cp176
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Sorry - couldn't help myself.
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In Pomeranz i think the Sox got what they were looking for. A young middle of the rotation starter with the potential to get better. Some here are acting as though we were getting an ace via this deal. We weren't and didn't. I think that he has performed pretty much as advertised. A solid deal for the Red Sox. Obviously though he isn't what some want him to be.
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I also just don't like the idea of him sitting on the bench at all. A day of rest now and then like everybody else.
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I also think that the constant lefty righty platoon that we see today is grossly overdone. There is a time and place to play the odds but i think that in many cases it provides a manager an easy way out that is easily defended and often represents a case of over coaching.
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Oh i agree. I'm just saying that if there had not been a series of injuries it is at least likely that he would not have been called up.
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Actually, i'm not so sure Benintendi would have been called up if Young had not been injured. Good thing Young doesn't equal Craig, Sandoval, and Castillo i guess.
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Wish I had just seen the picture. i was 10 feet away from him in Portland and I'm thinking the camera might have made him appear a little larger than life. For his size, i bet that he is quite strong.
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Is that quantifiable? The thought of this is making me choke.
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I absolutely agree with this!!! Bringing him up and not playing him against lefties is ridiculous. If the powers to be truly felt that he is good enough to be here and help this club, he needs to be on the field.
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Moncada has also played in the outfield. The Red Sox have in general kept a lot of information in house. Good for them! In order to really know how he is doing in the field, we would have to watch him daily. The number of errors a player makes if just taken in isolation may not be all that telling but it is a significant stat. Taking everything into consideration, a really high number of errors is never a good thing. You lead the league in errors, it is a safe bet that you aren't a very good fielder. I don't think we are going to see him dh but before he plays in the bigs for anybody, he is going to have to be at least adequate in the field. Maybe there is someone here who has seen him play a number of times who could comment on how he looks.
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Correcto - who ever spends that amount of time to just try to determine the number of bad decisions made by managers before they cost games, might not be having a beer with me on the porch. Too much time in a dark room. I agree with you very much that there are many things that could come under the heading of "human element" that can not be statistically measured. Confidence, anxiety, stress, attitude of the clubhouse in general, as well as a feel for the game.
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Too many players and you didn't even list them all. I continue to believe that they will take care of any pitching issues via the trade route and that they will take care of the position of dh either by using Ramirez there ( which I hope they don't do) or by signing Encarnarcion or a player like him. I'm not a big advocate of stock piling ml ready players just to prove to everyone that you have depth. I'm guessing that the field of candidates for position players gets shortened thru the trade process.
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I think that you are right and that is a problem for me. It is no knock on him either because he is as tough as they come. To compete at the top of the food chain, you need a minor bunch of guys as tough as he is.
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Brian johnson had another nice start in Pawtucket. Pulling for this guy. I really would like to see what he is capable of when healthy. Good for him that he is back in action.
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They'll trade Moncada before they dh him. They'll get their dh but I don't see it as a position that a motley crew of players will share. Shaw, Swihart, Travis,Benintendi, Vazquez, Leon, etc. etc. etc. Trade will happen. Good news about Moncada is that he has a great attitude and would do just what they want him to. Thinking that he is going to dh though is just as ridiculous as thinking that bringing up Benintendi to anchor a position on the bench everytime a lefty pitches makes any sense at all. Oh wait - that is what it looks like they are going to do.
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I'll agree with that.
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Don't get me wrong - I love Papi - My opinion - No one has ever done what Yaz did in 1967.
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I should have been more specific. I don't care about the other teams. As good as we seem to look statistically, there is something or someone missing that needs to be there to push a team over the top. In my world, everything does not get statistically dictated. There are intangibles that cannot be measured. i believe that some players perform better in tough situations than others. I believe that some players do not tend to come through when needed most even when the stats say they should. I believe that good teams learn to do what it takes to win in situations that it appears that they cannot win in. As much as I enjoy watching this team, i think that they are soft. Hope I am wrong but I don't think that they have a tough enough edge to win at the highest level just yet.
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Yaz - the end
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I think that we do match of well with most of the teams we face. Obviously the schedule sucks. I also think that no matter what the stats may indicate, there is something missing here.
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Very good one here. I see the difference here being that we had Yaz on our team in 1967. I have seen no one befoe or since have a season like he had. In the field as well as at the plate.
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up where I come from, we just say - can't make chicken salad out of chicken s***! A good coach will do a lot to stay out of the way. If the players are actually good, overcoaching can be much more hurtful than undercoaching.
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Liked reading your post and agree with what you have to say. Our current schedule is just about as bad as it gets. I really like this current team but I will say that it just seems to me that there is still a missing piece or two here. Overall we are young but regardless of age, there just seems to be something that they need that they do not have. I think Benintendi very well might give us a lift but alone I would be surprised pleasantly if his contributions would be enough to get us over the top. Statistically maybe it looks as though the pieces are all right there, but they still have to be ahead at the end of the game in order to win it. 85/86 win team this season i see. Getting better and hopefully will continue to do so in the future.
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8/3 Benintendi Hype Train vs Seattle
cp176 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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8/3 Benintendi Hype Train vs Seattle
cp176 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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