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Yes, of course, our bottom 3 slots could go ice cold starting tomorrow. I get that. I was spurred on to gather these numbers by Jacko's apparent belief that the previous 11 weeks of bottom-of-the-order numbers were doomed to repeat themselves for the rest of the season for the Sox yet struggling Yankee players were expected to rebound and return to the norm. I'm not suggesting our bottom 3 will continue hitting .348 or even .300. Heck, I doubt they hit .280 the rest of the way, but all we need is for them to hit their norm or close to it and for injuries to be held at bay.

Oscar Robertson just won the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. Many remember that he averaged a triple double his 2nd year and revolutionized the "positionless" basketball player. More amazingly, he averaged a triple double over his first 6 seasons combined! He nearly did it for his first 7 seasons. Here's a look at his numbers: Pts Reb Ast Led league in bold 30.5 10.1 9.7 30.8 12.5 11.4 28.3 10.4 9.5 31.4 9.9 11.0 30.4 9.0 11.5 31.3 7.7 11.1 30.5 6.2 10.7 29.2 6.0 9.7 24.7 6.4 9.8 25.3 6.1 8.1 19.4 5.7 8.2 17.4 5.0 7.7 NBA championship (2 more years) First 3 years: 29.8/ 11.0/ 10.2 First 4 years: 30.2/ 10.7/ 10.4 First 5 years: 30.3/ 10.4/ 10.6 First 6 years: 30.5/ 10.0/ 10.7 First 7 years: 29.7/ 9.4/ 10.7

Back to Brady and his 5 rings. Not many people know that Bart Starr has 5 NFL championships. 1960 Lost championship game (his first full season as starting QB) 1961 Championship 1962 Championship 1963 11-2-1 no championship 1964 8-5-1 no championship 1965 Championship 1966 Championship (Super Bowl) 1967 Championship (Super Bowl) 5 championships in 7 years with one loss in the championship game before these 7 years.

If Brady is the all time best because of all the rings, then Bill Russell is the best major team sport, pro athlete of all time. 1955 NCAA championship 1956 NCAA championship (55 straight wins) 20.7 points per game/20.3 rebounds per game college career 1956 Olympic Gold Medal (USA won by 53/5 pts/gm) 56-57 NBA championship 57-58 Lost championship 58-59 NBA championship 59-60 NBA championship 60-61 NBA championship 61-62 NBA championship 62-63 NBA championship 63-64 NBA championship 64-65 NBA championship 65-66 NBA championship 66-67 Lost in East Div Finals 67-68 NBA championship 68-69 NBA championship That's 14 championships or Gold Medals in 15 years! Holy s***!!!!!!!!

Tonight (Monday) on the farm: 6 wins 0 losses, except for Rookie Golf Coast loss. 2-4 Castillo 2-4 de Jesus 1-3 Lind (6th HR) 2-5 de la Guerra (2 HRs- 7th & 8th) 3-4 Cedrola (HR short of a cycle) Buttrey 0 ER in 1 IP (1.91 ERA) R Brasier 0 ER in 1 IP (1.50 ERA and 11th save) E Bazardo 0 ER in 6 IP (0 BBs) 3.60 ERA.

Update on recent hitting by the 7-9 hitter on the Yanks and Sox... Summer Stats Sox 4-8 (6/24) 1-10 (6/23) 6-15 (6/22) 5-13 (6/21) 16-46 (.348) Yanks 1-12 (6/25) 2-15 (6/24) 1-9 (6/23) 1-9 (6/22) 0-10 (6/21) 5-55 (.091) The tide is turning.

He also spent wisely on Uehara, Napoli (the first time), Drew (the first time), Carp and arguably Vic (for his first season). Some would add Dempster to this list.

We have precious resources and budget space. I do not agree that SP'er is our #3 need, but even if I did, I would not trade for one, unless someone gets hurt. If someone gets hurt after AUG 31st, I still think we can get by with 3 starters and an occasional 4th starter in a 7 game playoff series. I have a lot of confidence in ERod. I'll take 5-6 innings. I like Wright and Velazquez as starters or long relief in the playoffs. They are about as good as #5 & 6 starters can get. To me, our biggest need, and I'm not even saying we need anything (yet) is... 1) A hitter who kills lefties (OF/2B/1B?) 2) RP'er. 3) 2B, if Pedey is out of the pitchure by the deadline.

Good post, but I don't see the need for a vet SP'er.

