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A Realistic View at 2021: Part III

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Maybe, slightly.

 

More injury prone, too.

 

Neither of them are Cal Ripken Jr, but JD seems to be usually a bit healthier, but maybe it's due to his DHing.

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Neither of them are Cal Ripken Jr, but JD seems to be usually a bit healthier, but maybe it's due to his DHing.

 

I hate to use one example, but getting hurt running out to your position does not bode well for your injury prone index.

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I hate to use one example, but getting hurt running out to your position does not bode well for your injury prone index.

 

That's Bake McBride level injury stuff...

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Who was the Sox pitcher who went on the DL getting out of bed?

 

Paxton Crawford.

 

Bake McBride once injured his back pulling up his socks and was known for constantly missing games for all kinds of injuries. He once said of himself "Bake McBride is the only player who goes on the DL if he gets soapsuds in his eye."

 

Not quite Sammy Sosa throwing out his back while sneezing or Adam Eaton (the pitcher, not the outfielder) stabbing himself in the stomach while opening a DVD. But Bake and Mickey Klutts were the stiff of injury legends...

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I hate to use one example, but getting hurt running out to your position does not bode well for your injury prone index.

 

AKA the RECENCY EFFECT

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Who was the Sox pitcher who went on the DL getting out of bed?

 

Wade Boggs hurt himself taking off his cowboy boots.

 

Bob Stanley fell down some stairs while taking out the trash, injuring tendons and nerves in his throwing hand by landing on a glass bottle.

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And was out for months.

 

He was right as rain when the playoffs came around. If it wasn't for good 'ole Buch, the David Ortiz grand slam wouldn't be as noteworthy.

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Nope, never drank the stuff after it made me ill one night -- though it was on tap at a college bar that I suspected didn't regularly clean the tap lines.

 

I drank it exclusively during my drinking days when I couldn't afford the high-end stuff (which in those days was Schlitz). Maybe that's why those days were cut short decades and decades ago.

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I'm with you on all of this, except maybe the last statement.

 

It's been hitting over defense, but much of our spending budget goes to pitching over hitting.

 

Every ring we've won has been after acquiring a strong second or third starter by FA (Lackey, Price) or trade (Pedro, Schilling, Beckett, Sale, Eovaldi).

 

Sure, we paid the Mannys and JDs, too.

 

I also think, we tried to draft players that looked to be good on defense and offense (Betts, JBJ, Vaz, Beni...)

 

You're right. I said hitting and then remembered the big bucks have gone to pitchers--except of course, for Lester.

 

You are probably right about drafting players who are good at bat and in the field. Like Ellsbury (and despite his weak arm).

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No.

 

Getting injured on your way to your position is timeless…

 

It might be “recent” but when you only play the OF a few times getting hurt once or twice really skews the numbers.

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How about big Nate?

 

I’d love to go back and find all the jacko posts on Eovaldi, but let’s let him wallow in the misery and rejoice in Boone’s pending departure.

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BOSTON — In Gerrit Cole’s biggest moment yet as a Yankee, he didn’t make it out of the third inning.

 

The $324 million right-hander got shelled for two home runs and walked two batters in two-plus innings on Tuesday night against the Red Sox in the American League wild-card game at Fenway Park.

I love New York Post.....real reporting right there....

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Very satisfying win. Anytime you can knock the Yankees out of the playoffs it is especially satisfying. Part of the reason was an error free game and very solid pitching with zero walks. Personally, I thought Cole was a bad choice by the Yankees as a starter since the top Sox hitters right now are Schwaber, Devers and Verdugo. I understand why they went with Cole as there would have been immense criticism had they not. He was not sharp and Nate was.

 

The Sox played with fire and will move on to face one of the best TEAMS in baseball. On the negative side, Dalbec looked overmatched at the plate and Arroyo needs more ABs to get it going. We have the chance ahead and with our reinforced BP we could be tough to score on. Interesting that Cora went Brasier, Houck, Robles and Whitlock to get his outs. Taylor was up. Swamamura pitched recently. Kind of identifies who Cora has faith in. Now we need our starters to be on. in Tampa.

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How about big Nate?

 

I’d love to go back and find all the jacko posts on Eovaldi, but let’s let him wallow in the misery and rejoice in Boone’s pending departure.

 

I also remember some people talking a lot about us trading Eovaldi.

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