Maxbialystock
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Classic double on another great pitch, low and inside--by Duran!
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Those were three superb pitches to K Anthony. He is really hitting the corners. Same with Story for an easy grounder to SS.
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Marlins have 2 on, 1 out in the 6th. Conference on the mound. Out of the inning after a lineout to Duran and a grounder to Story! 6 IP, 75 pitches.
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Anyone remember the Boudreau shift? He was the manager and SS for the Indians and created it in 1946 to defend against Ted Williams who regularly pulled the ball to RF. , so other teams used it. Williams did not try to compensate by hitting to LF. Instead, he counted on hitting the ball hard to RF. He hit .400 against the Indians that year.
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Exactly. I remember the splendid splinter who never, ever swung the bat hard. And it worked!
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Looked like a pretty good dinger to me, especially with a man on and the Sox down 1-0. Abreu comes through. For that matter, so has Crochet.
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Very little, but you were the one saying the 4 outfielders hardly get into games. I just checked that. The Sox have played 14 games in August, and Abreu has played in 13 of them, Mayer in 12 because he sat out 2 games with the back issue, Duran played in 13 games, and Rafaela in all 14. Against righty starters Cora wants to get lefty bats in the lineup, and three of the best are Anthony, Abreu, and Duran. So he can play all three with Rafaela in CF and one of the three as DH. However, he also wants to get Yoshida in as the DH, which is why Rafaela moves to 2b for those games. You have declared that to be a disaster because no really good defensive outfielder who can also hit should ever be forced to play in the infield. Have you checked who's playing SS for the Dodgers lately? How about Kike Hernandez whose best season ever was 2021 when he bounced back and forth between the outfield and infield all season long. The only better defensive 2d baseman on the Sox than Rafaela is Hamilton, whose currently in Worcester.
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See below. Mayer is out for the season for surgery to right wrist--which is no surprise. Three catchers still make no sense to me.
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Just announced: Mayer surgery on his wrist ends this season. This was not unexpected.
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The third catcher is a tad expensive--he never plays but is 1 of just 13 lineup players. So basically Cora manages with 9 in the lineup and 3 spares, 1 of whom is a catcher. I think Mayer is in fact missed because he is a good fielder and a decent lefty bat with a .739 OPS against righties.
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In 10 games in August Yoshida has an OPS of .820, 9 rbi's, 3 BB's, and 5 K's.
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Let Anthony be Anthony and not who you think he should be. He has played in just 55 games, 1/3 of a season.
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Toro's overall OPS is .681. But so far in August it's .471 and last month it was .574. I see your point. Maybe it's time to give Campbell another shot, this time at 1b.
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Pretty good. Thanks.
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45 days out of 180 is miniscule compared to Story's missed games. That said, 45 days just might work, but how can anyone be sure it isn't more?
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Why does the freaking camera keep going back to Bello with a towel on his head? Wilson does the job--a K and a foul popout.
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We all understood why from the get go. Why is he still there if he can be sent to Worcester and be available on one day's notice or even the same day?
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11 pitches per IP is ace territory. 6 x 15 = 90 pitches for a quality start and the possibility of pitching a 7th inning. In his last 2 starts Bello averaged 18 pitches per IP. In his complete game it was 12.
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I've had it with Wong and yet another out, this time looking at a called third strike. Get rid of him.
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Good camera work on the fan catching that foul.
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Fair enough, I did think he pitched an excellent game overall, which is why Cora brought him out for the 7th.
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It's games like this one when I depend heavily on Wong to make an out. Better still, a GIDP.
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Ugh.
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He has the highest OBP on the team. What helps him is that he usually has a good eye--strikes vs balls--plus he makes pretty good contact when he hits the ball. When he swings and misses, he's just like everybody else. Great replay of that nab by Wong near the netting.
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Believe it or not, I would like to see the Sox hit a bunch more flyouts today. Why? Because I don't want another 14-1 eruption that then leads to lousy hitting tomorrow.