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  1. moonslav59
    It's all the umps fault.
  2. moonslav59
    Our bats had something to do with it, and normally I'd add we should be able to hit Garcia, but the guy was on his game. There really were not many pitches that look all that hittable, tonight. Kudos to a good game by the home plate ump. I take back everything I said about robo umps. Scrap the idea. It was really exciting watching him call the game and knowing that it's an imperfect world and at anytime, he might get a call wrong. This made a rather sad game very fun for me.
  3. moonslav59
    How much will Baez cost? If you factor in trading Bogey for a decent pitcher, it might amount to Bogey vs Baez + a good pitcher and a little more cash.
  4. moonslav59
    If I had to guess, I doubt anything really major is done, but I do see a few significant moves being made. Last winter, our biggest moves were: $10M Richards $8M Ottavino trade $7M x 2 Kike $6M Perez Beni Trade The little ones worked okay, including Renfroe & Whitlock. Since I think we have less holes to fill, this winter, and as much money to spend as last winter, we should be able to spend more per player, this year. Let's hope Bloom does his homework.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm not going to bitch at anyone. The game sucked. The season was fun to watch. The team looks to be improving. The farm is improving. The players who are out of team control are not really key players, except for maybe ERod and JD, if he opts out. Hats off to a great season that ended too soon. This winter should be an interesting one.
  6. moonslav59
    The thing was, even after that come from 3-0 down series win, there was still the lingering doubts about finishing it off and bringing home the trophy. I was still worried up 3-0 vs the Cards, thinking it would be just our luck to choke away a 3-0 lead after overcoming one. Once the curse was broken, I have been a believer.
  7. moonslav59
    I can certainly understand the house money analogy, and it has merit, but something is lost, if we get eliminated. Something very big.
  8. moonslav59
    I can understand fans not liking replay delays, but this should be seamless und unnoticeable.
  9. moonslav59
    Let's hope Renfroe proves us both very wrong!
  10. moonslav59
    I see that point, but once you get this far, I don't see it as playing with house money. We deserve to be here, and we are no less deserving of winning than the Astros. They won 3 more games than us, this year while playing 17 more games vs teams under .500. We both have won 6 playoff games, this year. Sure, I'll think we played a good season, even if we lose 20-0 tonight, but I wouldn't word it like "nothing to lose." We have a chance at making the WS tolose, and that is huge! GO SOX!
  11. moonslav59
    Oh the humanity!
  12. moonslav59
    Plus, the ump has a catcher in the way every pitch. Other sports have their refs' vision blocked from time to time, but not like this. Having umps guess what are strikes is not fun for me.
  13. moonslav59
    No games will ever be perfect, and I don't strive for that. I certainly don't strive to have an ump make a bad call just to prove the world or the most wonderful game in the world is not perfect. I hope you don't fail to understand that.
  14. moonslav59
    This way they can never hit in back to back DPs!
  15. moonslav59
    I will never understand why that would matter to anyone. It's the right call. Watching an ump make a bad call is not entertainment and should never be.
  16. moonslav59
    Robo calls for balls and strikes is not replay. Mistakes by refs have always been something all sport leagues have tried to reduce by providing training for refs. This is just assisting them, and it will not take any longer to make the calls. It will speed up teh game, because it will greatly reduce arguing, and batter stepping out of the box to regroup after an horrific call.
  17. moonslav59
    Our first 5 hitters have 19 HRs in 10 playoff games, this year. 43 RBIs, too!
  18. moonslav59
    This can be nothing like replay and seamless. We don't even have to notice any change. You can even pretend the ump is making the call he is hearing in his invisible earpiece. Win-win!
  19. moonslav59
    Renfroe 8th is a significant move. They also had been putting Verdugo up 5th and JD up 6th vs righties for a while, but they flipped them back. I was worried they might go with Vaz, because he seems to be hitting better and not GIDPs like Plawecki (something like 3 in 7 PAs), but I guess Cora believes in Catcher-Pitcher Karma.
  20. moonslav59
    You should have opened an open-ended parlay for a bigger payout or just bet on the Sox to with the ALCS after game 5.
  21. moonslav59
    The ball strike call can be through a near invisible earpiece. The call should be instantaneous. No headsets. No delays. Just 100% right and timely calls.
  22. moonslav59
    This might be what matters most.
  23. moonslav59
    That Graveman deal was a real head-scratcher (Joe Smith & Abraham Toro). He was pretty good 19 inning in 2020 (1.232 WHIP), but was doing very well for SEA. He actually dropped off a lot for the Astros after the trade. There was some grumbling, here, after a 6 game stretch shortly after the trade, where he had a 7.71 ERA and .858 OPS Against. His HOU numbers for 2021: 1.391 WHIP in 23 IP. Montero was basically a scrub throw in who has only pitched 6 IP for the Astros. There was talk he'd be DFA'd after the trade. He didn't pitch after AUG 8th. Maton is a career 1.407 WHIP journeyman. He has not done well with HOU since the trade: 1.579 WHIP and 4.97 ERA in 25.1 IP Yimi Garcia has sucked since the trade, but he was pretty good beforehand. 5.48 ERA and 1.078 WHIP in 21.1 IP w HOU, this year. Sox pitchers added at or after the deadline: Robles 3.60/1.360 in 25 IP Davis 4.86/1.500 in 16.2 IP From own system: Sale 3.16/1.336 Brasier 1.50/1.333
  24. moonslav59
    Don't spend all your winnings in one place.
  25. moonslav59
    I don't want them to. Why do keep taking what I say to mean that? Of course I want us to go up 12-0. My point is, we can and have comeback more than any other team, so it does not seem as important to our team as it did to 29 other teams, but you keep acting like we are doomed, if we go down early. Also, the Astros still win more than half their games, when the opps lead after 1 inning, so going up on them is no guarantee of winning, either. None of these stats are meant to show we have a better chance of winning by falling behind or that I want us to have to come back and win. We win way more games, when we take an early lead. That is an obvious thing. My point is that no team does better at coming from behind, so why is that the one thing you keep harping on?
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