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  1. cp176
    I understand that the numbers don't lie and that the information is useful to have but every now and then don't you just have to go with the gut and manage? I did not see the game last night but Whitlock threw 78 pitches over the course of 5 innings and then was pulled. Unless there was something going on that I'm not aware of or possibly another plan for him, I don't get it. I would think that the time has come to see what you can get out of your starter if they are in the middle of a good one with a low pitch count. What are the numbers saying about our current success rate once the game is turned over to this bullpen? If winning is important, I think that I wouldn't be quite so quick to pull a successful starter.
  2. cp176
    How about Jay Groome's latest effort. Maybe things are falling into place for him.
  3. cp176
    I think that it is pathetic to think that any manager would pull a starter who is pitching well while throwing a limited amount of pitches simply because he is afraid of what might happen with a team seeing him for the third time through. I know what the metrics say but you have to coach to the moment regardless of what any one trend might say. With all of that in mind, I have to say though that I like our starting pitching and I think that I might like it more in a couple of months.
  4. cp176
    You said a great deal in this statement that does unnerve me. If this calculation can be adjusted to suit the needs of one side or the other, can others be adjusted to do the same thing? Watching Bogaerts start this season off the way he has tends to make me say that yup he is the best overall shortstop that has been in a Red Sox uniform. it would be an absolute shame to watch him leave. I also understand that we have some very good middle infielders at the lower levels but it is going to take a while before they are ready. Much of what we see and interpret can be "in the eye of the beholder" I guess but I have seen data adjusted mathematically also which does assure me that the old eye test still plays a very big role in talent evaluation.
  5. cp176
    Reed with a knockout punch for Portland last night. What a brawl.
  6. cp176
    hmmm - so does that make him a much poorer shortstop than he was yesterday?
  7. cp176
    Bloom's moves so far are looking very good. I like what I have seen. Obviously it is too early to make any kind of major judgement call on him but he has an eye for good talent. You can't keep them all though and when and if the big trades do come the judgements will come flooding in then.
  8. cp176
    Binelas and Hamilton have both looked very good so far.
  9. cp176
    Based on what I have read about the starts that the two prospects gotten in the trade that brought JBJ back to Boston, I feel fairly safe in saying that Bradley was a somewhat small piece in this puzzle. he is what he is, but the two we got in the trade both have come out on fire.
  10. cp176
    You are right.
  11. cp176
    I loved those times. Honestly, right or wrong by today's watered down standards, I still believe that if your primary goal is to make the playoffs as opposed to being the number one seed then your chances of winning the whole thing might be wattered down just a bit because of this approach. It is pretty difficult to turn up the jets all of a sudden if they have been on standby for very long. I'm not saying that it is a good thing but this saying worked for me athletically - "What I had i gave because what i saved I lost." It's an antiquated way to approach life I guess but oh well I sure hope my grandchildren will see it that way. It is a guarantee for success no matter the job.
  12. cp176
    No one in their right mind would disagree with any of this when looked upon through today's lens.
  13. cp176
    Correct - I think that the playoffs in general are so watered down and lengthy now though that it decreases the incentives to finish first in the division. i do not like that. Obviously it must be just me though right who feels this way. Unfortunately i guess I was raised athletically to believe that the goal was to finish first. It is likely that no amount of soul searching or criticism with respect to my beliefs are going to change them much.
  14. cp176
    Quite likely most people would agree with you. I would to a certain extent. I just don't share the same amount of joy i guess when any team can squeak there way into the playoffs and then get lucky. The expanded diluted playoff format makes me much less interested in the regular season than i ever was before. Oh well, the clocks not getting turned back. i much prefer watching a championship series that features 2 teams that have proven to be the best over the course of a grinding summer season.
  15. cp176
    ...and one more thing - no list like this is complete without taking a look at Felix Mantilla or maybe even my much respected Chuck Schilling.
  16. cp176
    Doug Griffin looked like the heir apparent to follow Mike Andrews for us at second base. His injury spoiled what possibly could have been a very good career.
  17. cp176
    oh what hands he had! lol
  18. cp176
    Without one ounce of doubt, I agree. competing throughout the entire course of a baseball season with making the playoffs your goal, makes for possibly a boring summer. You play to win especially at this level. It is why expanded playoffs and extended seasons just don't work for this fan. I understand that you can't turn back the clock but hey maybe we should just give a trophy to all teams that can break .500 and call it good. Or even better how about special awards to managers and coaches who can keep their players healthy all season? We ought to be able to reward all for just being there.
  19. cp176
    yup - I think that the most successful programs understand how important it is to give weight to all available information and also to understand it if they are planning to stay successful. I know that as a fan I tend to lean toward just the enjoyment of watching the game and how it is played. i would see things differently I think if my employment depended on the success or failure of what i was doing.
  20. cp176
    Pivetta with a solid outing, Bradley with another dinger and here we are - I love the game and what takes place during the actual playing of the game. I love hearing directly from the players who play the game. I keep my statistics simple but in my mind it doesn't make me old school. I guess what has turned me off actually to many of the "advanced metrics" is that in some discussions I have had with people I have come away thinking that although they were good with data interpretation their actual knowledge of how to play the game seemed limited. I think that as an individual, we get to decide what we like and dislike about the game today. If advanced metrics is what floats your boat, so be it. Personally I am much more into what is actually happening on the field.
  21. cp176
    The beauty of this is that I don't think that a comprehension of advanced metrics really makes for a better or in general a more knowledgeable fan of the game. I still believe in some of the old basics of the game that I grew up with that advanced metrics have seem to have proven to be nearly useless such as a bunt to move runners along as well as the stolen base. Taking these types of strategies out of the game makes it much less enjoyable to me to watch but as I said before, things seem to evolve.
  22. cp176
    I think that you pretty much summed up how I feel. Personally, advanced metrics for me entailed playing Strato in 1965 enabling me to learn basic math facts as fast as I could. I was motivated. When it comes to the game of baseball, i'm fine with using the tools that I grew up with to help me follow the progress of the players I enjoy watching. To each his own I say with respect to the ongoing debate. As an aside, in part due to advanced analytics, I cannot stand to watch an NBA game. Too many threes for me at the expense of much of the basic strategy that I grew up to love about the game. I worry from time to time that baseball is heading in the same direction. Oh well, things change and evolve I guess.
  23. cp176
    Hill leaves the mound - I was getting tired of watching him "get his work in" as he threw batting practice to the Rays.
  24. cp176
    when Frank went through the stairs, he cemented his spot in immortality for me.
  25. cp176
    What's a woman? Whoops, wait, did I just say that. I apologize to all who have a problem with what the definition could be.I just couldn't help myself but that softball was lobbed right directly over my plate.
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