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[Bellhorn04]

Another inside out swing for Yoshida to LF. This time in the WBC. Maybe the Sox scouts knew what they were doing. Lots of Monster doubles?

 

https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1632741627394502658

 

From your lips to God's ears.

[moonslav59]

I think he’s the real deal!

[mvp 78]

I think he’s the real deal!

 

Don't put that curse on him.

[moonslav59]

Don't put that curse on him.

 

No such thing as curses, especially from posters on this site.

[mvp 78]

No such thing as curses, especially from posters on this site.

 

Wrong. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lavarry01.shtml

[moonslav59]

Wrong. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lavarry01.shtml

 

You cursed him?

[notin]

Wrong. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lavarry01.shtml

 

I don’t think it was a curse that prevented Lavarnway from reaching All Star levels. Unless you think his parents cursed him with mediocrity genes…

[mvp 78]

I don’t think it was a curse that prevented Lavarnway from reaching All Star levels. Unless you think his parents cursed him with mediocrity genes…

 

No, it was an infamous banned poster that called him the REAL DEAL after his 2 HR's in 2011 and couldn't stop calling him that all offseason. It basically ended his career. This is from the beforetimes. You wouldn't understand.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

No, it was an infamous banned poster that called him the REAL DEAL after his 2 HR's in 2011 and couldn't stop calling him that all offseason. It basically ended his career. This is from the beforetimes. You wouldn't understand.

 

Wasn't he was the star of the last World Cup, the one where Casas said Yoshida was the most-feared batter?

[mvp 78]

Wasn't he was the star of the last World Cup, the one where Casas said Yoshida was the most-feared batter?

 

I try not to pay too much attention to the WBC so I don't remember.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I try not to pay too much attention to the WBC so I don't remember.

 

Whaaa -- ? What about when our front office was scouting the greatest WBC pitcher of all-time: DICE-K? His gyro-ball was so invisible, not even our TVs could detect it!

[Bellhorn04]

Whaaa -- ? What about when our front office was scouting the greatest WBC pitcher of all-time: DICE-K? His gyro-ball was so invisible, not even our TVs could detect it!

 

I've always thought Dice-K's career was cut short by the second WBC. They reportedly rode him hard, and he was never the same after it.

[moonslav59]

No, it was an infamous banned poster that called him the REAL DEAL after his 2 HR's in 2011 and couldn't stop calling him that all offseason. It basically ended his career. This is from the beforetimes. You wouldn't understand.

 

Yes, it's way too complicated for me to remember a person I never knew.

[mvp 78]

I've always thought Dice-K's career was cut short by the second WBC. They reportedly rode him hard, and he was never the same after it.

 

He was good enough in 2007 and 2008. Definitely overhyped though.

[mvp 78]

Yes, it's way too complicated for me to remember a person I never knew.

 

There's a pretty good chance that this person posted on BDC at some point.

[moonslav59]

There's a pretty good chance that this person posted on BDC at some point.

 

Okay. I guess I should have remember he might have said "real deal" on BDC many years ago.

 

My "trouble understanding" is on full display.

 

[moonslav59]

He was good enough in 2007 and 2008. Definitely overhyped though.

 

Pretty costly, too, back in that day, especially the posting fee or bid, or whatever they called it.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I've always thought Dice-K's career was cut short by the second WBC. They reportedly rode him hard, and he was never the same after it.

 

Conversely, I always thought the Red Sox made a mistake of insisting on changing his training/throwing regimen that made him so successful in Japan and the tournaments.

 

Dice-K's whole style was to nibble around the strike zone, but the Sox couldn't handle the high pitch-counts, and always yanked him before he could wriggle out of trouble. They thought they were protecting their longterm investment, but may have instead expedited his regression.

[moonslav59]

Conversely, I always thought the Red Sox made a mistake of insisting on changing his training/throwing regimen that made him so successful in Japan and the tournaments.

 

Dice-K's whole style was to nibble around the strike zone, but the Sox couldn't handle the high pitch-counts, and always yanked him before he could wriggle out of trouble. They thought they were protecting their longterm investment, but may have instead expedited his regression.

 

I kind of have mixed feelings about this. I think you might be totally right, but how long can a pitcher go on such high pitch counts? He was a long term investment, and they viewed him as such.

[notin]

No, it was an infamous banned poster that called him the REAL DEAL after his 2 HR's in 2011 and couldn't stop calling him that all offseason. It basically ended his career. This is from the beforetimes. You wouldn't understand.

 

 

I’ve heard stories of the beforetomes. Back when posters had to etch their thoughts on to cave walls…

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I kind of have mixed feelings about this. I think you might be totally right, but how long can a pitcher go on such high pitch counts? He was a long term investment, and they viewed him as such.

 

Matsuzaka was a legend since high school when he reportedly threw hundreds of pitches in two days to win the national title. But it was also documented by him that his arm strength in the pros was built by throwing a ton of long toss every day between starts... who knows, maybe the different size baseballs made a difference.

[mvp 78]

I’ve heard stories of the beforetomes. Back when posters had to etch their thoughts on to cave walls…

 

There used to be moderators. More than one even!

 

We'd even post in more than just 3 threads over and over again. What a world...

[mvp 78]

Matsuzaka was a legend since high school when he reportedly threw hundreds of pitches in two days to win the national title. But it was also documented by him that his arm strength in the pros was built by throwing a ton of long toss every day between starts... who knows, maybe the different size baseballs made a difference.

 

Sox basically made him conform to their way of training. It didn't work out.

 

The pitching coach: John Farrell.

[moonslav59]

Rodon to start the year on the IL.

[mvp 78]

Rodon to start the year on the IL.

 

Shoulda got him in FA. He woulda fit right in!

[moonslav59]

Marlins nab a couple interesting players in minor league deals:

 

Jose Iglesias

 

Yuli Gurriel

 

[mvp 78]

Marlins nab a couple interesting players in minor league deals:

 

Jose Iglesias

 

Yuli Gurriel

 

 

I don't think much of Yuli, but Iggy could fit in on that Marlins roster.

[mvp 78]

@tylermilliken_

MASATAKA YOSHIDA WITH ANOTHER RBI SINGLE!

 

Now 3-for-3 with 4 RBI on the day.

 

Yoshida enjoying his time at the WBC.

 

Former scouts and execs hate him!

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

@tylermilliken_

MASATAKA YOSHIDA WITH ANOTHER RBI SINGLE!

 

Now 3-for-3 with 4 RBI on the day.

 

Yoshida enjoying his time at the WBC.

 

Former scouts and execs hate him!

 

So far Yoshida has less swing-and-miss in his WBC at bats than the other five lefties in a row on Team Japan -- and that includes the soon-to-be richest ballplayer in the history of the world.

[Hugh2]

Good thing we didn't sign Rodon