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  1. jad
    I think the main problem is that we fans sometimes think professional athletes should be as bad-ass tough as we are. But they're not, and sometimes we just need to drop the free weights, put the brass knuckles back in our pocket, and accept that.
  2. jad
    I believe there were studies showing that bunting was not statistically effective even as early as the 60s. It held on, I think, only because pitchers had to hit, so yes, with a guy batting .083, maybe a bunt was a reasonable option. But MONEYBALL (wasn't it Moneyball?) went so far as to claim the only thing that kept it going was the lure of the word 'sacrifice'.
  3. jad
    rafy? mookie?
  4. jad
    Loserdo is going to be thinking about that foul ball for a long time, poor guy.
  5. jad
    Besides, you don't want to squander all those millions you made getting rid of Devers. (Damn, G. is leaving a lot of pitches on a tee.)
  6. jad
    As is the case with most Yale folks, the concern is not what they know, but rather what they do.
  7. jad
    Ha ha! Actually, I wouldn't give myself that credit, since I haven't even gotten to the level where I understand what anyone is arguing for.
  8. jad
    Since Breslow had just proven he was willing to let anyone go, why would any RS player speak up against this move? The 'bad team-mate' narrative manufactured by RS front office is not supportted by any current player, and flat-out contradicted by those (e.g., Bregman) who have spoken out. Meanwhile, JH just picked up 30million/year, so I guess 'true fans' are required to celebrate that,
  9. jad
    I love the way all these terms blur together and shape-shift as accusations of moral impropriety soar-- error (the physical action on a field vs. the physical act of deciding what to call it), stat, fact (same confusion),,, I used to make a very amusing living dealing with the logical shenanigans in such discussions. But I'm retired. So have at it.
  10. jad
    Just keep drinking that management Kool-Aid. No need for actual evidence supporting this (of which there is none), and no need to pay any attention to evidence that contradicts it (e.g., statements by Bregman).
  11. jad
    No one ever attended or turned on a MLB game in order to watch a middle reliever.
  12. jad
    A now typical RS move: identify a popular, productive player and ship him out. They don't understand that some fans (a minority I guess) view players as human beings rather than commodities. This is why I wouldn't care if they lost every game this year.
  13. jad
    So why were those WPs? Sure the first was wide but his glove position was all wrong; you gotta catch that. The second one hit him in the shin on the fly. WP? Why? (Of course they were horrible pitches).
  14. jad
    If he's bad enough, I'm sure Henry can find a couple of starters to deal for him.
  15. jad
    Not showing up for workout is a myth perpetuated by the RS management, Here's what Will Clark says:https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/sf-giants-will-clark-nsfw-rant-red-sox-broadcaster-20764770.php?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=68700dd32d6a270001fac245&fbclid=IwY2xjawLeAL9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUd0hVVE16TENVUlhiOHBqAR6buJrjEXJjj9Jb59qMKmcGwAyln-uX9QBUV3KEE0krNCe62dOzoCGddwfriw_aem_yaShXYNS060_JV6E6mciWg
  16. jad
    1-24 for the first seven guys in the lineup. Who needs hitting? We rock.
  17. jad
    Well yes, NO one is Mookie! But all the negative comments I've read about RD come either from the front office, or their yes-men (will fleming, for example). I wouldn't believe Breslow if he told me the sun will rise tomorrow.
  18. jad
    Giving away your best hitter, All-star for nothing? Hell no, except for those, of course, who drink the usual RS cool-aid of bad-mouthing employees they let go.
  19. jad
    No. Why is this difficult? You do not 'get better' by getting rid of one of your top players for nothing. (Even when you bad-mouth him and create narratives painting him as a villain--the typical RS strategy for employees they abandon)
  20. jad
    Well. I've been a Sox fan maybe a year or two less than you have (can't recall whether I sang Sweet Caroline at age 2 or not), and true they have sucked. But these last few years are the first when I thought that ownership was indifferent to winning, although yes Yawkee was a racist s***, and would rather have a bad white team than a better one with black players; Henry, no racist, has his own version: he'd rather be a mediocre or losing team making money than a great or even historic team making less money.
  21. jad
    It would help to get strike calls on those two really good pitches (ok, pitch 1, good as it was, was likely inside). But since umpires are judged by how well their calls conform to robocalls, JUST USE THE ROBOTS.
  22. jad
    Any of the big 3 of Hendrix blows all of these away. (responding to original post; Moon got Experience (i would have listed Axis) and of course Velvet Underground.)
  23. jad
    Looks like for MLB hitters, 100mph alone is not enough. (Though some of those pitches seemed well located.)
  24. jad
    Ah yes, Devers was a bad team-mate, and Terry Francona was a drug addict, and Mookie didn't want to play in Boston, and Manny wasn't a team guy, and Eovaldi and Bogey were greedy and Nomar was selfish and Clemens and Boggs were washed up and and and ...
  25. jad
    Again, FO version, not Devers' version. And I don't believe any team-mate has said this.
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