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Everything posted by a700hitter

  1. a700hitter
    In Yankee - Twins game, CC got scratched and Mitchell started in his place. Mitchell took a horrific shot off his head in the second inning and had to leave the game.
  2. a700hitter
    AAA trash! But I like him.
  3. a700hitter
    Lurch looking better than he did in relief.
  4. a700hitter
    Speier seems to be on the trade Hanley trade a LA Edgar Renteria.
  5. a700hitter
    Danny Salazar vs. Matt (Lurch) Barnes Sorry for the late game thread. I was getting off the train at game time. Go Red Sox!
  6. a700hitter
    make the game thread so we have a chance tonight.
  7. a700hitter
    i agree, but I think he is back in LF tonight. I don't know who is sitting, but we need to get Castillo, Betts and Bradley as much experience as possible. It's just dumb to be sitting any of them.
  8. a700hitter
    This doesn't seem to make any sense for the Dodgers
  9. a700hitter
    Iî What is worse than having a bad strategy is a stubborn adherence to that strategy long after it is obvious that it is failing.
  10. a700hitter
    Bells, I think the stench permeates the organization. They need a housecleaning and new leadership.
  11. a700hitter
    What is sad was my stupid optimism at the beginning of the season. At least, I can admit it. That shouldn't insult you.
  12. a700hitter
    no one is being singled out, and I include myself in that group to an extent as I also fell prey somewhat to those distorted lenses. So chill.
  13. a700hitter
    This is very odd timing since Hutchinson has had two very solid outings including a very strong 6 2/3 innings against the Yankees yesterday giving up 1 run on 3 hits and 1 walk.
  14. a700hitter
    Agreed. They have the unfortunate luxury of having 6 weeks to make these determinations. If they wait until the offseason, and then tell us that hanley should be able to play 1B because he is athletic and is by trade an infielder that would be ridiculous. Similarly, they need to figure out if Kelly has any useful role on the 2016 staff. Starting is out. No way no how can he be a starter, so let's see him work out of the pen.
  15. a700hitter
    FG is clearly a field goal. B-R ... ? Bedroom?
  16. a700hitter
    I wanted to be hopeful. I looked at their stats and their advanced stats. I found nothing encouraging. I asked the board of they had any advanced metrics that would give us hope. All I got back was explanations and theories about how the move to hitter friendly Fenway backed by the Red Sox superior defense would improve this group. I wasn't encouraged. I was told that Masrerson would return to effectiveness as he was healthy again. I watched him hitting 83-88 on the gun in spring training. I was not encouraged. I was told that Porcello was young and his best years were ahead. After 6 full seasons and a 4.40 ERA, I was dubious. What were the hopeful metrics that I missed? I would still like to know. It appears to me that there was a lot of baseless hope compounded by a really really stupid contract.
  17. a700hitter
    Everyone gets hopeful at the beginning of the season, because we are fans and we want our team to have a chance, but any optimism over this staff at the beginning of the season was not through rose colored glasses but rather through stupid spectacles. Knowledge and sound judgment were disregarded.
  18. a700hitter
    All the signs were there about the 2015 starting rotation except an actual neon stadium sign that said they suck.
  19. a700hitter
    Shhh! We don't want to start a war (small "w") with those who think those of us who watch all the games don't also look at or understand stats inluding W.A.R.
  20. a700hitter
    Sometimes the most logical explanation is the most obvious one. This group had done terribly in the prior year. Any assumptions that they would improve were clearly erroneous.
  21. a700hitter
    And how did that deeper digging work out? LOL!! They dug in the wrong spots.
  22. a700hitter
    Should HR play?
  23. a700hitter
    Here is an inconvenient fact for those who thought that our current team ERA of 4.63 was completely unforeseeable. The combined ERA of Miley, Porcello, Buchholz, Kelly and Masterson in 2014 was 4.55. This year's 4.63 was probably within the margin of error. It was not unforeseeable. It was in fact predictable.
  24. a700hitter
    I wanted to understand whether you thought it was a significant point in explaining why he would stink at 1B. In my mind, whether his air headedness is deliberate or not really has no significance at all with regard to why he will stink at 1B.
  25. a700hitter
    I am not saying Manny hould have won a gold glove, but he was much better than Hanley.
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