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  1. sk7326
    Gomes is also a good on-base guy ... that's how he could sustain a .240 average without dragging the team down. A perfect L/R split between Nava and Gomes is probably not advisable since that means Nava plays a bit more than he ought to. I think Gomes has been playing more in the postseason due to Farrell's old timey tendencieis (proven vet hooey), and also because he is just a more dangerous hitter than Nava, albeit less consistent. If both are scuffling, Gomes has a better chance to hit one out.
  2. sk7326
    Say hello, arbitrary endpoints ... bottom line, Middlebrooks was struggling and Bogaerts was an option and the team was not hitting period. It was not an overreaction to give him a start - and he definitely gave them a spark.
  3. sk7326
    I don't think Abreu affected their view of Napoli either way. After all if Abreu warranted (to them) an aggressive sign, they would have laid out. 6/68 is a cheap price for the next Frank Thomas (which is probably a fair indicator of whether that is in fact true). Napoli was going to be the top 1B in the market regardless ... he certainly warranted a QO. Now that's probably what happens - where he gets a QO while they work on a 1 + option sort of deal that makes sense for all. In particular defensively he has been kind of a revelation. Nobody will confuse him with Keith Hernandez or JT Snow or anything ... but he is clearly a good defensive player at that spot (which he never was as a catcher).
  4. sk7326
    White Sox were pro-active. Good for them. Abreu from the scouting that you see - average bat speed, great resume - but already Cespedes' age. Lacks the athleticism of Puig or Cespedes. Basically you are getting a true 1B sort - not necessarily a ton of defensive value. He could be good - but Napoli will be fine for another year. Clearly, his raw power has not dipped. Wow.
  5. sk7326
    Agreed - although Bogaerts in over Drew or Middlebrooks is not really an overreaction ... it is fair to throw something at the wall with the season increasingly in trouble. I wouldn't call it a panic move to make a substitution at 2 of the team's flimsier offensive positions.
  6. sk7326
    Enough of a 50-50 ball that it could have dropped and he might be too slow to get home on that play without a head start.
  7. sk7326
    great play by ells, and the ball was in doubt enough that vmart couldn't tag up ...
  8. sk7326
    Peavy is good - I mean he used to be one of the handful or so of "true #1 starters" before his shoulder injury. He is a legit #2/#3 now ... his ball is moving like crazy tonight.
  9. sk7326
    I will say the 2003 and 2004 occasions were the lowest I've ever felt as a fan of this team (OK, correction it was the Butch Hobson years because we were a legitimately bad team and franchise but you get the idea) ... 2003 because it was so close. 2004 because it was so humuliating. Yeah it made the victory 100 times sweeter, so it was good in the big picture, but that little picture sucked. I thought I was not old, but I see so many here who seem like they don't remember 2004 that fully let alone years before it. 2012 sucked in every way, and 2011 was heartbreaking. But, and I can say this with a little bit of "been there, done that" ... as Bob Ryan put it, these are the "good old days" we'll be talking about a decade from now. This has been unquestionably the best decade or so in post-Bambino Red Sox history.
  10. sk7326
    I think you need to reread the 2008 one. It was TAMPA who took the 3-1 lead. Red Sox next night, 7 down, 7 outs from elimination got up off the mat, staged a miracle quite possibly as amazing as what they did Sunday, forced the Game 7 and then lost.
  11. sk7326
    The Red Sox pitching edge in this series has been basically that they can turn around 9 well pitched innings more consistently than the Tigers can. The starters are not as dynamic as the Tigers so far, but if you can go starter-breslow/tazawa-uehara ... that is about as effective a 9 innings as you can ask for.
  12. sk7326
    I think with Cabrera hurt and the Sox dealing ... Leyland doesn't want to give up a bat unless he absolutely has to.
  13. sk7326
    It was what we noted when the Peavy trade happened. The team can wheel out a #2/#3 starter every night out - yeah having Verlander/Scherzer/Felix/Darvish would be awesome, but the Red Sox have a starter who can compete every time out. And the starters have been able to (except for the Game 2 start) get to the Breslow-Tazawa-Uehara portion of the show with minimal help. Basically, if you could script a game to be: starter-breslow/tazawa-uehara ... you'd take that every time.
