2014 Boston Red Sox

[notyourbuddy]

Losing streak at 10-in-a-row and it looks like they are starting to cry about it. Don't they know there is no crying in baseball?

Who started that pointless brouhaha. Pierzynski? Ross?

[OrangeJerseys]

Like when the New York football Giants started the 2013 season at 0-6.

Schadenfreude

(By Moose Milligan)

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/136915-Schadenfreude

An all time HOF thread.

Whoops wrong thread.

[OrangeJerseys]

Losing streak at 10-in-a-row and it looks like they are starting to cry about it. Don't they know there is no crying in baseball?

Who started that pointless brouhaha. Pierzynski? Ross?

Gomes.

[weams]

Gomes.

They are done. And I am well pleased.

[weams]

Read it here.

But what if none of these rosy, Up With People scenarios plays out and the Sox remain in last place in the East?

We?ve seen what can happen around here when the Red Sox fall apart. We saw it in 2001 and 2012. And it turns out it was happening during the last couple of months of the ill-fated 2011 campaign.

When the Sox fall apart, that?s when things can get nasty. Fingers get pointed. Sulking players deliver off-the-record whispers to press-box trusties. The delivery man from Popeyes shows up in the fourth inning.

So here?s a preemptive strike: If things don?t get better for the Red Sox, how about they channel their so-called ?great chemistry? and lose with dignity? (They certainly didn?t yesterday, staging an embarrassing in-game hissy fit after Yunel eEscobar stole third base.)

[weams]

This was after Farrell used Pierzynski behind the plate in a Lester start against the Blue Jays, his rationale being the veteran catcher has put up good numbers over the years against Toronto starter Mark Buehrle. After Lester was tagged for five runs in two innings in a 7-2 loss to the Jays, Pierzynski dismissed discussion about the Lester/Ross “comfort level” conundrum by saying, “I’m not answering that question anymore. It doesn’t matter. You (media) guys keep bringing that up. Jon and I, the first (start on) Opening Day we did well together, you know, and today was one of those days when things didn’t work out. It had nothing to do with me catching. You guys can say that all you want, but I had nothing to do with that.”

“It had nothing to do with me catching.”

“I had nothing to do with that.”

Pierzynski has played 17 seasons in the majors. He’s a two-time All-Star, has earned a Silver Slugger and in 2005 made 124 starts behind the plate for the World Series-champion White Sox. And come on: John Lackey looked pretty good Friday night with Pierzynski catching.

But it might interest Pierzynski to know that his own manager put it out there that Lester has a “comfort level” with Ross. As for this it-had-nothing-to-do-with-me comment about Lester’s rough start against the Blue Jays, it smacks of the kind of buck-passing that was not in evidence last season.

Maybe Pierzynski’s comment was just a brush fire that has been extinguished.

Or maybe it’s a red flag, a sign of things to come.

[25 Nuggets]

If the Sawx truly do bad the rest of the year it would be so funny if Farrell gets fired.

[OFFNY]

o

(vs. INDIANS, 6/14)

The Red Sox lost to the Indians today by a score of 3-2.

They (the Red Sox) had a 2-1 lead, but an error in the top of the 7th inning led to 2 unearned runs for the Indians, and that score held up as a final.

[OFFNY]

o

The Bostonians are still floundering at 39-48 overall.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings

[weams]

o

The Bostonians are still floundering at 39-48 overall.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings

Ten games behind. Shouldn't they just blow it up?

[nevadaO]

Ten games behind. Shouldn't they just blow it up?

Could be shipping Peavy to St. Louis.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>As <a href="https://twitter.com/GordonEdes">@GordonEdes</a> reported, also hearing buzz that Peavy to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash">#STLCards</a> could happen "quick." Only Bos game Cards scouted was game Peavy pitched</p>— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) <a href="

">July 8, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[nevadaO]

Could be shipping Peavy to St. Louis.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>As <a href="https://twitter.com/GordonEdes">@GordonEdes</a> reported, also hearing buzz that Peavy to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash">#STLCards</a> could happen "quick." Only Bos game Cards scouted was game Peavy pitched</p>— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) <a href="

">July 8, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Update: Ken Rosenthal mentions Craig going back in the deal.

http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2014/7/8/5881443/cardinals-trade-rumors-st-louis-making-push-to-acquire-red-sox-jake

[OFFNY]

o

6.67 shutout innings.

1 hit (a single.)

SCOTT CARROLL O (vs. RED SOX, 7/07)

IP:. 6.67

H:o 1 (1 Single)

R:O 0

BB: 2

SO: 5

Pitches: 105 (65 Strikes, 40 Balls)

2014 Team ERA: 4.52

[OFFNY]

o

Complete-Game Shutout.

0 Walks, 12 Strikeouts.

All 3 hits that Buchholz ceded were singles.

CLAY BUCHHOLZ O (vs. ASTROS, 7/13)

IP:. 9 *

H:o 3 (3 Singles)

R:O 0

BB: 0

SO: 12

Pitches: 109 (76 Strikes, 33 Balls)

2014 ERA: 5.42

* Complete-Game Shutout

[25 Nuggets]

That looks more like the Clay Bucholz I know. I don't know what's happened to him this year.