Tito, you wanna give the division away?
I will never understand Terry Francona. Never. Tonight, my dad says, "I've met rocks smarter than Tito." So true.
First, he was WAY too slow with the hook on Dice-K, was obviously completely cooked and at 120 pitches. It took a ridiculous pitching peformance from Timlin to get the last out in that inning, and I still don't think there is a Red Sox fan on earth who feels comfortable with Timlin pitching with runners on, let alone the bases LOADED.
Next, resident LOOGY Javier Lopez comes in to face quite a few lefties. He gets two quick outs, walks Posada, and all of a sudden the sky is fucking falling and we need to bring in Okajima? HUH? The Red Sox were up 7-2 at this point.
Francona's always been hesistant to bring in Okajima again after he pitches in one inning. So I'm thinking, "All right, he'll warm up Gagné or Buchholz or Manny Delcarmen" or basically do ANYTHING except bring Oki back. OH well, out comes Oki for the top of the eighth. His first two batters crush the baseball. 7-4 game. Time to get Oki out with the guys who were warming during the bottom of the seventh, oh wait .... nobody was. So we're stuck with Okajima and he promptly walks Cabrera and gives up a double to Damon. Jima's hanging his shit up in the zone and that doesn't even warrant a mound visit?
WAKE UP, TERRY. Instead of having somebody warming, now he's rushing Papelbon to come in. He obviously wasn't ready to pitch and it showed. You saw what happened.
This is just about the hundredth time this season that Francona has SO poorly managed the bullpen that even the casual fan can see it.
On top of the pitching, WHY THE FUCK is Crisp pinch-running in the eighth? Yes, he's the second-best base stealer on the team. But he's also got a bad hip that kept him out of the starting lineup. I can imagine running on a bad hip is probably not the easiest thing in the world ... caught stealing to end the eighth. Fucking perfect. It also removed Mike Lowell's bat from the game. Not that it mattered in the grand scheme of things, but had that game gone extra innings and Royce fucking Clayton comes up for Lowell, I'm going to start hurling things at my television.
The ninth leaves you with the black hole of the lineup to try to hit Rivera. Drew reached on a gift from Cano ... and that was all the offense we mustered against the once-beatable, now completely dominant Rivera.
Cool, Terry. The lead is still 4.5 but it feels like it's about -2 right now. I see no way this team holds on to the division lead. Come back here in two weeks and tell me I'm wrong, I don't care. But this is not a team that is playing or being managed as a division winner.
First, he was WAY too slow with the hook on Dice-K, was obviously completely cooked and at 120 pitches. It took a ridiculous pitching peformance from Timlin to get the last out in that inning, and I still don't think there is a Red Sox fan on earth who feels comfortable with Timlin pitching with runners on, let alone the bases LOADED.
Next, resident LOOGY Javier Lopez comes in to face quite a few lefties. He gets two quick outs, walks Posada, and all of a sudden the sky is fucking falling and we need to bring in Okajima? HUH? The Red Sox were up 7-2 at this point.
Francona's always been hesistant to bring in Okajima again after he pitches in one inning. So I'm thinking, "All right, he'll warm up Gagné or Buchholz or Manny Delcarmen" or basically do ANYTHING except bring Oki back. OH well, out comes Oki for the top of the eighth. His first two batters crush the baseball. 7-4 game. Time to get Oki out with the guys who were warming during the bottom of the seventh, oh wait .... nobody was. So we're stuck with Okajima and he promptly walks Cabrera and gives up a double to Damon. Jima's hanging his shit up in the zone and that doesn't even warrant a mound visit?
WAKE UP, TERRY. Instead of having somebody warming, now he's rushing Papelbon to come in. He obviously wasn't ready to pitch and it showed. You saw what happened.
This is just about the hundredth time this season that Francona has SO poorly managed the bullpen that even the casual fan can see it.
On top of the pitching, WHY THE FUCK is Crisp pinch-running in the eighth? Yes, he's the second-best base stealer on the team. But he's also got a bad hip that kept him out of the starting lineup. I can imagine running on a bad hip is probably not the easiest thing in the world ... caught stealing to end the eighth. Fucking perfect. It also removed Mike Lowell's bat from the game. Not that it mattered in the grand scheme of things, but had that game gone extra innings and Royce fucking Clayton comes up for Lowell, I'm going to start hurling things at my television.
The ninth leaves you with the black hole of the lineup to try to hit Rivera. Drew reached on a gift from Cano ... and that was all the offense we mustered against the once-beatable, now completely dominant Rivera.
Cool, Terry. The lead is still 4.5 but it feels like it's about -2 right now. I see no way this team holds on to the division lead. Come back here in two weeks and tell me I'm wrong, I don't care. But this is not a team that is playing or being managed as a division winner.
posted by Jennifer at 9:50 PM
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no one knows what terry francona is doing but terry francona.
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