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Don't forget Marco Hernandez was out at first.

Hopefully there aren't back-to-backs in the playoffs for Koji's sake.

Hernandez was out. Schulman thinks ties go to the runner.

I would like to know how ball 2 to Hernandez missed.

Machado-Pedroia-Barnes is Boston's Mike Bryant.

Jay is safe and I want that ump fired on the spot.

He's absolutely loving every moment of it.

Suddenly Dan Shulman is whining about the umps for the Red Sox.

Box Scores: Iowa won 3-2 Box Score RF B. Rademacher 1/3, 2B (4), BB, K, PO, E (3, fielding) SS C. Young 0/4, K 2B T. La Stella 0/4, K 3B J. Candelario 2/4, R, 2B (11), HR (4), RBI, K 1B V. Caratini 2/4, R, K LF M. Zagunis 0/2, R, BB, 2 K SP W. Perez 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 7-0 GO-FO, 99-63 pitches-strikes RP D. Rollins 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP P. Johnson 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO RP F. Peña 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 0-2 GO-FO Tennessee won game one of their doubleheader 6-3 (7 innings) Box Score CF C. Burks 1/3, R, HR (3), RBI, BB, K LF Je. Baez 0/4, 2 K, E (1, missed catch) 2B D. Bote 0/3, R, BB, K 3B J. Vosler 1/3, R, 2B (3), 2 RBI, BB C I. Rice 1/2, R, 2B (4), RBi, 2 BB, K SS C. Penalver 1/3, 2B (1) SP Z. Hedges 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 6-3 GO-FO, 94-67 pitches-strikes, E (1, throw) RP B. Markey 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO Tennessee won game two of their doubleheader 7-6 (8 innings) Box Score LF C. Burks 2/4, 2B (5), RBI CF J. hannemann 1/4, R, 2B (2), 3 K 2B D. Bote 1/3, R, HR 2), 2 RBI, HBP, E (3, fielding) 3B J. Vosler 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR (7), 2 RBI, K, E (2, throw) SS A. Ely 2/3, R, BB, CS (2) SP JH Tseng 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 3-2 GO-FO, 96-65 pitches-strikes RP J. Pugliese 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 Bb, 4 K, 1-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach PPD - Rain South Bend had the day off

He's already at 78 pitches. They're probably only going to get one more inning against him. Let's not think about how Heyward should've walked before the Contreras walk and Almora single.

Wow great baserunning from Almora that's a first

This ump needs to go away.

Does Boston have a shitty atmosphere normally and needed the champs to come through town to get a buzz going at Fenway?

You know, when Ben Zobrist is talking to the ump that was a shitty call. Ben's probably letting the ump know he'll be praying for him at church next Sunday.

Yeah. He's been working 85-86 on ESPN.

The success rate being better in the first round than any other round doesn't mean the success rate is 100%. Geez. I'm not saying it is. I was basically joking but "Derwood" so whatever I don't look at poster's names, I was just responding to a bad post. (And I thought jokes were supposed to be funny.)

Because Glennon sucks, and we had the 3rd pick THIS year. This isn't a Garoppolo situation where you don't have enough data to make a decision. Glennon has 18 starts, 630 pass attempts of mediocrity. And as I have said several times, the best chance to get the best QB is to take the best QB as high as you can, not take a guy in the 2nd or 3rd round and then wait for a class that would require several early entrants (and no fall off) from QBs to be as good as this one. This team looks bad on paper, and they're counting on a lot of health improvements to be better than 3 wins. But they played 4 QBs last year, including their starter only 37% of the time. They lost some of their best defenders in Goldman, McPhee, Trevathan, etc. for more than 1/3 of the season each. Lost their best OL for over half the season, and 2nd best for multiple games. And as bad as this team looks on paper, they aren't likely a 3-win team again. If they are NOT a 3-win team and manage to get even 5 or 6 victories, to even get one of the great QBs that everyone is jumping the gun on for next year, they'd have to trade that pick, a first in 2019 and much more. And people are complaining about trading 2 3rds this year. If they are a 3-win team next year, Pace and everyone else is fired and you potentially have a QB in place and are in a prime spot to trade down and get a ton of picks/talent to add to your QB. And if you're Pace and don't have a drafted QB in 3 years as GM for a team needing a QB, that's just stupid on his part. This was the best chance they had to get the best QB in any draft for the last 20 years. You can't pass on that chance based on a chance to be in the same position next year. Honestly, I complained about trading up because I didn't value this QB. I know you're of the mind this is possibly their only chance to draft the top QB but I don't think they're topping 5 wins for a few years. I think they would have had an opportunity to pick a QB high again next year with better options. And even if they had to trade up, I would rather it be for QBs the caliber of next year's class than Trubisky.

People who wanted to wait didn't believe any of these guys met their criteria. Then why not just say that? No need to bring up next years class? Shrug. I like next year's QB class. I also am not very enamored with Trubisky, don't trust this coaching staff to develop a QB and am hoping they're gone by next year when you ideally pick your QB.

The success rate being better in the first round than any other round doesn't mean the success rate is 100%. Geez.

his future is in the hands of the offensive line, that must keep Glennon healthy enough while losing 15 games. And then maybe next year they will try to draft actual football players. Oh, I'm going to be annoyed if they get another incredibly high draft pick in a draft where there are possibly 3 franchise QBs.

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Box Scores: Iowa PPD - Inclement Weather Tennessee had the day off Myrtle Beach won 10-8 Box Score DH C. Sepulveda 1/4, R, 2B (1), 2 RBI, HBP 2B B. Flete 2/5, R, HR (2), 4 RBI C PJ Higgins 2/3, 2B (4), BB RF E. Martinez 1/5, outfield assist at second base 3B J. Hodges 2/5, 3 R, 2B (7) CF R. Garcia 1/3, 3 R, RBI, HBP, SB (3) SP O. De La Cruz 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 5-3 GO-FO, 77-48 pitches-strikes RP D. Maples 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GO-FO RP J. Norwood 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GO-FO South Bend lost 8-5 Box Score SS Z. Short 1/4, RBI, BB, SB (5) 2B Y. Peguero 1/5, RBI LF K. Mitchell 1/5, R, HR (3), RBI DH I. Paredes 0/4, K 1B J. Pereda 2/2, 2 R, 2 BB CF DJ Wilson 0/3, R, BB, 2 K SP M. Rondon 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6-3 GO-FO, 79-48 pitches-strikes RP D. Mekkes 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO

Cubs are 7-3 over their last 10. Felt much worse as I read last night's game thread.

I have no idea how Zobrist ever homers with that swing.

Haha my pregnant wife just had a contraction because of that Rizzo drop. (Thank goodness she was only 3 months pregnant during Game 7.)