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  1. Bellhorn04
    Papi's last 6 games: 421/542/789 How's that for some sweet cherry-pickin'? But seriously, an occasional day off is appropriate but we still need him in the lineup.
  2. Bellhorn04
    He knows he's not going to be the closer. He certainly wouldn't be taking over for Chapman with the Cubs.
  3. Bellhorn04
    We'll have that cloud hanging over us for the next few years right? Good times.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Sure. David's farewell season is going perfectly in every way. I thought we lost him when he fouled that ball off his shin but that turned out to be nothing.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Mookie almost needs another nickname, like the Memphis Mauler.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Hammy...keep your fingers crossed.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Mookie Betts, the 172nd pick in the 2011 draft.
  8. Bellhorn04
    If he keeps pitching like he did last start the love will flow.
  9. Bellhorn04
    True. You are, however, the one who wasn't content with beating it to death in one game thread and had to bring it into the next one as well.
  10. Bellhorn04
    But doesn't this kind of point out the fact how absurd it is to have Wright running, when we know he isn't a proper baserunner?
  11. Bellhorn04
    Oh man, that's really laying it on thick LOL.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Like I say, one of the beauties of this game is that you can have debates about stuff that go on forever.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Now I'm reminded of the Monty Python sketch about the election. There were 3 parties-the Sensible party, the Silly party and the Very Silly party. Next to the Very Silly party, the Silly party didn't look that bad.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I handled it differently. I followed the reactions on the game thread here.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I didn't necessarily agree with the move, I wouldn't have complained if Leon pinch-hit. I think Farrell wanted Holaday behind the plate for the 9th because he'd been doing a good job calling pitches and he was more 'into the game' than a cold Leon would be. As I say I didn't necessarily agree, but I think that's what the reason was.
  16. Bellhorn04
    This stuff is all interdependent. Pedroia is the guy who is making the move look good. Mookie, BTW has a nice little OBP of .415 since July 1. He'd be great in either the 1 spot or the 3 spot. The problem was that Xander was struggling in the 3 spot.
  17. Bellhorn04
    You also said Francona wouldn't even make a list of the top 40 or 50 managers, which is a real head-scratcher.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Good base runners know how much lead to take, how to round the third base bag properly and how to slide etc. There was really no reason to think Wright would be anything but s***** at all the necessary skills.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Wright might be a little faster than Ortiz but you can't really expect him to have much clue how to run the bases...so it doesn't seem like much was gained replacing Ortiz with him.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Run differential is a good correlator, but I don't put much trust in it. The 2002 Red Sox won 93 games with a plus 194. The 2012 Orioles won 93 with a plus 7. It's all subject to the vagaries of randomness.
  21. Bellhorn04
    You two are my co-heroes on this topic.
  22. Bellhorn04
    That is true. I presume it's because foot speed makes a bigger difference when trying to score from second on a single. But if the concern was about Papi's health they should have pinch run right away, and if it was about foot speed Wright was a questionable upgrade. It's certainly true that all the scrutiny of the move is because of the injury.
  23. Bellhorn04
    I still can't absolve Farrell for this one. I think letting Papi run for himself was an option. After all Farrell didn't run for him until he went from first to second on Betts's single. If Betts had hit one in the gap Papi might have had to run from first to home. It seems like Pomeranz was the logical choice among the pitchers, since he has some experience running the bases this year. Wright had never been on base in his life in a real game.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Porcello didn't look so relaxed last year either.
  25. Bellhorn04
    You also have to consider that the team that scores first wins a hefty % of the time.
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