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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.
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No one in their right mind would disagree with any of this when looked upon through today's lens.
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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.
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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.
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...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.
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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.
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oh what hands he had! lol
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hill leaves the mound - I was getting tired of watching him "get his work in" as he threw batting practice to the Rays.
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when Frank went through the stairs, he cemented his spot in immortality for me.
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Red Sox trade Hunter Renfroe in trade involving Jackie Bradley Jr
cp176 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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. -
That was a sad time for me.
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Bob Tilman and Rus Nixon.
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I still loved those early 60's teams. In 1966, we really could see that something new and fresh was coming our way. It was great baseball. The current number of teams and the likewise number that make the playoffs makes me believe that we would have had numerous other chances with some of those early 70's teams if the format had been different.
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Red Sox trade Hunter Renfroe in trade involving Jackie Bradley Jr
cp176 replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Wow - look at those names. Is it even possible that in addition to being treat hitters they had something else in common? hmmm -
I remember that 72 season. it was cool to have a chance to see some of the greats who played the game in different times.
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when I considered my top three, I kept the choices simple and really only thought about their performances as Red Sox players. In my mind Aparicio obviously lays over the field when you look at all the other Red Sox shortstops. He would have to be in the discussion of who the greatest shortstops of all time were. I consider myself very fortunate that he was in his prime when baseball topped my list of things to do and pay attention to. Man oh man could he play. He could run just a little too. Aparicio and Fox up the middle - Not bad!
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Ain't that the truth. I was indoctrinated even earlier. I have to say though that I have come to appreciate the talent some of those old time Yankees had.
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So true - Not a lot of love for little Louis here. He wasn't here long but he could play. Considering everything i guess I would go with Bogaerts - Valentin - Nomar (I guess) I never saw Pesky play. Others that I really liked - Aparichio, Petrocelli, Burleson, and of course Eddie Bresseud.
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He had problems with the routine plays. Moon - I'm joking kind of here - He could get to balls that many shortstops just couldn't get to.
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I love me some Nick Pivetta. I would have no problem having him lead us off. Obviously going to be Eovaldi, but I do like Pivetta.