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  1. Maxbialystock
    11-5. Maybe I spoke too soon.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Could not disagree more because you are vastly over-reacting. Crawford still had a terrific start. The Sox still scored 11 runs, a bunch of them against the Cubs 9-2 starter whose ERA before the game was something like 2.67. The score going into the bottom of the 8th was 11-0, so to me that was the ideal time for Cora not only to send Faria out, but to leave him in after all those BB's.
  3. Maxbialystock
    That quote is right but falls into the category of California dreaming.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Well put
  5. Maxbialystock
    Nicely said. So was your streak which kind of continues today.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Not really. His OPS against lefties is .867. We all slammed todays lineup against the Cubs ace, but it turns out Cora just might know what he’s doing. That’s heresy on talksox of course. This is actually an amazing game. Even the defense turned a couple of sweet double plays. Chang is terrific, and Arroyo was solid.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Incredible game so far. 6-0 Sox completely unexpected. By me, anyway.
  8. Maxbialystock
    I believe you, especially in the case of Refsnyder. Crawford looks like Paxton yesterday, but worse.
  9. Maxbialystock
    According to some game graphics, Steele throws his 4 seamer over 60% of the time and this slider over 30%. A 2 repertoire that works for a starter.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Not very smart by Refsnyder. Cost a run. That was one of those "I don't believe that went out" dingers by Devers. It was a defensive swing.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Crawford, righty, vs Steele, lefty Big pitching edge for the Cubs: Steel's ERA is 2.56 and he is 9-2. One presumes Cora will send out righty bats, but you never can tell. Yesterday he used righties Arroyo and Kike at 2b and SS against a righty starter. My guess is Refsnyder will get a start, but the real question is whether Duran (OPS vs. lefties now .742) and Casas (.719) will start. I think Turner will again be at 2b with Casas at 1b, Yoshida DH. But that still leaves four outfielders (Ref, Dugo, Duran, and Duvall) for 3 positions. I'm guessing Duran sits despite his red hot July (OPS 1.513). Game again starts at 2:20 east coast time.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Coming from the world champion, that's real incentive.
  13. Maxbialystock
    I'm aware of the issue(s) concerning what he swings at, but, while I do like him to swing at strikes, I also know he can be effective swinging at pitches outside the zone.
  14. Maxbialystock
    I know I'm by myself on this, but Devers' tantrum over the called 3d strike was too me unnecessary. First, neither pitch was way outside. Both were in the buffer zone and in fact both were in almost exactly the same spot. More than that, however, was/is the game situation: Cubs are clubbing the Sox pitching staff to death and have 10 runs. It's nice that the Sox have scored 3 runs, but no way, no how are they going to catch the Cubbies in this game.
  15. Maxbialystock
    A fair point.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Yep.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Makes sense.
  18. Maxbialystock
    One thing all Sox pitchers have in common is a reluctance to work the bottom of the strike zone (or even below it). The Cubs starter did almost nothing but work the bottom of the zone. Not to single anyone out, but doing that against Arroyo worked perfectly. He swung at missed at three straight sliders, all below the strike zone.
  19. Maxbialystock
    I don't mind admitting when I'm wrong, and I sure was today. All those errors by Kike sure didn't do Paxton any good.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Interesting. You know far more than I, but I just don't see him going elsewhere with the Sox paying his entire salary--even though by July 31 they will have already paid 2/3 of it.
  21. Maxbialystock
    While I have gone out of my way to defend Kike, I agree with your premise--that he could be traded away. He's a terrific athlete and very versatile, but he has stopped hitting. Plus he's best in the outfield, and the Sox have five outfielders--Yoshida, Duran, Duvall, Verdugo, and Refsnyder--who all hit a lot better than he does.
  22. Maxbialystock
    I have had my moments of criticizing Devers, but never over his not being a "team guy." In fact, I don't even know what you could possibly mean by that. As for the $300M, of course it's a gamble, but it's clear he can hit and his fielding isn't half bad--and he's 26 years old, which means the great majority of his contract will be when he is 35 or under. And so far he has not seemed to be injury-prone. I worry about his weight, but so far he seems to work at keeping it down.
  23. Maxbialystock
    You could be right, but I though the decline coincided with the umps checking pitchers for foreign substances. I thought that big curve was key to Barnes' success and that it wasn't quite so sharp after the umps started checking.
  24. Maxbialystock
    With such a great glove (and arm), one wonders why he played for 4 different teams last year. Me, I'm happy to have him on the team, but am even happier to have Cora as the manager. And it kind of boils down to that, doesn't it? You think he's an idiot for playing Kike, and I don't.
  25. Maxbialystock
    The sparkling wit on talksox is why I keep coming back.
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