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  1. jad
    Oh, I watch when I can too. But doesn't 'this season is better than the last two' only mean "They likely won't end up in last place"? That's astonishing given the years of Betts, Bogaerts, Papi!, JBJ, even Pedroia and of course Leon, as well the unexpected improvement of Hanley (none of them were expected to play as well as they have) and the acquisition of two of the best pitchers in the league.
  2. jad
    Finally! Got the hitting to match the pitching! It really sucks to lose 2-1 or 9-8, and to waste good hitting or pitching performances.
  3. jad
    As long as once league-leading hitters swing at 3-2 pitches that bounce in front of the plate, he should be fine.
  4. jad
    Didn't see it, but it must have been awful to inspire a string of subjunctives and conditionals like that! (If we had some ham [hitting], we could have some ham and eggs [wins], if we had some eggs [pitching]) Glad you survived it.
  5. jad
    The other problem is that, contrary to popular belief, the air is lighter on humid, drizzly days, so a pitch like a knuckleball probably doesn't move as much. Might be true of curves too. (It's also true of hits, although announcers persist in describing moist air as "heavy", which it is not.) It would be easy enough to check stats on this, although I don't know if anyone has.
  6. jad
    Taking the bat out of the hands of a .400 hitter in order to bunt is the kind of Old School move that has served the Sox well in 3 of the last 4 years.
  7. jad
    Wasn't this week a time (we were told) that the RS could 'put some distance' between themselves and Baltimore? Well, at least in that, they have succeeded.
  8. jad
    Yeah, that had to be tough on him, going in with an 8-0 lead. Obviously, he was just trying to get it down to something more comfortable, where he would have that focus. Can't understand why Farrell took him out once he got there.
  9. jad
    Yeah, really. It was only one bad inning out of four, and even there, there were only a couple of home runs. Why hell, if you do that at the plate, you'd be hitting .750! And your HR numbers would be awesome.
  10. jad
    Ah. I see you posted that after the third. How are you enjoying this now?
  11. jad
    I assume, if the rehab is so short, they must be taking the option often said to be chosen by athletes for small tears: just snipping off the torn section, rather than trying to surgically repair it. Theoretically, you end up paying for it later. (Of course we have no information on any of this, but then, that's in keeping with most of the discussions here, no?)
  12. jad
    Ouch! That was ugly. Looks like he'll be back on the DL.
  13. jad
    He must have assumed that with a throw like that, there would be a play at the plate?
  14. jad
    As long as hitters keep swinging at balls up around their eyes, Price should be fine.
  15. jad
    "Without naming names?" ... Why? these are entertainers, not overly sensitive colleagues. Say who you are talking about so that the rest of us can discuss it.
  16. jad
    L.A.? Then perhaps, like me, you turned to NBA news for some relief from this horrific game and discovered that the Cllippers' GM, instead of landing Kevin Durant, just paid $36mil to re-sign the Clippers' coach's son?
  17. jad
    Ha ha! Never touch the stuff. But I do kick back occasionally and think of the glory days of the RS in the late fifties and sixties, while musing on their performance in 3 or the last 4 years.
  18. jad
    A realistic view is that the RS have still not figured out how to deal with their "dead money": around $150 million owed to players who (1) are on perpetual DL and show no signs of committing to getting in playing shape, and (2) are not major league calibre and have been waived. Then there's another 70mil or so that 'might' be funding an average first baseman. That's several years of team salary for some clubs. Now it's time to deal with an underperforming pitching staff, all the while hoping that the miraculous year of Ortiz, Boggaerts, JBJ, Ped, Betts continues. Given this, .500 seems about right.
  19. jad
    And 4Ks for JBJ. Where is the legendary hitting coach who got so much credit during his hot streak?
  20. jad
    I don't know. It looked to me like all his pitches were up, both FB and off-speed. (except for one ... but that one also got tagged). Announcers said his speed was slightly off ~90, and there aren't many major-leaguers who can't hit naval-high fastballs that speed. (I missed the last two innings, but I'm happy to see no one ripped Farrel or went into doom and despair mode when they brought in Koji--I assume he had his unhittable splitter going, which he was keeping very straight and very high his last appearance.)
  21. jad
    Alas, in right center field--the only location that is considered a strike.
  22. jad
    How does not having the dumb-ass manager having the chance to argue balls-and-strikes with the ump take away anything from the game. The staged and theatrical managerial tirades face-to-face with the ump are embarrassing. It's not allowed in any other sport. The problem with baseball is that there is no way to penalize this behavior except with an ejection.
  23. jad
    I don't like him either. But I believe that's only his second blown save of the year.
  24. jad
    Ha! Too bad there's not a deck of free players around full of aces.
  25. jad
    I'm wondering: check out the video on ESPN. Do you see these flaws? (And do you think JBJ actually made a conscious mechanical adjustment?) I ask because I'm wondering what hitting instructors do, and what they did (if anything) to correct a couple of streaky RS hitters in the past when they were in their severe slumps (Boggaerts, Nava, JBJ himself of course, Ellsbury ... I'm sure there have been many others, maybe even Allen Craig). (Let's hope they leave JBJ alone for the time being, but I imagine teammates and coaches are treating him like a pitcher in the midst of a no-hitter.)
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