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  1. illinoisredsox
    I’d be a lot more impressed with this analysis had you made it at the start of the inning.
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    What were you saying about Taylor?
  3. illinoisredsox
    Santana will probably go from the off 40man; Cordero sent down off the active roster?
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    No loophole; it wasn't a trade. The Brewers waived Shaw and would have released him had the Sox not made the claim. You can claim someone off waivers in August; that is allowed. In the past (up until 2019), if a player cleared waivers, he could be traded. Now, it's either an outright claim or, if the players clears waivers, he can be released or outrighted to the minors. No players or money change hands.
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    If you were the manager of the Orioles, isn’t that what you would do?
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    No. They are a lousy team; let sleeping dogs lie.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Ethyl chloride. My guess is they stopped using it because, while it did ease pain, it also masked real injuries.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Prosecutors take their time to build the strongest possible case; there’s no second shot if you don’t.
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    2nd one of those the Sox have had this year; IIRC Whitlock earned one the same way.
  10. illinoisredsox
    “The talk was.” We don’t actually know. Which still leaves out the possibility that the Sox couldn’t match what other teams offered. I don’t follow the farm like some here do; I’m not going to pretend I know.
  11. illinoisredsox
    In a vacuum, all true. However, none of us knows what constraints John Henry put on him. If the edict was to stay under the cap, then I don’t see there was much Bloom could do. Now if said constraints weren’t there, then Bloom deserves all the criticism we can muster.
  12. illinoisredsox
    “If you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you are! And you should know that!” - Crash Davis
  13. illinoisredsox
    Vaz is on bereavement leave. It was announced about an hour before last night’s game. Nothing was said about the reason or how long he’ll be gone. It’s why Wong was able to come in and play late in yesterday’s game.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Still on paternity leave in LA; should be flying back tonight and be in the lineup tomorrow. I think he’s allowed 3 games per the CBA.
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    I was thinking Yaz was the primary DH that year, but per Baseball Reference, it was the immortal Bob Bailey, so yeah, JD would have been the DH. Not sure Kike plays ahead of Remy. Close call there; definitely a different skill set. Which to the pen? As I look at the numbers, neither. More than likely ERod isn't in the rotation, although with the Gerbil as manager, it's hard to say. Still, my basic point was these ain't the 78 Sox.
  16. illinoisredsox
    "Clutch" hitters seem to be able to relax more in high leverage situations, so they better able to do what they normally do. the guys who tense up can't do that. It doesn't mean the clutch hitter will get a hit every time nor that the choker won't come through once in a while. Somebody mentioned Ortiz's two walkoffs in 2004. The second was a bloop into center field. If he gets better wood on it, Bernie Williams catches it and the game goes on. Willie McCovey came up in the 7th game of the 1962 World Series with men on 2nd and 3rd and 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th; a hit would have won the Series for the Giants. He ripped a line drive right at Bobby Richardson. McCovey failed only in that he it the ball in a bad spot.
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    One of the best teams in Sox history had stretches of the following: 3-11 in July 3-13 in September All the 1978 Red Sox did was win 99 games (and yes, I lived through that nightmare, no need to remind me of what happened in game 163). Right after that second streak, they went 12-2 to finish the year, including 8 straight to close the scheduled season and tie the Evil Empire. It took all 8 to make up a one game deficit as the Yankees refused to lose until the last day of the season. That all being said, this team is not the 78 Sox in any way, shape or form. Devers and Bogaerts would be the only guys who would have played regularly for that team. Eovaldi and ERod would have been slotted in the 4-5 holes in the rotation.
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    Hottest hitters? Who would those be? At the most, a guy has a good game and then reverts. Kike had a great July, but he wasn't going to keep that pace up. The rest have been in and out for several weeks now. And with a bench of 4 players, its not like there are a ton of options.
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    TV guys made a good point; Barnes has totally stopped working quickly and has since the ASB.
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    Oh crap, a Joe West sighting.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Don’t like Devers in the clean-up spot; he just seems to press there. 2 or 5 seems to be where he goes well. Now please prove me wrong tonight Rafael.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Bingo. Barnes is tied for second in the AL and for 4th in the majors in saves with 24. He's converted 24 of 29 on the year so he has 5 blown saves. So does the AL leader in saves, Hendriks of the White Sox(26/31). The guy he's tied with, the Angels' Iglesias is also 24/29. Chapman, who we would all agree has much better raw stuff than probably all of these pitchers, is 23/27. The major league leader in saves is Melancon with the Padres, he's blown, wait for it, 5 (33/38). Reyes of the Cardinals has a great percentage at 25/26 and the Giants' McGee is 24/26. Mariano Rivera was the Yankees' main closer for 16 seasons and pitched in 19 seasons for them. He blew 80 saves in his career (regular season), or roughly 5 per year. Is anyone here seriously comparing Barnes with the GOAT? Barnes has done a good job overall. He didn't have his curve. He can get away with the curve only better than he can get away with the fastball only, but he really needs both working on a given day.
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    His next start would be Saturday. Sale is going to start Saturday; Cora has already said so. Richards will not get another start unless somebody gets hurt or a doubleheader forces a 6th guy.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Sawamura was hurt, that was obvious. He should have been taken out the first time the trainer came out.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Agreed, at least Dalbec has the possibility of running into one. He probably wouldn’t, but it’s more likely than Gonzalez.
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