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4/24 @ The Stadium with the Choo Choo
jad replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
As Bob Costas noted during the WS, that play has been an out for almost 150 years, and replay should not be used to micro-analyze plays like that. (Costas was referring to a pop up slide, where runner was clearly safe but bounced up, losing contact with bad for a split second. Obviously SAFE, but replay says OUT). -
4/23 @ The Houston Altuves
jad replied to User Name's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I think that now I can panic in good conscience. Or maybe, having been a fan since the 50s, I can just kick back and think about how stress-free things used to be in the bad ole days. -
4/23 @ The Houston Altuves
jad replied to User Name's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Vasquez and Bradley are responsible for this? Who knew? -
OK. I'm waited too long. Now I'm going to stop holding my breath and start into full panic.
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You mean the guys who allowed 0 runs in the next 8-1/3 innings? Sounds to me like those relievers put them in a decent position to win (well, until now!)
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OK. I've held my breath for a week. Is it too early NOW to go into full panic mode?
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By going one for three?
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Ha! As Lenin is said to have said: "Quantity has its own quality." I'll take 8-2 over 2-8 any day!
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Ricky ortiz!!!
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Ah. Porcello back in his groove.
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Article in ESPN today doesn't hold out much hope of PS's problems going away through any will or effort of his own. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15207437/pablo-sandoval-boston-red-sox-needs-hand-holder-former-trainer-says
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Well, I think I disagree with that--the bonuses were small potatoes. My point was that they seemed to be trying to do more than that: humiliate him into retirement, which would have saved them millions. I became an overnight Arod fan.
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I realize two days ago was premature ... is it too early for complete panic now?
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Agreed. (Wasn't it Mike Greenwell who refused to take money for time he was playing in Japan because he felt he didn't deserve it?) The only reason he should keep that money is so that the RS can't try what the Yankees stupidly tried with Arod in order not to have to fulfill their own terms of his contract--shame him into retiring. So sit your fat ass down there, Panda. Eat hearty. And take one for the team (i.e., the Player's Union and the CBA).
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(Oops! I thought you were talking about Sandoval!)
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Hey! He's 4 for 5!
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Make that 0-4. 3Ks. One ball in play. One walk. That's ... let's see (3 x 3) + 4 + 1 ... pitches that count, plus 1 E plus an assist or two ... times one million ... gotta be about 19million, no?
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Wow. Nice line: 0-3 with 3Ks, one error.
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Is it too early to go into full panic mode? Because I don't see anything in this rotation besides Price that is preventing me from doing that.
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Criticizing a professional athlete for being fat is not 'fat-shaming.' It's not a moral issue (perhaps Sandoval is a fine family man who rescues puppies). It's a performance issue: he can't move the way professional infielders have to move. Basketball prospects might be too short (tough bananas). A distance runner who put on 40 pounds while working tirelessly for The Greater Good is not going to be able to compete on the course. And a player who broke a leg (even if through no fault of his own) will not be able to play. So bench the f** f*** (oops; I mean "him").
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The harm is you're not playing the players who have proven to be the best. (I wonder if this is in part why Stephen Drew never seemed to correct whatever went wrong when his avg. plunged to .100 -- why should he bother, since he was playing every day anyway?)
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I don't see those "obvious financial reasons" for playing P.S. You are paying two 3B about $20million. That's what you pay regardless of which one you put on the field. Why does it make "financial" sense to play the more expensive one?
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Don't worry. All is well. Sandoval says "he has nothing to prove," and undoubtedly he won't.
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It isn't unreasonable to imagine JBJ saving a hit every 3-4 games, is it? (He seemed to do at least that well last year.) And since saving a hit in the OF is equivalent to getting one at the plate (is it not?) he would have to be a horrendous hitter to justify leaving him on the bench.
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Only the Red sox can argue that their plans have been thwarted and their hopes dashed by players (Ortiz, Shaw, Holt) playing better than expected.
