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Oh yeah. The thing is the teams that reach the LLWS tend to have early maturers because at that age that means a ton. Most never do much after LL because other players catch up to them physically. But there are a few kids among the qualifying teams that will find there way to pro ball eventually. A couple of Sox have: Varitek played as a ss at the LLWS way back when. Rafaela played for Curaçao in 2013.
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Be interesting to see how Cora manages the pen today. Crochet’s at 75 pitches through 5 so he’s not going 9. Whitlock and Chapman have pitched the last 2 days so they are probably not available.
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Lamade Stadium in Williamsport? BTW, Fairfield, CT plays Las Vegas for the US Championship today. Winner plays for the LLWS title tomorrow.
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Story says to Stanton “Anything you can do I can do better”
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Duran is anti-clutch. You can just see him tense up in those situation and he chases everything. Ant-clutch players see their averages go down significantly in those at bats. Guys like Ortiz are able to relax and just do what they normally do. Their averages are about the same in those situations. Doesn’t mean they come through every time, but they will put a good AB together.
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I liked that swing from Narvaez; when he was going well he went the other way a lot. Lately he’s looked pull happy.
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Agree totally. That’s a tough throw as well.
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Tonight’s game reminded me of an old style doubleheader I attended vs. the Yankees at the original Yankee Stadium, must have been 1972 or 1973; Sox took both by scores of 2-1 and 1-0.
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Nobody slides feet first on steals anymore. Theory is headfirst gets you there faster; presents less surface to tag, and you can use your arms to avoid tags (e.g., swim moves). Since everything is measured and analyzed these days, I’m going to assume these are true. Now, I think if you have an infielder who tends to block the base with his knee or feet, a feet first slide will break said infielder of that habit quickly.
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I’m a little weak on my 1950’s movies, but wasn’t that from A Streetcar Named Desire?
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Anthony ambushed him. He’s starting almost always takes the first strike. So pitchers save that down and in pitch for a two strike pitch.
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Sure you were. You do indeed possess 20-20 hindsight.
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I d like to see Duran bunt here; this does not look like a good matchup for him.
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Yeah. Gardner always seemed to come up with hits at the most inopportune time.
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Good job by Matz there, though he did get away with one to Chisholm.
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Rice has been a PITA against the Sox since he came up. He’s starting to remind me of Gardner.
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Narvaez seems to be trying to pull the ball more; when he was going well, he had a lot of oppo hits.
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Is Lowe allowed to do the airplane thing, or is he not allowed because he wasn’t on the flight?
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He had cred?
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Definitely the wimp’s way out.
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Of course, since by then any discussion on the list will all but disappear as people go to bed. own up to your statement now.
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Yep
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Thats what I’m saying, he saw that and purposely hit it to a normal ss position.
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Speed got him the hit to start it off as well.
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No, and he shouldn’t be yet.
