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Everything posted by a700hitter

  1. a700hitter
    Yep, that'swhere the smart money is.
  2. a700hitter
    Wright with a scoreless inning!
  3. a700hitter
    Then he was wrong.
  4. a700hitter
    Thank you
  5. a700hitter
    Porcello is needed to anchor this staff. He is not a concern. The other 4 are a concern.
  6. a700hitter
    Pitchers will tell you about the contribution of pitching coaches as far as mechanics go. That is not their main function. Their biggest contribution is making sure that the pitchers get the right amount of work to be ready and not overworked and to report back to the manager about the pitchers.
  7. a700hitter
    We all had enough facts to know that it was a bad decision. Cruz was the one guy that the manager was not supposed to let beat him in that situation. That was the manager's call all the way. It had nothing to do with a vote of confidence, because Taz wasn't even in the game at that point. Taz is a pressure inning guy. He is getting plenty of votes of confidence in every one of his outings.
  8. a700hitter
    And this ^ is where you stat geeks go off the rails. The games are not played on paper.
  9. a700hitter
    Willis got hired because he is a Friend of Farrell, not because he is a pitching guru. Even those pitching coches who are known as "gurus" aren't really gurus. Billy Martin always hired his pitching coaches on the basis of whether they could keep up with him at the bar.
  10. a700hitter
    Nice win. It ensures a split on the road trip. That is better thanI had expected. They are hanging in there.
  11. a700hitter
    Everyone has pitched well against the Mariners. That may say more about the Mariners than it does about our starters turning a corner. Let's see how the next 2 turns go before we get excited.
  12. a700hitter
    Farrell said tonight that what irks him is that he discussed the scenario with his coach before the game and said that their lineup was set up perfect for Layne because he could walk Cruz and go after the lefty Seager. During the game he didn't follow his own strategy. As far as not having all the facts, no one, including the managers has "all the facts" at any given time, but we all had enough of facts annd statistics at our disposal on thespot to know that it was a terrible move in real time. I like that Farrell owned his mistake, but I am still pissed at the stupidity.
  13. a700hitter
    Two years of lousy offense coinciding with the fastest lead off hitter in Red Sox history leaving the team. As the young people say, just sayin.
  14. a700hitter
    "On the surface"? No, it was a thoroughly stupid move. It was fundamentally flawed in every way. Yes, the offense sucks. A manager actually has few opportunities to influence the outcome of a game. This was one of those opportunities. Farrell certainly gets the assist in the loss in this game.
  15. a700hitter
    So this is what the idiot Farrell did in the 9th inning. He has the lefty on the mound Tommy Layne. There are two outs with a man on second base. Due up for the Mariners is their hottest hitter Nelson Cruz who is one of the hottest hitters in baseball at this point. On deck behind Cruz is left handed hitting Kyle Seager who is hitting 110 points less than Cruz and OPS'ing 429 points less than Cruz. Farrell goes to the pen to get the right handed Tazawa to pitch to Cruz. If he left Layne in to walk Cruz, he had a lefty-lefty matchup against a much weaker hitter and Cruz's run on first base is meaningless. This is a real head-shaking brain fart of a move.
  16. a700hitter
    Idiotic move.
  17. a700hitter
    Farrell is brainless. Walk off hit by Cruz. Some one needs to ask that jackass manager about the strategy of pitching to their best hitter in that situation.
  18. a700hitter
    It makes no sense. Winning run on second base and first base is open. A walk is a no brainer.
  19. a700hitter
    Buch is pitching tonight like the guy we thought he would become when he first came up.
  20. a700hitter
    Two homers by Castillo. Get him up here.
  21. a700hitter
    Clay is pitching like he wants to stay in the rotation.
  22. a700hitter
    Victorino was caught off first base in a run down when Napoli took off for the plate and got caught in a run down.
  23. a700hitter
    That was a great play that Victorino made last night.
  24. a700hitter
    Interesting that we are in the market for another International Free Agent middle infielder. This guy is in his prime years so I don't think he will be working his way up through our minor league system. I wonder what this means for Pedroia and Bogaerts.
  25. a700hitter
    None of us want to face the post-Papi era, but this could be the year where his productivity starts declining at an accelerated rate. Good things don't last forever. He is getting up there in years and he is a very big guy -- they tend to decline rapidly. Thank goodness we have Hanley to put behind him. The other guys including Pedey will need to pick up their game around Papi.
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