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1. robo umps 2. pitch clocks 3. allow pitchers to use sticky stuff 4. bring back the 2020 ball

It's a start.

Nope.

Please call me young again.

Average number of pitches is closer to 290 - 300 when last I checked.

At this point, notin is wondering "what is this guy going on about" and here is the answer. Yes, I'm old enough to know that Jeff Bagwell was traded. I was old enough at the time to have an opinion on the trade when it happened. Back then, the concern was that they were trading away Boggs' replacement as Bagwell had played 3b and wasn't the power threat he eventually became. While the playoff contender Red Sox of 1990 greatly needed bullpen help, thanks in part to trading Lee Smith (yet another future HOFer) for Tom Brunansky during the year, trading away a young promising player for only a few weeks of a reliever was a silly idea. The 1990 Red Sox weren't going to win the WS that year. No way were they getting by the A's in the playoffs. While a shortened rotation of Clemens/Boddicker vs Stewart/Welch is generally a toss up, the A's were just too good offensively (Ricky, McGwire, Canseco, Baines, Hendu). Ultimately, the A's were felled by the 1990 Reds who featured a solid young core of offensive players, a decent rotation and the Nasty Boys in the pen. Of the 4 teams in the playoffs, the Sox were well behind the Pirates/A's/Reds in terms of talent. So yes, it was pretty foolish to trade for Larry Andersen in 1990. No, they did not trade for an Anderson in 1991.

The only Anderson to ever pitch for the Sox was Jimmy in 2004. Everyone knows this.

This is the way.

Nick Yorke is hitting 469/525/994 in June. No homers yet, but that should come once he gets more time in the weight room. This comes after a dreadful May (didn't have a senior HS season last year).

No, we didn't.

Blooms?

Cora said they were going to work extra hard at fielding this Spring. Whooops.

Why? I don't even see one on their 40 man roster.

@ChrisCotillo The Ryan Weber era is over. Brewers have claimed him off waivers.

Adam Dunn laced up his cleats almost every day. Guys like Sizemore and Baldelli couldn't get out of the trainer's room.

I think you could trade him off to a team like the Pirates who could give you a meager return rather than just DFA'ing him.

He hasn't dominated at Greenville yet.

He's already on the 40 man this year while toiling in Greenville...

Kiké is good at getting on base now? My switch isn't moving Devers to 1, but just sliding everyone up one spot.

Is Jack Morris a better fit for the pretty girl whose clothes are a mess? Not that he's pretty in the least.

So my version would be the "ugly" girl from a 90's movie that is transformed into a beauty by the end of the movie? Like the potential is there, but right now it's pretty rough?

I 100% believe in the psychological factor. However, I think Verdugo was fine at leadoff last year. I think it's weird he's not there this year.

And wouldn't you want Devers at 5 to have more AB's than Kiké at 1?

Aside from 1993, Mark McGwire was a pretty healthy guy. Barry Bonds too.

Is that like a pitcher with an ungodly ERA but a decent FIP or no? Increased k rate, decreased bb rate, but a horrible BABIP?