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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. illinoisredsox
    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.
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    "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.
  5. illinoisredsox
    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.
  7. illinoisredsox
    TV guys made a good point; Barnes has totally stopped working quickly and has since the ASB.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Oh crap, a Joe West sighting.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. illinoisredsox
    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.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Sawamura was hurt, that was obvious. He should have been taken out the first time the trainer came out.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Agreed, at least Dalbec has the possibility of running into one. He probably wouldn’t, but it’s more likely than Gonzalez.
  14. illinoisredsox
    What excuse. Barnes had no control of the curve ball today and his fastball is too straight to work well if he doesn’t have the curve. I said they can sit on his fastball; Springer did and hammered it. Meanwhile, as you are a poster who only shows up when things are going poorly, GFY.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Jays need not pay attention to Barnes’ curve today; sit on the fastball.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Cora looks like he may be starting to manage the sprint.
  17. illinoisredsox
    They aren’t taught them from youth ball. Somewhere around 15 years ago, I was asked to coach a 14-15 year old all-star team. In practice, I tried to get pitchers to back up 3rd and home when required instead of standing on the mound and to have the 1st baseman as the cutoff man. I tried to teach them no more than 2 throws on a rundown. To actually attention to a take sign so we could get a stolen base. None of it took. According to one of the parents, it was “too complicated for such young players”. Now when I started Little League at age 9, that was stuff we practiced all the time. I repeat, I was 9. Of course, that was in the late 60s.
  18. illinoisredsox
    If they are never called upon to learn how in the minors, it’s hard to learn in the majors. Snd the modern analytics say the sac is a bad play. Learning to hunt for base hits would be a boon to some of them though. Even the weakest MLB hitter was better than anyone else around growing up.
  19. illinoisredsox
    He didn’t seem to square up like a sac, but you could be right. Remy’s insight would have been nice to have there.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Inability to bunt applies to 99% of players who are not pitchers in the NL.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Actually not a bad idea; he was bunting for a hit there but needed to get it more at the 2nd baseman. If he does that he’s got an easy hit.
  22. illinoisredsox
    There’s a club option; I’m sure there’s a buyout but there’s no way the option gets exercised.
  23. illinoisredsox
    With Sale scheduled to start Saturday, this is probably Richards’ last start. He only gets another one if there’s an injury or maybe if a double header crops up.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Verdugo is on paternity leave.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Keep in mind September rosters are fixed at 28, no more, no less. I assume you can send people up and down but you have to have 28. The days of virtually unlimited call ups are over.
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