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  1. Maxbialystock
    Read what I said again: Betts is a better defensive rightfielder than JBJ a defensive centerfielder. JBJ is no doubt a better centerfielder, but he sure as heck isn't the greatest ever. That's just nuts.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Orioles announcers are talking about the great jump and straight route Mookie had to make that grab. I truly believe he is a better defensive rightfielder than JBJ is a centerfielder.
  3. Maxbialystock
    No manager in MLB, including Cora, would keep anyone in CF who was getting a single every 10 at bats. Aesthetically, you have a point. Great defense is the poetry of baseball and what we love to see in person and on the boob tube if only because of the sheer repetition and sometimes monotony of pitching and swinging. But surely even you can see that tonight the defense is all about Price and the offense about those two dingers. All the other stuff is fun to watch and even comment on but has no effect on the game outcome.
  4. Maxbialystock
    I thought I'd try anyway.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Me too.
  6. Maxbialystock
    I like the mojo, but I also like the in the ballpark commentary.
  7. Maxbialystock
    I think they are a lot better in the bottom third, but that our top six are better than theirs. If Moreland is in our lineup vs. righties, we have 7 pretty good bats even though Devers is struggling a little.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Agree he is a good baserunner and probably has above average speed. A deep fly to right at Fenway would allow Sandy Leon to score from 3B, maybe on one leg. But not Daniel Nava who, I swear, one time did not advance from 2B on a drive off the wall in right to right center field at Fenway. In fact, at the moment it hit the wall, he was sliding--yes, sliding--back to 2b.
  9. Maxbialystock
    wow. Just wow. I see something like that and think the Sox would be nuts to go after Machado as a rental or long term at probably $25M a year. This looks to be the kind of lopsided win we need more of and have seen in the previous 9 games.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Some. But he's the slowest in this outfield. Never stolen more than 9 bases in a season. soxprospects says average speed but rate his defense for highly.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Gausman is determined not to look back or look at the runner on 1B. He has pitched well, and he is killing himself out there. Good for us.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Nice. We needed that one. Again, Moreland does not go home on the middling fly to RF. It was almost a close play for JBJ but the right thing to do.
  13. Maxbialystock
    That's two SB's off Gausman with no throw from the catcher. Still, Moreland would not have done that. JBJ is not quick, so he was taking a chance, but I think a good risk given how Gausman has pitcher since the first. I disagree with most commentary about boneheaded baserunning by the Sox even though sometimes that does occur.
  14. Maxbialystock
    I looked up Sox outfield assists this year, and Beni is the leader. You just explained why.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Yup. Has he played at Fenway before?
  16. Maxbialystock
    I have said nothing negative about JBJ tonight and in fact have rooted for him a lot in the past. My hobby horse--and here I am guilty--is that excellent outfield defense is nowhere near as important as excellent pitching. Price has been terrific tonight and he has made all the difference because Gausman has pitched pretty well since JD's 2 run dinger in the 1st. I have also said repeatedly I am fine with whoever Cora puts in CF. It's still possible with 5 innings to play for JBJ to actually make a great grab and if so I will cheer him on. That will not change my position on the much greater importance of good pitching. And, while I'm on the subject, in a low-scoring game like tonight, I can't help but think we could use one more good lefty bat vs. Gausman--like Moreland.
  17. Maxbialystock
    First MLB start by Orioles catcher Susac.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Nice grab by JBJ plus quick throw to the infield to keep the runner on 1B.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Boy, did you call that right. Just two innings so far, but you can really see the difference with JBJ. Oh, he hasn't actually caught anything yet, but that's not important. What we are seeing is the enormous confidence with which Price is pitching, know that JBJ is backing him up. Same goes for the Orioles, they are terrified of hitting anything to the outfield knowing our outfield is in lockdown. And that K by JBJ on four fast balls right down the middle by Gausman. JBJ is toying with him.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Is that original with you? Mr. Tingle? Not bad. Derisive, but apt.
  21. Maxbialystock
    I think that too, and I am the original anti-Holt guy. But his defense at 2B is good--Nunez's is awful, no range--and he is hitting for some strange reason.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Agree with Cora on Carson Smith, but also think fatigue could have been a factor. The thing is, however, what Carson did was just dumb.
  23. Maxbialystock
    OK, where the heck is Thunder?
  24. Maxbialystock
    Is this the greatest bottom third ever or what? Betts RF Beni LF Hanley 1B JDM DH Bogie SS Devers 3B Holt 2b Leon C Bradley CF
  25. Maxbialystock
    It's Laurel without question. And I have the hearing aids to prove it.
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