Oh well. Kind of saw the writing on the wall with this game.

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Losing 2 completely winnable games.

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It must be nice when ownership and management recognizes a problem with the team and then goes out and addresses it.

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Roberto Alomar and Charles Johnson are on the way.

Yup. Must be nice to be a fan of a team without a cheap asshole motherfucker for an owner.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I blame you and dolphin for getting me to care about this fucking franchise again.

You motherfuckers.

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I was almost done with this team. I blame Yoan, Timmy, and Lucas for sucking me back in. Fuckin assholes.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yup
But I must admit I was getting excited once we made it to only 1 game under.....
and now we are there again.

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WTH? 2 days ago everyone was excited. what happened?

Saw the game. Eloy brutal fielding. Just dh him.

The way they came back was fun to watch. You guys should stay positive. They’re fighting this year.

you will be back after a weekend in KC

This team is not ready for prime time. The starters are atrocious. The hitting is inconsistent. However, you are starting to see the particles sufficiently coalesce to think there is a potential for star development.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It was an NL park.

Somebody should 186 you.

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Kimbrel signing should result in the Sox lighting their "open for business" sign on trading Colome.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Agreed. This is not a 90 win team. I do think it can and should be about a 78-80 win team. However that is not likely to happen with 3 minor leaguers taking the bump every fifth day.

The building blocks are definitely there. This can be a fun team to watch. They seem to really have grown together and are starting build a nice bond. They are a very likable team that is easy to root for. First time since probably 2010 I can say that about the Sox.

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and they will be selling off on Colome, possibly Abreu and I bet one of their utility guys Garcia/Sanchez

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I'm hesitant to part with Abreu. He'll be undervalued in a trade, he'll be undervalued for a new contract. Why not keep him if the price is right? It's just a guess, but I think he's got 2 more solid years left in him.

Yeah, I am not sure what they could get for him would be worth losing him. Why bother? No one's coming up in under two year's time to take his place.

With another proven big-league starter, this team could have been .500 or better this year. They're gonna have to spend some money or get REALLY lucky that Cease and Kopech work out in the majors.

I agree.

I would trade him and then hope to sign him back up in the off season.

It seems to me that we are seeing the signs of him slowing down as he sells out his avg/obp for power similar to what big hurt did in the later part of his career.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

As long as his slugging is .500, who cares? That's well worth keeping.

Keep in mind Abreu is doing this with a guy hitting .170 behind him in the lineup.

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If that big stiff hitting behind was doing his job, he'd get better pitches to hit. A decent number four hitting power guy is a great thing for a three hitter.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

YEah, and on a team so heavily loaded with Hispanics, he is their unquestioned leader and mentor to all of the young guys and that is very valuable also.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Same old Sox.

Get close to .500, go on losing streak.

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It is still a bad rotation. Giolito has been exceptional, but Lopez has regressed. Covey shows occasional upside, but 3/5 of the rotation is very bad.
It's difficult to win consistently with this rotation.

Eloy! Opposite field power.

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Nice job by Eloy.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Lucas strikes out the side

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

5 straight Ks for Giolito

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

8Ks thru 3 2/3

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

This game is motoring along.

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