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  1. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Tanaka had 2 outs and an 8-2 lead when the grand slam occurred. Absolutely not time to warm someone else. Plus it was Tanaka on the mound with struggling JD coming to the plate.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Yankees fans may be pissed at their manager, but I'm sympathetic. Those 4 runs all came with two outs and fairly suddenly. No time to warm someone up, especially with a 6 run lead and a pretty darn good pitcher on the mound and a struggling JD coming up.
  3. Maxbialystock
    What is it about Devers that makes him absolutely refuse to take a pass? Especially on a 3-1 count?
  4. Maxbialystock
    Clever. It took me a moment to get it. 60% for a whole season translates to 97 wins, which the Sox have done just twice in the John Henry era. We all know it's a long season and realize that 9-1, while great in itself, doesn't guarantee a great season. Thus your "realistic view" thread is a chance to look at how and why we won those 9 games and to decipher how predictive they are. You have commented on HanRam and others, but to me the most amazing aspect of those 10 games is the pitching and especially the rotation. Even ERod's 3 runs in 3.2 innings (and over 90 pitches) wasn't terrible. And the other 9 starts, including game 1 which we lost, were fantastic--at least, to me. After 10 games we have the 3d best ERA, 2.53, in MLB. When was the last time we did that in the regular season? I'm pretty sure we did that in the 2013 postseason, but usually our pitching lags well behind our hitting.
  5. Maxbialystock
    So that's our winning formula--you weren't watching. A Yankee fan in our office and a very good guy, so today's chat was brief with no gloating. Actually, he's the one guy I enjoy talking baseball with because we know a lot about each other's teams.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Any Sox player who gets a hit in the 8th should be fined.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Orioles had men on 2d and 3d in the bottom of the 8th with the score tied 1-1 and no one out. Final score? 2-1 Jays.
  8. Maxbialystock
    This game is going to last 4 hours without going to extra innings--and in the cold too. Ain't MLB grand?
  9. Maxbialystock
    With a 14-1 lead?
  10. Maxbialystock
    Another classic Nunez play--he gets to the ball, but can't actually grab it. Time and time again, but still nary an error.
  11. Maxbialystock
    I said that and have seen a high percentage of good calls, but agree he is giving Sale the upper right corner.
  12. Maxbialystock
    You woulda thunk Stanton hit a grand slam instead of the single. Boy, espn loves their Yankees. Or is this actually the YES feed?
  13. Maxbialystock
    That's two on that corner he has missed, so my compliment was a tad too soon.
  14. Maxbialystock
    So far the home plate umpire has been freaking great on calling balls and strikes.
  15. Maxbialystock
    The write up on him says he has power to all fields. Regardless, I'm just happy he made solid contact.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Yup. He is also gifted at stopping grounders without actually catching them or having a play for an out.
  17. Maxbialystock
    espn announcers sure love those Yankees though. Was that five replays on Judge's grab in right field? Plus all the stats about how hard Severino throws, also the other Yankee pitchers. Near the end of ST, their "experts" picked the Yankees to breeze thru the AL which, I have to admit, is entirely possible with that monster lineup. Sale doesn't seem worried, however.
  18. Maxbialystock
    My wife just said, "Yankee pot roast for dinner tonight." Also: "please don't try yanking my chain."
  19. Maxbialystock
    Nunez made contact on 2 pitches and swung at strikes. JD, if anything, was more clueless than JBJ because he hit nothing and K's on 3 pitches. JBJ at least got to 5 pitches. Credit to Severino on the two K's, both fast balls just above the zone--swung on and missed. For the most part Severino seems to have pretty good location and pretty darn good slider and changeup. Fastball up to 99mph not too shabby either. Good new is he gave up a run and needed 27 pitches in the first. 23 pitches for Sale in 2 innings--fantastic. Don't mind the 2 hits one bit.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Actually some truth in that in my view. The bottom third is still the bottom third, except maybe the 2004 Sox. That said, the bottom third was key to that 8th inning rally Sunday.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Thanks, mvp. About what I expected except for Holt. I was hoping for Lin.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Not an ERod fan, but agree it makes sense to give him a real shot. I do not think a 6 man rotation is needed. Better I think to have Johnson/Velazquez for long relief, to say nothing of the value of having a spare arm--which has already been the case--for the rotation. Up ahead is the return of Pomeranz and maybe even Wright.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Re: the discussion about JBJ. Cora is clearly experimenting, which he said he would to before the season started. Plus we are 9 games into a 162 game season, we are 8-1, and these experiments have demonstrably not prevented us from winning games. They have, on the other hand, given Cora an eyeful of what Beni can do in CF and JD in LF and RF. That can't be all bad.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Agree JBJ makes a difference in the OF, especially in comparison to Beni.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Anything new on Bogie?
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