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Let's not get carried away. Pitching like that would have been good for well over 100 games in a real season. But. you're right--anemic hitting makes the entire effort look worse than it is. -
Ha. That's why I included he last sentence of my post. I suppose my reply would be: would you rather have been a Red Sox fan in the second half of the 20th century, or a Marlins fan?
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IF the goal of a team were simply "win as many WS as possible" ... But that is not why fans follow a team. We get invested in players we have watched come up, or new players. I didn't enjoy following the careers of Yaz, Jim Rice, Boggs, or even Frank Malzone and Teddy himself any less because they didn't win a WS. The first WS was great; but frankly, after that, ... meh. So as a fan, my attitude is always if you HAVE an interesting and talented player, for God's sake keep him. That's why I watch. (And please, before reviling me as "not a true fan", note that I am not claiming you should have the same attitude I have.)
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Game Thread - 08/05 - Sox (Perez) at Rays (Yarbrough)
jad replied to TylerD's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
What's wrong with what the NBA has done? They've certainly handled this much better than MLB or (damn!) the NFL and NCAA. (Bettman is on a roll, I admit. Not only has he managed to salvage a season--at least, for now-- he also gets credit for the 3-man overtime, which I think ROCKS.) -
UConn becomes the first FBS school to cancel its football season, following other smaller conferences. Pac-12 players contemplating strike. Dominos beginning to fall. NBA and NHL are the only leagues to have developed serious procedures. I don't see how MLB can complete the season unless major changes are made (i.e., something more than Manfred spouting macho nonsense about not being a quitter.). But pathetic though the RS have been, I really hope I'm wrong.
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The Official Message to John Henry Thread!
jad replied to YastrzemskI's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Dear John-- Thank you for your shrewd business decisions! And esp. for your steadfast support of Bob Manfred, one of the truly great commissioners in sports histories. -
Yeah, my bad. I should have said not that I don't 'understand' it (I do), but rather (perhaps slightly less delicately) that I think the theory is f*cking insane!
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I realize I do not always understand the subtleties of business, but I do not understand the theory: "let's improve. And let's begin that process by getting rid of our most productive employees." This seems to me no more comprehensible that the 80s mantra which a number of us suffered through when bosses and administrators hit us with the koan-like principle: Less is more! (justifying increased work loads, lower salaries, and fewer jobs).
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Whew. Finally I disagree with you again (but only slightly). I think MLB is too concerned with having ANY playoffs to be much focused on who actually gets there. Then again, MLB adm is so screwed up, it hardly matters what they think or what nefarious plot they may have concocted.
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Mookie Betts and David Price have been traded to Dodgers
jad replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2020/08/01/dodgers-mookie-betts-does-it-coming-out-party/5561933002/?fbclid=IwAR1K38D6d1FcH8OHDtcRemTIxvI85RFSK6VftoklrmVEHz_Tp0KEcnHV318 -
Jesus Christ, you need to stop! I've been agreeing with you for months.
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... "Wow! If the RS win today, they'll be .500!" ... (What was I thinking?)
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Yeah, I think so too. And that math would then be accurate IF Mookie had signed for 370 for 4 or 5 years. (But he didn't, and the speculative calculation leaves out 8 years of Betts services).
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I don't understand the math (actually, the arithmetic) of this seeming pipe-dream. Mookie's 370 over 13 years is about 30/year. You're saying each of these three guys would sign a 13 year contract at 10/year? (Maybe they would; I hardly know who these players are). But that's the argument, correct?
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And again, they recommend the fast ball to Chavis.
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Love the Mets announcers explaining why they should throw EXACTLY the pitch that Vasquez just hit out.
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Damn! We're just 4 losses shy of a PERFECT SEASON, and it's almost August!!! Who would have predicted this??
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Grater-... and ... what's the other guy? (Gosh, remember when we were talking about Mookie, Price, Porcello? ...)
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Not sure why you're down on the NBA, which for various reasons seems to have a good chance of getting a legitimate season in. The NFL has come up with nothing (well, maybe Goodell crosses his fingers once in a while.)
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Don't forget to add the part about his dastardly and cowardly contributing money to help out the minor leaguers in the LAD system.
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Me too. Besides, I think with my Dr. Fauci-like slider, and Joe Kelly control, nothing I might throw would be hittable.
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Again, a thread on Will MLB Suspend the Season is 100% about the virus and various responses to it. It is also bound up in whether other sports, including college sports, will be able to begin their seasons. I'm happy to hear what anyone working in academia is planning to do (whatever their politics), since, being retired, I don't have to make such a decision myself. No one is 'breaking the rules' by dealing with these issues.
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That may well be. It makes no sense that he just wandered off the base like that. If so, it was a brilliant move!
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Don't they teach base-running in Middle school???
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I don't know about that. Didn't we start the "Fire Alex Cora" thread weeks before he actually began working for the RS?
