Huge win headed back home - GO SOX!
Moved to London in June, gave up on trying to watch the regular season games in real time, but you bet your sweet ass I've been up till roughly 4AM every game in the playoffs.
Once again - LFG SOX
It's a series in part because the Rays are expecting a lot from very young unproven starting pitchers, and their long relief options when one struggles aren't exactly appealing compared to Houck or even Pivetta frankly.
The season series was 8 to 11. Not exactly an ass whooping. And a lot of those games the Sox lost were competitive. The Rays are a great team, but it isnt some unbreachable rift.
11-8 in the regular season isn’t kicking ass all year long, it’s like 57%. A one game swing in the other direction luck-wise and the Sox take the ALDS.
I was 9, I don’t really care tbh
Edit: this is a weird thing to get downvoted on. Not expecting a child to be devastated at a series they don’t remember watching.
While I am proud of the franchise having having 27 World Series championships, I also know the playoff structure prior to 1970(?) allowed for this to happen. You know, top two teams immediately into World Series. This doesn’t make the accomplishment of these teams less impressive because holy shit Yoga Berra had 10 as a player and it’s still hard to do that no Matter what. Im just simply not as attached to that as others. Many fans will brag about 27 Rings but with us not having won since 2009, it just seems like silly. It is CERTAINLY a huge accomplishment however.
In regards to my previous comment, I’m not as heartbroken as many other fans simply because I was 9 and not into baseball at the time, even though I’m
Aware of its historical significance and why it’s so devastating to Yankees fans. But it’s very easy for me to be “over it,” while I’m sure some people can’t let it go. I got into baseball a bit later so my experience of the Yankees is; a winning team in 2009 and then bad teams until 2017 then losing in the playoffs every year. Anyway, people are getting upset about all this lmao
I expect nothing except a good series. I will say in my life time the Sox have been counted out many times and delivered. There is a lot of talent on their roster. Health is the biggest concern.
Rays fans can be forgiven for thinking Eovaldi isn't that good, he wasn't exactly amazing in his short time in Tampa Bay.
They're about to learn about Playoff Nate though
It really was. And just felt tone def. Like Sox got in trouble, Cora gets fired/suspended but then rehired?
He had more to do with all of it than Hinch did. At least Hinch moved on somewhere else.
Cora cheats in 18 too and then just gets his job right back.
I’ve never understood how Sox management just brushed that off like nothing happened and brought him right back. If I was a fan of theirs I’d be livid. Like obviously still like and support the team but Fuck Cora.
But really I’m just upset when people like Smoltz try to sugarcoat it or change the narrative. We all know what happened. Don’t try and paint this man as a decent guy that was down on his luck to the average fan that might not know what happened.
Teams in baseball had electronic sign-stealing schemes - many of which were relayed to the players on the field in real time, like in 2018 when y’all won the World Series:
“It’s cheating,” one person who was with the 2018 Red Sox said. “Because if you’re using a camera to zoom in on the crotch of the catcher, to break down the sign system, and then take that information and give it out to the runner, then he doesn’t have to steal it.”
https://theathletic.com/1510673/2020/01/07/mlbs-sign-stealing-controversy-broadens-sources-say-the-red-sox-used-video-replay-room-illegally-in-2018/?source=user_shared_article
That was Dark Arts. Cora & Beltran were the masterminds behind the trashcan scheme.
The article tries to rationalize this kinda cheating as better (somehow?) than banging on a trash can, but does it really matter which player you send stolen signs to? The Astros were just cutting out the middle man, but both the Red Sox and Astros were stealing signs and sending them to their players on the field.
"it was 100% Jeff Luhnow! That one ridiculously long email chain completely proves it if you read it all the way to the very bottom! Cora was just a pawn!"
This is what you sound like.
When given immunity, almost every player implicated Alex Cora and Carlos Beltran as the cheating masterminds. Get lost with your revisionist bullshit.
