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I'm chuckling as I read many of these posts. DD gets beat up pretty badly here by some of you folks. Message is that he won't win with you. If his plan is not exactly what you want him to do, you aren't happy. Too bad! I'm pretty sure that he knows exactly what he is doing. You really don't think that he isn't scouring the landscape for potential veteran pitchers who might help us? I thought that at the least he would get some big shoutouts for adding to the analytics team. Not a word. He is a professional who is doing an excellent job.
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I don't really see the correlation between Clay and Bryce. Just me. I know that you can not be talking about me anyway because I don't remember saying much negative about the Bucksnort other than I think he might be a numbskull. I also don't think in anyone's case it is a matter of forgiving anyone for anything. I think that there are plenty of people here who have just seen enough of the Clay act and want to turn the page and move on. Good luck to both and i also am sure that others share that sentiment.
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Taters and Flies
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And if he doesn't like the information that he receives, he can get a second opinion from Mr. Steamer.
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That's why he is better.
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yup - I can see that after reading what I wrote. Must have been having one of those senior moments I have from tim to time I guess.
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Why do you think that I would disagree with Cora or any coach passing on any type of information to a player that might help him? i like it very much. I like the fact though that he seems to see the game from all different perspectives.
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Do you think that I disagree with this? I'm sorry if you do. It would be wrong. I think that I have been very clear that I believe in using every bit of available information to help create a winning program. I have never said that you absolutely feel that it has to be one way or the other. You might tend to lean one way - I might tend to lean a different way don't you think? It's all good.
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Like I said earlier - beat down but not beaten - I guess that I would kind of expect it from a very bright man who I think continues to be the greatest hitter of all time. I do not think that are an abundance of players who cold do what he could do mentally. But I get it here- raising the white flag. An overload of information quite often for the average human is not good. KISS
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To answer your first question, yes in a way I do. I'v known a lot of very bright athletes who believe in all kinds of things that I might not think are for real but most are pretty harmless. I agree with you although I really don't know about the number of smart players out there.
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No - Kimmi has not said that. She has said numerous times that she believes in the fact that there are some things that are just unmeasurable at work as well. I really wasn't trying to take a direct shot at anybody. Just defending my point of view which is a minority opinion here. Kim and I agree on many things relating to baseball.
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OH I'm sure that you are right. It's a brave new world. My guess and that is all it is, is that someone else (manager) is passing the information on to the players. Until it can be proven to me that a majority of the people actually playing the game are studying up hard on all things statistical, I'm going to continue to believe that a clear majority of them still embrace the KISS principle. My opinion is that there are people out there doing all of the data collection who truly want to play a large helpful role with respect to an age old game. I also believe that information overload can be a bad thing as well.
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me too!
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It is likely that you will be proven right here. I 'm really glad that none of these guys are going to be much more than small role players on this team. I think that Swihart might play a big role though.
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lol - my guess is that you might get beat down on occasion but rarely beaten. No ban for you. Great opinions and insights - keep them coming.
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The game of baseball is a beautiful game filled with all kinds of strategy that the average player could give two big shits about. The brainiacs as you like to call them seem to be out in force trying paint lipstick on the pig here. Best of luck to any manager who tries to convince these guys that what fangraphs has to say about them daily has any significance what so ever! Gets a big f***ing lol from me Spud but remember I am one of the old fools.
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Sorry Emp I think that I missed your point here.Outside of just a few tweeks here and there my ideal lineup would not vary much from what coaches have been doing very successfully for many many years. The Red Sox have the opportunity to have some legit power bats hitting in the 3-4-5 spots. I think Alex Cora will take advantage of it because he believes it is the way to go and not because he doesn't want to rock anybody's boat.
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I have not studied the metrics - shame on me I guess - but I am pretty sure that when it comes to defense Marrero is currently better than any of the other options. Please do not take this as me advocating for Marreo. I just don't think that you can totally overlook his infield defense. As for Swihart, I love the guy and truly think he will play a solid role for us this year, but it kind of seems to me that people here think that having him play positions at the ml level that he really has never played before will be simple for him. It won't be. One last thing - trying to turn Lin into an infielder outfielder is ridiculous. Our infield could profit from a good dose of defense.
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No one has even come close to saying that people should not consider any metric that might help them make an educated decision. I certainly would but ultimately my mind would not be made up until I saw him play. It seems to me that people who have great great faith in metrics do not even think for one minute that there is any other way to even help evaluate talent. I think that that is very sad. With respect to your view on pitchers - 6 to 6.5 really - 4 to 4.5 absolutely I would have to see him throw before I made up my mind.
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Honest to God Kimmi there are those among us who believe that a blend of analytical information coupled with a healthy dose of what has worked since the game was created is really the way to go. Guess I am one of those people. It just doesn't have to be one or the other.
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Some of this is not new though at all. Coaches have been experimenting with lineup construction for as long as the game has been played. Having what some consider to be your best hitter hitting first really isn't a new concept at all.
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Once again I think that is pretty much right on. Making any change just to prove a point normally turns out pretty pointless. I always have liked Alex Cora very much. Now I like him even more. I just happen to think that he knows how to coach and work with people. Some will say that his age makes a difference, I choose not to. He just seems to get it. Once again though what is this midwifeing the process all about? I know what a mid wife is but you have to explain that one to me. lol
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Who the hell is this fangraphs guy Spud? His name seems to come up a lot here. He must have been a hell of a player. I'm going to check in with Pedroia just hear to what he thinks of him. lol
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and how about that silly coach of ours even today talking about Martinez giving protection to our guys by being in that lineup. Being serious just for one second, he did say that he was not sure that protection does actually apply but seems good with the concept if for no other reason than Martinez's teammates believe in it. Call it whatever you like, believe in it or not, give absolute statistical evidence that it can not exist - our new enlightened Coach seems to think that it might. With a renewed interest in having power bats in the lineup doesn't it at least make any of you think that lineup construction might be a little similar to the way it has been for so many years before? I'm going with a big YES on that one. Power bats who can produce runs in the 3-4-5 spots.
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That to me anyway is an excellent point that most people would never want to see happen. I like Leon and in a perfect world which we don't happen to reside in we would be able to keep them both. If that old phantom injury list doesn't strike, then somebody will just have to go. I don't think that the Sox are going to be in hurry to simply release anyone. Why should they be. Once again if Swihart is healthy he is going to stay. I also am not counting on a near split of the catching position this year.