  14. sk7326
    This stage of the season, there aren't trap games. All of these matter - I don't think anybody is looking past any game. The Red Sox have had a coin flip go in a coin flip series. They could easily be down 3-0 ... or with one or two swings of the bat in Game 1 could easily be up 3-0. This series has been very very closely contested and no reason to think it's going to change.
  15. sk7326
    More of a preference for the guys who have gotten them there. But they valued Bogaerts ability enough to have him on the 25-man. The reps still are a good thing. While yes, the team could use a jolt - it is 7-6 in runs over 3 games. His struggles are nothing special - this series has been a rock fight.
  16. sk7326
    Honestly - nobody has been hitting this series. I don't see how you single out any player ... FOR EITHER TEAM. Tomorrow, while Fister is also very good, there is a chance that the Red Sox might get a few more quality looks.
  17. sk7326
    Well depends on the percentage. Runner at 2nd - 0 outs is a better proposition to score than runner at 3rd one out. If you only wanted one run, perhaps the sacrifice to 3rd helped. However - you bunt him to 3rd, you basically take the possibility of any sort of crooked number off the table. By this time the Sox had started to make some decent contact on Verlander - I think there was still a chance for a multirun inning as they had turned the lineup over. They did not want to screw that up. Ellsbury OR Victorino get a hit it's a moot point.
  18. sk7326
    The Drew one interested me too. That said, I am not sure how much Middlebrooks bunts in general. There was a rally to be started there I think. I could see both sides of it. I think Ellsbury WANTED to run, but Verlander's approach to holding him worked largely. I think he was uncomfortable getting a good jump. Also with Verlander throwing so hard and with a decently quick release - it was going to be hard to have that base stolen. With 2 outs, and Victorino leading off next inning, I see your point too. I think those were 50-50 sort of calls more than they were serious tactical lapses.
  19. sk7326
    Both AL lineups are stronger than the Dodgers lineup. The Cards is a little less sure, but still. Pitching though - both of those sides have scads of it. Particularly need to see the Cards kids delivering in big spots.
  20. sk7326
    I read that as Scherzer being a mensch - no reason to throw his manager under the bus either way. Waiting out Verlander didn't happen, but pouncing on one mistake did. Tigers have forced our best - and really, they have gotten it. Has been a helluva first 3 games.
  21. sk7326
    I think it is possible - but that position has not been an issue. The offenses have been dominated in this series - and that's ok. Our team can win this way too.
  22. sk7326
    Peavy this year was not great, quite a bit driven by the chest injury in the middle. Last year Peavy was a legit #2 who pitched 219 innings. Since he returned from his shoulder problems - he has not had to be babied largely. He - at this stage of his career - is a legit #3 sort of starter, which Guthrie (2 years older) until this last year and a half in Kansas City never has been. That allowed Dempster to move down to "at least we don't have to start Allen Webster" level which is valuable over a marathon. Iglesias has shown this year that he ... PROBABLY ... can be an acceptable enough hitter to be a starter. If he is really just a utilityman, then trading a utility guy for a proven #3 starter is a trade you make every single day. If he can be a legit starter - then it is more of a calculated move, the Sox dealing from a position of strength to shore up a spot. This team has won because their rotation has no soft spots. Let's put it this way - if Dempster is your soft spot in a 5-man rotation, that's pretty good.
  23. sk7326
    The team's collective approach has saved them over two games. Offensively it has been horrid for most of the series - but they chased both of Detroit's starting pitchers with virtually nothing. That says something about the discipline of the attack. Yes, Leyland could have stuck with Scherzer but you have to count on any bullpen getting 6 outs with a 4 run lead. Verlander is going to be much harder to wait out ... but the Red Sox will be better, because how can they not be? If Detroit spins start after start like the first two, we'll be eliminated no matter what we do. Has been a fun series.
  24. sk7326
    Buck is genuinely good ... but he has to drag a guy who is way too old to be doing this. His call on the slam was right on, and his work during the Game 6 of Rangers-Cardinals (probably the greatest baseball game since anything involving Boston-New York in 2004) was outstanding. I think Tampa gets a lot of love from these baseball types because what they have done the last few years is genuinely amazing considering their resources and the apathy of their fans. Boston wildly underachieved last year (along with a comical level of injury) - so their redemption is a little less fascinating. Ultimately not a big deal here - after all, the scoreboard is sufficient.
  25. sk7326
    the fenway LF helped there, just a perfect pitch to elevate and he is just so strong.
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