Elktonnick
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Wade Boggs credits Johnny Pesky for his defense improving, Thats my point the Sox have no one like Johnny Pesky hitting grounders every day
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Your logical leaps continue to astound me. Golf pros practice to become better. Most amateur golfers simply do not have the patience focus or motivation to practice as much or as long as a touring pro.
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It is all about what is happening in the minors. I can not believe any knowledgeable sports fan would denigrate the importance of practice. Were you ever in the Service? As my drill Sargent used to say "the more you sweat in training the less you bleed in combat.
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Your logical leaps continue to astound me. Golf pros practice to become better. Most amateur golfers simply do not have the patience focus or motivation to practice as much or as long as a touring pro.
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I certainly agree that defense is being under stressed in MLB. Personally I think there is a lot wrong with today's game. They over emphasize raw power and velocity. I do not think this approach is sustainable over the long run. Injuries will continue to increase. The great ballplayers of the past emphasized flexibility. My father was a long time baseball coach who turned down a minor league contract with the Braves in the 30s because he did not want to leave his hometown. He would not let his players swim or lift weights. He did not want them to become muscle bound. That was the philosophy back then.
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Golf pros disagree. All they do is practice. Mlb players could spend less time in the weight room and more time in defensive practice.
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Those wins were during the DD Epstein et al eras. We are discussing AD.
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No The minors is where player development is supposed to occur. You are enamored with small samples Given the number of minor league teams in the Red Sox organization and number players filtering through it is not a small sample if they are not producing good defensive players which they are not.
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I do not think I ever said it was exclusively bad coaching. But I think bad coaching is a significant element. I have maintained for some time that Red Sox entire approach in many areas has been fundamentally flawed. We all saw pitching as one example which they are now trying to address. Defense is clearly another. Quite frankly I do not think the Red Sox have an organizational wide philosophy as to Defense. We have seen the turnover in the coaching ranks in recent years which appears to indicate turmoil in the lower ranks. I am sure that FO bureaucracy has all these little freedoms which probably make organizational alignment difficult.
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Depending on the position, baseball defense is about the footwork. That largely does not come naturally and has to be taught and practiced until it becomes instinctual. Devers is a good example. A high percentage of his errors are throwing errors because his feet were not properly positioned
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Yes of course. Coaching expands on the innate talents that young athletes have. Baseball is not an easy sport. It takes years of practice to hone skills. Many natural athletes were ruined by poor coaching, as the reverse is true many were improved and made into stars by great coaches.
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Defense is a skill that can be taught. The RedSox aren't teaching that skill to their minor leaguers very well. They are not good at developing their defensive skills as they did years past.
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Not at all.
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Re Ted Williams home run Fenway pary had a different configuration then. When they enlarged the press box and raised its height it cut the impact of the wind blowing out to right field. Furthermore Micky Mantle has documented hitting homers in other parks longer than Williems 1946 homer. So Williams home run distance is not that exceptional. Also Williams had better hitting mechanics than Casas. Williams had tremendous eyesight wrists and forearms. Williams eyesight meant he made exceptional contact and his wrists and forearms generated tremendous power through the zone.
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What I am saying is that Red Sox are not teaching.defense properly. Since Betts broke in, they have not produced any outstanding infielders. What I am saying unlike the Orioles for example which used to be famous for the Orioles way the Red Sox lower minors suck at teaching baseball.
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I know and that's what pisses me off
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Whatever it is the minor league system is underperforming. Too many guys reach the bigs unprepared.
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Because it is consistent throughout the organization. They have been rushing guys to the bigs before they are.ready.. Moreover for sometime the Red Sox strength and conditioning program is out of wack Too many injuries.
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Dalbec reminds me of Middlebrooks. I do not think Dalbec is able to hit any type of breaking ball.
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Those who criticized say it is a teaching disability not a learning disability
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There are those who complain the RedSox are doing a terrible job at teaching good fundamentals in the Minor leagues.
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Cora complains about defensive lapses but he seems to be at a loss of coaching techniques to correct them. This has been a consistent problem for years. Johnny Pesky was a great teaching coach for example Cora is not.
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Rumors around Boston are that Cora wants out because FO lied to him about the players he would have. Gee whiz Cora finally realized that Red Sox ownership tells Porkies as the Brits wouldd say. Imagine that!
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Once again the Sox defense stinks.
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We no longer need unions.