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  1. Bellhorn04
    But as you have pointed out a few times, we still have one of the highest payrolls. And Bloom did spend enough this offseason to get us within a few million of the tax threshold. So I think it's fair to say the team was trying to do what they said, which was to field a competitive team.
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    1998. He waited till the postseason to blow one. (Sorry Tom.)
  3. Bellhorn04
    All I'm saying is this move left us a little shorthanded in the outfield. The trade itself may be fine, but maybe should have picked up another outfielder.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Yes. And frankly I had forgotten that Williamson had 3 saves in that series. And Timlin and Embree pitched 10 combined scoreless innings in that series. And all 3 were ready to go in Game 7.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Agreed, and nice analogy. Fortunately no one here has a time machine at their disposal.
  6. Bellhorn04
    The one questionable thing Chaim did this offseason was replacing Beni with Cordero.
  7. Bellhorn04
    I would submit that going back in the time machine and removing Price would be slightly risky. With him on the mound we won games 2 and 5 of the WS by scores of 4-2 and 5-1. Both of those games could have been lost with poor performances by whoever you would replace him with.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Yes, that's a fair point. I think maybe the real issue is that they should never have started tinkering with the baseballs to begin with.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Oh I know. We were just playing a silly game of "Which players can we retroactively remove and still win the World Series that year?"
  10. Bellhorn04
    We could have won without Eovaldi, since the only game of the WS he helped in, we lost. We're pretty much down to Pearce, and Beni for that catch.
  11. Bellhorn04
    And as Slasher used to say, we could have won that year without Betts. I think someone also pointed out we could have won without Kimbrel, too. Quite the little game to play.
  12. Bellhorn04
    I regret the Pablo/Hanley/Castillo signings much more than the Price signing. At least Price made contributions to success.
  13. Bellhorn04
    You must be the Anti-Ghost.
  14. Bellhorn04
    You're thinking of Snell being pulled in last year's World Series. The data is never going to guarantee the manager a thing. It's just going to show that the pitcher TYPICALLY starts to get hit more the third time through the batting order. Of course we all should remember that time the manager IGNORED the data that he was shown right before the game, and decided on his own not to pull Pedro...
  15. Bellhorn04
    FWIW, Baseball-Reference's current projections say the Red Sox only have a 23% chance of making the playoffs, while the Yankees are at 68%.
  16. Bellhorn04
    The decision on when to pull the starter is probably the toughest one a manager has to make. And all the data in the world doesn't guarantee you're going to make the right one. Just ask Kevin Cash.
  17. Bellhorn04
    And you're not going to win many when you score 1 run. The Baltimore pitchers were obviously on their games last night.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, that's a good point. It's not just that the ball doesn't travel as far, it's that the pitchers are able to spin it more.
  19. Bellhorn04
    You don't think Cora is a good manager. Most Sox fans think he is. It's just the way it is. Fans often disagree about managers and their moves. I disagree with you about Cora, but it doesn't mean I don't think you're a knowledgeable baseball fan. You are. With regard to pulling Perez, this is the way Baseball 101 is now. The 3-4-5 hitters were due up for the Birds, for the third time, and they're all righty hitters. And "pulling him if anyone gets on" isn't really a great strategy in a tie game, is it? If the first guy homers we lose anyway. It's all just opinions though.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Ghost sucks.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Except we should be looking at OPS+, especially this year.
  22. Bellhorn04
    They have no value whatsoever, other than as fodder for discussion.
  23. Bellhorn04
    I keep telling my boss that's what I'm doing...
  24. Bellhorn04
    Heyday is a funny word LOL
  25. Bellhorn04
    Bobby Poyner! Forgot he existed. He had some decent numbers in 2018.
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