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  1. a700hitter
    After going a record 0 for 39
  2. a700hitter
    Kelly took a dump on the mound tonight.
  3. a700hitter
    with MLB extra innings I watch lots of different broadcasts. He is an excellent analyst. He doesn't have pet peeves that he beats to death, and he doesn't try to explain and analyze minutiae. He finds the right balance and always gives relevant insight into what is going on.
  4. a700hitter
    Every time that I look at Pomeranz, I see the cliff and I pine for the potential of Espinoza Anderson.
  5. a700hitter
    Excellent stuff.
  6. a700hitter
    Mookie's first HR since August 3rd I think.
  7. a700hitter
    Dewey Evans type catch by Mookie in the first inning.
  8. a700hitter
    Stop bringing up nonexistent things. Choking? Why don't you blame the tooth fairy.
  9. a700hitter
    Yes, that is unfortunate. But he has to be more movable than Pablo was.
  10. a700hitter
    With his balky knee, I don't think we can count on Pedroia for 150 games even under ideal circumstances. Bogey's inability to handle a slider, he may need to sit from time to time. Devers may not be able to handle 3B defensively full time. If we sign or trade for a big 1B bat, I would rather move Hanley and keep Nunez who brings more value and versatility.
  11. a700hitter
    Especially after an off day.
  12. a700hitter
    I thought Eck was on tap for tonight, but I am glad Remy will be in the booth.
  13. a700hitter
    I thought he still had a play at 1B after the double clutch. He tried to force the play and that is never a good idea.
  14. a700hitter
    That is great news about Remy.
  15. a700hitter
    That had nothing to do with him as a player for the Sox.
  16. a700hitter
    Everyday leadoff hitter. Is that good enough to call him a full time player? I think so.
  17. a700hitter
    What didn't you like about Boggs as a player -- too many batting championships... too high of an OBP?
  18. a700hitter
    Running with your head down without noticing that the lead runner is returning to the base that you are running toward.
  19. a700hitter
    And even assuming that it could be proved (and it cannot) that we did not lose a single game due to base running blunders, that would be pure random luck. Or are you saying that a noted flaw of this team (poor base running awareness) will not or cannot cost us any games? If you can prove the former, I really don't care about identifying and quantifying the reasons for each of our losses. If you are taking the position that a recurrent flaw can never cost us a game, then you are just wrong, and on that there can be no countervailing argument.
  20. a700hitter
    You think you are proving something, but you are not proving anything. It is worthless blather with no point, unless your point is that sound base running doesn't matter in baseball. If that is your point, you are just 100% wrong.
  21. a700hitter
    His whole position is untenable. They don't coach kids and professionals about sound situational base running, because it doesn't matter. It is good baseball that helps you win games. If it didn't cost us a single game this year, then we were just randomly lucky. Until I see an analysis of every base running blunder and defensible provable analysis that it didn't affect the outcome of any game, his argument goes into the worthless blather category. You and others have astutely and correctly made the point that a single play can affect the entire dynamics of a game, so no such analysis he might make would be reliable.
  22. a700hitter
    In that game if we had put up an additional run an CC had to pitch to an additional batter in a stressful AB in that inning, the whole game could have changed.
  23. a700hitter
    Base running mistakes that take runs off the board change the dynamics of the game with regard to which pitchers each manager might be used etc. I agree with you that OOBs stat is not reliable. In fact, I would say that OObs is for boobs. And that is not a sexist term!
  24. a700hitter
    No one is quantifying 5 or 10 games, but even if it can't be causally linked to losses to your satisfaction, it may have played a big part in some losses. We have had few games where base running gaffes have cost us a couple of runs. In some of those games, we were blown out, but that doesn't mean that the base running gaffes didn't contribute to the loss. If we are down 1 or 2 runs in the 7th inning, the manager will not go to his top shut down relievers and the other team may open up a bigger lead, and that would never have happened if we were tied or ahead going into the 7th inning. I guess this type situation of doesn't factor into your calculations. Your position is untenable as you say, because fundamentally sound base running is coached, because that is good baseball, and good baseball gives you the best chance of winning. If it doesn't cost us at the end of the season, great for us, but they shouldn't be making these base running gaffes on such a regular basis.
  25. a700hitter
    Nunez is an everyday player -- not a supersub. He's versatile, but he should play everyday.
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