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Oh oh.
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A-gon did not "suck" with the RS. He did exactly what he did elsewhere, hitting around .300. And until this year, he has done exactly that with LAD. The reasons he did not "fit in" acc. to many Boston fans had nothing to do with his production.
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Exactly. He joins that elite group of players vilified by Boston fans: among those who come immediately to mind-- Manny, Boggs, Clemens, Jim Rice, Buckner (of course), Ortiz (when he had a bad year), Price (17-game winner), A. Gonzales, Dice-K (18 game winner), and of course Williams himself. Not a bad line-up.
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Yup. I agree. This is the Pomeranz I was expecting to see.
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Not a Pablo fan, but refusing an assignment to Pawtucket has nothing to do with character-- it's simply a function of the CBA, which does not allow teams to 'humiliate' a veteran into retirement (eg, the A-rod case), and thus gives players the option Pablo now has. Pablo doesn't do the RS any favors by accepting the 'assignment' (no one expected him to), since he would only be taking up space that could be occupied by players RS want to develop (Devers). Even if he burned it up in AAA, there is no way he comes back to the team. Thus, the only chance he has of getting back in the bigs is by becoming a FA.
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Not sure Hanley is in the same boat: he had a decent year last year. What I don't understand is why they DH'd him, as he demonstrated pretty clearly that when he wasn't involved defensively (i.e., stuck in left field), his hitting suffered as well.
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Just watched Devers play last night. Holy crap that guy is good in the field. Lots of tough plays. His swing looks wonky, even by the standards of AA-ball, but he seems to be doing ok statistically. Incidentally BRING THE 20 SECOND CLOCK to MLB!!! What a joy to watch a game that moves right along without having pitchers take 30-40 seconds between every pitch. (Of course, all that was enhanced by the 30 hits, and the fact that the SeaDogs won 8-7 on the only HR of the night-- a walk-off grand slam on an 0-2 pitch -- don't think I've ever seen that!)
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Freakin' top of the order! One hit??? What a bunch of bums. Time to clean house and go into full rebuild mode. Start by getting rid of all the pitchers and position players. ...
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Wow. Just saw the recap. I was looking here for that thread TRADE THAT BUM PEDROIA WHILE HIS VALUE IS INFLATED ...
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Can't really blame JF if no one in the bullpen can throw strikes. I'm sure in a game like that, that's the first thing a reliever is told or how he is trained: whatever you do, DO NOT WALK ANYONE.
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Wow. Just freaking wow. But at least we now know why no one was willing to throw a strike.
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The first sports figure I idolized. By the time I watched him, his truly crazed days were behind him (he was playing with Williams and Jensen-- see Dustcover above). He gained a lot of notoriety and fame through Fear Strikes Out, which we all read. (I just realized that book and movie was contemporary with Rebel Without a Cause--both partaking in the cheap Freudianism of the day--"it's all dad's fault"-- probably why Piersall himself didn't like it.) It was hard to follow a non-local team then, and after he left the RS, it was as if he didn't exist. (Too bad--I would have loved to see him kick the butt of those fans in NY who presumably had been harassing Vic Power.)
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All stats matter.
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Well, all stats "work." Everything "works." It just depends on how you define what such things are supposed to do.
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It is always amusing to hear internet posters referring to professional athletes as soft or wusses or whatever words distinguish them from the bad-ass posters themselves. -
When you look at the replay, you see that the home plate ump called a hit batsman. That's the problem. He did not call a strikeout and passed ball. OK. Fair enough. Then NY must have said a "check swing" is not reviewable. So there's nothing they can do. When Farrell realized that (if he did), he should have asked the Home plate ump to ask the third base ump whether it was a swing. (Maybe that has to be done immediately? before going to replay?) Anyway, umpires aren't blind or stupid or dumb-ass, although a lot of those who accuse them of that (if they do so seriously and not, as most fans do, simply as a goof) likely are.
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I'll grant that the home plate umpire could not see that. What I don't understand is what the replay officials were looking at. (The play must be reviewable, right? Or is it not listed as reviewable? I can think of no other explanation.)
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Looks like a few breaks. So as long as you don't mind 50degrees, spitting rain, and an east wind off the water at about 20-25knts (and who doesn't love that?), they should be fine.
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Who is the worst pitcher in Red Sox history?
jad replied to Northern Star's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Dice-K? Please. Without him, there's one less WS for the RS. Can't remember the guy who came up years ago, and said he didn't know whether he should warm up or ask for autographs. He came in in relief, walked the first three batters he faced, and ... can't remember after that. -
What a Difference Big Papi Would Make in that Clubhuse---as Manager!
jad replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Fans love 'dirt dogs' (however they define them, which is often as an image of themselves). And Drew wasn't one of those. He just did his thing, no matter what the situation. And performed consistently throughout his career. (Not sure why GM's hired a .280 hitter expecting to get a .300 hitter). Oddly, and somewhat illogically, the other player I associate with that mentality was Manny--who was a hoot, particularly in the field-- but whose approach to hitting seemed the same no matter what the situation. He wasn't impassive, of course, but he just didn't change due to the drama of the game. (And it's fitting that the beloved dirt dog known for his bat-throwing outbursts after striking out--which was often--was Youkilis. My one regret about Manny was he didn't just beat the crap out of him when he finally went after him for doing this.) -
Well, statistics are better than memory! But according to what you sent me: he pitched only 13 for the RS over his career, and when Williams was playing, he pitched only 2. Since you have better access to this, do me a favor: see if you can look up those two and see if one of them was the game we were talking about. If you could demonstrate that my memory is better than my off-hand remarks, that would be very cool!
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I wonder if I'm remembering the same game. We lived in a two story house, and for some reason, there was a bell hooked up from the downstairs bedroom up. Every time the RS scored in that inning, my father would ring the bell, knowing that my brother and I were also listening to the game. Was it against the Yankees? For some reason, I associate Earl Wilson with that memory--but obviously he wouldn't have been pitching that late in the game (unless that was his no-hitter, which it wasn't!)
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I don't think B's 0-7 games is a function of where he hits in the lineup.
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6 games. 0-21 (or thereabouts). This is JBJ-esque, or like those infamous periods (two years ago?) when Xander couldn't get a bat on the ball.
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What a Difference Big Papi Would Make in that Clubhuse---as Manager!
jad replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Ha! With me, it was the intricacies of cheap beer and the ways of obtaining it.
