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  1. Maxbialystock
    Does anyone know what Cora said in the postgame about why he sent Perez out to pitch the 10th?
  2. Maxbialystock
    My thesaurus says a handful of MLB teams is 8. What does yours say?
  3. Maxbialystock
    Words to conjure with. moonslav the magician has pulled still another rabbit--JDM 3 for 5 today with a game-winning 3 run dinger to the opposite field--out of his hat.
  4. Maxbialystock
    You didn't have to identify anything. The situation--sending in Perez to close in the 10th--and your exaggerated tone made it obvious you disapproved of Cora. I too thought it was a dumb move, but went on to mention some good decisions Cora made today. Despite the Perez blunder, he's still a terrific manager.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Good win, good 3 in a row--hitting and pitching. Defense hasn't hurt, nor has the baserunning. Schwarber has clearly made a difference. He's no one man band, but his presence in the lineup makes others better. Rotation is far from perfect--Houck has not won this year because he can't go 5 innings and Pivetta is erratic (but very good when he is on)--but good enough. ERod now has 4 good starts in his last 5 and Eovaldi and Sale are solid. With Barnes no longer closing, the bullpen is bouncing back--see the last 4 games, including today's. The Sox confidence is back even though the goal for now is the wild card game. One game at a time.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Eovaldi was OK, the bullpen was better until Cora mistakenly let Perez close. Bogey is struggling, but almost everyone has at some point this year. You could be right about his wrist.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Committee is pejorative and also a stupid word. There is no committee that meets and decides who should pitch which inning. There is, however, a pretty competent bullpen which--and this will no doubt come as a surprise to you--has to pitch more than one inning to enable the Sox to win games. The 10th tonight was a big deal only because Cora foolishly sent his worst reliever out to close with a 3 run lead. There are at least three guys I would trust right now to close--Ottavino (experienced closer), Whitlock (best reliever all season and definitely better than Barnes), and Richards, who has undergone a transformation since joining the bullpen. He's pitched 10.1 innings in 5 games, given up 1 run, and twice (last night and today) pitched--seamlessly-- in the 8th inning in a close game. The point is--and I think I need to repeat myself here--the bullpen succeeds only if it keeps the Sox in the game before the 9th inning rolls around. Indeed, you can almost make a case that Perez got to pitch the 10th because six better pitchers, including starter Eovaldi, held the Guardians to 2 runs for 9 innings.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Forget it. Your sarcasm is as subtle as a sledgehammer. Most sarcasm is. If it's somewhat subtle, it's called irony.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Yeah, well, you and Kimmi love those theories/analyses that argue the batting 3d is no big deal. And maybe you're right. But today the #3 hitter won this game.
  10. Maxbialystock
    I know you were, and I agree he blundered in the 10th with Perez. But he is still one terrific manager.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Pen is fine now that Barnes isn't closing. Robles stunk last Wednesday in the 10th 3 days ago, but the rest of the bullpen was great in that game. They were fine Thursday, yesterday, and today as well--except for Perez, who had no business being sent out in the 10th with a save opportunity. Whitlock should have pitched the 10th. Richards has blossomed in the bullpen. He's now pitched in 6 games and 10.1 innings in relief and given up 1 run. Last night and today he pitched a clean 8th inning with the game on the line. Today it was the final out in the 8th, also with the game on the line. Barnes is likely to come back, possibly even to close.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Normally, usually, that's true. He did make a lot of good moves today, including putting JDM back in the 3 slot, which none of us would have wanted him to do. He sent Eovaldi out for the 6th, and pulled him at just the right moment. He used 7 relievers and all but one of them did the job. But sending Perez out for the 10th was and is indefensible.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Note to Cora. Before this game Perez had pitched in 8 games this month as a reliever, and his ERA for the month is 9. Bringing him in for a save opportunity was not smart.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Hell, yes. And absolutely no way.
  15. Maxbialystock
    OK, that's it. Best one liner of the game.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Definitely. Whitlock was rested and normally goes 2 innings. Perez stunk as a starter and still stinks.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Interesting. Timing is everything, and the Sox picked up AGon too late and JDM just soon enough.
  18. Maxbialystock
    No question the players get all the credit. But here's a shout out for Cora, who kept Eovaldi out there just long enough, who kept JDM in the 3d slot, who used his bullpen brilliantly, who last night went with a semi-scratch lineup that actually won the game, finally, who has now used none other than Richards in the 8th inning of two straight close games, etc. On the other hand, pulling Whitlock and giving the ball to Perez, who has not proven himself in the bullpen, was and is just dumb.
  19. Maxbialystock
    This is the first game in a decade in which I left the sound on with TV announcers. I dislike all of them. But I was late starting housecleaning, so have been cleaning, listening, checking in, and even watching now and then I missed the first 4 runs of the game.
  20. Maxbialystock
    You don't know jack. If Cora had any sense he would have taken JDM to the woodshed and then benched him for a week.
  21. Maxbialystock
    What do you expect from guys who attack the virtue and enormous added value of roboumps? I myself am hoping to see the day when we can finally get roboplayers. With all those computer programs and stats, we are close to having robomanagers.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Is it worth noting that the Guardians tried to bunt with two consecutive batters after a leadoff single and that it ended up costing them?
  23. Maxbialystock
    Love the spelling. Also agree.
  24. Maxbialystock
    You sound exactly how I think. Indeed, I am recently on record as saying JDM needs to be dropped down in the batting order--like 10th or 11th--because he has lost it. moonslav has disagreed with me, which shows how much he knows.
  25. Maxbialystock
    No, I don't think so.
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