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  1. Maxbialystock
    Funny how we correctly see baseball and golf as simply sports--and sports which pay well. But there can be no doubt about the pressure and the fact that some people handle it better than others.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Up next, 4 @ White Sox.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Right on. Another freaking shut out. Oh, wait. The Braves were shut out and the Sox scored 9 runs. ???????????
  4. Maxbialystock
    Ruth was great, no question, but for big chunks of his tenure with the Yankees their lineup was known as "murderer's row." They spent whatever was needed to stay competitive and in the process drove both the Dodgers and the Giants out of town--even though I hasten to say both have prospered on the West Coast. Thus have the Yankees won 27 WS's. Where I think players like Ruth and Ted Williams and just maybe Bryce Harper of the Phillies have their greatest value is putting butts in seats--attendance.
  5. Maxbialystock
    While we're on the topic of Mookie, I'd like to point out that the vaunted Dodgers have stunk in the postseason with him--that is, in 2021, 2022, and 2023. And I simply don't count the 2020 season at all because of covid. The woebegone Sox, on the other hand, made it to the ALCS in 2021 before losing to the Astros, 4 games to 2. I think Mookie is terrific and a sure HOF'er. This year he's even stepped in at SS. Amazing. But guess what? He's just one player on defense and in the lineup--and he doesn't pitch. On the other hand, and I agree this is a big factor, the Dodgers attendance is the best in MLB and has been the best for a very long time. This year they are drawing 47K to the Phillies 40K (which is fantastic for the Phillies), to the Padres 39K, and to the Yankees 39K. And the Sox woebegone 32K.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Seriously? In 2019, the year Mookie was traded to the Dodgers along with David Price, the Sox already had the biggest payroll in MLB. To keep Mookie away from the Dodgers, who I believe were fully prepared to outbid the Sox, That biggest payroll in MLB was going to get a lot bigger because the Sox also needed to fix their rotation given the collapse of their two aces, Price and Sale.
  7. Maxbialystock
    That last line is what I was getting it. Cora is a proponent of the "dud liberation movement."
  8. Maxbialystock
    Heels beat LSU tonight in extra innings in Chapel Hill and go on to the Super Regional.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Yes and no. I think Cora deliberately plays as many position players as possible to reveal their worth or lack thereof.
  10. Maxbialystock
    I go back to 1949, but cannot claim to have followed the game as closely as you. I basically checked the Red Sox box scores for what Ted Williams had done. I did listen to almost all the games in 1953 and 1954. Speaking of Ted, he missed 3 WW II seasons and 1+ Korean War season, and was still an All-Star 19 times. So I think you could have a point about injuries. For sure with respect to pitchers.
  11. Maxbialystock
    He seems pretty happy in LA--not just the money, but the team and the front office. I wouldn't want to live in LA, but I'm not sure I'd like to live in Boston either. I believe the Dodgers were determined to get Mookie, and their timing could not have been better. In 2019, the year of decision for Mookie, the Sox already had the biggest payroll in MLB, and signing Mookie long-term was going to increase that a bunch. Then there was the problem of the two aces, Price and Sale, who were coming up deuces and were owed a whole lot of money.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Sensible, as always. You've drifted away from Grissom, but there really isn't much more to say about him or the trade. I think the Braves badly outfoxed us, but agree it's still early. Meanwhile, as your periodic statistical laydowns show us, the Sox have issues with defense, timely hitting, and, more recently, pitching.
  13. Maxbialystock
    I'm not sure your caveat, "not the broken down guys," is reasonable. Thus $22M on Story, $18M on Giolito, and $17M on Sale--all of them on the Sox payroll and none of them playing for the Sox--is not that unusual. My view is much simpler. Players with big salaries are always a gamble because those big bucks are always guaranteed, sometimes for 10 or more seasons. As I've said too many times, the Sox had the biggest payroll in MLB in 2019, and it wasn't going to be nearly enough to keep Mookie from going to the Dodgers and to replace Price and Sale while also paying their salaries.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Cora's big mistake was bringing Bello out to pitch the 7th. He gave up runs in the 5th and 6th, showing he was losing it.
  15. Maxbialystock
    He did hit it solid, but you have a point. Plus he hit it to RF which is much deeper than LF.
  16. Maxbialystock
    WTF vegasbob! Cora makes absolutely the right call--see moonslav's data on Abreu vs lefties--and you blast him.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Nice grab by Devers, but a fantastic throw on the money and in time.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Agree completely. Plus he hit that one to the wrong field. He did start the double play, though. And he does have 2 of the 4 rbi's.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Huge dinger from Devers. Huge. But game still very much in doubt. Sox have had a bunch of hard hit balls caught.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Ref pinch-hitting for Hamilton, who has one of the Sox measly 5 hits. So Detroit brings in a righty reliever.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Bello 6.1 innings, 8 hits, 3 BB's, 5K's, 4 ER's. ERA now 4.36.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Sox scoreless in the last 3 innings after scoring in 1st, 2d, and 3d. Tigers have 9 hits to the Sox 5.
  23. Maxbialystock
    3-3. I do think Cora erred in bringing Bello out for the 7th inning.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Unless you're dumb, you should try to hit the ball toward/near Hamilton--at least, when he is at SS.
  25. Maxbialystock
    This homeplate ump likes to call strikes, which I'm in favor of. I hate batters who are up there looking for BB's.
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