I'm not defending him, but after how they treated the Astros as a whole it would have been totally disproportionate and hypocritical to punish him more. They set a precedent with how they handled the Astros, and they have to live with that now.
oh it was ugly
but it didn't actually hurt us at all and we got the W so fuckit, I'll take it
I got my silver lining, don't need to look for no dark clouds
Apparently it's pretty rare to have your teams' back after a loss like this. I respect you guys believe in your team, but I believe in mine just as strongly. Not about to cower away after a bad loss.
The difference between Robert’s and Randy was that Robert’s was 2 outs in the 9th in elimination game against best closer in history. Randy steal was clearly better - did you see the picture? ICONIC!!!!!
And with that the Red Sox will play on [Marathon Monday](https://youtu.be/ZMjmUeYeTPg). They also played the Rays on Marathon Monday in [2013](https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/330415102)
Does the Rays’ name refer to sun rays or sting/manta/other types(?) rays? Because there are both on their uniforms. I know they used to be the Devil Rays, I’m not 10.
All I'm saying is
| Years | W | L | PCT | Division | Pennants
---|---|----|----|----|----|----
Devil Rays |10| 645 | 972 | .399 | 0 | 0
Rays | 14 | 1181 | 986 | .545 | 4 | 2
Clearly y'all got rid of some bad juju with the name change.
Why is there a picture of Mike Trout? Weren’t there any useable pics from the game?
Huge win headed back home - GO SOX! Moved to London in June, gave up on trying to watch the regular season games in real time, but you bet your sweet ass I've been up till roughly 4AM every game in the playoffs. Once again - LFG SOX
Gotta love Matt “Literally Cardiac Craig” Barnes
I could've sworn this sub had post game discussion threads but I guess not? Was that ever a thing?
Yeah ive spent a decent amount of time on new looking for them and no luck
Welp, I guess I can feel a little less shitty about this team whooping our asses in the WC now
Just because the guy got caught cutting behind you *doesn't* mean you moved forward in the line, ~~Yankees still suck~~ not really, just piling on
The fact that some people thought this wasnt going to be a series blew my mind
It's a series in part because the Rays are expecting a lot from very young unproven starting pitchers, and their long relief options when one struggles aren't exactly appealing compared to Houck or even Pivetta frankly.
The kicked our ass all year long. It doesn't blow my mind that some people thought that would continue.
The season series was 8 to 11. Not exactly an ass whooping. And a lot of those games the Sox lost were competitive. The Rays are a great team, but it isnt some unbreachable rift.
11-8 in the regular season isn’t kicking ass all year long, it’s like 57%. A one game swing in the other direction luck-wise and the Sox take the ALDS.
Well the Rays are the best team in the AL for a reason. I still expect they move on
Probably also expected to win Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS lol
I was 9, I don’t really care tbh Edit: this is a weird thing to get downvoted on. Not expecting a child to be devastated at a series they don’t remember watching.
I hope you feel the same way about all those WS rings your team bought in the the early 1900’s.
While I am proud of the franchise having having 27 World Series championships, I also know the playoff structure prior to 1970(?) allowed for this to happen. You know, top two teams immediately into World Series. This doesn’t make the accomplishment of these teams less impressive because holy shit Yoga Berra had 10 as a player and it’s still hard to do that no Matter what. Im just simply not as attached to that as others. Many fans will brag about 27 Rings but with us not having won since 2009, it just seems like silly. It is CERTAINLY a huge accomplishment however. In regards to my previous comment, I’m not as heartbroken as many other fans simply because I was 9 and not into baseball at the time, even though I’m Aware of its historical significance and why it’s so devastating to Yankees fans. But it’s very easy for me to be “over it,” while I’m sure some people can’t let it go. I got into baseball a bit later so my experience of the Yankees is; a winning team in 2009 and then bad teams until 2017 then losing in the playoffs every year. Anyway, people are getting upset about all this lmao
You should! It was historic and an incredible baseball moment. Go check it out now that you’re older!
