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  1. illinoisredsox
    No plate discipline like in the 5th inning, when he started off taking 3 balls, then a strike, fouled off a pitch and then took ball 4 (Sox eventually loaded the bases that inning but failed to score)? Or like in the 7th, when he started out 0-2, took 2 balls, fouled off a pitch and then took 2 more balls, working another walk? Yeah, he's swung at some bad pitches. He's also walked 6 times, which would be a pace to walk over 100 times over the course of the season. His OBP is .265, which isn't too bad considering he's only got 3 hits. I'd say he's shown plenty of plate discipline; there are several guys who could take a lesson in that from him.
  2. illinoisredsox
    That’s the way I’ve heard, 4 infielders and two must be on each side of second base when the pitch is made. To prevent the inevitable shenanigans, MLB would be wise to place limits as to how big (deep) the infield dirt can extend. Right now there is no limit. So maybe it can be a max of say 120 feet (just tossing out a number) from home plate all around.
  3. illinoisredsox
    After one of his first few starts, I tongue and cheek suggested that Bello might want to go back to the minors where he'd get better defensive support. They've played like s*** behind him ever since he came up. They don't score for him, they don't field for him. Yeah, the kid needs to work on being more efficient, but he needs some help from his teammates.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Excellent rebuttal. Off the top of my head you’re missing Randy Johnson and Catfish Hunter. I then looked up the number of perfectos on MLB history. It’s 23 (21 since 1900). You were able to come up with over 80% of the ones in the “modern” era and just shy of 75% of all of them.
  5. illinoisredsox
    If you use standard ERA, the Royals are worse. If you use ERA+, they’re only the 4th worst, ahead of the Tigers, Royals and Athletics. Either way, not company you want to be in.
  6. illinoisredsox
    WAY BETTER? Pitching, both starting and bullpen. It’s also the most difficult to fix, especially starting pitching. And from what I’ve heard, the FA starters are not all that fantastic coming up this off-season. Eovaldi is in the top 4 of who’s available. Judge isn’t coming here. It’ll either be back to the Yankees or home to San Francisco.
  7. illinoisredsox
    The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap. In order to get a strike call, part of the ball must cross over part of home plate while in the aforementioned area. So as long as part of the ball touches any part of that pentagonal prism above the plate between those two theoretical levels, it’s a strike. The front is the easiest point to do that, but not the only one.
  8. illinoisredsox
    A coach seat would be an overpay. Seriously, I just sit the guy down for the rest of the season. He literally contributes nothing and is certainly not going to be here next year. Let Pham, Bogie, Devers rotate through DH. My only surprise was that he actually hit the ball in the 8th; I figured threee sliders down for a K.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Not even close; spikes were not up nor was there any movement of them except straight ahead. Any fielder who wants to block the base that way risks what happened there. Don’t they all these days? The way fielders block bases these days , I’d like to see more guys go in feet first. It would cut a lot of the blocking out.
  10. illinoisredsox
    Arroyo fouled a pitch off his foot yesterday; it looked pretty nasty. He finished the AB but he was very gimpy doing so. He certainly got a nasty bone bruise if not something worse. I doubt he was really available today.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Not watching, but even if true, recall his first couple starts when he was giving up runs without the ball leaving the infield. Lots of soft contact (and lousy defense) in those games. It evens out.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Don’t see it myself. For one thing, he lives in Arizona. Another factor is his sons are 13, 10 and (just turned) 9. I don’t see him leaving that given the amount of commitment that a broadcasting gig would entail
  13. illinoisredsox
    Good call
  14. illinoisredsox
    Eck says you don’t always know. I’ll take his word for it.
  15. illinoisredsox
    I see this brought up a lot by you. So what should Cora do to prepare them mentally? Please enlighten us with whatever advice you would give Cora. For that matter, what would you do if you were in his position.
  16. illinoisredsox
    The last time the Twins won a season series against the Yanks, George W. Bush was in his first year as President (they also split a couple times in 2005 and 2006).
  17. illinoisredsox
    September call ups are going to be weird this year. As we all know, the roster is set at 28, no more no less. In past years, the minor league season ended right around Labor Day. I was at a local High-A game a couple weeks ago and noticed that the Midwest league season isn’t going to end until September 11; I just checked Worcester’s and they list games until September 28. Revolving door, especially with any pitchers?
  18. illinoisredsox
    My favorite Mostism was “Did you see Chamberlain stick his eye into Russell’s elbow?”
  19. illinoisredsox
    And Meals hasn’t helped tonight. He extended Bello a couple of times earlier in the game and Schreiber on two pitches last inning.
  20. illinoisredsox
    You got a better option right now?
  21. illinoisredsox
    Sounded like he made a really good pitch and Ursela was just better. Also sounded like he struck Ursrla out and once again didn’t get a call.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Would have required McGuire to hit a moving target. Could have been a real disaster. I realize Strahm is now in, but this isn’t the first time the Sox have been awful on D behind Bello.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Devers offensive woes are carrying over to his defense; it’s happened before.
  24. illinoisredsox
    You would be wrong; he’s got the stuff to be a #3 or even a #2 if he can add another pitch.
  25. illinoisredsox
    That was easier when you had more than 3 guys on the bench. I get your point though. At least in Verdugo’s case he knew he screwed up (at least according to the radio guys).
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