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What we don’t know is any behind the scenes stuff. What did the professionals see developmentally that us arm chair types didn’t? Was there an attitude issue? Maybe the drive wasn’t there to push himself to get better. Maybe he lost confidence because of what happened to him. These are things we will never know. And maybe, just maybe he wasn’t good enough to start with. It will be interesting to see if anyone picks him up. It is a shame he got hurt, but that happens all the time, and first round picks flame out quite a bit. I’m with those who think he got many chances to prove himself and for whatever reason he just never did. Maybe he will somewhere else.
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With the retirements of Carlos Beltran and Bartolo Colon, there are no more major leaguers who played in the 20th century. If you think about it, it’s not surprising, but it still made me feel old.
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Swihart can also passably play other positions; could be valuable to an NL club, especially with double switches.
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The difference is, Betts has a track record of hitting well. Swihart hasn't really hit anywhere, majors or minors, since the ankle injury, and unlike, say, JBJ, there is no gold glove defense to offset offensive woes.
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Well aware of it. My post was a tongue in cheek response to moon's posting of the catchers offensive stats and the fact that Vazquez was playing second yesterday.
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Not sure that adjective is strong enough.
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Mostly to the right side. The laser show is no more.
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Yep. Machado didn’t help matters but this is the decline a lot of us foresaw saw a decade ago. It’s not the results, but the bat speed isn’t there anymore. I just hope he realizes it; I fear he won’t.
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Professional pumpkin chucking is as boring as it gets. I think the last full NBA game I watched was when Jordan’s Bulls won their first championship. My sum total since then might add up to 2 full games.
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He has always seemed to play well against the Sox. Didn’t he even get a win as a pitcher in a long game several years ago?
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The dangers of a bullpen game; one or more don’t have it on a given day. Still, 1 run isn’t going to win many games ( and they were lucky to get the 1 IMO).
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Hockey players walk on water.
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I have less of an issue with banning the collisions at home plate than the old take out slides at second. Even under the old rules you couldn’t barrel over people at any other base (although admittedly some of the cross body blocks Hal McRae threw were probably beyond even what were the limits). Never understood why the plate was different.
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Hockey players don’t even play a whole game.
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Pearce was supposed to be but with JBJ still sick, Benintendi hurt and Nunez apparently ill, Cora doesn’t have a ton of options. Do you use Swihart in left and have Vazquez catch a 4th game in a row? The down side of a 13 man pitching staff
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Amended my post to say it was a moot point due to the replay ruling.
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Think back to the 04 ALCS when ARod slapped the ball out of Arroyo’s glove. They didn’t send Jeter back to 2nd, where he would have been, they sent him all the way back to 1st where he started.
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The ruling is interference and no runners can advance in the case of interference. Moot point since they ruled it okay (though I’m not convinced it was).
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I’m guessing that’s going to be 2 AND Bogie will be sent back to 3rd.
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He seems to do that a lot. His WHIP has always been high.
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That’s 5 on the season.
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This may end up being a throw away game; Velazquez has to get through 3 or 4. They can’t burn the pen with the Yanks coming up.
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Hey moon, what's our 2B offense? Velazquez gets to contribute to that this morning.
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Too bad you couldn't take the high road regarding name calling.
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4/11 vs. Blue Jays
illinoisredsox replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
2018 Mookie would; has 2019 Mookie even tried a SB yet?