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  1. illinoisredsox
    Any pitcher on a major league roster is capable of doing what Yarborough has done today. What separates the bad from the average from the good from the great pitchers is how often they can do it. Weber threw a gem a few starts ago and has done nothing since. The no-hit rolls are rife with the names of non-entities. And there are bunch of greats and near greats who never threw one.
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    Of the games where they did score over 3, how many runs were scored when Sale was actually still in the game?
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    I actually read an article a couple years ago that did conclude that a fastball could theoretically rise when thrown in a conventional manner; however, the combination of speed and spin rate required to overcome air drag and velocity would make it virtually impossible. They used Aroldis Chapman for an example and if IIRC, the conclusion was that if he threw at his normal 103 mph he would have to increase his spin rate something like 33% or if he kept his current spin rate he would have to increase his velocity by about 10 mph. So I guess the only overhand pitcher to ever make a ball rise was Sidd Finch.
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    1929 in the AL. But other rules took legit homers off the boards as well. A ball that hooked foul after passing the foul pole in fair territory was considered a foul ball. If a batter came up in a walk-off situation and hit an over the fence homer, he only got credit for the number of bases needed to win the game. So if the winning run was on third and a batter hit one over the fence, he got credit for a single. There's no real way to compare the totals. Ruth hit 714 by the rules of his time. Aaron hot 755 by the rules of his time.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Really. Sounds like a deal the late 50s KC A’s would have made with the Yankees.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, I don’t understand why each team doesn’t lose 1.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Nice win, and I guess we’ve established that Barnes can’t pitch in a monsoon.
  8. illinoisredsox
    If a pitcher is going to give up a hit, that’s the kind I prefer he give up.
  9. illinoisredsox
    So it’s settled; professional pumpkin chucking is boring:cool:
  10. illinoisredsox
    Since he said won it all, I'm going to assume he meant won the World Series. I know the 1914 Braves and the 1978 Yankees did. Not sure of any others. None of the other teams you listed won the Series. Still, 2 is greater than 1, so the Ghost shouldn't be criticizing "wordsmithing".
  11. illinoisredsox
    See Zimmer, Don, 1978
  12. illinoisredsox
    Actually, you can get a blown save and a win. Give up the tying run in the top of the 9th = blown save then team scores in the bottom of the 9th = win. You are correct that you can't get a hold and a save if you get a win.
  13. illinoisredsox
    I get what you're saying, but I think if you actually looked at the "old" days, players weren't playing as much as we think they were. Plus, with pinch hitting and smaller pitching staffs, players could play in a game pinch hitting or pinch running while still getting a day "off". Zimmer burned out the 78 Red Sox by playing his regulars virtually every day, but only Rice started all 163 games. Fisk started a sick 151 times (and appeared in 157). Burleson 144 Evans 141 Hobson 147 Lynn 148 Remy 141 I used starts because there is no doubt as to intent by the manager. I'm not going back to see when guys were hurt (I know Burleson was in July because I watched it happen in Cleveland)
  14. illinoisredsox
    The rest crticism thing is way overblown; Cora is not resting the position players nearly as much as most seem to think he is. The Sox have played 56 games. Starts by the regular position players: Benintendi - 49 (IIRC, he missed 3 games in April after fouling a ball off his foot and wasn't available) So basically, 49/53. Betts - 54 Bogaerts - 53 Bradley Jr. - 46 (hasn't started a few times against lefties, understandable) Devers - 53 Martinez - 48 (back and flu over the last couple weeks) Moreland - 39 (ideally he'd be platooning with Pearce and now on IL with a back issue) Vazquez - 39 (35 starts as a catcher meaning he's played 2/3 of the time as a catcher plus a handful at DH) Second base has been in total flux all season with no real regular. Chavis has started 34 of the 37 games he's been in the majors for. It's not like these guys are getting 2 days off a week (except for Vazquez which for a catcher is about right)
  15. illinoisredsox
    Just realized Cleveland has scored in 9 straight innings going back to last night.
  16. illinoisredsox
    So far Josh Taylor is the pitching star for the Sox tonight.
  17. illinoisredsox
    I was too. Just googled it to see and it came up with an article about the White Sox scoring in every at bat in 2016, but they were home and only had 8. It apparently has been done 3 times in the NL.
  18. illinoisredsox
    So can the Tribe score in all nine innings? Never been done in the AL.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Taylor in; let the griping begin.
  20. illinoisredsox
    And last time out most of you couldn’t praise Weber enough. He is what he is. A #6/7 starter.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Non-responsive. How would YOU have handled the 9th?
  22. illinoisredsox
    That’s a rhetorical question, right?
  23. illinoisredsox
    So how would you have handled the 9th inning? No 20-20 here, who would you have used? Personally, I would have used Hembree for the 9th (now I don’t know if he’s available, for all I know he may the flu).
  24. illinoisredsox
    Probably all he did get.
  25. illinoisredsox
    And Walden didn’t have it tonight.
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