OFFICIAL 2018 MLB THREAD

[Supermoon]

I never doubted Nunez for a moment!!

[From_the_NEK]

What!!!! Nunez!!!!

[Brock Landers]

Nunez still plays shit defense

[From_the_NEK]

Raises hand

[The SnowShow]

Nunez!!!

[Self Jupiter]

We have barely seen any replays, can’t tell if that was a bad pitch. He crushed that

[iceman]

Nunez still plays shit defense

well maybe he's gotten better.

[iceman]

who's pitching tomorrow?

[Diamond Joe]

^ Price

[BigDaddy]

I don't know if he's fat, he's got a round face for sure but he has wheels and can move on the field. The rest I agree with. Who knows.

He's big boned...

[BigDaddy]

[Supermoon]

Edelman is all in.

https://twitter.com/patriots/status/...318149632?s=21

[The SnowShow]

Dirty Watah! One down. 3 more Sox!

[SkiBall]

Devers is one of those guys who could end up in the Hall of Fame, or never quite become a full time starter. He has the talent but he's already getting fat at age 21. He makes great plays and flubs easy ones. Hit's good pitching though. I have no idea what the future holds for this kid.

Baby Huey hasn't lost the baby-fat yet. Or he may end up as (pre-Sox hopefully) Panda.

[Dexter Rutecki]

Beat L.A.!

And this:

Fuck L.A..

[Dexter Rutecki]

Baby Huey hasn't lost the baby-fat yet. Or he may end up as (pre-Sox hopefully) Panda.

Yeah, ever since he first came up looking at him that's what I thought--he just has one of those chubby, kid faces. I think he'll stop making so many errors and hit even better, so he should be here to stay as an everyday player.

[Phall]

[neufox47]

Any mags watching the game in the city tonight? Back in Boston for the week, will be out downtown.

[SkiBall]

Oh hell no, let's not go down path...
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/alex-re...fR9mSDPApnOsNo
Dodgers pitching coach complains about Fenway crowd taunting Clayton Kershaw

The raucous crowd at Fenway Park Tuesday jeered Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw from the first moment he got into trouble all the way until his lousy Game 1 start prematurely concluded with a man on first base and nobody out in the fifth inning. The 6-foot-4 left-hander, whose once-blistering fastball has been reduced to 90 mph slop, was mocked with chants of “Keeer-shaaww, Keer-shaaww” as he tried to navigate out of jams in the first and third frames.

But apparently, the taunting started well before first pitch.

After the game, Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt complained to Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci about the intimate Fenway bullpen setup, which grants fans easy access to opposing players. “Brutal. Pretty brutal,” Honeycutt said. “What I don’t understand is why baseball allows it. You’ve got the rubber right there and people literally standing over you.”

That is an amazing quote that embodies how overmatched the Dodgers appeared to be Tuesday. Honeycutt has been around Major League Baseball for four decades, and he’s whining about the crowd being too close to his pitchers in the bullpen? Talk about a loser’s lament.

On the field, the Dodgers made several brutal mistakes that only exacerbated Kershaw’s struggles. It started with Mookie Betts’ first at-bat of the contest, when David Freese failed to track down a pop-up in foul territory. Betts rocketed Kershaw’s next pitch into center field for a base hit, advanced to second on a stolen base, and scored on Andrew Benintendi’s first of four hits on the night. Yasiel Puig stupidly threw home on the play, even though he had no chance of gunning down Betts, which allowed Benintendi to slide into scoring position. He scored two batters later on J.D. Martinez’s sharp line drive to left.

Kershaw is one of the best pitchers of his generation, but he looks cooked. In the first inning, he threw 19 of his 20 pitches between 87 and 92 mph. There was no speed variation, and the relentless Red Sox took advantage.

This postseason, the Red Sox are hitting .365 with runners in scoring position. They went 4-for-12 in those situations Tuesday.

The Fenway Faithful rattled Kershaw, and the Red Sox lineup finished him.

[Doremite]

^Awesome

[SkiBall]

Doesn't bolded section kinda count for the OF, 1B, 3B, dugout, on-deck, batters box as well?
jfc

[Benny Profane]

I certainly hope that Kershaw is never going to pitch in Boston ever again. If he thought it was bad last night......

[Self Jupiter]

Kelly and Kimbrel looked outstanding last night

[Brock Landers]

I’ll be there tonight. Anyone around the park before want to get a cahktail??

[SkiCougar]

I certainly hope that Kershaw is never going to pitch in Boston ever again. If he thought it was bad last night......

i'm just hoping he's the starter if/when the red sox are playing the game clinching WS game for themselves. that experience should send Kershaw back to live in his mother's house.