sk7326
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Bregman went 1 for 9 in the 2 games at leadoff. Bregman went 2 for 15 in the 5 game. Aside from the teeny tiny sample size problem - there is much more evidence that (gasp!) the Red Sox pitched him well than anything else. OUTS ARE BAD ... there was a reason Boston and Houston were both near the bottom in sacrifice hits. Productive outs reduce your expected runs in almost every situation. The game will always change - that's fine.
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The Astros were so defeated that both game 3 and 4 were on the table in the 8th inning at worst.
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The Red Sox were the best team in the league in 2007 - they got within one game of death. The Red Sox were arguably the best team in the league in 2004 - we know how desperate that got The Red Sox were the best team in the league in 2013 - they were never in dire trouble It's baseball - the best thing about the postseason is that it's a tense exciting way to determine a champion. It has next to nothing to do with identifying the best team. And that's fine.
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Bregman was inches away from a game winning double in Game 4. Price was brilliant in Game 5 and that's baseball for you. I did not know the NL switched to aluminum bats.
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Game 1 is Tuesday. So Price will have 5 days of rest for Game 2.
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Hinch moving Bregman had 0 to do with it. The Red Sox played horrendously in Game 1 and lost. Seriously, 10 walks and 3 hit batters would make it hard to beat Baltimore in mid-July. The Red Sox played better in Games 2-5 and won. The Red Sox were relentless offensively - not giving away outs. The bottom of the lineup - the real weak spot of this team all season, came through. Bradley and Devers had great series, and the catcher position was never a serious drag on things.
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The studio show on FOX is pretty good. I expect Boston to be favored in the World Series. At the same time, there is no such thing as a true blue "shocker" at this stage of the season. The Dodgers are probably a tougher matchup - but the Brewers could absolutely win the whole thing. And aside from the Red Sox having to be the ones to lose, it'd be a good story for baseball.
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Bradley was the deserving MVP of the ALCS. But Devers had a really good series and has had a pretty damn good postseason.
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It's baseball - the opponent will be tough. I think we've learned by now that any grand pronouncements of sweep or whatever is based entirely on expertise that gets pulled out of one's butt.
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Verlander has lost 1 career postseason game to an AL team - that AL team was BOSTON
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After the first time through the order, Cora will start watching the odometer. If Price gets through the order twice, Cora will do backflips.
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And some of it is having a really good opponent who has scouted the hell out of you.
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Colome is interesting - and since the Sox biggest asset ultimately is taking on salary, that could work. Diaz is still too good a bargain for Seattle to pass up willy nilly.
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that is a good question. It was bad most of the season, but after all the churn - the bullpen was actually pretty good in the postseason. Williamson was fine. The bullpen gave up 4 earned runs in 34.1 innings in the 2003 postseason - a 1.05 ERA. It took a while, but the Red Sox had a workable pen by the end of the season - regardless of Grady's hunches about it.
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Cora - for better or worse - laid out to win Game 5. So we have 3 chances to win this ... Barnes facing 1 batter allows him to be available today. Given that Cora clearly planned to get 6 outs from Kimbrel - Barnes being available was probably part of the strategy. I expect Eovaldi is available for an inning tonight - let's see if Price can get through the order twice.
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2013 was a good example. Uehara basically took the job because he was so much better than the other relievers. There is nothing special about the 9th inning - especially with a 3 run lead. Now you need a 9th inning guy - because pitchers like having defined jobs to a certain degree. But spending 30 million dollars or something stupid on it is silly unless it's 2013 Uehara or Mariano Rivera. I always cite Tampa who have been able to find closers by going through other teams' garbage.
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Like everything else with the bullpen, throw bodies at it and let it iron itself out. I certainly am not itching to give Kimbrel 3 years or anything.
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West is all of those things. But the call was not wrong. As I said, the Sox were lucky to get the call ... usually the interference has to be more blatant.
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Bogaerts has 2 hits too. And throw in Brasier and Barnes for good measure.
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TBS is pretty clearly the worst league partner that I have seen in any of the major sports. I mean if it wasn't for Brian Anderson it's all terrible.
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I don't think the call was wrong ... but it was a break that went out way. Usually I expect umps to call that a homerun ... interference is usually more blatant. We got lucky - to win it all, sometimes you gotta.
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some game - great outfield play, some clutch hitting ... obviously the fan interference was a ... well, if it happened the other way we'd be really pissed and not without reason. I'm not saying the call was wrong - but it was not obvious and it's not a call you usually ever see called. Hinch's comments are measured and sensible. (watching the presser) I am surprised Cora did not ask Barnes to get 4 outs. Will see if they can win a bullpen game tomorrow. If Price can get through the order once it'd be a victory
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The 2003 Red Sox, for starters
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outfield drama - right way for this to end
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he's feeling his slider tonight at least