Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

devildavid

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,336

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by devildavid

  1. devildavid
    I'm only asking the question.
  2. devildavid
    No, player performance is random from game to game, even on the Guardians hot streak. They are succeeding as a team, but not every player is having equal success in every game.
  3. devildavid
    So did Farrell fail by falling for the intangible impact of letting Sale get his 300th K when he should have been rational and rested him? Do emotions really matter in competitive sports and how does a manager bring them out in the players?
  4. devildavid
    But Sale's 300th strikeout got the team all fired up. Doesn't that count for something?
  5. devildavid
    That is not what the randomness of baseball tells us. The Guardians, Yankees, and Red Sox are all good teams and are playing well as good teams often do. In September, the bad teams start playing differently and trying new players and may not focus on winning. And some teams just don't match up well with these good teams. Randomness has more to do with stuff that happens in individual games and short series. The best teams tend to have more winning streaks. That is not random.
  6. devildavid
    All I can think is that the bullpen got so much use in the extra inning games that maybe Farrell (and Sale) wanted to give it a rest. But with the game in hand it does seem like Sale should have been taken out sooner and throw some scrub bullpen arms to mop up. Not really sure what the thinking (if any) was to leave him out there for 111 pitches and 8 innings.
  7. devildavid
    Here is an article related to this. rantland.com/the-triangle/debunking-mlb-first-pitch-strike-myth/
  8. devildavid
    Good one!. Brach was too amped up and couldn't find the plate.
  9. devildavid
    This is true but I still like Fister. He seems to be at a point in his career where he just can't perform consistently any more. I still might pitch him ahead of Porcello in the postseason.
  10. devildavid
    One of the most unexpected clutch performers in the postseason was Derek Lowe. He could be a train wreck at times in the regular season but he seemed to relax and have fun in the postseason.
  11. devildavid
    Tonight the Sox hitting showed the value of taking pitches and getting on base. They won without hitting a ball out of the infield, adrenaline be damned!
  12. devildavid
    Barnes faced the heart of the O's order tonight and got the job done despite an error. The bullpen has sure come through in these extra inning games.
  13. devildavid
    I say no, shut him down. We need him to be ready for a great 2018 so he can opt out at the end of next season.
  14. devildavid
    They should be lumped into the category called sports cliches.
  15. devildavid
    Adrenaline does not help anyone hit better. Beni hit a seeing eye ground ball single that had nothing to do with an adrenaline rush and everything to do with luck. He did not place that grounder due to adrenaline.
  16. devildavid
    I have thought that Bogey always looks cool. I'm not sure if he's trying to or it's just his natural demeanor.
  17. devildavid
    What does 'dig a bit deeper' mean? Hitting a baseball is about being consistent with your swing and not chasing bad pitches. Beni, if he's good hitter, would generally take the same approach with every at bat. What changes if he digs a bit deeper? Now, a hitter might go out of the zone to attempt to get a hit instead of a walk. Is that how they dig a bit deeper?
  18. devildavid
    I am nervous about facing the Yanks. CC has had our number this season. On the bright side, we handled Judge very well. It may come down to which team is less boneheaded and has more fire and desire. At one point I was more scared of Baltimore or Tampa squeaking into the Wild Card but that didn't last long.
  19. devildavid
    I'm not saying the Sox don't make mistakes or commit errors. All MLB teams do. I am disagreeing with your contention that this team makes more than their share of boneheaded mental errors than past Sox teams or your average MLB team. Not all mistakes are mental ones. Errors (like s***) happen.
  20. devildavid
    You have to look at aggressive base running in the macro of the entire season, not the micro of each individual instance. There is a break even point but who really knows what it is? I see it like OBP in the long run. Does it increase scoring ability? Are outs not as important as trying to advance base runners to increase scoring?
  21. devildavid
    Serious: Too bad Pedroia was hurt again with a fluke injury. Sarcastic: Too bad all they had to replace him with is Brock Holt.
  22. devildavid
    "Brock (Johnny Pesky) Holt 'held' the ball and Sox lose. What a boneheaded play!" http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2017/08/boston_red_soxs_brock_holt_say.html
  23. devildavid
    JF is the root cause of the base running blunders because he does not see them as blunders but as part and parcel of a productive aggressive base running philosophy. He will never tell them to be aggressive except when you shouldn't. He wants them to always be aggressive. I will go out on a limb and predict that there will away be base running blunders on this team as long as JF is the manager.
  24. devildavid
    I look at Hanley's age and injury history. I look at Nunez history of being mainly a bench plater and that most players don't peak at age 30. Plus, he is a free swinger and has a tendency to be on the lower end of OBP. I think we should temper our excitement a bit over his recent performance.
  25. devildavid
    No, I have witnessed some dumb moves with this team. But I think the root cause of a lot of it is Farrell's philosophy of being aggressive on the bases. Farrell defended a bad base running move by Nunez, who is known to be a very aggressive base runner. This article from the Boston Globe quotes him on his philosophy which I strongly disagree with. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2017/08/13/snotes/oWVxYg0IN7nSBGE8fqiPYN/story.html
×
×
  • Create New...