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What better end to the season than re-hiring the manager that took two of the highest paid teams in the league to consecutive last place finishes? What 'til 2017!
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Alas, the only way they got rid of Crawford's contract was to package him with one of the best players in the league--A.G. Unfortunately, they do not have any 'best players in the league' to help rid themselves of Ramirez' and Sandoval's contracts. Since it's not my money, I'd rather see them just eat as much of those contracts as they have to so that we can watch players who are actually interesting to see play. -
Unfortunately, winning ISN'T everything: if it were, many of us would have stopped following the RS 50 years ago. The formula for the Marlins (acquire high priced players then let them go) won one WS, but the organization doesn't have much to show for it in terms of fan support and interest. And I don't care about seeing the next batch of H. Ramirez's and Panda's come through until he finds a bunch that works. There is now a core of young players who are actually interesting to watch: Bradley, Betts, Boggaerts, Holt ... But if the idea is to trade them for yet another 20mill/year .250 hitter or 4.50 ERA big-name starter, it's not a formula for putting pennies in the seats long-term.
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I must be missing something. How can you not consider H. Ramirez' contract large?? It's 22million per year through 2019.
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They likely don't see what he's doing, or simply disregard the rule. Read the last sentence. "He shall not raise either foot from the ground ... except he may take one step backward, and one step forward with his free foot." No competent speaker of English could misinterpret that sentence. (I realize that excludes ESPN posters with juvenile avatars and middle school humor tags.)
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a) The Windup Position. The pitcher shall stand facing the batter, his pivot foot in contact with the pitcher’s plate and the other foot free. From this position any natural movement associated with his delivery of the ball to the batter commits him to the pitch without interruption or alteration. He shall not raise either foot from the ground, except that in his actual delivery of the ball to the batter, he may take one step backward, and one step forward with his free foot. This is pretty clear. The pitch is obviously illegal, and I'm really surprised they don't call it. It's possible they don't see how egregious his leap forward is in real time.
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That is clearly not legal. You obviously cannot run over the mound and throw the ball, and obviously you cannot jump toward the plate then throw the ball. Come on, umps!
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Nice clip during the game of Napoli taking 'soft-toss' b.p. and still making lousy contact.
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Cool. At least Napoli is being told that, unlike Drew, Farrell's man-crush on him is insufficient to keep him in the lineup with a .150 ave.
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Oh yes. Hitting, pitching, but especially defense and baserunning. It's all coming together now.
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Clearly, Holt should have been bunting, instead of swinging away. Then Betts could have stolen third.
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No worries. Even if Buch gets hit, the RS defense will doubtless bail him out.
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I missed the 12th inning. Even before that, it was one of the most amateurishly played and coached game I've ever seen. Tie game, slugfest, late--have your best hitter bunt. 1 out, runner on second, same situation--steal. Wait, how many outs? ... But a hit batsman, error, and stealing home (I assume that was a screwed up routine double steal?) in ONE inning?
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Maybe Ortiz can bunt now as well.
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Ah yes. Bunt. Because why would you want one of the best hitters on the team to swing the bat? No problem, because the steal sealed the deal.
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It's hard to believe that his strikeout ratio is the same as it's been through his career. He seems to have been on a tear these last two weeks.
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Napoli continues to show the consistency that has been his trademark.
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Bad, undisciplined fielding (not just incompetent, as in LF), and an innings worth of pitches in the middle of the strike zone. This mess is really unfixable.
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I'm told, (I wouldn't know!), that "vipbox" (e.g., vipbox.biz/baseball/ ....) will get you a decent stream with all sports. I'm also told (I wouldn't know) that there are a number of pop-up ads that may take you a while to figure out how to close efficiently.
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Good thing Ben blew up that pitching staff last year to make way for this one.
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Well, at least Napoli is a team guy and realizes the most effective way he can help is to stay out of the game.
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It was obvious to everyone after pitch 1 that De Anza cannot bunt. Why does the manager not know that? And having learned it, why does he continue to insist on him trying? Or is winning the game a small thing in comparison to the value of the moral we all learn, which is that everyone should learn to bunt?
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I don't disagree with you, but the mere fact that this argument is reasonable shows the extent of the RS blunder. Just when will that day be? After his bloated RS contract is up and he's a free agent??
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Span Poll: Can 2015 be salvaged for the Boston Red Sox ?
jad replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
With that payroll their target was "above .500"? That makes no sense. A record like that would have been a reasonable goal at half what they's paying for this dismal season. -
Delay? What's up?
