LOL Boston pitching

[LnGrrrR]

The Red Sox might as well just pull an Invincible and start trying out random people in Boston to be relievers. It couldn't be worse than what we've had.

[Venti Quattro]

15 runs for the Yankees? :lol

[crc21209]

Up 9-0, and they can't even hold that lead. Unbelievable. This goes back to the end of last year. It was CLEAR as day that they needed help in both the starting rotation AND in the bullpen, and yet NOTHING was done. Frustrating as hell....

[Venti Quattro]

Bill Simmons must be rolling right now

[Reck]

LOL doesn't cover it. This team is shameful.

Glad I live in NY so I dont have to put up with the misery going on in Boston.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I would've loved to catch this game:lol

Those chowds were probably loving life going into the 7th, thinking, "Finally, I get to see my team win AND crush the Yankees.":lol

[Reck]

I would've loved to catch this game:lol

Those chowds were probably loving life going into the 7th, thinking, "Finally, I get to see my team win AND crush the Yankees.":lol

I blame Fox.

They switched to Humbert's perfect game. When they came back it was 5-9.

I was like the fuck?? :wow

Then proceeded to :lmao later.

[Mel_13]

11-30 since Sept 1, 2011.

[LnGrrrR]

Aceves has been horrible. Melancon already got sent down. The only bright spot is that Bard has been pretty good in the starting rotation. We really need to look at getting a replacement for Papelbon. And Buccholz/Lester better step it up.

[Goran Dragic]

iirc Bailey was intended to be Papelbon's repacement.

What I don't get is why everyone is so surprised with Boston's struggles. A year ago, 14 games in, they were 4-10 just like they are now, and that wasn't with a new manager, general manager, closer, etc. They've let a lot of talent get away the last few years and their success rate with free agents over that same time was horrid (Crawford, Lackey, Cameron, JD Drew, Dice-K, the list goes on). This collapse was several years in the making.

[LnGrrrR]

Ugh. It hurt me to read that list DoK. At least Gonzalez has been as good as advertised.

[LnGrrrR]

Beckett needs to go. Like, yesterday. He was great for us, but it's time to get what we can for him.

[LnGrrrR]

I think this bump is relevant.

[Reck]

Its beyond pitching..

[crc21209]

Its beyond pitching..

No, it's not. It's ALL about pitching. Starting pitching to be exact. When your two best pitchers over the past 2 months are Buchholz and Cook, you've got problems. The so called "aces" of the staff in Beckett and Lester cant get thru the 1st inning without giving up 3+ runs. They have enough hitting, speed, and defense. It's ALL about pitching....

[Reck]

Its not all about pitching. Sure they suck and are part of the great, historic fail in Boston right now, you cant put full blame on them. It goes all around.

Pitching, management, lack of offense etc.

They have nothing going for them at all.

They cant even use the injury card because they were actually playing much better without key players.

Now they all come back and they still suck even more. Its not coincidence that after Ortiz went in the DL the Red Sox offense died almost completely.

Prior to his injury Ortiz was the only one keeping this team afloat.

Pedro Ciriaco has been a tremendous help carrying them. Without Ortiz and a liitle Ciriaco help this team would not only be dead last but would be at least 10 games under the .500 mark.

[Reck]

With that said, Beckett needs to 100% go.

He just doesn't care if he does good or bad in Boston. You can just see in his expression everytime the camera shows him. There is no care whatsoever.

Boston should trade him before his value drops completely. If they wait until the very last minute like they did with Youkilis they wont get shit in return.

But since we're talking about the Red Sox FO here, that's unlikely to happen.

[crc21209]

Its not all about pitching. Sure they suck and are part of the great, historic fail in Boston right now, you cant put full blame on them. It goes all around.

Pitching, management, lack of offense etc.

They have nothing going for them at all.

They cant even use the injury card because they were actually playing much better without key players.

Now they all come back and they still suck even more. Its not coincidence that after Ortiz went in the DL the Red Sox offense died almost completely.

Prior to his injury Ortiz was the only one keeping this team afloat.

Pedro Ciriaco has been a tremendous help carrying them. Without Ortiz and a liitle Ciriaco help this team would not only be dead last but would be at least 10 games under the .500 mark.

Obviously you don't pay much attention because the Sox are either 1 or 2 in runs scored in the AL (maybe all of baseball). So the offense isnt the problem....

