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Everything posted by a700hitter

  1. a700hitter
    How does that compare with Fenway?
  2. a700hitter
    And between games he stole laptops.
  3. a700hitter
    Pedroia made an out. He is on the decline and his contract is a waste of money. He needs to get gone in a trade foer a pitcher so we can open up second base for Mookie and get Castillo back from AAAA.
  4. a700hitter
    It is great to have a deep bench if guys accept their roles. THe manager does the not so easy task of keeping them all involved and game sharp. Some guys do not accept those roles. I remember Jay Payton acting like a jack hole about being a reserve.
  5. a700hitter
    Farrell is going to have to be creative to get all of the bats in the lineup to make them attractive as trade bait. Castillo had better tear it up at AAA if he wants to be called up anytime soon.
  6. a700hitter
    If my brother sees a firearm in a movie that is inappropriate for the era, he will just turn off the movie. One time he turned off a movie because the characters had six shooters at the time of the Alamo. Those guns were not around at that time. I think that's what it was, but I could be misrembering. LOL!
  7. a700hitter
    I'm just not sure why they did this so soon. We keep how he was a victim of poor defense in Detroit, but isn't a pretty pitcher friendly ballpark? Why not wait a half a dozen starts to see how his stuff plays at Fenway. Also, this contract provides a context for how unrealistic the Red Sox first offer to Lester was. The Red Sox lock down Miley without him throwing a pitch for us and then they do the same for Porcello, but they let the big fish off the hook? I am not quite sure that I get that strategy. Locking down Buchholz early was not exactly the best strategy. That contract has not returned a lot of value.
  8. a700hitter
    The gave Porcello $12 million more than they offered Lester last Spring without Porcello having thrown a pitch for the Sox. I am not sure that I get that. What was the rush?
  9. a700hitter
    I DVR'd the game. I can hardly wait to see it. Four Homers against Hamel and 7 shutout innings by Buch. We could not have asked for moree.
  10. a700hitter
    Gameday stinks.
  11. a700hitter
    And Napoli who hit the crap out of the ball this Spring has to sit because of the stupid NL rules.
  12. a700hitter
    They signed a couple of innings eating workhorses in Miley and Porcello. However, I don't think they will get enough of innings, consistency, and good health from the other other 3 --- Masterson, Buchhloz and Kelly. Our depth is insuficient and very thin. I think the starters will start to break down early a nd the team will struggle to stay at .500. I think we finish 3rd, behind the O's and the Jays and just ahead of the Yankees.
  13. a700hitter
    My duaghter and fiance are Chemical Engineers, so it is not out of the question that if they have kids that they might find the sabremetrics aspect more interesting.
  14. a700hitter
    Yes, I know that you said that you will jhold him accountable. I sigged it so you wouldn't think of letting him slide for the good times.
  15. a700hitter
    Yep, we will touch base in July, and yes, what I posted was B.S.
  16. a700hitter
    No politics, just thankful. There is nothing political about that.
  17. a700hitter
    I can't believe that I have to work on Opening Day. Opening Day has arisen to Holiday level in my life. Next season, I intend to be at Fenway for Opening Day as I should be retiring soon. Luckily, President B.O's rhetoric about building the middle class was worthless, but the rich have gotten richer at a faster pace. My personal wealth has increased enough during his Presidency to make early retirement a reality. Go figure.
  18. a700hitter
    Will they stay awake during my explanation of advanced Sabremetrics, or will they think it was really cool that I was at the Pedro- Clemens showdown at Yankee stadium won by a 2 run Trot Nixon Home Run, the Big Papi walkoff homers that I was at fenway for, or seeing my game 6 ticket for the 2013 World Series and my Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski autographed bats? I'm going with the sabrementrics and kimmi posts first. As for the sig thing, I know that you have a soft spot for Theo, but I am a big believer in accountability. I want you to hold him accountable if he can't produce a winner in 5 years with a boatload of top prospects and a big reserve of money.
  19. a700hitter
    A catcher as well-prepared as Varitek is a rarity. He and Schilling had encyclopedias.
  20. a700hitter
    I have been dying to sink my teeth into some of that data and commit it to memory so I can add that to the baseball stories that I will tell my grandchildren someday.
  21. a700hitter
    Ask pitchers about which catchers call a good game. They will look at you like you have 2 heads. As the catcher gains familiarity with a staff, he learns what pitchers like to throw in certain situations. His signs are suggestions. The pitcher decides what he is going to throw. A kid fresh from the minors might rely on the catcher to get him a game, but that will not last long. Pitchers appreciate the way a catcher receives and frames his pitches and whether they can get him some extra strike calls. Good luck looking for reliable metrics for pitch calling. The best source for that would be the pitchers, and they are not strong believers in catchers game calling skills.
  22. a700hitter
    Genius Joe Maddon has been up late nights reading books about double switches. He's trying to figure out how to do a double switch with a DH. It's enough to make his head explode.
  23. a700hitter
    You and I have always liked Suzuki.
  24. a700hitter
    Low risk high reward acquisition.
  25. a700hitter
    Organizationally, the Red Sox have not focused on holding runners, but that has been exacerbated by catchers who took forever to get out of their crouch and release the ball. You could make a sandwich and not miss the end of the play by the time Varitek and Salty delivered their throws -- slower than third class mail. For you youngsters, they were dialup speed. We were always far below league average in CS% in those years. We came close to league average in 2013 thanks to David Ross's 41%. Salty was well below league average. Last year when we got rid of Salty and got some guys that had feet that were quicker than a glacier, they exceeded the league average for the first time since the glaciers formed.
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