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  1. sk7326
    Dead men can't make weird pinch hitting decisions
  2. sk7326
    I remember the 2013 ALCS - Farrell outmanaged Leyland fwiw ... One would hope for something more contemporary.
  3. sk7326
    I am speculating of course - just thinking of teams that could offer major leaguers (or darn close) to the Sox for Lackey ... most teams that are buyers don't want to give up anyone decent ... Craig was the lottery ticket in the deal and clearly that has gone very very badly
  4. sk7326
    Time to cryogenically unfreeze Jim Leyland I guess
  5. sk7326
    Yeah - a few people did want to choke Harper. Those people are old. Unwritten rules baloney.
  6. sk7326
    That Kelly wanted to take the ball too badly?
  7. sk7326
    I think it's clear they are getting effort from all of the positions. The staff has struggled because Buchholz has struggled and Price has been terrible in two of his four starts. The other guys are actually doing more or less what you could have expected.
  8. sk7326
    The players are playing hard - the makeup and character are sound. On those fronts, I think we can defend Farrell safely. But the tactical decisions are odd - not Matt Williams 2015 horrendous, but there is a lot that is suboptimal. Their sub .500-ness is really a result of the starting pitching - with two losses tied directly to the $200M man.
  9. sk7326
    More than that, the Hall criteria for closers is pretty - well high is not the right word, but specific. Early guys have gotten love, Gossage, Sutter, Fingers (and Sutter was a very shaky pick). Since it has become a 9th inning job, the bar has gone up a lot higher. Eck and Smoltz got in, but also had a lot of good starting years to back it up. Papelbon right now is in the Lee Smith, Jeff Reardon soup - which is not getting a sniff right now. Really outside of Rivera and maybe Trevor Hoffman, it will be very hard to make the Hall doing that job.
  10. sk7326
    I don't know - I mean how many "buyers" at deadline team have useful major leaguers to give away? We know Lackey was not going to yield a crackerjack major league ready prospect (certainly not from the Cardinals who know what they are doing). So any major league return was going to be speculative - just take the prospects fergawdssakes.
  11. sk7326

    The Cubs

    sk7326 replied to iortiz's topic in Other Baseball

    Nice to take a guy Baltimore screwed up and fix him.
  12. sk7326
    The insistence by management that they needed players who could have a 2015 impact from their sell-offs was the baffling thing. They clearly limited their suitors because they wanted significant 2015 return. I have no doubt the Cardinals package was the best one given the straitjacket the Sox put on themselves.
  13. sk7326
    I am ok with Uehara having a bad night, holding a 1 run lead against the best offensive team alive. Kicking away 3 run leads twice (even if Baltimore might be good) is a different kettle of fish.
  14. sk7326
    Lots of blame to go around today - but ultimately, Price is being paid like a #1. And twice in four starts he has been unable to bring a 3 run lead home. I am not overreacting, but that is not good.
  15. sk7326
    With Koji's arm issues I don't like warming him up to not use him
  16. sk7326
    SSS abounds ... that said, I hope Price is not being paid by "3 run leads blown"
  17. sk7326
    To be fair I guarantee they did not anticipating having to use him on a Price start
  18. sk7326
    I also wonder if he felt a lack of support as well for 2011 ... whether they knew TJS was coming but they did not have his back publicly as he flailed through the season. That is more speculation on my part of course.
  19. sk7326
    When he keeps the ball in the park things have gone really well - I think this inning was the first run he allowed that did not involve a homerun
  20. sk7326
    Kelly can come back and be very valuable - just not as a starter. As far as the names bandied about for the next start, sign me up for Owens. Elias, Owens and Johnson are all risky - might as well take the one with the best ceiling.
  21. sk7326
    And I think #4 requires the player's consent - that is (with some service time) a player can refuse an assignment
  22. sk7326
    6-6 against (seemingly) a pretty difficult schedule. Lot to work on, but lot to like too.
  23. sk7326
    Yeah think he was looking change - that was a pitch he could have handled
  24. sk7326
    Sigh. On the bright side - four games against the league's best offense and the starters were all fine
  25. sk7326
    are they not pinch hitting young here? seriously? ok, maybe they think he is their best bet to hit a walk off, but come on retract - gamecast is slow
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