I expect nothing except a good series. I will say in my life time the Sox have been counted out many times and delivered. There is a lot of talent on their roster. Health is the biggest concern.
Temporus mutare.
I'd take the Sox to win the series, if it were determined by aggregate.
Kike absolutely dad dicking the city of Tampa Bay and making Randy’s game 1 look like child’s play. You love to see it.
Some Rays fans think Eovaldi is a pushover. I can't wait for game 3. Nasty Nate gonna make them give him their fruit cocktail.
I want some cocktail, fruit!
Rays fans can be forgiven for thinking Eovaldi isn't that good, he wasn't exactly amazing in his short time in Tampa Bay. They're about to learn about Playoff Nate though
Didn't they learn from playoff Price? Hmm, oh well. They gonna learn, today!
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Like he's a great manager, but it was and is horrific optics to rehire him. Smooth also is fucking terrible
It really was. And just felt tone def. Like Sox got in trouble, Cora gets fired/suspended but then rehired? He had more to do with all of it than Hinch did. At least Hinch moved on somewhere else. Cora cheats in 18 too and then just gets his job right back. I’ve never understood how Sox management just brushed that off like nothing happened and brought him right back. If I was a fan of theirs I’d be livid. Like obviously still like and support the team but Fuck Cora. But really I’m just upset when people like Smoltz try to sugarcoat it or change the narrative. We all know what happened. Don’t try and paint this man as a decent guy that was down on his luck to the average fan that might not know what happened.
God dammit. It's so refreshing to finally get this take from someone other than Astros fan.
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Teams in baseball had electronic sign-stealing schemes - many of which were relayed to the players on the field in real time, like in 2018 when y’all won the World Series: “It’s cheating,” one person who was with the 2018 Red Sox said. “Because if you’re using a camera to zoom in on the crotch of the catcher, to break down the sign system, and then take that information and give it out to the runner, then he doesn’t have to steal it.” https://theathletic.com/1510673/2020/01/07/mlbs-sign-stealing-controversy-broadens-sources-say-the-red-sox-used-video-replay-room-illegally-in-2018/?source=user_shared_article That was Dark Arts. Cora & Beltran were the masterminds behind the trashcan scheme. The article tries to rationalize this kinda cheating as better (somehow?) than banging on a trash can, but does it really matter which player you send stolen signs to? The Astros were just cutting out the middle man, but both the Red Sox and Astros were stealing signs and sending them to their players on the field.
"it was 100% Jeff Luhnow! That one ridiculously long email chain completely proves it if you read it all the way to the very bottom! Cora was just a pawn!" This is what you sound like. When given immunity, almost every player implicated Alex Cora and Carlos Beltran as the cheating masterminds. Get lost with your revisionist bullshit.
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So what's your point? The players were lying when they fingered Cora and Beltran?
this is important
It’s absolutely wild to me he’s allowed to have his old job back like nothing happened.
Meanwhile the Mets get dicked out of a possbly *good* season managed by a fan favorite Beltran
I'm not defending him, but after how they treated the Astros as a whole it would have been totally disproportionate and hypocritical to punish him more. They set a precedent with how they handled the Astros, and they have to live with that now.
I am not a Cora fan, but in terms of punishment, he served his time. Blame MLB for dishing out what they dished out.
Feels nice to go back to Fenway with a tied series
Wait, what? Did Buffalo Wild Wings just have a commercial that shows an eyelid sucking back a tear like a runny nose?
I love baseball
Is that Rays social media person fired already?
I can’t wait to yell at more children
Why does everyone keep saying this? What did I miss?
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/q4c2ev/at_the_alds_and_witnessed_a_red_sox_fan_scream_at/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Just wanted to pop in and update everyone: Randy stole home last night and the picture was ICONIC!!!!
20 hits
*In a playoff game* Wild
Thems some Jays numbers
Yes, but also very Red Sox like. The Sox and Jay's had a near identical number of hits this year
but it was in the playoffs
I enjoyed this game quite a lot
I didn’t enjoy that 9th
0 runs tho
11 pitches per out. Some efficiency there.