[Reck]

LOL those kinds of stats dont mean much in the game of baseball.

Just to point out how worthless that stat is...

Baltimore is second in the AL-EAST standings and they are 19th in runs batted in, Washington is FIRST and 20th in RBI.

Further more, the Oakland As who are currently tied for a wild card spot are almost dead last in that category.

The reason why the Red Sox are near the top in runs score is quite deceiving.

[LnGrrrR]

Obviously you don't pay much attention because the Sox are either 1 or 2 in runs scored in the AL (maybe all of baseball). So the offense isnt the problem....

True, but a lot of that is off the bat of Ortiz who's out right now.

[Clipper Nation]

B:lolston Red S:lolx: L:lolngest-running ch:lolkej:lolb in hist:lolry

[LnGrrrR]

B:lolston Red S:lolx: L:lolngest-running ch:lolkej:lolb in hist:lolry

Uhm... that would be the Cubs, thanks. When did you start watching baseball? Last year?

[Bill_Brasky]

B:lolston Red S:lolx: L:lolngest-running ch:lolkej:lolb in hist:lolry

Except they won 2 WS in the past decade....

[Clipper Nation]

Uhm... that would be the Cubs, thanks. When did you start watching baseball? Last year?

Nah, there's a difference between the Cubs just blowing chunks for most of a century and the Sox's current continuous chokejob that started last September, B....

[Reck]

Nah, there's a difference between the Cubs just blowing chunks for most of a century and the Sox's current continuous chokejob that started last September, B....

90s Braves and 2004 Yankees says hi. :lol


At this point, Boston is not choking, they are underachieving.

[AussieFanKurt]

pitched fine against Rangers today

[Reck]

LOL Crawford should give back half his 6 year salary back to the Red Sox.

Biggest bust in sports history.

[LnGrrrR]

Bump

Also, who the fuck does Bobby V think he's fooling when he says we are a playoff team?

[Reck]

Ok I have come to the conclusion that Beckett is purposefully throwing games.

How is it possible for someone to give 4 runs on command like that?

What a bleeding vagina.

[Chris]

I'm pretty sure Beckett is the source of the team's problems with Bobby V in light of the Youkilis comments

[crc21209]

I'm pretty sure Beckett is the source of the team's problems with Bobby V in light of the Youkilis comments

Yeah Beckett just isnt gonna work in Boston anymore. Lester went out and proved he still has it in him with his performance yesterday against the Yankees. This off-season Beckett and V have to go. Can we also get a better short stop than Mike fucking Aviles?

[crc21209]

LOL Crawford should give back half his 6 year salary back to the Red Sox.

Biggest bust in sports history.

John Lackey says hi. :lol

[Reck]

Yeah Beckett just isnt gonna work in Boston anymore. Lester went out and proved he still has it in him with his performance yesterday against the Yankees. This off-season Beckett and V have to go. Can we also get a better short stop than Mike fucking Aviles?

Mike Aviles is a joke. :lol

That idiot has a tick or some shit. He hesitates to throw the ball and always does some retarded double clutch that has cost them a few outs here and there when throwing to first.


John Lackey says hi. :lol

Crawford is worse.

During the game tonight they mentioned he was going to have surgery on his shoulders and will be out for the year. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

B:lolst:loln Red S:lolx

:lmao

[crc21209]

Mike Aviles is a joke. :lol

That idiot has a tick or some shit. He hesitates to throw the ball and always does some retarded double clutch that has cost them a few outs here and there when throwing to first.



Crawford is worse.

During the game tonight they mentioned he was going to have surgery on his shoulders and will be out for the year. :lol

Actually, no. At least Crawford played some this year. The reason he's getting surgery now is so that he's back by Opening Day next year and since they probably won't make the playoffs now, they might as well have him get the surgery instead of waiting. Lackey hasnt played 1 game this year because of his Tommy John surgery that he had last year. And even when he was pitching, he was giving up 8+ runs each start...

[Reck]

So what? Crawford has been playing and producing next to nothing.

Lackey is no better but at least he started out decent. He had one bad outing last year and still won 12 games as opposed to Crawford which has been with the Red Sox almost as long and hasn't provided any type of offense.

I'll take the lesser of two evil in this case.

