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  1. moonslav59
    It's reasonable to want the others, too. I think you are reading too much into my statement.
  2. moonslav59
    Yes, and these numbers that include part of August show a general drop off, but not by a whole lot, and yes, still impressive numbers. One encouraging thing that jacko never responded to is is rants on Sale being toast was the 30 Ks and 1 BB in Sale's last 17 innings of 2018- after the injury and with severely reduced velocity. It's my position that Sale can and will be an excellent pitcher, even if his velo does not return, but with most TJS pitchers, it does return. I'm hopeful next year is a great one for Sale.
  3. moonslav59
    and others.
  4. moonslav59
    I don't remember specifics, but several times, people pined for Beni, JBJ and Betts back in the OF. This isn't worth going on and on about. I don't get it.
  5. moonslav59
    The Braves used to be in the West, too. That's even father away.
  6. moonslav59
    How many times a year, do the M's get to their hotel with only time to get less than 8 hours of sleep? Way less than parents with screaming children or crying babies. BTW, our daughter just moved out, last month. She oten woke us at 3 or 4 in the morning, as our dogs barked every time she came in late.
  7. moonslav59
    Maybe a little... 2017: 2.90 ERA 3.39 last 9 starts (3.00 last 6 starts) 2016: 3.39 ERA 3.41 last 9 starts 2015: 2.17 ERA 2.33 last 9 starts 2014: 3.07 ERA 3.36 last 9 starts (3.00 last 6 starts) 2013: 3.41 ERA 3.24 last 9 starts In 2018, he missed some time in August. 2.11 ERA all season 2.65 in AUG & SEP (5 starts) 30Ks and 1 BB in 17 IP!
  8. moonslav59
    Then move the team to Indianapolis. Does missing a couple hours of sleep a few times a year really matter much?
  9. moonslav59
    I know, and I said I understand why, but even after he signed with Milwaukee there was pining. I'm not sure why you are making such a big deal out of the semantics. The point I made is obvious to all. We hear a lot of posters wanting ex-Sox players back. It's natural and understanding. It wasn't meant to be some earth-shattering discovery.
  10. moonslav59
    I couldn't do it, now, but I did switch at age 12. I only had a couple of years being a Brewer fan, but I think I was more a Harper fan, since the rest of the team sucked. The Bucks and Packers were great while I was in Milwaukee.
  11. moonslav59
    I used to live in Milwaukee, and I was there when the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee. I lived very close to the stadium and became a big Brewer fan. When my family move to Maine, and my favorite player, Tommy Harper, was traded to the Sox, I switched to Boston (at age 12.) The Brewers nearly won a ring before my Sox, but I don't really feel any left over loyalty to them. I do still root for the Bucks and Packers.
  12. moonslav59
    Someone mentioned on the game thread, last night, that it seemed like Eovaldi has half our Quality Starts. He does have 13 (41% or all his starts and 33% of all Sox QS's), but other have significant amounts: 9 ERod (30%) 8 Pivetta (28%) (Perez and Richards have 4 or 18% each.) What I find interesting is how many near QS's pitchers had, this year. I'll simplify my earlier criteria to include these numbers as "near QS:) 8 IP 0-4 ER 5 IP 0-2 ER 4 IP 0-1 ER Here are those numbers: 21 Eovaldi (Team is 19-13 in his 32 starts) 15 ERod (Team is 18-12 in his 30 starts) 12 Pivetta (Team is 16-13 in his 29 starts) 12 M Perez (Team is 12-10 in his 22 starts) Had one start of 3.2 IP 0 ER 8 Richards (Team is 11-11 in his 22 starts) 6 Sale (Team is 6-2 in his 8 starts) Had one 3.2 IP 1 ER and one 5.1 IP 3 ER start. 75% Sale 66% Eovaldi 55% Perez 50% ERod 41% Pivetta 36% Richards I guess the surprises would be Perez being so high, and Pivetta being so low.
  13. moonslav59
    He seems to look very calm most of the time. After the third out, he sometimes does a strong fist pump, but for the most part his body language seems calm, to me. His facial expressions show concentration and focus, to me. Either way, we need the good Pivetta, tonight.
  14. moonslav59
    Let's hope Pivetta shows the same calm intensity he showed his last start.
  15. moonslav59
    JBJ's name was brought up a lot over last winter. My comment was not just about the most recent comment. After the JBJ name came up, this time, there were several posts about bringing him back. Maybe "pining" has a connotation not appropriate for your comment, but it certainly was for many made over the winter and even into early 2021.
  16. moonslav59
    I think harmony is stuck on the idea the Padres are still a good team. Also, maybe the NLW is so good, because they got to mop up on the ALW.
  17. moonslav59
    Do you still feel loyalties to your ex teams?
  18. moonslav59
    I just made a simple point about some posters mentioning getting ex Sox players back, when similar players are available and sometimes for less money. I get why. You can argue semantic over "pining" or just mentioning names. It doesn't change my point.
  19. moonslav59
    I seem to recall it being a yearly ritual, but that was before I was on this site. His 2012 season was his only awful one in CLE. Posters seem to pine, even during and after bad seasons. JBJ is at .502, and we are hearing pining. Beni wads at .624, which in fairness was better than Cordero, on May 1st, and the pining occured. Kimbrel in 2019- mostly before he got to 6.53 and 5.28 his first 2 yrs after BOS, and some at this recent deadline. We all know ex-Sox players are mentioned more often that similar players, and I can understand why.
  20. moonslav59
    What if that butterfly never flapped its wings?
  21. moonslav59
    We might start Seabold with Houck and Whitlock standing in the wings. Hopefully, we won't need Sale on Sunday.
  22. moonslav59
    Nobody? Almost every year there was pining.
  23. moonslav59
    I saw your post. The choice might have been made for both reasons, but I think PH'ing was primary. Here are the OPS Against numbers for our RP'er listed in order of most Relief IP: Vaz/ Plawecki Pitcher (over 38 PAs, unless noted) .590/.909 Whitlock .667/.765 Ottavino .773/.902 Sawamura (Plawecki just 18 PAs) .583/ .828Barnes .674/.640 Taylor .742/.577DHern .632/.596 Valdez 1.002/.675 Andriese .669/.828 Robles (Plawecki just 30 PAs) .599/.902 Rios (Plawecki just 17 PAs) .850/.674 Richards (most as SP'er)
  24. moonslav59
    Sale never hit 100 until 2018, and even then, it wasn't all that often. I wonder if throwing so much harder in 2018 was what caused the need for TJS. Sale was a great pitcher from 204 to 2017. In those years, he averaged about 91-96 with 2017 being more like 94-97. His velocity, so far this year is very close to 2014-2017. One might expect it can gain some more by next season. See the charts for yourself.. . https://www.fangraphs.com/players/chris-sale/10603/graphs?pitchgraphs=true&statArr=&legend=1&split=base&time=daily&start=2014&end=2021&rtype=mult&gt1=15&dStatArray=FA&ymin=&ymax=
  25. moonslav59
    Maybe the best chance to win one game would be an Eovaldi start and 6 IP and with Sale going 3 innings in relief.
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