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@JonHeyman Breaking: Alex Cora is back as Red Sox manager

Sarcasm worked great on that cursed thread we had that the mods had to close.

By "punt" I mean "just grab a guy on a one year deal (unless it's JBJ)." When they are behind in August, just trade them away again.

They have nothing over the hollow moon people.

Grullon 2018: 825 OPS Grullon 2019: 850 OPS (close to Tatis's crushing 869, no?) The dude can hit. He's only 24.

I think comparing Duran to Tatis at all isn't fair to him. Tatis is a future MVP winner. Duran is a future MLB regular. There is a huge talent gap there.

Not yet. I think recent experience should be weighted more. it's not hard to do. They just haven't gotten around to it yet. I think there are better ways to quantify expectations than what we have now.

That actually sounds fine with me considering the amount of positive COVID tests this country now has. Is this a conversation that you think will be healthy for the board, moon?

Per what happened with Kevin Cash, the exact opposite would happen. There would be no discussion because the computer would take the decision out of your hands. It would speed the game up.

Talk to the mods about that one. It's not a poll option.

"Downs only has a few AB's above A." He faced much better pitchers last year at the alternate site. Coaches think his problem isn't talent, just that he doesn't take practice as seriously as he needs to. I don't think he makes the opening day roster, but if he plays well in AAA, he should be promoted. I think the Sox should punt on 2b or just get a guy for 1 year. I don't think this team will do better than WC contender. No reason to sign high priced contracts unless they are guys that can help you 3-5 years from now.

It doesn't. I'm not sure that's ever harmony's point.

Robot umps make the game better. Getting balls and strikes correct is important. It will also speed up the game.

Josh Tobias @TobiOneKenobi5 announced on Twitter that he is retiring and has joined the Red Sox pro scouting department. Tobias was acquired in 2016 from the Phillies for Clay Buchholz. He split last year between AA Portland and AAA Pawtucket.

He should try to grab a Senate or House seat in 2022 first.

Gollum did nothing wrong.

The glitches sound fun! Players were rated from 1 to 10, but the editor allowed players to effectively go up to 15 (after which it reset.) Players with 15 pitching speed, for example, could reach 100+ mph on their fastballs. Players with 15 running speed were already on second on a stolen base when the catcher's throw was 2/3 of the way to second. Also, any player with a runner rating higher than 10 could never be thrown nor tagged out. This meant that every such player would automatically get an inside-the-park home run on any ground bunted ball. The pitcher never covered the bag on grounders to first. This would result in more infield hits than normal on the PC version. In the Amiga version, the pitcher covered first if the ball was far enough away from the bag, but would still fail to cover first on balls closer to the line, leading to unwarranted infield hits. In some ballparks, especially user-created ones, the AI wouldn't get an outfielder to pursue a shot to a corner. The players would just stand around, snagged on some wall artifact, while the batter rounded the bases for an inside-the-park home run. When this would happen, the game would freeze and the user would have to use cheat command of Shift-6 to end the play. With a runner on first and second, a human player could deliberately hit a ground ball knowing that the computer player would never get an out. The computer would throw to third base on every occasion in an attempt for a triple play, resulting in every base runner being safe. This exact same glitch continued in Earl Weaver Baseball 2, as well as many other Electronic Arts baseball simulations for years into the future. If the only runner was on second, a ball hit to an outfielder was not recorded as an out. Therefore, when the ball was hit the runner did not have to tag up so the runner was off on the crack of the bat. If the outfield caught the ball above the outfield fence line, the game locked up. Cal Ripken Jr for SNES was fine though.

You can still play the NES "Baseball" on the Switch. The only other current baseball game is Super Mega Baseball, which I haven't played. I think it's more like The Bigs (which I really enjoyed back in the day). All time best baseball games IMO: 2004 MVP RBI Baseball (NES) Baseball Stars The Bigs MLB 2K8

Bring in as bench coach since he has no coaching experience?

What's in the box?!?!?

That game hasn't existed in 15 years...

Ye of little faith!

Real baseball.

Grullon OPS'd .833 this year, sir!