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There was a tme when the Big Three hit 3rd, 4th and 5th in the BO. Now it;s Betts, Benintendi, xxx and Martizex one row four. I notice many other teams have batting orders set a similar way also. Trend or fad?

Players have to learn, That means making mistakes, Were you immune? A player makes a mistahe, runs into anout. So? What does that have to do with Cora making a bad decision? As far as I am concerned he has done one hell of a job! JD has fit in, Betts and Benintendi have blossmed. This looks like a "team" to me. It never did under Farrell.

I expect that's right. He was quite a guy! (re/VinScully. He and Gowdy the only announcers that didn't need either partners, color anylists, or even the TV!)

Yes, and WW2 got in the way, also. He is in, I think, for the full 4 years!

Sewey, I know we met in the 1st bsse section of Fenway South but damned if I can rmember the year! (?)

Sorry! No. that's supposed to be Peter Reiser. My macro D is getting worse by the day. Mad Max would be happy that I'm not "trolling" as much! Especially gloat-trolling which I like even more. No I am really worried bout Mookie. This day to day, everyday saying the same thing, but not in any lineup! What;s next, the 60-day! If so, it will be really tough to hang in thee with the Yankees.

000are scary. Anybody here remember Pete Reiser? Brooklyn Dodgers CF (sometimes RF when hobbling). durst year good fielder no power. Second year .347 in 137 games. Out of baseball for 4 years starting in 1943. Pete best known (at the time) as the next Ty Cobb. Problem was he kept running into fences at the same speed as he stole 2nd Base! Mookie has been on the shelf only a few times, but that's too many!

Wright replaces Pom! Don't want to brg, but I predicted this 2 weeks ago. Even the timing. I guess I like Cora because we think alike!

I'm trolling, bit not gloating. My macro degneeration has progessed to a point where it;s easier to just get the statsor "troll" the TV games. Never thought I'd say this, but Cora has done about all he can ---at least for the moment. Gor CS he's 21! He probably needs at least a year at Pawtucket--maybe more--He's hurting the team both at bat and in the field. I'd wager that his confidence is not getting any better either 1

Neither did I. Neither did I. Even the best of things come to an end sometime!

There is more to the Mookie injury than anyone has neen saying. His fans aren't children; we'd like to hear the truth!

So, bottom line is 'when does Wright tahe Pomeranz's spot?'

wRIGHT! wARM UP!

Really? Pomeranz?

Vasqyez should get a metal lapse fine! How dumb can you get? And a catcher!!!

Where Moreland these days? Injry>

Thank you, Dewey. The day we met at Denway South is still a Florida Highlight. (And I've been here since 1978!. Nostalgia is one thing,but realism is always an issue. Foxx an Williams were two of the greatest hitters that eve lived. But their lousy fielding is also memorable. I haven't looked at the stats but I think if the stats were the only think to consider he would rate high. But everyone who was around then moanes every time a ground ball was more than 2 feet away. This was because of clumxyness, I suppose, but Ted had no excuse. he was just plain lzy!. I just hope the Betts Martinez twosome will do as well, and we know they'll be a lotbetter in the field. I find it very hard to compare the twosomes, but I feel fortunate to be around to appreciate them both. Sometimes we forget that Ted once said that he got out of baseball just in time. (the slider was just coming in) And the pitching is quite different today, thanks to the slider. In spite of not throwing anything but a 100mph fastball for several hundred innings and a curve that broke three feet, I'd take Bob Feller over any pitcher---even Grove! My father took me to that Grove-Feller matchup at Fenway. I don't remember even the year, but Bobbuy Doerr won it with the only run of the game (I think) with a home run. God, I wish thee was film around to show some of those single moments.

Which makes hisaccomplishments all the more remarkable.

It's runs that count,BAIBIE! Betts 48 Trout 38

Well, maybe not always! His last 5 games,, 7 for 19 (13 total bases) 2 Walks No K's 4 steals And we still lost 3 of 5! And cosidering Martinez has done more than his share, the pitching and catching have seriousl deteriorated!

Well, it took about 20 minutes to find Pomeranze's replacement next week!

This has got to be "last call" night for both Pomeranz and JBJ.

His luck lasted 2 innings more than I thought it would!

HOW LONG DOES aLEX PUT UP WITH pOMERANZ? 3 HITTERES, i'VE SEEN ENOUGH! "As Mookie goes, so go the Sox"

I'm not talking about Betts as a lead-off hitter. His value might be even more hitting 3rd or 4th. That's Cora's call, and I have no problem with it. It's about the true value of a player to his team. Without this, the best player in baseball, the team would be, maybe, a little better than .500!