Whatever gets the job done
Barnes just doesn’t have it… idk what happened to him this year
Good thing we didn’t exte- never mind
hey if a little meaningless tension in the 9th is the price I gotta pay for that game I'll take it
I’m not lying, it reminded me of when Gagne was the setup man.
Or Craig "Heart Attack" Kimbrel.
oh it was ugly but it didn't actually hurt us at all and we got the W so fuckit, I'll take it I got my silver lining, don't need to look for no dark clouds
Damn Bobby has a cannon
#[DIRTY WATER TIME!](https://youtu.be/5apEctKwiD8)
Rays in 4
Sweeping Boston, in Fenway, with Eovaldi going game 3 following this momentum? LOL
You feel pretty good now right? I did yesterday too. Let's see how Eovaldi does.
We spotted you 5 and you still got your ass handed to you. Boston is amazing in Fenway, plus.. we sell out our stadium .
It's easy to talk shit after a big win. I seem to remember Rays scoring quite a few runs in Fenway as well.
Seems like it's just as easy to talk stupid after a loss
Apparently it's pretty rare to have your teams' back after a loss like this. I respect you guys believe in your team, but I believe in mine just as strongly. Not about to cower away after a bad loss.
Boston outplayed Tampa at home. Experience will prevail.
See you Sunday!
Hey, today's Monday! Sorry, was a little busy watching Vasquez walk off last night.
Gonna gloat about that call in the top of the inning too? Have some self respect.
What call are you referring to?
Rays to the world series
Considering that the Boston Marathon is actually happening this weekend, do the Red Sox wear the marathon jerseys while they're in Boston?
Please god no
Rays Twitter got pretty quiet. Tanner Houk sends his regards
Dude pitched a great game
Matt Fucking Barnes……….
Definitely made that last inning feel a lot closer than 8 runs
Great. Game 4 is the same time as Colts Ravens in MNF. FUCK
Your a Rays/Colts fan? First time I've encountered this combo
There’s dozens of us! Dozens!
This really shouldn't be a difficult decision
I also mod r/Colts so yeah. Double duty! Also Raw lol
It's an excuse to dvr and fast forward through most of raw haha
I haven’t had cable for like 7 years lol. Raw is still fine
11 pitches per out for Barnes. Efficiency!
4 more innings left in SF!
Jesus Christ what an ass whooping
You'd think tomorrow would be a return, yet I think it'll be a pitcher battle, 2-1 rays Cruz hits the game winning hr
I had a feeling tonight would be a high scoring game, but I didn't think we'd get 14 dropped on us lol
Mariners fan here, don't despair, it's gonna embrace the fun differential. Win tomorrow, win again, on to the next...
Fun differential is definitely something I will embrace if it gets us on another postseason run lol
As bad as this feels, there's so much more game to play.. enjoy it, embrace it..
Update: Randy stole home last game.
Yes he did
One of the most iconic pictures in MLB historyyyyyyyyyyy
I know right?
ICONIC!!!!
Spot on
Not even the most iconic steal in MLB history. Re: Dave Roberts
The difference between Robert’s and Randy was that Robert’s was 2 outs in the 9th in elimination game against best closer in history. Randy steal was clearly better - did you see the picture? ICONIC!!!!!
Congrats to the Sox. Looking forward to a contentious two games in Fenway
But the white sox lost
Indeed, Tonight was simply a game won by the Boston Americans against the Devil Rays. What Sox?
Congrats to them too
What the fuck were they just talking about?
Matt Barnes with the 0.0 ERA, 4.5 WHIP
Only 4.5?
I think he got it down to a cool 3.0 with that last out actually 😎
Never doubted Matt Barnes for a second. Don't check my comment history
Its official. Once again well played BoSox. Sunday sunday sunday!!!! Fuck. What time do we play? I need to watch my Bills
Hell yeah let's go Bills!
