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  1. Maxbialystock
    Hmmmm. Grissom can't catch a perfect throw to 2b.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Devers' double mixed in with a flock of weak hitters meant zero runs.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Very unlikely, I'd say. Sox have been lucky this year with so few injuries.
  4. Maxbialystock
    This was a very sensible lineup. Cora is simply out of control. I will probably have to call him again.
  5. Maxbialystock
    If you went to high school, you were told about subject-verb agreement. It's true in English and in other languages as well.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Ahem. Jordan Montgomery is getting paid $25M this year for pitching--so far--a total of 16 innings with an ERA of 5.63. Forget what Boras did or failed to do. The Diamondbacks are idiots.
  7. Maxbialystock
    All good points, but you blew subject-verb agreement.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Grissom has reportedly recovered from the flu and traveled with the team. However, with Valdez back in Worcester, Hamilton could get the nod with his lefty bat. His OPS vs righties is .669.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Houck vs. Paddack, both righties, big advantage to Sox However, Twins are on 10 game winning streak--but 7 of those were against the woebegone 6-25 White Sox, worst team in MLB. Sox are 11-5 on the road and 7-9 in Boston. I see this lineup for tonight-- Duran CF Devers 3b Refsnyder LF O'Neill DH Abreu RF Wong C Smith 1b Grissom or Hamilton, 2b Rafaela SS
  10. Maxbialystock
    OK.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Back in Shakespeare's time, it was considered erudite to be able to spell the same word differently. You have become erudite in your spelling of O'Neill's name. I've crossed Casas's name off my list of good hitters because I don't seem him coming back very soon, nor do I expect him to hit as well. Refsnyder is 33 and his lifetime OPS is .693, so I think he will regress to his mean. Nevertheless, like you, I think the Sox lineup might just become decent. Team OPS, .743, is 6th best in MLB.
  12. Maxbialystock
    So much for the idea of a thread about the Sox defense.
  13. Maxbialystock
    O'Neill as DH reminds me that on some teams they simply rotate the DH slot around to give position players an easy game.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Another terrific win, with the Sox now 18-13, which projects (somewhat meaninglessly) to 94 wins. It's possible the Sox were again helped by jetlag affecting the Giants. But the simple fact is that the Sox have an almost decent core of hitters--Duran, Devers, Refsnyder, O'Neill, Abreu, Wong/Wright (that's 6)--and maybe others like Rafaela and Valdez who could improve. And more than that the best freaking pitching in MLB. Crawford did not have his best stuff tonight, and he still went 7, giving up 2.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Old school????!!!!! Vince had it right: winning isn't everything; it's the only thing. And that is the point about this astounding season, at least the first 30 games. The Sox are 17-13, which projects--beware projections--to 91 freaking wins. What's not to like, even to be enthusiastic about? In fact, the defensive struggles, combined with some weak hitting now and then and lousy baserunning, have only made the season that much more amazing. To paraphrase the bard, "the pitching's the thing wherein we'll catch the center of the brass ring." And let's not forget that last year Cora had to do an even tougher juggling act because he absolutely, positively did not start that season with 5 good starters. This year he's died and gone to heaven with a pitching stable, despite its instability, that has been the best in MLB for over a month and over 1/6 of a season.
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    Agree completely--especially with the word "astounding."
  17. Maxbialystock
    Hey, I wasn't one of the many on talksox who said Cooper would be the answer at 1b. This is his 4th team in 1.2 seasons. Miami, San Diego, and Chicago were the other three.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Thanks for reminding me. He struck out both times. And he almost got an error before he finally grabbed that grounder.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Excellent win. Cooper did not impress me one bit.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Looks like the trip east combined with the Giants weak hitting and pitching were enough to allow the Sox to roll over them in game 1. Good as Webb has been, he too seems to have been affected by 3 time zones.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Wrong. It's blather. No way, no how should the 2004 Sox with all that talent be compared to the 2024 Sox. 2004 led MLB in runs scored and OPS (.832). And the pitching staff had Schilling, Pedro, Wake, Lowe, Arroyo, and closer Foulke. And let's not forget that in LF the Sox played Manny with his DWAR of -1.8 and in CF Damon with his DWAR of -0.6. Mueller at 3b DWAR was -0.4. In 2004 Boston was ranked 25th in errors committed with 118. Oh, and in 2005 Renteria was the Sox SS for 153 games and with a DWAR of -0.5. In 2006 the Sox had two good SS's in Alex Gonzalez and Alex Cora--and finished 86-76. So much for good defense.
  22. Maxbialystock
    The play was in short left field because the infield was drawn in. Moreover, it sure looked as though both the 3B coach and Cora were in agreement Duran should take a lead on the pop fly.
  23. Maxbialystock
    I'll bet. I took a couple of business trips to Houston and found out they do the same thing in hot weather that Montreal does in cold weather--facilitate walking indoors.
  24. Maxbialystock
    I see this game a little differently. The Giants just finished a 10 game homestand, which means they are playing their first game on the east coast against the Sox. Going west to east is always tougher than going east to west. The Giants defense may be better--17 errors vs 24 errors--than the Sox, but their team ERA, 4.43, is ranked 25th in MLB to the Sox 1st. And they've scored 116 runs, ranked 21st in MLB, to the Sox 139, ranked 12th. On the other hand, I completely agree with anyone who says a starting pitcher can make a huge difference, and Webb has thrown 8, 7, 7, and 7 innings in his last 4 starts, giving up a total of 3 runs. He is not a K guy, but is apparently terrific at getting outs. His ERA of 2.33 is his best ever, and tonight he is going on 7 days rest.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Wow. I thought that might be the case, but am happy you saw it (on replay or live). So, given that reality, Duran's huge lead was justified.
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