Maxbialystock
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I liked his Dad, Bobby Bonds.
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I thought that might be the case. Too funereal. I definitely got used to the blue and yellow uniforms, which I agree are not good baseball colors.
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If Manny can be Manny, let Jarren be . . . fined!
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9 hits, 7 runs--a pretty good ratio, I would think.
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That's 4 errors by the Jays. My, my. 7-3, Sox, with 6 outs to get.
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I'm sorry, Jays, but I don't like those uniforms. West Pointers are sometimes called the "black knights of the Hudson," but they don't actually dress that way. I like the Jays and I like Toronto.
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He's back. Probably a good decision to ask for and get 2 weeks on the IL.
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You have a point. But I have to remind you it will be the same guys--the pitchers and the lineup--who got us the lead. So, me, I can't help but root for the good guys. I mean, they're a bunch of nobodies except for Devers and Jansen. And tonight could be a sweep in Toronto, right after taking 2 of 3 back to back against the Phillies and again against Yankees. Who are these guys?
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If he can play SS, he can play 1B. But maybe not in midseason with no experience.
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Given what little I know about Barry, I think that's possible. He got all the money Willie would have made if he had come along about the time Curt Flood blew away the reserve clause. Mays played stickball with the neighborhood kids.
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Actually, he's been kind of consistently bad the last two months. Maybe tonight was a restart. I like Wong a lot more than McGuire. But, call me superstitious, I kind of believe in CERA, and tonight McGuire caught Bello. So I hope he catches him next time as well.
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Agree no one stat says it all. Don't disagree OPS+ has some utility. But I still prefer straight OPS. Ted Williams lifetime OPS was 1.116, which is a number any player would be thrilled to have in a single season. Babe Ruth's was 1.164, which astounds me given that he never took care of himself.
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Another bad call by D-money. Quality start--6 innings, 2 runs--by Bello.
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No. Tonight he was good, and I foresaw it and you didn't.
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Whatever can be said about Bello--and I think it's pretty good--the real story is that the offense is coming through yet again.
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5-2, Sox. Time to bring out the boobirds again to cheer for the Jays to score more runs against Bryan "I'm not really trying" Bello.
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Thank you. That tells me that, by normalizing to 100, we have no idea what a player's real OPS is. Give me the actual OPS any time and every time. I want to know what the player actually did, not how normal he is.
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You wouldn't know trying if it bit you in the ankle. He's gone 5 innings and given up 2 runs. If he goes one more inning and gives up 1 run, it will be a quality start. Toronto has 7 hits: 5 singles and 2 doubles. In the big 2 run rally in the 4th they had 4 ground ball singles. Bello has been struggling for just about all of May and June, so the very last thing that can be said about tonight is that he is "not trying." The other thing that bugs me about all this negativity is that the Sox are leading, 3-2 (now 4-2), and, if they win, it will be 5 straight. So why pick on Bello when he's already gone 5 innings while giving up 2 runs?
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What is playing with fire? Are you saying he should strike out every batter? The three hits in this inning were all grounders. Game tied, 2-2, disaster. End of life as we know it. All because Bello has been "playing with fire," which I guess means he actually threw the freaking ball to home plate. Shame on him. He needs to learn how to get guys without actually throwing the ball.
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Three in fact, all of whom hit grounders. The second was a terrific hit and run play with the batter hitting a slider well above the strike zone--right at the hole created by Valdez going to his right.
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He absolutely is not freaking playing with fire. He's young and lately he's been awful, but tonight he is the opposite of playing with fire, which is what stupid kids and grownups do. He's trying his darndest to get guys out.
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What's the difference between OPS and OPS+?
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I know, I know. It's just awful he got those guys out. This game is just so unfair. Bello is now officially fair game and so far is dodging bullets.
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2-0, Sox, but it's actually hopeless because Bello is, well, lucky. Comes the 4th, comes a reckoning. And, if not the 4th, certainly the 5th.
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Fine. He's lucky. All our pitchers should be lucky.