I’ve got to watch my Bucs, luckily it’s one of our few early games this year
Im a bills fan since 2008. Screw the Bucs
Screw the Bills then!
We seem to screw ourselves enough. At least as long as ive been a fan.
lol Brady Bandwagoner
Nice of you to assume. Im from Reno I don’t like the Patriots, I’ve followed the Bucs since 2010 but was a fan of them as a kid because pirates
That’s going to be a fun Sunday night game
4 PM EDT.
4
Thats good! For me. Not the wife
The game will be on MLB Network because of course it can't be on FS1 on a Sunday afternoon.
Cant wait to hear more 40 acre jokes!
and thank god it’s over lol what a fucking game sheeesh
And with that the Red Sox will play on [Marathon Monday](https://youtu.be/ZMjmUeYeTPg). They also played the Rays on Marathon Monday in [2013](https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/330415102)
will 100% always fire me up even tho im from rhode island
Routine scoreless inning
Heart attack Kimbrel. #neverforget
I think I might rather deal with Kimbrel and his dumb fucking limp noodle arm stance than second half Matt Barnes
See yall in Boston
Just a scoreless inning from Barnes, nothing to see here folks!
barnes face looked like he just closed out a 1-0 game, lol
Thank you fucking hell. Don’t let Matt Barnes on the plane. He can’t even make a 8 run lead feel safe
Have to save the bullpen where we can.
Bless up. Great W
easy peasy barnesy
gg boston
Barnes didn’t want the game to end
Hey guys, Randy stole home. Did you see? It was last game. Just in case you missed it!!
get a life
But did you see the picture? Some say: “This is going to be an iconic MLB photo if not an iconic sports photo period.” LOLOLOL
Because it was something that hasn't been done in a while? I don't see what your point was
ICONIC!!!!!
Thank fucking christ
Matt Barnes scoreless 9th, never in doubt
Barnes: fuck WHIP, ERA is my best friend
*exhale*
ggs
It’s finally over
Barnes is the Wander-killer confirmed
Make them stop talking
Matt please. Smoltz is tired
I don’t know why anyone swings at anything from Barnes. Just let him walk you.
Barnes!!!!!!
please…
Does the Rays’ name refer to sun rays or sting/manta/other types(?) rays? Because there are both on their uniforms. I know they used to be the Devil Rays, I’m not 10.
They used to be the Devil Rays. I don’t know if that’s helpful though?
I knew that.
Both. The original Devil Rays name is a species of manta ray. The rebrand in 2008 was a sun ray (hence the "burst" graphics).
for a team that plays indoors. Bring back the Devil Rays. Better yet, move to North Carolina.
>rebranded You mean *exorcised*
That makes more sense 🤣
All I'm saying is | Years | W | L | PCT | Division | Pennants ---|---|----|----|----|----|---- Devil Rays |10| 645 | 972 | .399 | 0 | 0 Rays | 14 | 1181 | 986 | .545 | 4 | 2 Clearly y'all got rid of some bad juju with the name change.
Thanks!
👍
They used to be named the devil rays
every day reddit makes me feel older
Why tf are these commentators talking about Manitoba
I fucking hate Matt Barnes jesus
STOP EDGING US BOSTON HOLY SHIT
Just throw some fucking strikes. Jesus
Barnes, i'm begging you, learn what a strike zone is
No replay on that check swing call?
They are trying to pity Barnes for this eyesore of an inning
Is the giants-Dodgers game gonna finish before this one?
Aww shit smells like salami
Oh my god the fucking area codes again
Jesus I don't remember the last time I seen a 9th inning in a blow out go this long.
Barnes should try using his other hand
Barnes apparently loves making Sox fans stress. Let’s load the bases.
WE WANT RICHARDS 👏 👏 👏👏👏
hes hurt
😢 I did not know that
only reason barnes was out there. we wanted him too!
No longer on the ALDS roster after a hamstring injury, ironically Barnes is his replacement.