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  1. Beaneater
    I think we should totally trade one of the two Pawsox youngsters who have (if you will permit me a little overstatement) turned our season around. That's a great idea. We finally have a little energy and have gotten on a hot streak, so we should trade our .450 OBP leadoff hitter for some scrub AA reliever. That's brilliant! /sarc off/
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    On base machine.
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    It's a nice feeling, isn't it? Win the first two, and you're playing with house money in game 3. Just watched a highlight of the Punto HR. Dang! When Nicky Punto can stand in the batter's box and admire his shot leaving the yard, the pitcher had probably better retire.
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    So when does a sample size move out of the "small" category? Serious question. Nava is still killing it, and when he's not killing it he's taking ball 4. So, honestly, at what point do you get to say, "Nava is a good hitter"? I don't know enough statistics, and certainly not enough baseball statistics, to know when you can make some sort of valid judgment.
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    I know, I'm just kidding. It's not the worst way, though. On average, a winning performance has got to be better than a losing performance. But there's a whole lot of wiggle room for a good performance to get a loss and a bad one to get a win (see Buchholz, Clay, for examples of both situations). I just think it's funny that he pitched as bizarrely as he did and got a W out of it. Now that we're .500, I guess I should put my life's savings on the Rays for Friday, right?
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    4 up 4 down for the Mexecutioner. And Bard with the win!! Take that, haters!
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    That someone is batting right now.
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    That's it! We need a reanimation/zombification process for Gonzo! Does anyone on the training staff have any qualifications in the Dark Arts?
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    Halfway to a correct prediction!
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    We are winning this game.
  14. Beaneater
    Not even close! Well, pretty close...
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    The 3 guys coming up for the Orioles have a BA of .406... when you add them together!
  16. Beaneater
    Looks like a soft bottom 3 in the lineup, but it seems like we often score a lot of runs in that situation, somehow.
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    This offense can score some runs. Look at that 2-7 (I'm including Salty since he's hot right now). Heck, Aviles is no slouch right now, either. Now... imagine replacing Nava and Byrd with Crawdad and Ellsbury. I need a cold shower.
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    Amen. Nava-Sweeney-Gonzo worked in Philly. It's not the long-term solution, of course, but it will work as a stopgap. Of course, you have to slot in Byrd for Sweeney during whatever time Sweeney misses with his whiplash/concussion. Good gracious, could you imagine what carnage would ensue if one of us went back in time to late March and said that by the end of May we might have an outfield of Nava-Byrd-Gonzo? This whole forum would have gone so crazy-go-nuts that the server would have melted. No kiddin'. But right now, that's about the best we can do. Playing OF for the 2012 Red Sox is like smashing a mirror over a black cat's head while walking under a ladder.
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    I'm down with that. Especially with the possibility of Ross missing an extended chunk of time. Gonzo seems to have the basic skillset down. He doesn't have an OF's wheels, but hey, you can't have everything. One thing I don't know about is his arm. Maybe he has a cannon and we never see it because he plays 1B. Anyone have any ideas?
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    I am nothing like a baseball expert, but I have to agree with the Dojj here. As far as I recall, Bard has not been hit hard all year. Even when he has given up runs, it has often been flares and infield hits (which he can hardly help) and walks (which he can). I've said more than once this year that if he can stop putting guys on base he'll be unstoppable. Admittedly, I haven't actually seen his starts (not exactly being in NESN's home territory ), and also I wouldn't know bad mechanics if they bit me on the rear. I'm just looking at the numbers, and the numbers seem to be saying that if he can limit the walks he will be all right.
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    Awesome! Nice research. I guess it stands to reason that Carl Yaszsztrteszstretremski was involved in some high-letter-score HRs.
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    Random thought: Saltalamacchia (14 letters) hit a homer, driving in Middlebrooks (12 letters) and Gonzalez (8 letters). That's 34 letters scoring on one homer. I wonder if that's the record, or close to it. I bet it is the record for a three-run homer. Obviously, a granny would get you a extra name into the equation but you'd still have to average almost 9 letters per name on a granny to beat 34. I know Garciaparra (11 letters) hit a few grannies, but did he have any teammates well-endowed with last name length?
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    You better walk Nick Punto!
  24. Beaneater
    The big problem is that Shields is mowing them down quite efficiently and could be out there all day.
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    Oh, by the way, that gives us a positive run differential for the season. And it's all thanks to the 1997 Tampa Bay Devil Rays bullpen.
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