquez C

    The LHH Cordero and RHH Arroyo are on the bench with RHH Plawecki.

    Some possible changes:
    Vaz may be moved up to #7.
    Arroyo may start at 2B, but I doubt it.
    Cordero could start vs a tough lefty (in CF? with EHern at 2B?), but I doubt it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Projected line up versus the lefty starter:

    1. R Hernandez CF
    2. L Verdugo RF
    3. R JD Martinez DH
    4. R Bogaerts SS
    5. L Devers 3B
    6. R Renfroe LF
    7. S Gonzalez 2B
    8. L Dalbec 1B
    9. R Vazquez C

    The LHH Cordero and RHH Arroyo are on the bench with RHH Plawecki.

    Some possible changes:
    Vaz may be moved up to #7.
    Arroyo may start at 2B, but I doubt it.
    Cordero could start vs a tough lefty (in CF? with EHern at 2B?), but I doubt it.
    This lineup will give us a 7-3 victory. Book it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Projected line up versus the lefty starter:

    1. R Hernandez CF
    2. L Verdugo RF
    3. R JD Martinez DH
    4. R Bogaerts SS
    5. L Devers 3B
    6. R Renfroe LF
    7. S Gonzalez 2B
    8. L Dalbec 1B
    9. R Vazquez C

    The LHH Cordero and RHH Arroyo are on the bench with RHH Plawecki.

    Some possible changes:
    Vaz may be moved up to #7.
    Arroyo may start at 2B, but I doubt it.
    Cordero could start vs a tough lefty (in CF? with EHern at 2B?), but I doubt it.
    Vaz is getting stitches out tomorrow. I have him on fantasy team and he is listed as DTD. Plawecki may get the nod tomorrow
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    Did anybody else think it odd that Verdugo played LF and Renfroe RF in the last ST'ing game?
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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Projected line up versus the lefty starter:

    1. R Hernandez CF
    2. L Verdugo RF
    3. R JD Martinez DH
    4. R Bogaerts SS
    5. L Devers 3B
    6. R Renfroe LF
    7. S Gonzalez 2B
    8. L Dalbec 1B
    9. R Vazquez C

    The LHH Cordero and RHH Arroyo are on the bench with RHH Plawecki.

    Some possible changes:
    Vaz may be moved up to #7.
    Arroyo may start at 2B, but I doubt it.
    Cordero could start vs a tough lefty (in CF? with EHern at 2B?), but I doubt it.
    Marwin LF
    Verdugo CF
    Renfroe RF
    Kiké 2B

    is my guess
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    Xander Bogaerts has made 7 consecutive Opening Day starts at shortstop for the #RedSox (2014-20).

    With one more, he will match Everett Scott (1914-21) for the most consecutive Opening Day starts at shortstop in team history.

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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Kiké Hernández says he’s been looking at video of Orioles Opening Day starter for a couple weeks in anticipation of batting leadoff in Game 1.
    He said he went to the Home dugout today and was struck by ‘the magic of Fenway’ in a way that he said was different than when he’d been in Boston as a visitor.
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    @alexspeier
    Kiké Hernández says he’s been looking at video of Orioles Opening Day starter for a couple weeks in anticipation of batting leadoff in Game 1.
    He said he went to the Home dugout today and was struck by ‘the magic of Fenway’ in a way that he said was different than when he’d been in Boston as a visitor.
    Magic of Fenway? It's filthy and old, with obstructed views and no parking.
    The King of TalkSox has Spoken.

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    Chaim, you are in the big leagues now. Drawing 10,000 fans a game is not going to cut it, and people don’t buy tickets to Fenway to talk about the Farm

    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    "Relief pitchers are a crapshoot." No, the truth is "Crapshoot pitchers are relievers."

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