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  1. Maxbialystock
    Speaking as one of the many morons, I can assure that Windows started out as fairly user hostile. Apple was far more user-friendly, so Gates had his guys switch to some of Apple's basic ideas. In any case, as a novice back in 1995 I spent two months trying to master word and excel and almost got to the point of adequacy. Not so, powerpoint with all its intricacies. What Gates was great at was the whole notion of making people pay for software, which then led to its virtual universality. Now even Apple products can accommodate microsoft.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Game over. 5-1, Nats. The Sox more and more seem absolutely terrified with RISP. You can bet Devers was cringing in the on deck circle at the prospect of once again failing miserably with the bases loaded. I hasten to add Barnes (not the former Sox reliever) has enough of a fastball to get it by Devers.
  3. Maxbialystock
    First two pitches to Duran were right down the middle and he took both of them. After that, he was the proverbial dead man walking. The Sox seem determined to stay in their non-hitting "groove."
  4. Maxbialystock
    I'm guessing that the Sox are in fact in their real hitting groove.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Rafael hits a GIDP ball, but the Sox already had 2 outs thanks to O'Neill's ignominious K on a called 3d strike well inside the zone. Sox are 1/5 w/ RISP and the Nats are 3/6.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Nats now 2/2 stealing on Wong. Or is it on Houck?
  7. Maxbialystock
    Blackout notwithstanding, I saw the replay. That single was hard hit, a one-hopper to the RF'er who was not deep, and he threw a rope on one hop. However, it was well up the the 3d base line and still beat O'Neill.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Sox score!!!! They need to stop the game and give Cooper the ball he hit for the double.
  9. Maxbialystock
    First four Sox batters have now faced Corbin twice and still have no hits. Wong has 2 hits.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Zero hits so far from the four Sox batters before Wong.
  11. Maxbialystock
    This could be kind of a telltale game. Houck is the Sox best starter and has already given up 3 runs in 3 innings. Corbin's ERA is 5.98, and he is having zero problems with the Sox lineup.
  12. Maxbialystock
    With 2 outs, O'Neill should have gotten a good jump on the single to RF. But, if it was hit hard enough, you can still get him. I can't see anything because of course I'm 400 miles south in NC and therefore in blackout mode. I'm sure Corbin is as bad as vegasbob says he is, but the Sox lineup right now is in the bottom 1/3 of MLB teams.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Wrong! Yes, of course Mookie is way better than Devers, but it's a fact that Mookie by himself could not save this Sox team because the CBO and/or owner decided to stop spending big bucks for pitching. The overall Sox team payroll has dwindled steadily over the past 5 years or so. In fact, I'll happily go out on a limb and say that keeping Mookie, Devers, and Bogey would not have made the Sox contenders because of the lack of pitching. This year the Sox pitching has been amazingly good--granted--but few of us believe it will last.
  14. Maxbialystock
    An excellent laydown. Thanks. However, right now I'm pessimistic about the 2024 Sox because I believe the pitching and the pitching alone has kept them above .500. The hitting stinks and so does the defense. The Sox pitching miraculously has the lowest ERA in MLB, and I don't see that lasting much longer.
  15. Maxbialystock
    I wish I could agree with you, but those two Atlanta games showed me just how sorry the Sox hitting is. In 37 games they've scored 164 runs, ranked 14th in MLB. That's pretty weak, but it's actually worse because the 17 runs scored against the Cubs--which includes 6 runs scored off an infielder pitching in the 9th--skews the Sox scoring. We should subtract 12 of those 17 runs, declare the total runs scored to be 152 runs, and recognize that the Sox offense is actually the 21st best in MLB.
  16. Maxbialystock
    I'm amazed even one player went an entire season in which he had more triples than K's. It is in fact a rare accomplishment.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Most teams use the 7 run rule for bad starts. But Cora just might leave him in longer than that.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Gonzalez just called timeout and got a line drive single. But then Abreu did the same thing and struck out on the next pitch.
  19. Maxbialystock
    No way are the Sox going to win this game after giving up 4 runs in the first.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Funny thing about that 3 run dinger. Cora said Pivetta was good to go because in that 3 inning tuneup last week his velocity was good. And, sure enough, Pivetta's fastball was 96 mph--which very good for him--right before Ozuna killed it. Also, I could be wrong, but I'm guessing Pivetta will continue to throw lots of fast balls and avoid that big curve in order to preserve his arm. In other words, Pivetta has seen the light and is now striving to return to the bullpen.
  21. Maxbialystock
    What happened on Devers ground out? Why no GIDP?
  22. Maxbialystock
    What happened on Devers groundout to SS? Why wasn't it a GIDP? I've decided the Sox hitters are signaling defeat by simply calling for a batter's timeout. It's their way of saying, "throw anything, and I'll just swing and miss because, frankly, I know I can't hit your pitching." OK! Good 1st inning for Pivetta.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Exactly what I was thinking, except that I also believe that baseball is uniquely capable of enabling all-stars to play their best in the All-Star game--especially the battles between pitchers and batters.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Even I know it's too early to say. So far, I think Grissom's OK and Sale is way better than the Sox FO expected him to be. I think we need at least 2 seasons to have a decent idea of how balanced the trade was.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I'm no fan of his, not at all, but his overall WAR is +0.5, 3d highest on the Giants, tied with Yastrzemski. On the Sox, his would be 6th highest.
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