Red Sox/MLB WORLD SERIES - Sox roar back to win Game 4 - Price will start Game 5

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LETS GO RED SOX

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[JRull86]

ERod officially starting tonight

 

[The Garden]

ERod starts tonight, Sale starts tomorrow, Price starts Game 6 if necessary, then anyone can go in Game 7 if necessary.

I like this outlook.

 

[McGarnagle]

ERod starts tonight, Sale starts tomorrow, Price starts Game 6 if necessary, then anyone can go in Game 7 if necessary.

I like this outlook.

Evo earned the right to start game 7. Have Porcello be the rover.

 

[rfournier103]

Tonight will be won or lost by the Red Sox coaches.

Most Sox hitters last night were just up there swinging for the fences. They need to stop that. String hits together and get some runs that way. The long ball won’t win this for the Red Sox tonight. It’s up to the coaching staff to get the lineup refocused.

 

[McGarnagle]

We all knew Ted Barrett was jobbing us last night, but here's visual proof

That's a lot of green triangles inside the box and red squares outside...

 

[JRull86]

We all knew Ted Barrett was jobbing us last night, but here's visual proof

That's a lot of green triangles inside the box and red squares outside...

That is ridiculously bad.

 

[Nose Face Killah]

Betts CF
Benintendi LF
Pearce 1B
Martinez RF
Bogaerts SS
Núñez 3B
Holt 2B
Vázquez C

Lineup was just released

 

[McGarnagle]

Betts CF
Benintendi LF
Pearce 1B
Martinez RF
Bogaerts SS
Núñez 3B
Holt 2B
Vázquez C

Lineup was just released

I like it. Top of the order doesn't look so weak now. Hopefully Alex doesn't play himself again with the switches.

 

[Alicat]

Feeling much better after seeing the line up

 

[22Brad Park]

ERod officially starting tonight

He instills zero faith in any smart fan.

 

[Johnnyduke]

No Kinsler is a good thing. That guy is probably a puddle right now and will morph into Chuck Knoblauch throwing the ball into the stands.

 

[Mount Kramer Cameras]

Turns out Eovaldi is a sentient machine lifeform. Cool.

 

[rfournier103]

Turns out Eovaldi is a sentient machine lifeform. Cool.

He was like the Terminator out there. What a beast. Like Bergeron on the pitchers mound. If I had a vote, I’d give him MVP if the Sox win the Series. Just on last night alone.

 

[sarge88]

We all knew Ted Barrett was jobbing us last night, but here's visual proof

That's a lot of green triangles inside the box and red squares outside...

So....I don’t follow the game this way......not trying to sound smug.....the truth is I’m old and truly don’t have time to learn new tricks.

Can someone summarize?

 

[LSCII]

He instills zero faith in any smart fan.

Rather him than Pomeranz...

 

[22Brad Park]

Rather him than Pomeranz...

Yea maybe but he still does not instill any faith.Redsox better get to Hill cause no way Dodgers not getting to him.

 

[22Brad Park]

Turns out Eovaldi is a sentient machine lifeform. Cool.

That is a warrior but if Cora did that he would be chastised on twitter etc everywhere for trying to win without regard for players well being and career etc.Still though that made me smile..

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Apparently Sale, Price, and Porcello all volunteered to start tonight.

 

[rfournier103]

Apparently Sale, Price, and Porcello all volunteered to start tonight.

I love this team. They’ve got huevos.

 

[McGarnagle]

So....I don’t follow the game this way......not trying to sound smug.....the truth is I’m old and truly don’t have time to learn new tricks.

Can someone summarize?

The chart tracks pitches that the umpire called balls and strikes on. Triangles are pitches thrown by Sox pitchers, Squares are pitches thrown by Dodger pitchers. Red is a called strike, green a called ball.


Effectively it shows that the Dodgers were getting more pitches called strikes that were off the plate than us, and we were getting more balls called in the zone. It was especially bad with left-handed batters at the plate.

In summary: Umps gave the Dodgers a more favorable zone than the Sox. Not the only reason they lost, but a contributing factor.

On a side note, that is partially why I wasn't so mad at Betts for the 0-fer. at least twice (and definitely in his last AB in the 18th), he got punched out on a pitch so far outside it wasn't fair, and that was with men on. Bogaerts flat out sucked with his approach though.

 

[JRull86]

Any word on Dodgers lineup yet?

Really curious to see if Roberts goes with the RHB heavy lineup against the lefty again.

 

[McGarnagle]

Any word on Dodgers lineup yet?

Really curious to see if Roberts goes with the RHB heavy lineup against the lefty again.

Muncy and Bellinger are starting. Barnes in for Grandal though.

 

[Johnnyduke]

It's cool seeing all Sox fans with the same reaction to a pitcher giving up a walk off homer. Eovaldi has been so damn good, probably the team's MVP in the playoffs. It's like eh what are you gonna do, someone finally hit one off him. And that's precisely what the reaction should be.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Apparently Sale, Price, and Porcello all volunteered to start tonight.

Even they don't wanna see ERod pitch!

Porcello starting would be hilarious though. With the Rays doing what they did all year, Counsel in playoffs, Oakland's bullpen game against the Yanks, Cora using starters out of the pen...pitching as we know it is under a complete overhaul. Probably the biggest change in the game since Tony LaRussa started doing his thing.