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Originally Posted by Michael Hopcroft
As long as the Sox continue to underachieve in his view, he'll be there slinging f-bombs.
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Time to start slinging. Dotel giving up the back-to-back bombs in the 7th was bad enough, but getting leadoff doubles in both the 8th
and 9th innings and stranding them at second? That's just depressing.
Pulling John Danks, who was cruising along and had only thrown 85 pitches in 6 innings, for a pinch hitter? And then you pinch hit with Juan Uribe? That's a pretty big WTF right there. Uribe's plate discipline isn't much better than most pitchers in the first place. Sure, he wound up getting a single (and stranded at second, naturally), but why pull a pitcher who is in total control of the game? Was it to get a righty-righty matchup with Dotel and Lee/Ramirez? Because
that sure worked out well.
This Sox team is a huge tease. They'll mop the floor with a team for days on end and then suddenly become unable to cash in on prime scoring opportunities. Happens all the time. Bleh.