Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 30, 2018 18:30:54 GMT
1. The 8/2 game against the Yankees. The Yanks were closing, 6.5 gb. The 1978 talk was starting. Chris Sale went on the DL minuted before the start of a HUGE four game series. With Brian "AC/DC" Johnson starting. Steve Pear4ce hits 3 HR's and the Sox piss beat (one for you marco) the Yanks. The Sox go on to easily sweep the Yanks. AL East was over in the first week of August.
2. The 9/5 game against the Atlanta Braves. Total throwaway game. Interleague game when the Sox had a 9.5 game lead against the Yanks and a 9.5 lead against the Astros for home field advantage. Braves score 5 in the 5th for a 7-2. Big deal. Nope Sox score six to tie. Freddie Freeman hits a HR in the bottom of the 8th to take lead. Nice try? Not so fast. Top of the 9th, a two run HR by Brandon Phillips who soldiered in the International League as an emergency 2b.
Bottom line, this team had balls. Huge balls. The 2016 and 2017 teams never ever would have won those two games.