[Reck]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

B:lolst:loln

Taking a 6 to 0 lead and then walking 3 and giving up 5 runs in one single inning.

:lol :lmao

I denounced this team. Fuck them

[lefty]

Boston :lol

[AussieFanKurt]

:lol 6 runs in one innings against.. KC haha

[Reck]

:lol 6 runs in one innings against.. KC haha

6 is nothing.

They usually give around 8.

[LnGrrrR]

Here we go Aceves... time to choke up the gopherball...

[LnGrrrR]

Fucking called that. Valentine, you fucking idiot. Grady Little is laughing somewhere.

[LnGrrrR]

Fucking hell I hate this fucking team, and this fucking manager.

[AussieFanKurt]

Hard loss mate. Just saw highlights on ESPN.

[Fabbs]

Fucking hell I hate this fucking team, and this fucking manager.
Unreal. Well not really considering who he is.
Bubby Valentine goes with AA to close. :lmao

[Reck]

Fucking hell I hate this fucking team, and this fucking manager.

Why are you still getting mad?

This team is hopeless. I gave up months ago.

No point in getting all pissed off about their losing ways now. They're like 8 games or whatever under .500 so what's one more?

That Cherington faggot is simply not working. Clueless motherfucker that one.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

:lol why the hell does Valentine still have Aceves as closer

[LnGrrrR]

Shadow, it's because I actually got to see this loss. I don't get to see many games living in Hawaii, I was sitting down with the 2 year old explaining baseball, the Red Sox looked like they were about to win around the 8th inning...

Then the ninth comes up, Aceves is obviously gassed, and Valentine is just sitting there like a retard shrugging his shoulders. Horrible. Thank goodness my kid fell asleep at the end of the 8th. :lol

[Fabbs]

It really goes beyond how is he manager to How did he get the job?

Top notch org like Boston has gone completely to crap.
1st they lost Theo Epstein.

Managerial opening and all they can come up with is Bubby Valentine?

It's as bad as Chargers 14-2 going with Norvron Turner.

[Reck]

It really goes beyond how is he manager to How did he get the job?

Top notch org like Boston has gone completely to crap.
1st they lost Theo Epstein.

Managerial opening and all they can come up with is Bubby Valentine?

It's as bad as Chargers 14-2 going with Norvron Turner.

Theo wore out his welcome in Boston. I'm not so sure he didn't get fired and they just played it as him leaving.

I didn't have a problem with Valentine at teh begining to be honest but now I cant stand the guy. His ugly mug bothers me.

Talk about expressionless.

[Reck]

Shadow, it's because I actually got to see this loss. I don't get to see many games living in Hawaii, I was sitting down with the 2 year old explaining baseball, the Red Sox looked like they were about to win around the 8th inning...

Then the ninth comes up, Aceves is obviously gassed, and Valentine is just sitting there like a retard shrugging his shoulders. Horrible. Thank goodness my kid fell asleep at the end of the 8th. :lol

Then it is a good thing you didn't see the one where they blew an 8 run lead to teh Yankees early this year.

That was the last game I saw wire to wire.

I contemplated suicide afteward. :lol

[Fabbs]

Theo wore out his welcome in Boston. I'm not so sure he didn't get fired and they just played it as him leaving.

I didn't have a problem with Valentine at teh begining to be honest but now I cant stand the guy. His ugly mug bothers me.

Talk about expressionless.
Followed him when he was with some stacked Mets teams, particularly 2000.
Absolute baffoon vs Yankees in Series.
Including refusing to speak out against mega puss Roger Clemons after he beaned Mike Pizza in the head 100% on purpose.

[LnGrrrR]

Nice to see Boston really turning it around after last night.

[AussieFanKurt]

Nice to see Boston really turning it around after last night.

Not as bad as my cards over last two days. 8-0 and 5-0 loss. Alvarez ripping them apart as usual..

[Spursfan092120]

bump

[LnGrrrR]

Quality bump :tu :lmao

[Reck]

I hate this thread.

Nothing good ever comes out of it. :lol

[Reck]

Seriously I have never seem a team regress this much.

Its beyond enbarrassing.

[Pelicans78]

Seriously I have never seem a team regress this much.

Its beyond enbarrassing.

Nice call on your part thinking Boston would be clearly better than the Rays this season even though it was painfully obvious how the Rays had much better pitching.

