The Red Sox did briefly have a manager who pulled lineups out of a hat - Joe Kerrigan, who earned the nickname 'The Nutty Professor' while guiding the team to a 17-26 record at the end of the 2001 season.
We can't judge everything based on one offseason though. Philosophies can change quickly.
And right at the end of this one Alex Cobb signed a deal that was for even more than predicted, when it looked like he was going to have to settle for a small one.
I am very hopeful that Boone is a doofus, and he sure looked like one yesterday, leaving poor Betances in for 40 pitches and total humiliation.
I am very hopeful that Cora is going to be an excellent manager.
Meanwhile Boone is getting roasted by a lot of Yankee fans for his bullpen moves yesterday. They are also questioning having Judge in CF and why Gregorius was hitting cleanup instead of Sanchez yesterday. Too funny.
Here's a question: why is Tropicana Field such a hard place to score runs? Is it just the park dimensions? I wonder if it also has to do with the terrible-looking optics of the place and/or the atmospheric conditions etc.
7.1 of the IP were covered by 2 guys, which makes it sort of a piggyback game.
It's interesting if nothing else.
As someone cynically pointed out, when you're a team with no chance like the Rays you can experiment.
Wrong, Max.
Game 1 loss-181 posts
Game 2 win-210 posts (more than 181 )
Game 3 win-96 posts
I've tried to explain this before, but Saturday game threads always tend to have the least traffic. But some folks just don't pay attention.