the 2018 boston red sox are now 16-2

we're missing each other by mere minutes morbs - we're out of here tomorrow a.m.

well, i'll be drinking in Cambridge tonight with Fangraphs ppl!

I'd like to thank the Red Sox for scoring 15 runs tonight so that I had a legitimate excuse to play David Bowie's "TVC 15" at the end of the game.

— Josh Kantor (@jtkantor) August 3, 2018

porcello on some maddux shit tonight, 86-pitch complete game 1-hitter.

90 Game Score is tied for 7th on this season's best pitching performances.

prick orcello tho

Would love to see Price have a great start against the Yankees at home--I would think that'd mend a lot of fences.

1st inning was a squeaker but he looks good now

Price is looking great out there (even with the umpire squeezing him a bit). His half-season here made me a lifetime fan.

that was a good inning

I like Arod's commentary.

I check periodically to see where they sit in relation to the 2001 Mariners (116-46). They're running three games behind right now: the Red Sox are 79-34, the Mariner were 82-31. The '98 Yankees (114-48) were even better: 84-29.

Tuned in to see Mookie's last AB and whether he could do it, and what do you know, he did it--hit for the cycle (plus a walk).

so crazy. the night i was at Fenway he went 4-4 with two walks! the dude gets. on. base

32-11 will match the 2001 Mariners' win record

running the sims

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-red-sox-shot-at-the-win-record/

Interesting to note that not a single post-1961 team outperformed their Aug. 1st projection.

Stands to reason, though: laws of gravity, plus you've got a huge lead and you're probably regularly resting players through September for the post-season. The Dodgers last year were a whole other freakish case...I'd completely forgotten they were in the same place as the Red Sox.

yankees went 6-1 this week and gained no ground

I was at the game in Toronto when Mookie hit for the cycle, about 10 feet away from the guy who caught two homeruns (no, he's not that Youtube guy who has made a career out of it).

I hadn't been to Toronto since the stadium opened - it's nice but, boy, were the Blue Jays fans scarce (and quiet). I'm sure Benintendi heard me cheering for him it was that chill.

jalen beeks' revenge

Welcome back, Brandon Phillips.

However you feel about the Red Sox, everyone loves Mookie Betts, right? Would hate for this to be anything:

http://www.mlb.com/news/mookie-betts-exits-with-apparent-injury/c-294849778

Pulling for Betts as MVP, but after an 0-4 night and a 3-3 from Martinez, Martinez is close again for a Triple Crown. He's three points behind Betts in BA, 2 HR behind Davis, and comfortably ahead in RBI.

meanwhile trout just hit a 435 footer

9:00PM and it’s the 4th inning :)

sox radio guy tim neverett is out and WEEI is apparently turning game broadcasts into a 'talk-show format'

i guess this is what happens when you are by definition unable to pivot to video

A barrage of pro-Trout tweets to follow.

http://nesn.com/2019/01/red-soxs-mookie-betts-says-he-wont-attend-teams-white-house-visit/

i'm sensing a pattern in who's going and who's not.. what could it be