[AussieFanKurt]

Wow.. sorry LNG

[Reck]

Nice call on your part thinking Boston would be clearly better than the Rays this season even though it was painfully obvious how the Rays had much better pitching.

The Red Sox scores plenty enough that they could be. Overall they have or had more talent in the lineup that they could overcome some bad pitching outings here and there.

When 5 out of 5 pitchers are doing bad you dont have much of a chance. Who saw this coming?

[Spursfan092120]

Yeah...tbh, LnG, you're a good guy..you didn't deserve that abortion last night.

[lefty]

20-2?


















:lmao

[Reck]

Damn, who was pitching?

Dice-K?

[Pelicans78]

The Red Sox scores plenty enough that they could be. Overall they have or had more talent in the lineup that they could overcome some bad pitching outings here and there.

When 5 out of 5 pitchers are doing bad you dont have much of a chance. Who saw this coming?

They were pitching bad the end of last season and Tampa's pitching was clearly superior by a wide margin. Boston's pitching was overrated coming into the season.

[Reck]

They were pitching bad the end of last season and Tampa's pitching was clearly superior by a wide margin. Boston's pitching was overrated coming into the season.

I wouldn't say wide margin. They were considerable better but not to the point were you are jizzing all over their picthing as if its out of this world.

Picthing only does so much for you. Look at them right now. Not even a wild card team at the moment.

Basically Tampa has Price and Shields as their aces. Easily countered by Beckett and Lester discouting this year and last september.

You can say Tampa has better pitching prospects.

When all of your pitchers are doing bad at the same time its to do with pitching staff more than the pitcher himself really.

[Reck]

Hey Boston how about you stop playing whatever you're "playing" and cease until the next century?

Biggest embarrassment in any type of sport.

[Reck]

Valentine has a face you would just love punching in.

God I hate that guy's face. Go back to Japan and do whatever the fuck it is they do over there.

[LnGrrrR]

:lol Matsuzaka
:lol Aceves
:lol Bard

[crc21209]

Next season can't come soon enough....

[Reck]

I was going to say something last night but stopped mid sentence because I realized I didn't care.

Dice-K better save up his little millions because after this year he wont have a career anymore.

Who would hire this hack?

Oh yeah the Mets. :lol

[Chris]

I was going to say something last night but stopped mid sentence because I realized I didn't care.

Dice-K better save up his little millions because after this year he wont have a career anymore.

Who would hire this hack?

Oh yeah the Mets. :lol

He'll end up going to the NL and dominating like the all the other washed up AL pitchers :lol

[LnGrrrR]

:lol Bailey

What a statline

0.1 IP, 4H, 5R

[AussieFanKurt]

:lol Bailey

What a statline

0.1 IP, 4H, 5R

:lmao oh lord. What a quality ERA he'll have

[Reck]

I'm really starting to dislike this team every day.

I'm utterly disgusted and ashame of this team.

[Fabbs]

I'm really starting to dislike this team every day.

I'm utterly disgusted and ashame of this team.
Is Bubby Valentine just tanking, basically trying to lose games?
A hard earned 4-1 lead vs Cy Young candidate David Price, needing only three outs vs Tampa Bay last night and:

A Bailey relieved J Tazawa. 4-1
M Joyce singled to center.
J Keppinger singled to center, M Joyce to second.
L Scott grounded out to first,
M Joyce to third,
J Keppinger to second.
C Pena singled to right, M Joyce scored, Keppinger to third. 4-2
S Vogt walked. 4 2
D Jennings singled to center, J Keppinger and R Thompson scored, E Johnson to third, D Jennings to second on error by center fielder J Ellsbury.
4-4

Think ya might wanna pull Bailey earlier and salvage the save?

[LnGrrrR]

If Red Sox management keeps Valentine, there will be rioting on the streets of Yawkey Way :lmao

[LnGrrrR]

The Yankees are in town, we have a chance to try to knock them out of the playoffs... and the Sox are down 9-0 at the end of the 2nd. Fuck me.

I think I'm going to order them some KFC and beer. I mean, if this is how they play without it, I'd rather they just get tanked up and pitch with greasy fingers.

[LnGrrrR]

Bailey still kicking ass today

.01 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 1HR

ERA? 7.04

Your Booooossstttoooonn RED SOX!!!!

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Bailey is a ****