LoMo & Moose did not have to be "fall back". We could have afforded JD and one of those two. Had we not signed Mooreland and Nunez, we could have come close to all 3 (JD, LoMo & Moose). The Moreland signing looks like a genius move, so far, and many of the other choices have looked bad to horrible, so far. Nunez has not lived up to our hopes, and the injury should not be an excuse. It was a known injury. (Note: I liked the Nunez signing and loved the JD signing. I hated the Moreland signing.)

Hopefully yesterday was the opening of the floodgate of hits.

Honestly, I don't know much about him. His .599 vs LHPs this year is likely a blip. For his career, he's .803. That's a lot better than Nunez (.687), Holt (.722) and slightly better than Devers (.798). His defense looks decent by his UZR/150 numbers but not his DRS numbers: UZR/150/ DRS 2B +2.5 (+15.2 this year)/DRS career: -8 3B -2.2 (+0.9 this year)/DRS career -20 1B +5.2 (+0.4 this year)/ DRS career -2 I'm interested depending on the cost.

From the other view.... Last 30 days 161 players with 90+ PAs/Lowest Soft Hit% 1. Freeman 3.7% 3. Trout 5.6% 4. Seager 6.3% 6. Moncada 7.3% 9. Votto 7.9% 16. JBJ 9.8% (Lowest on the Sox) 35. JMart 12% 70. Beni 15.4% 88. Moreland 16.7% 89. Bogey16.9%

The Yankee 7-9 hitters ended up 2 for 15 today- making it 7 for 55 recently. That's down to .127. Gary Sanchez to the DL. The falling apart has begun. Panic time. Fire sale!

So, only hard throwers are ever successful in MLB?

I guessthe idea is we'd give the Rangers more in terms of prospect talent value in exchange for them paying enough of Beltra's pro-rated salary to keep us under the penalty. The problem is we don't have extra talent to throw at the Rangers.

Why knowingly enter in a fantasy world? Plus, it's a world that offers no enjoyment and only letdowns and disappointment. We don't have the prospects or money to do anything grand. I'm actually fine with that idea. I like our team, as is. I don't need to see greener grasses. The green stuff we have is primo.

I've been waiting far too long to be able to say it. I hope it's not just a tease.

JBJ's hits were all line drives. I'm hoping this is the start of the long awaited hot streak, and that maybe he turns it into a longer one than he's ever had.

Let's say we decide to trade JBJ and save his prorated $6.1M contract. Maybe we find a taker for Pom and part of his prorated $8.5M contract. Leon and Holt make about $2M and Nunez $4M. I guess we could cut small amounts with trading one of these guys. Let's not even talk about the new weaknesses we'd be creating by trading some of the players I listed and just assume we would now have enough budget space to trade for a prorated and high priced contract. Who do we trade? Our best 2 prospects are injured or suspended. Most of the other good ones we have are far from ML ready. I may be wrong, but I doubt a combination of Beeks, Houck, Travis and Shawaryn would get us any of these big named players. Then, one has to wonder if that would be putting the final nail in our long term future hopes. Just because DD has made so many enormous moves since taking over , doesn't mean will continue doing so due to a lack of resources and perhaps a feeling that he's already pushed the hopes of a good future as far as he thinks is prudent. I look at it this way: DD has already gotten us Sale, JD, Price, Kimbrel, Pom and a few less major acquisitions like Moreland, Nunez & Thornbug/Smith. Expecting more is just not all that reasonable given our current resource predicament.

I've told you why I'm not talking about Gennet. Of course, I'd want him or Machado or others on this year's team, but it's just not going to happen, IMO. DD already spent just about all the resources we had (financial and prospects) to build the team we have right now. There are limits to what can or should be done. I already think we went a little too far in depleting our farm, and we're under $2M from the max penalty limit. Our hands are tied. That's the reality. Stop trying to get me to join a fantasy land. I'm not going there.

Wow, 1 game and your whole profile is determined.

Our 7-9 hitters over the last 4 games: 4-8 so far today 1-10 yesterday 6-15 Friday 5-13 Thursday Red Sox Total: 16-46 (.348) How about the Yankee 7-9 hitters of late? 3-12 Wed 0-10 Thur 1-9 Friday 1-9 Sat 1-6 so far today with a 3 run job by Andujar. Yankee Total 6-46 (.130) The tide is turning.

O-Lay J-B-J!

Is this the type of game where we should choose to give Sale some rest, so he stays strong all year. I know 5 runs can be erased pretty quickly, but still, I'd do it. 7 IP 93 pitches with an unreal 71 strikes! I'm so happy we traded for ... Chris Freakin' Sale!