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  1. a700hitter
    Wrong. If we don't get the HFA, we will be at a historical statistical disadvantage. You want to start playing the game, "uh we don't have HFA, but we are still the better team" schtick. Good for you. What are the stats? They are that the team without HFA wins 45% of the time. Not having the HFA is not a death sentence, but the team with HFA wins 55% of the time. Those are just the stats.
  2. a700hitter
    The stats are that the team with the HFA has done significantly better. Just the facts er the the stats maam.
  3. a700hitter
    But the metrics they are using is win-loss record, nothing else.
  4. a700hitter
    They could split the vote.
  5. a700hitter
    All of the time it is the better team. You need the better record to get HFA.
  6. a700hitter
    And if you don't get HFA it is because you don't have the better record, i.e. regular season success. You are arguing in a circle. HFA is important. You get HFA by having the better record. If you don't get HFA, it is because you don't have the better record, and the odds are against you. You can't divorce the two.
  7. a700hitter
    I think that Pedroia had a great year in the field.
  8. a700hitter
    And we win!
  9. a700hitter
    Kimbrel with the walks again!
  10. a700hitter
    Hanley has made some nice plays on popups tonight. He has come a long way from Spring Training in that regard.
  11. a700hitter
    Before he hit the RBI single, I asked my son how a guy can retire after putting up 37 HRs and 125 RBI. H e still has a lot in the tank.
  12. a700hitter
    There is your offense! And that is why he is more valuable than the others.
  13. a700hitter
    And the numbers favor the home teams.
  14. a700hitter
    They have supported him well. He should have no complaints about run support.
  15. a700hitter
    The numbers favor the home team.
  16. a700hitter
    That's a fairly big difference.
  17. a700hitter
    VA mojo!
  18. a700hitter
    It is not.
  19. a700hitter
    HFA is meaningless.
  20. a700hitter
    Hitting isn't easy. That is for sure. Hitting Kimbrel is a different level of difficult. His ball moves so much that he rarely throws a ball over the middle with no movement. I think most hitters would have a much better chance against him by just making him throw strikes. It really seems like a tossup whether he can throw 3 strikes before throwing 4 balls.
  21. a700hitter
    IMO, Kimbrel was just out of sync and could not find his release point. He showed no ability to throw strikes. When he goes bad like that, and it is rare, the batters can pretty much go up to the plate without a bat and Kimbrel is helpless. It is baffling.
  22. a700hitter
    I think rest is highly overrated at this time of the year. They are all banged up from 162 game season, and 1 or 2 days will not heal them. Adrenaline will carry them the rest of the way. I think there is more danger of time off causing them to lose their edge, their timing, causing a flat performance. Just my opinion.
  23. a700hitter
    But a HFA, close or not.
  24. a700hitter
    Ask the players what they would prefer. That is what matters. Edit: We also had 2 big shutdown HOF worthy pitchers in our rotation in 2004. We don't have that in 2016.
  25. a700hitter
    I would still rather have HFA. Our offense is much better at home, and our offense is the strength of this team.
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