a700hitter
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On the NESN post game show the other night, Steve Lyon's described one of our pitcher's stuff as "throwing puss". That is my line. Lol! I don't know any commentator or poster that uses that description. Maybe Steve lurks on TalkSox. Steve, if you need some material, I'd be happy to oblige. Lol! Drop me a private message. Lol!
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From Scott Lauber's column today: Deion Sanders....seriously? I think our scouting department needs an overhaul.
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C I can't make sense of his exile. The only thing that I can think of is that they are shopping him as part of a trade package and they don't want to ruin his rebuilt trade value by risking that he will not hit again at the big league level. Just a guess.
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If they stand pat, this will continue all year long. A culture of losing will start to take hold on the team, and we will be looking at a season where we finish 20+ games out of first place. I hope they try something to right the ship otherwise it will be a long wait for us to watch good meaningful baseball. The last meaningful game was game 6 in 2013.
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With each passing day that nothing is done to improve this team, it becomes more obvious that th FO has given up on the season. There is no way that this current group can compete. Without some new blood in the very near future, apathy will set in and this team will spiral to lower depths. There will be no improvement through regression. The FO house will be cleaned at the earliest possible opportunity after the end of the season. Ben will go into exile never to get another MLB GM spot. Duquette was much better than Ben and his exile lasted 10 years.
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It's an anomaly I tell you!
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Can it wipe away the season?
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Who exactly has the new pitching coach turned around and improved their performance? Porcello still sucks and so does Kelly. Miley is pretty much the same.
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That is right. You and I had disagreed about Porcello and other things, but it has been civil.
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I agree.
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Wright was doing better than Masterson, Miley, Kelly and Porcello.
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Your vodka is less flammable than our pitchers' stuff.
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Kelly needs to go to the pen. Give Masterson at most 2 starts. If we see more of the same, he should be released.
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I think he is on U.N.'s Whaambulance.
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Don't get discouraged. It is our new pitching strategy, trying to exhaust the opposing lineup by having them run the bases in the hot weather until they collapse in the late innings.
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It's not Kelly's fault. He doesn't want to throw all of those meatballs over the middle of the plate. The devil makes him do it. Kelly is not calling the pitches.
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No it is not Kelly's fault. It is the fault of all those pitches that he throws over the middle of the plate.
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Kelly is a bulldog. His competitiveness is driving him to equal Porcello's ERA.
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Span Poll: Can 2015 be salvaged for the Boston Red Sox ?
a700hitter replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Israel, be careful, calling the strategy and pitching staff horrible can be interpreted as a personal insult by those who disagree with you. -
Labeling a post as an excuse is a personal insult? SnC, glad you are on ignore.
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The pitcher controls what he throws and when he throws it. Any speculation otherwise is a desparate attempt to find an excuse.
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He had a slightly higher k rate in 2013, so I can't conclude that his k rate of 7 is the reason. I really don't care to hear an explanation from Farrell or Porcello. I just want them to fix it if they think they have figured it out. If they have discovered the reason, it shouldn't take half a season to fix.
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He increased his k rate to 7.2 in 2013 and his performance dramatically improved. I am not buying that his k rate of 7.0 this season has messed him up so badly. A loss of command can be the first sign of arm trouble. That's as likely to me as any of these other speculative excuses. I am just not buying that it is taking him half a season to make this adjustment. Sorry, but to me it is BS.
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6/20 Red Sox @ Kansas City
a700hitter replied to a700hitter's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
i am not questioning your statistics. They are just not an excuse for Porcello's or the team's performance. It would be like a lawyer defending his client against an assault charge be arguing to the jury that his client missed his morning coffee, missed his train and was going to be late for work and would lose his job as a defense for slugging the victim when he bumped into him. All the fact are accurate, but the defense isn't valid. Porcello is not a victim of bad defenses and worse luck on both the Tigers and the Red Sox. As pointed out, Verlander, Scherzer, Anibel Sanchez, and Doug Fister all had success with the Tigers. Porcello was the #4 guy on those staffs because that is where he belonged. They all had the same team behind them. -
6/20 Red Sox @ Kansas City
a700hitter replied to a700hitter's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
sometimes there is no defense and defending the indefensible just looks like homerism.
