Inverted

Mike:
At least Papi is still in a groove.

 

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Al:
Yeah, he's now scored 49 runs and knocked himself in 30 of those times.

 

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Al:
His comrades, meanwhile, have driven him in just 19 times this year. How is that even possible?

 

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Mike:
Speaking of the difficult to wrap your head around, can you imagine how much worse things would be without Ortiz?

 

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Doug:
I dunno, once you've dug the hole deep enough, going furthah down becomes an inverse hyperbolic emotionally.

 

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Mike:
I passed the point of inflection months ago.

 

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Al:
What is the magic numbah to elimination?

 

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Comments

[Bob]

Papi's been driven in 19 times? NINETEEN? Sigh.

Well, the good news is, the kids the Sox are counting on for the future appear to be pretty average, so there's that.

[Don in NH]

That's one of the best stats I've seen on Soxaholix. Very clever. Most informative for us, bad for the team.

[Cmdrflake]

They finally got around to reporting that Papi has calf issues, so a lot of runs were lost, since Papi can't run fast enough to score on a hit or fly out that faster guys can score on. The catch: Those guys are not getting on base often enough. The other catch: They are hitting into way too many double plays.
The shift is a run killer. Not even Ballgame could beat it all the time, but stubborn SOB that he was, he refused to adapt.

[Chairman Meow]

It is Thursday. The butler forgot his rant about how creepy he is.
He is so creepy his employer (I) can't influence him through guilt.

[Steven in MD]

Discounting the homers, Papi has been on base 149 times this year, and been driven home 13% of the time. That's pathetic.

[soxinsix]

17 days till Pats' opening kickoff. Thank God.

[Rob in CT]

Whaaa?

[Cmdrflake]

The immortal Slim Pickens (born as Louis Burton Lindley, jr., Bet the change helped...)The honorary Pilot of the year of the ***th bomb group, in which his character, Maj. T.J. Kong was an honorary member and mascot.
"Why don't you (N-words)sing us a song..."

[Bob]

Today's pickin's are indeed slim.

[louclinton]

Now that RS are below .450, and on a Valentine-like pace, it surprises me when there is any activity on here.

There's no good songs to parody this summer, so there's that.

lc

[yarnista]

Speaking of Veet, can anyone explain to me how RS management can be in favor of a "shotclock" for pitchers and batters? Not only would that ruin the game, but it would utterly destroy one of the main tenets of George Carlin's baseball vs football routine.

[buckner was framed]

Castillo a Sox? JBJ, we hardly knew ye....

[Bob]

Rusney Nailed?

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2014/08/reports_cuban_free_agent_rusney_castillo_will_sign.html

[Bob]

Second-to-last chance to take advantage of summer hours. So advantage I shall take.

Have a great weekend all. Hopefully we'll have something fun to yak about on Monday.

[SonomaSox]

Whats $72MM between commrades

[dustbunny44]

Hey did you all see where the reason the Cubs couldn't cover the rainy field in time was because they've reduced their grounds crew hours to under-30 a week, to avoid paying health care? Maybe the Chairman, the communist talking cat with the mousey-tongue, can foment a revolution in Chicago.

[Paul in DC]

yep $72M is a lot, but less than half of what MFY paid for Jacoby for the same amount of time. Hopefully getting Puig's talent without his attitude.

[soxdownunder]

The elimination number is 17. The number of comments when I logged in on Sunday (AEST) … that's right … 17.

So creepy.

sdu

[Cmdrflake]

My boss is a communist? Doubt it. He is in the leisure class, and only rarely deviates from it.
7...

[dustbunny44]

Cmdr, I'm sure your boss is like my cats - the state provides for their total welfare. Last night's earthquake was as much stimulation as they get. (we are fine, 35 miles away from the crumbled buildings)

[Cmdrflake]

Earthquakes? 8 game losing streaks and now an agent of the RED MENACE in my house? Where's my Captain Morgan black?