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Seeing no-names win majors certainly weakens the case for the current generation of elite players.
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The team philosophy is to concentrate on the batter, not the baserunner. A lot of stolen bases on the Sox don't even draw a throw.
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Nadal is better.
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Today's player putts on impossible greens, registering 12-13 on the stimp meter. The greens of the 60s were furrier, held approach shots better and were a lot easier to putt on. That said, I think Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack were the best before Tiger. But he'll pass them soon.
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I love home runs to dead center field.
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True. I was just pointing out that he had multiple options that were better than leaving the rook up there.
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Or Pedroia.
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Yes. It's obvious that Big Poppycock can't get around on an average ML fastball now that he's de-juiced. Putting him up against Verlander's heat is just forfeit.
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As somebody who has been to more than 400 games at Fenway, I still get goosebumps walking up the ramp adjacent to section 17 before a game. The site of the imposing green monster rising out of the pristine green field always gets me.
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Youk and Porcello both get 5 games; Jackson fined
rhet replied to YanksHater213's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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I had my best round in years this past weekend. 36-39-75. Solid tee to green, and no doubles. For longer putts, keep in mind that distance control is more important than line. And it's all feel. Getting yourself into a rhythm is critical to putting well.
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Folks, the object of the game is to score runs. Working a walk with RISP - while certainly not a bad thing and certainly better than making an out - does not usually score a run, which, as mentioned above, is the object of the game. That walk leaves it up to someone else to try to drive the run in. OTOH, getting a hit with RISP usually produces runs. But when your BA with RISP is .045 lower than it is otherwise, as Drew's has been the last three years, you are not carrying your weight. That's my opinion. Now, it appears I'm not convincing the Drew supporters here. I don't have any other evidence to offer, nor is it needed. So let's just agree to disagree on this.
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My point about moderately paid players with relatively high OBP is that the value of a high OBP player, absent consistent production, is relatively low.
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I didn't make any point about Torii Hunter.
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The question isn't whether Drew is a good guy or can manage to get on base the 37% of the time it doesn't matter. The question is whether he's worth $70 million. And that's a very easy question to answer by looking at his production.
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Irrelevant. If he's not producing runs, he's not worth the money.
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Jack Cust has the same career OBP as Drew and only makes 500,000.
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Then you probably loved Mark Bellhorn.
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Drew BA with RISP 2007: .237 2008: .269 2009: .173 BA with RISP 2-out 2007: .213 2008: .178 2009: .229 FAIL
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This year, Drew is hitting .173 with RISP (.667 OPS. And frankly, working a walk with runners in scoring position is not my idea of a winning ballplayer. But of course I realize that many here are overly enamored with OPS.) He simply does not produce.
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You could sit his $14 million on the bench every night and he'd make no outs. Would he be worth it?