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  1. Bellhorn04
    You're right, but I guarantee the pitcher is not trying to throw a ball in that situation. Also, if you throw a straight fastball down the middle, major league hitters are usually going to crush it. If pitchers threw nothing but straight fastballs down the middle major league hitters would probably be hitting .600 and games would be won by scores of 30-25.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Golfer Rickie Fowler, who is tied for the lead after the second round of the Masters, put a smile on my face yesterday when in his post-round interview he used the word clutch in talking about how he played the 16th and 17th holes. Pro golfers think in terms of clutch and choke a lot.
  3. Bellhorn04
    No. The definition of high leverage situations is what needs to be refined. In my opinion.
  4. Bellhorn04
    I'm repeating myself, but I believe that the sample of true clutch situations is just too small. I think some of the researchers have said this. A late and close situation in April is not a true clutch situation that will show any separation between players. No major leaguer is going to be choking very much in those situations. Just my opinion.
  5. Bellhorn04
    I understand the frustration, I hate blowing games too. With regard to the managing though, I think Farrell actually tries to follow the philosophy of Francona, which is to 'manage the season', and that's why you try to avoid burning out your closer in the first week of the season. Managing our bullpen is going to be tricky with both of our 8th inning guys on the DL, and we're going to see some ugly results. 'We need somebody to step up', as the saying goes.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Agreed - I think the 'magical elevation' idea is wrong. It's much more likely that pressure affects some players negatively than it affects anybody's game positively. Pressure is a negative on performance - that hardly seems like a controversial idea.
  7. Bellhorn04
    One might argue that hitting itself is not a precisely repeatable and predictable skill - there will always be random samples of total futility.
  8. Bellhorn04
    In that case there was nothing to be frustrated about.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Do you think it was randomness or choking? (Sorry Kimmi...I tried to resist but I couldn't.)
  10. Bellhorn04
    In 2013 he actually just had one really bad month, June, and the rest were all good to excellent.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Lester? I dunno. Except for 2012 he was a consistent winner...his career record with us was 110-63, a .636 winning pct.
  12. Bellhorn04
    How about a switch-hitting catcher hitting a 3-run jack to win it in the 12th? One of the beauties of this game is that rare stuff happens all the time.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Sandy baby! The guy is becoming one of my favorite players.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I must say they're efficient things though.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I still remember my first visit to Fenway and my shock when I first saw one of those troughs.
  16. Bellhorn04
    But what exactly are you trying to say - that the Sox hitters were all pumped up in the 5th inning, but were just screwing around in the other innings?
  17. Bellhorn04
    Holt has a tendency to get off to a hot start and then fade. So once his hot start is over you phantom DL him and bring up Marco. Can't believe nobody else has suggested this yet.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Now don't forget our old friend the Fenway Factor...
  19. Bellhorn04
    That's a bingo. Took us long enough to figure out, huh?
  20. Bellhorn04
    C'mon, if you can't watch two sporting events at the same time you're not even tryin'.
  21. Bellhorn04
    That's right. You and I are 100% in agreement on that point.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Oh, I get it...since I was a kid I've always wanted there to be a real Loch Ness Monster.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Sorry man, I wasn't disagreeing with you at all...I was just adding to what you were saying.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, there are a lot of fans who think they know what the right move is...the funny thing is, though, they not only disagree with management, they disagree with each other a lot of the time.
  25. Bellhorn04
    With regard to the Sox getting 6 straight hits against Cole - this is how you get 6 straight hits - you do it against a pitcher who is unraveling, basically. There's a razor-thin line between success and failure at this level - if the pitcher is getting a little fatigued, losing velocity, starting to miss his spots, major league hitters will have much more success than they were having when the guy was throwing a little harder and painting...
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