Official Boston Red Sox 2005 Thread

[Misfit]

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This Red Sox offense has to be the worst in the game when it comes to scoring runners from third with less than 2 outs. Twice tonight they have had a runner at third with no outs, only to have the hitters at the plate strike out. Thankfully Ortiz came through with the bases loaded to tie it up at 4.

[Misfit]

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The pitching allowed 6 last night, but I still blame the offense for their failure to execute the fundamentals. The Red Sox need to get better in that category if they want to win the division.

[Stu]

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I missed the game last night which is probably good from the sounds of it. They need to stop leaving runners at 3rd with less than 2 outs. There's no excuse for striking out in that situation. You need to get the ball in play. This has been driving me crazy all year.

[Misfit]

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Thank the Oakland A's for the win last night. That is why Oakland is one of the worst teams in baseball, they gave that one away. And thank you Edgar Renteria for that one out bases-loaded hit off Street. Before that hit, Bellhorn had struck out and Damon reached on a run-scoring error. They're still leaving too many on base, but hopefully this is a start. Of course, even Ortiz has been bited by the bug as he struck out to follow Renteria leaving with on third with now 2 outs.

I'm not sure what to expect from Wells this afternoon, but I'm hoping we take the series. Losing back to back series against the M's and A's is not good.

[Misfit]

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Awful display by Wells and the Red Sox today. Thus the road trip ends with the Sox going 2-4 against Oakland and Seatle. The same two teams the once moribund Yankees are in position to go 6-0 against. If they win tonight they'll only be 3 games back of the O's and one behind the Red Sox for second in the AL East.

Hopefully the Sox bats beat up on Tim Hudson this Friday like they did last year, time to get a new streak going.

[Stu]

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Definitely an awful performance by Wells last night but it was his first game back so I'll give him a mulligan.

Are we ever gonna play some home games? We have 3 at home then go right back on the road. So far we've had 24 away games and only 16 home games. That's 8 games more away from Fenway, where we went 55-26 (.679) last year and are 11-5 (.688) so far this year. We were 43-38 on the road last year so as long as we continue to play about .500 ball on the road I'd say we're in pretty good shape.

We've played fewer home games and more away games than any team in baseball. Compare that to Baltimore who have played 22 home vs 17 away and the Yankees who have played 23 home and 18 away.

[Misfit]

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It will even out in the end. I must say I'd prefer the Sox play more away games in the first half of the season rather than the second half.

[Misfit]

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Wade Miller continues to impress, and Foulke almost gives it away. I'd love to see the Sox take two out of three from Atlanta since Atlanta has always given them fits in the past.

[CWood2]

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The game tonight was about as ugly as the weather. Davies pitched fantastic but Edgar getting tossed pretty much summed up the frustration of the game.

What do you guys think about Renteria right now...I hate watching this guy underachieve as he seems like a fantastic teammate and a great ballplayer. 2 more errors tonight and no luck at all with the stick. He needs to shake his slow start or it will plague him in this town, and that would be tragic.

[Misfit]

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I'm more frustrated with Manny right now, to tell you the truth. I didn't expect big things out of Renteria's bat though I'm pretty shocked he's already almost equalled his error totals from a year ago.

Did everyone see that pitiful piece of hitting put on by Manny Ramirez in the fourth? He struck out by swinging and missing at three straight fastballs belt high right down the middle, three avereage fastballs at about 90-91. Who is this clown, and where the heck is Manny Ramirez?!

[CWood2]

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I'm more frustrated with Manny right now, to tell you the truth. I didn't expect big things out of Renteria's bat though I'm pretty shocked he's already almost equalled his error totals from a year ago.

Did everyone see that pitiful piece of hitting put on by Manny Ramirez in the fourth? He struck out by swinging and missing at three straight fastballs belt high right down the middle, three avereage fastballs at about 90-91. Who is this clown, and where the heck is Manny Ramirez?!

I hear you on Manny, although he's had a great day today trying to stay back and take it to right. Robbed more than once. Just put one over the bullpen so he's on his way back I hope. The clown btw was the Braves top pitching prospect, Kyle Davies. Pretty good pitcher, but Manny being that behind him was bad...real bad.

[Misfit]

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By clown I was referring to Manny, as in, that wasn't the real Manny Ramirez out there yesterday. He bounced back today, wearing Ortiz's sweatbands, and he certainly looked better. Hopefully he keeps it going. The offense as a whole still can't seem to score runners from third with less than 2 outs, which is really sad. They got away with it today and were fortunate. Usually, when you let a pitcher like Smoltz wiggle out of some early jams they'll settle in and shut you down but they were able to battle for a win. They still left a ton of men on though.

Clement pitched very well today and for the first time ever the Red Sox finally take 2 out of 3 from the Atlanta Braves at home. The Sox needed an outing like this out of Clement with Wakefield and Wells struggling and Arroyo still serving his suspension. Once this rotation gets righted, it could pretty formidable.

[Stu]

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I found Manny's day interesting yesterday because everything was hit to the opposite field, which is usually a good indicator he's hitting the ball well. He easily could've had 5 hits yesterday. He smoked a line drive that was right at the 2B and was robbed of another hit on a diving catch in RF.

I had standing room tickets on the monster for the game and ended up in the 1st row.

[Misfit]

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The Red Sox should be embarrassed after that Toronto series. Only one game was even competetive and the bats were silent for the final two. Ted Lilly just has their number. And with tonight's loss they've dropped back all the way to fourth in the standings. Now its off to New York to face a red hot Yankees team. If they get swept by New York they'll be in some trouble.

[primo1]

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I would'nt read too much into it...the Blue Jays have always owned us in the past years..next up are the Yanks and they are hot right now...this series can either get us going or further are stink streak...GO RED SOX!!!!!!! lol