MLB Daily Thread: 8/2/17 WHAT A GAME - Vazquez With the Walk-OFF! 1st Place!!!

[redseat]

Flair for the dramatic: Red Sox reclaim first place in insane fashion

BOSTON -- Amid the euphoria and the sheer delirium, Christian Vazquez stood with his back to the Boston Red Sox dugout, arms in the air, just bathing it all in.

And then came the bath.

Xander Bogaerts sneaked back onto the field and dumped a bucket of red Gatorade on Vazquez, who moments earlier had crushed a walk-off three-run home run to almost straightaway center field. It was quite likely the hardest ball the Boston catcher has ever hit, and it ended probably the strangest game you will see all season, a 12-10 Red Sox victory over the Cleveland Indians.

"This was a PlayStation game, you know?" Bogaerts said. "You keep bouncing back and forth. It was like PlayStation."

 

[redseat]

Sale, Carrasco, Reed, Allen all were god awful and not nearly close to being themselves and what a ballgame!

Moreland 3 run homer... The proceed's to strike out BUT passed ball and he gets on 1st.. Wild pitches galore last night than up comes Vazquez 3-1 count..... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! Ball game! Red Sox Win!

 

[redseat]

Also one hell of a catch to rob Hanley Ramirez of a home run by Austin Jackson! (Video is within link below)

Great grab: Indians' Jackson earns Fenway 'O'

 

[soxfan1468927]

What a freaking game. I don't care who you root for, you have to enjoy that.

 

[redseat]

What a freaking game. I don't care who you root for, you have to enjoy that.

That one hell of a game!

 

[Rock Strongo]

Flair for the dramatic: Red Sox reclaim first place in insane fashion

BOSTON -- Amid the euphoria and the sheer delirium, Christian Vazquez stood with his back to the Boston Red Sox dugout, arms in the air, just bathing it all in.

And then came the bath.

Xander Bogaerts sneaked back onto the field and dumped a bucket of red Gatorade on Vazquez, who moments earlier had crushed a walk-off three-run home run to almost straightaway center field. It was quite likely the hardest ball the Boston catcher has ever hit, and it ended probably the strangest game you will see all season, a 12-10 Red Sox victory over the Cleveland Indians.

"This was a PlayStation game, you know?" Bogaerts said. "You keep bouncing back and forth. It was like PlayStation."

that...was fun

 

[redseat]

@DirtDirtDirt - @bksballer89

 

[Rock Strongo]

lester reached 2000 k's and hit his first MLB HR last night.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Lester, 33, is the 11th active pitcher and fourth lefty to record 2,000 strikeouts, joining CC Sabathia, Cole Hamels and Clayton Kershaw. He is also only the second pitcher after John Smoltz to homer and record his 2000th strikeout in the same game, according to Elias Sports Bureau research.

 

[Rock Strongo]

old friend dominique easley hurt his knee, again, and had to be carted off. its like his 4th major knee injury on both legs.

kid may be done.

 

[Rock Strongo]

so @cerealboi

did you see ecks ovation last night? THATS why they hid price. eck is beloved here. price is just a prick.

BOSTON -- Dennis Eckersley has yet to receive an apology from David Price -- or anyone in a Boston Red Sox uniform, for that matter -- but the Hall of Famer sure got some love from the Fenway Park crowd Tuesday night.

Making a previously scheduled appearance in the "Legends Suite," which hosts a former player at each Red Sox home game, Eckersley was shown on the Fenway videoboard in the middle of the third inning of Boston's 12-10 win.

Upon being given a loud ovation, Eckersley placed his hand over his heart and appeared to say, "Thank you very much ... you're the best."

Eckersley has been at the center of a recent firestorm in the wake of a Boston Globe story that revealed previously unreported details of Price's verbal assault of him on the Red Sox team charter before a June 29 flight from Boston to Toronto. Price reportedly mocked and cursed at Eckersley over what he perceived to be criticism of teammate Eduardo Rodriguez on a NESN telecast that night.

"I didn't know how to react," Eck told the Boston Herald after Tuesday night's ovation. "It was weird. You're getting cheered for getting yelled at. It was weird.

the best part?

NESN did not televise Eckersley's reception from fans live during Tuesday's game.

why? nesn is becoming state run TV. no bad words about the sox. the sox own nesn...and dictate what they do now.

 

[bksballer89]

@DirtDirtDirt - @bksballer89

I'm alive. Thanks for checking on me. Appreciate you

 

[bksballer89]

What a freaking game. I don't care who you root for, you have to enjoy that.

Fuck off. I didn't enjoy that shit lol

 

[molsaniceman]

1ST place red sox has a nice ring to it Now make it last more than a day

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Has to be the best catch in years

As soon as Vasquez hit it, it was gone

Costas says "but Zimmer camps under it"

Camps under your balls Bob

But he is the best doing baseball

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Good to see last years Craig Kimbrel back

 

[bksballer89]

Good to see last years Craig Kimbrel back

It was amazing to see

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Saw Atomic Blonde last night

Don't know why I bothered wearing pants

 

[Rock Strongo]

Good to see last years Craig Kimbrel back

he hasnt been very good the 2nd half compared the the first (tough to match anyway). the past month he is:

8 IP
8 H
3 ER
2 HR
3 BB
16 K's

3.38 ERA
1.375 WHIP

opponents hitting him at .286 since the break (.891 OPS)

 

[soxfan1468927]

Kimbrel with 3 blown saves in his last 5 opportunities.