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  1. Maxbialystock
    Great double play by Price who fires home. Thank goodness nothing to Holt, who is worthless.
  2. Maxbialystock
    We already know what the story will be at the end of the game. This was all Farrell's fault. Wrong lineup. Wrong guy at 3B. Should have taken Price out after the leadoff dinger in the 4th. See, it's never, ever the players fault.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Maybe Price is giving up. No defensive support and no offensive support.
  4. Maxbialystock
    I seem to remember a groundswell of opinion on talksox to the effect that Holt is a winner, a guy who makes things happens. What a joke. That was a huge error and completely inexcusable.
  5. Maxbialystock
    What's the name of that Clint Eastwood movie, "Trouble with the Curve"? That defines this year's Red Sox. Except, apparently, for the rookie leftfielder who seems quite comfortable hitting a curve. Bogaerts looked awful in his at bat and had three straight fastballs, one of which he watched go over the middle of the plate, one of which he swung at and missed when it was way inside, and the third pitch was fat, right down the middle, which he fouled away. Finally, finally he got his pitch, a curve well below the zone he could tap into an easy GIDP. We're in the 4th inning and have two hits, both by the rookie Benintendi. If it weren't for those five walks, this would be a scoreless tie.
  6. Maxbialystock
    53 games remaining, but the schedules favor every team except the Sox, who have a tough time on the road and a tough time playing the AL East. If these guys make the playoffs, they will definitely earned it.
  7. Maxbialystock
    To me it's amazing how long ERod lasts basically throwing fastballs. His slider is only "good" when it's outside the strike zone, but the hitters rarely swing at it there. He rarely relies on his changeup. And he doesn't throw a curve or or a cut fastball that I can tell. As for the hitting, I'm guessing it's bad because it's a day game after a night game which followed a flight from seattle. And didn't that last game in Seattle go into extra innings?
  8. Maxbialystock
    If the Dodgers have any kind of bullpen, this game is over.
  9. Maxbialystock
    That's two sliders absolutely hammered.
  10. Maxbialystock
    He hit that slider really hard.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Yeah. That's what I think too.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Sox have 4 singles. Second time thru our lineup was easier than the first time. 3d time--first two guys out, just like that.
  13. Maxbialystock
    ERod looks OK up there. Until the K on the big curve. But he got two fouls.
  14. Maxbialystock
    All right! Fast ball on the inside corner, easy pop to short CF.
  15. Maxbialystock
    What was that conference about?
  16. Maxbialystock
    Now that was a changeup--much needed.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Funny thing. ERod likes to talk about his changeup, but he rarely uses it.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Bradley is more of a pull hitter now than Ortiz.
  19. Maxbialystock
    4th inning with Bradley, Leon, and Shaw coming up. Meh.
  20. Maxbialystock
    ERod is the opposite--mostly fast balls.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Stripling throws a lot of off speed pitches, and it really has our guys off balance.
  22. Maxbialystock
    In three innings the Sox 3d thru 9th hitters have 0 hits.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Well, I got that mostly right--just had Leon and Hill reversed.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Managers are normally, usually the fall guys when teams underperform. I think that's fair even though sometimes those firings are unjust. I personally think game management is overrated because in this day of age all managers have 1) lots of experience; 2) lots of detailed stats, trends, etc; 3) lots of immediately available expertise (pitching and bench coaches) to discuss things with; 4) plenty of time to make decisions; 5) not many important decisions to make. Unlike basketball coaches and especially football coaches, managers don't have much in the way of plays or defenses that would permit some creativity. No managers spend night after night reviewing game films to find other teams weaknesses. I do think some managers create a better playing environment than others--see Maddon of the Cubs. I think Girardi of the Yankees is a good manager, but his team loses anyway when he doesn't have talent.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Do you mean underestimate or overestimate? As for Valentine, I like that example because Farrell was the guy who replaced him the very next year and took the team all the way to the WS and another championship. I don't begin to know how much effect Farrell had on the 2013, but, whatever it was,it could not have been that bad. In my view, the players, as always, get the lion's share of the credit.
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