Red Sox Make Too Many Mistakes, Athletics Dodge Sweep
by Ben Buchanan on Jun 3, 2010 4:54 PM EDT
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PrintThe Red Sox really probably should have taken this one.
Going into the game, it was not a particularly good pitching matchup for the Red Sox. Tim Wakefield can be lights out, or he can be lit up, while lefty Brett Anderson was on a tear to start 2010. But then everything changed after the 2nd inning when, having allowed a couple runs, Anderson was pulled for long reliever Vin Mazzaro.
At this point, the Athletics handed their bullpen 21 outs to record. The Red Sox had Tim Wakefield with only 1 run allowed (on a Kurt Suzuki home run). Presumably, things were in the Red Sox favor.
But then things began to fall apart. And--tell me if this sounds familiar--it all started with Tim Bogar. With nobody out and Victor Martinez on first, Kevin Youkilis doubled to left, and the hobbled Martinez was inexplicably sent from 3rd. He was out by a mile, and the Sox failed to score that inning.
Then in the 4th, Wakefield fell apart (as he is wont to do). 4 runs on 5 hits, including a second Kurt Suzuki homer gave Oakland a 5-2 lead.
The Sox were not to be held down, however, and went to work on the lead in the bottom half of the inning. Tim Bogar was not to be held down either, though, and quickly blew another call, sending Darnell McDonald home (despite his having twisted his ankle at first a few minutes earlier) from 2nd base on a ground ball single. Again, the call was obviously wrong, and again, the runner was out by a mile. What could have been a very big inning with the top of the lineup coming up amounted to only 1 run.
The Sox did their best to stay in the game, gaining a few runs here and there, but a low throw from Adrian Beltre that Youkilis couldn't handle let the Athletics score a run off Ramon Ramirez, and Manny Delcarmen returned to horrible, horrible form by allowing two home runs. A late-inning rally was shut down by Andrew Bailey, who managed to hold the lead while recording 6 outs, giving Oakland the 9-8 win.
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Good lord, what is Bogar's WAR value at this point?
He’s cost us at least 5-7 runs this year, I think.
by my calculations, he's at about -3 WAR so far
I calculate by subtracting 1 WAR for each game that I yell “F YOU BOGAR! YOU COST US THE GAME!”
I would theoretically add 1 WAR for each time he did something smart, but that hasn’t happened yet.
Ben you are to nice of a guy to call it for what it is
but i am not! boger fucked us again!
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jun 3, 2010 5:09 PM EDT reply actions
The team is so dissapointing this year.
"man, this team they just suck so bad"- gizmosandy
Youkilis for MVP 2010
DFA Bogar
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7 games above .500 isn't that bad.
They can only get better and they have been crazy hot since the streak vs. good teams.
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I mean that they aren't meeting expectations.
The team looks better on paper. We have a crazy huge payroll.
"man, this team they just suck so bad"- gizmosandy
Youkilis for MVP 2010
DFA Bogar
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by BoldandBrash on Jun 3, 2010 10:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bogar needs to be gone.
And I mean Stat on the ASAP. Get him off the field. Whatever baseball value it is believed this man has, I can assure you it is not by having him physically stand on the ball field. UNLESS IT IS DRAGGING THE @#$%ING TARP ONTO THE FIELD DURING A RAIN DELAY.
Galactus does as he pleases. Because Galactus is drunk.
@#$%ing Twit: @blogtard
After reading the recap of the game, I’m sorta glad that I was at work this afternoon. Bogar seems like he was not thinking or miscalculating the depth of the ball and impersonate Wendell Kim again.
Frustrating loss after 2 great wins, but what can you do, there’s always tomorrow. Thats the beauty of baseball.
Glad I was at work today too.
I probably would have broke my TV cause of Bogar.
That schmuck needs to leave our organization.
Yes
he does need to leave, or learn how to coach 3rd. Whatever happened to DeMarlo Hale? He was a good 3B coach.
My TV is still here, but I burnt my back wicked bad at work today, so I don’t know which one is better. Watching the Sox lose, or getting a wicked bad burn.. haha
Bogar's got to go
For the record, Ben, Martinez was not out by a mile. That being said, i completely agree that it was a terrible judgment to send him. Martinez is clearly one of the slowest runners on the team, plus he is not 100% with his heel/foot yet, so a really bad call. Instead of second and third, no outs, we get second and one out, and the runner is stranded.
Then, to send a hobbled Mcdonald was absolutely ludicrous. Is this gut paying attention? I just don’t get it. Again, instead of no outs, we got 1, and then runners stranded again. These mistakes killed us today. Oh, also our bullpen blew.
For Those of You Who Know the Tune......
….Don’t Bogar that run, my friend……pass it over to me………..
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Disappointing
When you score 8 runs at home you should win….PERIOD.
We are playing great ball right now. I don’t think we;ve lost a series since Detroit, but you can’t give away games like today.
Aside from Bogar’s dumbass, you need to look at Wake still giving up the ‘’big inning’’.
Ramirez is officially terrible. How do you have ample time to warm up between innings and then walk your first batter in 5 pitches?
It’s definitely time to look at shipping out Lowell. I love Mikey, but Papi’s bat is too hot to have him sitting right now. And if Papi has to sit then I think it should be done in conjunction with the days that Tek catches so that V Mart can move to DH. Lowell failed to get Youkilis home from third base on three consecutive at bats. He’s not getting enough at bats to be an effective occasional DH.
I agree with most everything you've said.
I….wow.
Galactus does as he pleases. Because Galactus is drunk.
@#$%ing Twit: @blogtard
Finally....You put down the Kool Aid and started seeing the light.
I agree the first month of the sason I was in rare form with my postings (as was everyone else). I still am affraid that because of the disastrous April we had we may have dug ourselves a hole too big to get out of. That’s why games like yesterday’s is so hard to swallow.
Seems like you put down the Kool Aid.
We are playing great ball right now.
Not the other way around. Everyone has harped on Ramirez being awful from the beginning, and you’re far from the first person to suggest that Lowell is a negative now that Ortiz is reliable again.
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