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  1. moonslav59
    40 or 42 games remaining for the 3 teams tied for the 2 wild card slots: NYY, OAK & BOS. SEA & TOR are 4 back and still in it, for now. Remaining Games: BOS 7 vs TBR 6 v BAL 6 v CLE 4 v NYY 3 v TEX 3 v MIN 3 @CWS 3 @ SEA 3 @ WSH 2 v NYM NYY 7 v TOR 6 v BAL 4 v BOS 4 v MIN 4 @ OAK 3 @ LAA 3 @ NYM 3 v CLE 3 v TEX 3 v TBR 2 @ ATL OAK 9 v SEA 6 v HOU 5 v CWS 4 NYY 3 v SFG 3 @ DET 3 @ TOR 3 v TEX 3 @ KCR 3 @ LAA
  2. moonslav59
    I have never doubted Vaz's physical catching skills. I also have never claimed that the full advantage pitchers showed with Vaz could not have been influenced by other factors. They held onto Leon for a very long time for reasons I have to think are related to how much pitchers loved him catching their games. I don't know why they finally let him go. Maybe 2 straight seasons of sub .550 hitting was the breaking point. To me, if he really meant a 1.00 to 1.50 boost to a pitcher's ERA, batting .250 OPS would still make him a plus. BTW, Leon played a lot with MIA, this year despite an OPS below .500!
  3. moonslav59
    Your whole argument is based on speculation on a scattered amount of stats that total 189 innings. By the way, it’s not a debate if you never ever answer questions the other side asks.
  4. moonslav59
    I have 10 Kershaw that do way better with anyone not named Vaz or Swihart. It’s not hard to imagine pitchers doing better with JBJ in CF or Cabrera at SS, why would the catching position not be at least as important to a pitcher than SS and CF? I mean, they do a lot more than just field hit balls.
  5. moonslav59
    Shoulda traded them all for deadline help. It’s so obvious we were just one piece or two away from greatness in October!
  6. moonslav59
    Oakland is losing, again. This time 8-0. If they lose, it’s a 3-way tied for the two WC slots with us down one in the loss column to both and .001 behind in win%.
  7. moonslav59
    Actually, it’s GB that matters not winning %, so we’d have a play in game with NYY.
  8. moonslav59
    Just 5 games of 7 innings of shutout ball and his 4.19 ERA goes to 3.54, and you’ll find some other guy to call a choke. This is just one example that shows just how fickle even a 189 IP sample size is. Now, he ain’t gonna do that, but the point still stands. 5 nice games more and nobody mentions Kershaw and choke ever again. 5 games is all.now, imagine 7 or 8...
  9. moonslav59
    Well, today was about as bad as could be. We were out pitched, hit and defended. I still think the schedule will help us beat out the A’s, but we can’t let losing these games go into another free fall. It could all start with a win tomorrow, but today still sucked, badly,
  10. moonslav59
    This game thread crap is for the birds. I’m out of these for a while. Maybe a long long while. Talk among yourselves. Lol
  11. moonslav59
    This walking the ninth hitter is killing me.
  12. moonslav59
    If someone would just get a hit with RISP we could call ourselves clutch,
  13. moonslav59
    What’s our issue with 9th in the batting order hitters. Did someone not get the memo?.
  14. moonslav59
    In all seriousness, now, what happens if Kershaw pitches 5 gems this October?
  15. moonslav59
    Now that’s a tiny hill to be crucified on.
  16. moonslav59
    Maybe I need to rethink my choice. Lol
  17. moonslav59
    So, you’d choose Dick?
  18. moonslav59
    The guy who let his 5 year old granddaughter make a lineup one time? Or was that someone else.
  19. moonslav59
    Lol. I feel great and omnipotent. lol
  20. moonslav59
    Actually, Kike should have taken ball 4, twice.
  21. moonslav59
    Cora and Tito stand high above all other Sox managers in the past 5 decades. A better discussion might be who is third. I say Dick Williams, but I may be alone on that one.
  22. moonslav59
    Huh?
  23. moonslav59
    I used CERA and OPS against in dozens of sample sizes chosen only by having large enough samples from multiple catchers. I did it for Posada and VTek, too, over many many years. Several sample sizes had 150 to over 200 IP by both catchers. I also did sample sizes of RPers with much smaller sample sizes, and while those results and conclusions were more mixed, even those favored guys like VTek and Leon and disfavored Posada and Vaz and Salty and Swihart. Kinda the guys you’d expect, except for some people on Vaz..
  24. moonslav59
    I guess it’s just coincidence the random samples mirror reality almost exactly. What I wanna know is what happens if a clutch hitter suddenly faces 25 clutch pitchers in a row and has crappy numbers. Is he no longer clutch? Talk among yourselves.
  25. moonslav59
    Of course it could be. I wouldn’t sat lineup slot comfort is not real. I just think it’s way overblown.
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