Michael Barrell

Baseball. Red Sox. Star Wars. The Avengers.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Prediction: Rafael Devers doesn’t finish his contract as a #RedSox.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@WWE “Will be there” is too vague. Won’t commit on that alone.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@eekjoanna Holy crap, dude.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@FANEXPOBoston Are you going to add him to the purchase page or am I supposed to just hope I see him there?

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Rest peacefully, hero. You more than earned it.

[Garrett Exner @Exner_Garrett]

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach

On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives:

The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work.

He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others.

After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach.

Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end.

He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha.

When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.”

Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

[Garrett Exner @Exner_Garrett]

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach

On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives:

The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work.

He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others.

After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach.

Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end.

He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha.

When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.”

Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Genuinely didn’t think they had the balls to do it.

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

The Red Sox have sent Brayan Bello to Triple-A after he allowed six runs in the first inning today, per multiple reports.

Bello has a 6.34 ERA and 1.67 WHIP in 61 IP for Boston this season.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

I can certainly understand why he’d be frustrated with his results. This feels like an emotional response to yet another bad performance but the optics of it are awful.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Pretty brash tone considering there is a ton of evidence to suggest that he’s not a good starter right now.

Devers made comments in this sort of tone about DHing and then not playing 1B. He’s gone now. Make of that what you will.

[Tyler Milliken @tylermilliken_]

Brayan Bello makes it very clear he's done with the conversation about him starting or coming out of the bullpen.

"First of all, just stop talking about bullpen and starting games. I've always been a starter and when I've been successful as a starter, no one has questioned whether I have to be in the bullpen or starting games. So, starting from there, just stop that talk, I'm just having a bad season."

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Bello threw 40 pitches in the first inning and only 9 in the second. He is a frustrating enigma. #RedSox

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@redsoxpayroll Some of the hypotheticals here are fun to play with.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Oh good- my least favorite time of the year: @MLB @AllStarGame voting. It’s so pointless.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@CatherinVaritek IKF had some interesting comments postgame yesterday.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@jcmccaffrey I understand and appreciate the fact that he tried to play through it because of his injury prone reputation but I wish it wasn’t so entrenched in athletes minds that if they mention it sooner they get labeled as “soft.”

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@MLB- what are we doing with these reviews? If you don’t have enough evidence to overturn/confirm a call after 2 minutes then the call on the field should stand.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

If the #RedSox aren’t going to spend their resources on the Major League talent side of the game maybe they can allocate some to designing a program to help them be better at challenges because right now they suck the fat one.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

The #RedSox as a team don’t hit home runs, they don’t walk a lot, and they don’t score runs.

What are they even good at? Losing?

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@RSNStats Baseball is all about numbers. That’s why they track so many.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Get ready for this along with “mathematically we’re still in it” or some variation.

[Red Sox Nation Stats @RSNStats]

Earlier today on NESN, #RedSox baseball boss Breslow: "We have confidence in the players. We have confidence in the staff." Says, "We fully expect to be in this thing and to turn this around."

How, exactly? By saying it? That doesn't seem to be working.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

Weissert is the “We’re conceding this game” pitcher for the #RedSox.

[Michael Barrell @Michael_Barrell]

@CodifyBaseball They’d still be happening right now.