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  1. Maxbialystock
    Pitchers with high zone% and low contact % are headed for the HOF. I like contact pitchers provided most of the time it's weak contact. Even some decent contact is fine when it turns into a GIDP.
  2. Maxbialystock
    August 1st is during the @ Seattle series, but you list a bunch of series after that series.
  3. Maxbialystock
    One more time: you and very few others correctly predicted the Sox would have a winning record this year. Well done. First half should have been a disaster, and even now Cora is going with three starters until any of Whitlock, Houck, and Sale return. So the last 17 days of July are going to be daunting--as you have already said. I'm in.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Hold it right there, buster. I though every single contributor to talksox was/is/will always be against resting players. Except for me, of course.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Hah. I love it. Cora did his year in coventry and that should be the end of it.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Did you just change the issue? I thought you were blaming Cora, but not it looks as though Bloom was the culprit on SS. I would have loved to see Iggy back one more time.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Right in the OP and right about Sears. He looked pretty good to me.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Recheck that, at least if the trade deadline is July 31. Too many games in just 18 days (July 14-31). Game 2 at Seattle is on July 31--and the 16th game after the ASG break. Agree completely no one thought the Sox would be where they now are.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Good!
  10. Maxbialystock
    You and Old Red agree, so it must be egregious.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Please reread what you wrote. How can Kike be a terrible decision when you agree that Story, Chang, Reyes, and Mondesi were injured and Hamilton proved to be problematical? Also, his overall WAR is just -0.5. That's pretty lousy, but my understanding is that it means he would cost the Sox 1/2 of a loss more than an average player would--in 79 games played. To me the SS situation is not unlike the catcher situation with McGuire gone. We've just watched our 2d straight lousy backup, which is why Wong is catching so many games. So too the rotation.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Sage advice.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Well, so be it. Another very nice win--closer than the others. Well done, Sox! Well done, SPLENDIDSPLINTER. Cora is so lucky with the depth of talent on this team--and injury free to boot.
  14. Maxbialystock
    I do believe you're catching on.
  15. Maxbialystock
    3 all, bottom of the 7th. Interesting game--surprising, actually.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Maybe Dugo should have hit for Refsnyder.
  17. Maxbialystock
    No question he is seeing the ball well and swinging the bat well.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Arroyo comes thru big-big time. Righty vs righty, too.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Well, I'm convinced. Cora is clueless. First he started a righty bat CF vs. a lefty pitcher. Now he's sending in a lefty bat CF against a righty pitcher. Where does he get these stupid ideas from?
  20. Maxbialystock
    Well, it's pretty obvious Sears was throwing good stuff. I do think the righty hitters were able to see his pitches better than lefties would--thus the 3 BB's. Oh, my. That worthless piece of crap, the guy I love to beat up on, just hit a very much needed dinger. Well done, Duvall. And that answers the question of who should have played RF today. Now a brilliantly placed single by the masterful Yoshida! Just magic with that bat.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Too bad you can't watch the game. If you did, you would see that Sears is pitching a whale of a game, just like 5 days ago when he went 7.1 scoreless innings. I would rather have Turner at 1b than Casas against a lefty. Same goes for Duvall in RF vs. Dugo. As for Duran, I wouldn't object to him being in CF even though Kike is better defensively. As everyone keeps clamoring, Duran is pretty hot right now.
  22. Maxbialystock
    You don't think the A's pitcher has anything to do with it?
  23. Maxbialystock
    Not a lot of choices right now. Kike and Arroyo, maybe, but neither of them has hit this guy either. Chang at least has the good glove. The simple fact is that Sears as pitched a whale of a game. 5 days ago he pitched 7.1 shutout innings vs. the Tigers.
  24. Maxbialystock
    My guess is that was because he was on the roster. Once Chang and then Reyes took over, they became the SS's of choice. It is unarguable that of the four choices--Story, Chang, Reyes, and Kike--Kike is the only one who hasn't been on the IL. Right now Story and Reyes are still on the IL. Chang is back and the better SS, but Kike's abysmal OPS is still higher, .606 vs. .513. But not against lefties--Chang's is .830.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I doubt he was the mastermind, but he definitely participated. He also paid the price. Let's not forget that a little earlier the Sox were stealing signs and Pedey was part of it--enthusiastically so. Stealing signs, legally and illegally, has been going on for a hundred or more years--until MLB teams got smart and used technology to prevent it. But you can still do it legally if the pitcher (or catcher) has mannerisms that reveal roughly what kind of pitch is coming.
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