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  1. Maxbialystock
    Not so. The catcher has by far the best view of the strike zone, and he agreed with the ump's calls. If he had complained to the ump about those called strikes, you would have a case, but he didn't and you don't. I'm fine with human umps and believe, quite strongly, that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Worst loss in the entire history of Red Sox baseball!!!! Pivetta pitched a gem, and Winck got 2 scoreless innings, but the lineup looked like namby pambies. Cora needs to throw some bats in the showers. What's that word? Lollygaggers! And allow me to single out Duran and his new hairdo. What a wuss. Can't hit a breaking ball to save his life, and he's our freaking leadoff batter. On second thought, maybe the new guy, the GM, needs to throw bats into the dugout.
  3. Maxbialystock
    I was mostly watching March Madness, but did stop in to watch the Sox and Pivetta. His breaking stuff looked wicked and I think his fastball was around 94/95 mph. Plus 6 freaking innings in his first freaking start!!! Back to back good starts by Bello and Pivetta, plus decent defense (except McGuire can't throw anyone out going to 2b). Who woulda thunk? Last night the lineup without Devers reminded me of sleepless in seattle. Just lost.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Thanks. Hard to stay away from talksox when the season has begun. 75 years ago I got the box scores 2 days later in the Stars & Stripes--so I could see what Ted Williams had done. I was not very interested that the Sox were in 2d place. 5 years later I was hooked when we lived in W.Springfield, MA and I could listen to Curt Gowdy call the games--and even though the Guardians ran away with the AL (after the Yankees won 5 straight WS). That fall my dad returned from Korea just in time for the WS, the one in which the Giants swept the Guardians (who I of course rooted for). And Willie Mays made that incredible grab in the Polo Grounds. This season, like last season and the one before, is kind of like old times, but I am grateful for the 4 WS wins of the John Henry era, which now is beginning to look like the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Is Kimmi gone? I know she found some posters unpleasant.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Rabble, rabble.
  7. Maxbialystock
    How can you say that when the Sox scored 6 runs with Devers and nada without him?
  8. Maxbialystock
    Amazingly comprehensive laydown, thanks. About right, I think--not especially optimistic, as it should not be.
  9. Maxbialystock
    True--and who knew our rotation would be our best area? The 0 is 0, actually.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Without Devers, a miserable Sox lineup. Duran absolutely, positively can neither see nor hit a breaking ball. And why oh why is Dalbec on this roster? He has had an infinity of chances and never delivered. I know, it's early. 160 games to go, but tonight was just miserable. Sox pitching looked good, however, especially Pivetta. Good move leaving Winck in for the 8th.
  11. Maxbialystock
    A fair point, but it actually works both ways. Sometimes the next reliever saves the previous guy's bacon by getting guys out and preventing that baserunner(s) from scoring. I notice Rodriguez did get credit for a hold.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Great line/quote. Thanks.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Ain't that something?
  14. Maxbialystock
    Need the bats, I'm afraid, because Pivetta is suspect. But I said that last night about Bello and was dead wrong. I believe both teams are going with 4 righty starters in this series. Last night Cora started 5 lefty bats--Duran, Devers, Casas, Yoshida, and Valdez, but platooned in Reyes at 2b when I think Seattle brought in a lefty reliever. Valdez was 1/2 and Reyes 0/2.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Nice win. I did watch parts and especially Jansen closing.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Captains Courageous is on right now, 6 pm, on TCM. Terrific movie with Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew (who's excellent), Lionel Barrymore, and Melvyn Douglas. Based on Kipling novel. Tracy got the academy award for best actor. Freddie plays a spoiled rich kid who becomes a mensch by the end of the movie--thanks mostly to Tracy. Terrific photography of sailing ships off the shores of eastern USA.
  17. Maxbialystock
    There is no SP/rotation depth. Those five "starters" are mostly relievers. Our ace, Bello, had 28 starts last year and 157 IP. Then came Crawford with 23 and 129 and Houck with 21 and 106. I figure Cora will need/use 6 pitchers per game, and the math on that gets ugly.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Not me. I blame Cora for not making chicken salad out of chickenspit. Sure, he did OK back in 2018 when he was well-stocked with hitting and pitching. But good managers can win with anybody.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Hmmm. Looks like pessimism is rampant.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Not the response I wanted to see.
  21. Maxbialystock
    I'm sorta back, having missed all of spring training--except for checking scores and occasionally the stats--and of course all of the winter discussions. I'm a Heels fan and they're still playing--Alabama tonight in LA at 9:40. Looks like a grim year. Sale's gone, no doubt because JH was ecstatic to dump him to the Braves, so the rotation is mostly relievers. If they screw up, Cora will be blamed.
  22. Maxbialystock
    The 84 win Diamondbacks are going to the WS largely because of their pitching.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Yes, but that's the point. I claimed that the four teams--Orioles, Dodgers, Astros, and Braves--who "rested" 6 days between the last season games and the beginning of the division series, were screwed by the schedule. That's now way back in the rearview mirror. On the other hand, the Diamondbacks have played excellent postseason baseball, especially their pitching. I think they are legit, not lucky. And that leads me back to the Sox, who won won 78 games and were just 6 games back of the D-backs. That doesn't mean I think the Sox should have been in the postseason. Not at all. But I do think all the claims by moonslav and many others that Bloom should have been making more moves last December and this past July have new legitimacy. I will add that I personally griped about the Sox weak righthanded hitting, but now agree with everyone who insisted the pitching was far more important. Thus too the new CBO for the Sox is reportedly an expert on fixing the pitching.
  24. Maxbialystock
    You're repeating yourself, but that's perfectly fine with me. You're consistent. Not sure what you mean by smug because these days professional athletes of all kinds seem to relish showing off when they do something right. MLB used to be pretty restrained, but no longer. They go ape for every single--whether or not it drives anyone home. About the cheating. You're right, of course. But I have to say stealing signals has been going on for a very long time--and now seems to be arrested by technology. However, you better believe teams film opposing pitchers hoping to find a telltale that says, "I'm about to throw heat"--or whatever.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Sorry, but I like the ghost runner--or, at least, what the ghost runner accomplishes. The most popular sport in the world by far is soccer/football, and they had to go to a shootout to avoid ties in the World Cup, the most important sports championship in the world. Shootouts are no worse than ghost runners. And, yes, I do know you can have ties in early rounds/games in the World Cup.
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