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  1. moonslav59
    Short. Sweet. Complete.
  2. moonslav59
    Yours.
  3. moonslav59
    I don't think it's the televised strike box that is causing the uproar. I think the umps are really getting worse.
  4. moonslav59
    Tennis, Basketball, Football...
  5. moonslav59
    Can you prove that?
  6. moonslav59
    All teams were back then. It was called indentured servitude.
  7. moonslav59
    It's called an opinion. I never said it's a fact Cora is the best and makes less mistakes. Do I need to qualify every statement I make it, "IMO" or "I think...?" You give your opinions: I give mine. That's what this site is about. I think Cora is the best Sox manager I've seen. Tito was real close. Dick Williams, too. I guess you don't have to be brilliant to be better than all the rest, so call it hyperbole. It's not like you never exaggerate. "White flags" and all.
  8. moonslav59
    It accepted this as a "minor overpay" by the Sox: Duran, Downs & Dalbec for Montas & Trivino If we sign Schwarber, we'd barely miss any of the 3-Ds, or if Casas rises quickly, we'll never miss the slow starting Dalbec. (BTW, it's only 2 years of team control for Montas and 1 for Bassit & Manaea, so that's something to think about.) The A's don't really need Dalbec, but BTV accepted this trade, too: Bogey, Duran, Downs & Vaz for Montas, Soderstrom, Piscotty, Andrus & Trivino (Piscotty & Andrus help to balance some of the cost of Bogey's contract.)
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  10. moonslav59
    I'd like to think most pitchers have enough stamina to face more than 18 batters, so it's probably the hitter's advantage more than the other. I'm wondering what's next? The pitchers being removed after one time through? Maybe staffs will become 9 pitchers who go 3 innings every 3 days and 4 short inning guys.
  11. moonslav59
    Don't be surprised, if it doesn't dip by as much as you expect. 33 games is just 33 games, and his farm numbers were very good. Nobody is thinking Duran straight up for Montas.
  12. moonslav59
    Brilliant and genius! Way to go, max!
  13. moonslav59
    Last year's team was pathetic. Something like 65% of our pitching was from guys like Perez, Weber and dozens of scrubs. We knew the budget was going to be fixed. We knew we had over a dozen 40 man roster slots that needed much improvement. We had some hopes in guys like Pivetta, Arroyo, Dalbec, Renfroe, Cordero, Marwin and others, but a lot of "ifs and or buts." Whitlock was a "magic carper ride" as was Renfroe to some extent and the hot streak by Dalbec. ERod and Sale's returns were not certain, at least as their former selves. That being said, I predicted 86 wins before we signed anyone. I loved the Kike signing. My biggest reason for having so much hope going into this year was more about how the other AL teams looked. From day one, I pointed out that every AL team had major weaknesses. I think that rang true. It looks like the Astros had the least of all. I wasn't a Sox fan in '67, but from what I know, that season was more magical than 2021 and 2013. We can agree on that.
  14. moonslav59
    That's true and one reason I think Cora is a very good manager. Not a genius. Not brilliant, but just plain very good. (Bloom is very good, too.)
  15. moonslav59
    That's pretty much it, in a nutshell. We can overanalyze all we want, but it was just 3 games. No decisions or definitive judgements should be made solely on these 3 games. Sure, some of the wekanesses we showed in these 3 games were apparent all year long, so those are fair game.
  16. moonslav59
    Except that they likely cheated... LOL.
  17. moonslav59
    Much of the pitching help they picked up did worse than Robles and Davis. They just gelled at the right time. Graveman is good, don't get me wrong, but he usually isn't this good, and I never heard his name mentioned by any posters as a possible target for Bloom.
  18. moonslav59
    I love baseball, and played it a long time. Maybe it's the 162 game season, but I rarely watch any other baseball games, if the Sox are not one of the teams. That's always been the case, but I usually watch the World Series or elimination games. I just don't feel up to it, this year, and I dislike the Astros too much to want to watch them win. You don't have to listen to all the Astros crap I hear down here.
  19. moonslav59
    What don't you get? I think he's the best manager the Sox have ever had, which for long stretches is not saying much. I have disagreed with his choices many times, but I realize he knows much more than I do. I think he's the best. We can quibble over the terms "genius" and "brilliant," or call it hyperbole, but it's my opinion. I can understand why you don't think he is, and your points have merit, and it's your opinion. Can you answer my question?
  20. moonslav59
    Maybe not really unfair, either.
  21. moonslav59
    Nothing to be ashamed of. I am a Sox fan, afterall. What Sox player are you a cheerleader?
  22. moonslav59
    Morton has never gone over 195 IP and has gone over 158 just twice. Pivetta might not be a good example, even if Cora would stop yanking him. The 3rd time through rule is dominating, and it's for good reason... Pivetta: .700 first time .641 second time 1.011 third time (119 PAs is rather significant)
  23. moonslav59
    The Astros pen came together at just the right time. They were not all that great for most of the year.
  24. moonslav59
    Every pitcher? Is this a trick question?
  25. moonslav59
    All I know is that not only is Cora a genius, he's a brilliant genius!
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