Boston Red Sox Thread

[elliseamos]

No, the worst part is trading Mookie Betts.

[doug rr]

[Simple Torture]

Huge fan of the Mariners broadcast when Story hit his 3rd HR of the night:

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Huge fan of the Mariners broadcast when Story hit his 3rd HR of the night:

Cool story, bro.

[Mickey]

Huge fan of the Mariners broadcast when Story hit his 3rd HR of the night:

This guy's really good at the "defeated announcer" call

[Simple Torture]

You’ve gotta be if you work for the Mariners.

[Mickey]

He's at it again

[Simple Torture]

Johnny Gomes catching that ball is the weird highlight of the season so far.

[numbers]

Gomes is one of the most annoying personalities in baseball history.

[Simple Torture]

Gomes is one of the most annoying personalities in baseball history.

[numbers]

Oh man, he was unbearable on commentary last week.

[Simple Torture]

Gomes played 400+ games for Tampa and fewer than 200 for Boston. He should be Mickey's problem.

[numbers]

Just be grateful they aren’t using him on NESN anymore.

Side note: Gomes being a “back in my day…” Jack Morris style guy as an announcer when he was less than a year removed from playing was something else.

[Bammer]

Dave Sims (Mariners announcer) sucks so hard.

[Simple Torture]

Mayer missed some time with a sore wrist, but he's back and raking:

[Simple Torture]

Ahead of the Rays now and only 1.0 games behind the Jays if they lose tonight.

[Coach]

Basically, if the Sox manage to play better against AL East competition in the second half they should make the playoffs. It would be also nice if the Yankees slipped a bit, too.

[numbers]

Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?

[Simple Torture]

Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?

3 division winners and 3 wild cards. In the WC round, Division Winner #3 plays WC #3, WC #1 and WC #2 play, and the two division winners with the best record get a bye to the divisional round.

The WC round is a best-of-3 series. I honestly don't know if the divisional round is still best of 5 or best of 7; I assume it's the former.

Also, no more play-in games for any position--if teams are tied, they go to tiebreakers (head-to-head, common opponents, etc.).

[Norah]

Can someone refresh me on the new playoff format?

3 division winners and 3 wild cards. In the WC round, Division Winner #3 plays WC #3, WC #1 and WC #2 play, and the two division winners with the best record get a bye to the divisional round.

The WC round is a best-of-3 series. I honestly don't know if the divisional round is still best of 5 or best of 7; I assume it's the former.

Also, no more play-in games for any position--if teams are tied, they go to tiebreakers (head-to-head, common opponents, etc.).

What a dumb system.