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  1. illinoisredsox
    Not hitting against Snell is somewhat understandable; he did win the Cy Young last year. It’s the persistent non-hitting against the Yarboroughs of the baseball world that is the real issue.
  2. illinoisredsox
    They’re pressing; everyone’s trying to hit 5 run homers.
  3. illinoisredsox
    They have a good club. The Rays played over .600 ball the second half last year and have continued that this season so far.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Right now so has the 1 out hit and the no out hit, at least with men on base.
  5. illinoisredsox
    He could do that but unless some offense shows up it may not matter. If you have to have your starter throw a shutout to win, you are in trouble.
  6. illinoisredsox
    This inning sums up the game/series completely.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, very much a mixed bag.
  8. illinoisredsox
    That’s a good observation. All I’ll say is Taylor would have been better served if a couple of guys had hit the ball a little harder and given Bradley or Betts a shot at actually catching them. OTOH, if he fields the bunt he may have gotten out of it with 1 run scoring.
  9. illinoisredsox
    To be fair, 3 of these hits have not exactly been roped.
  10. illinoisredsox
    You are waaay overthinking the affect. JBJ has done this every year of his career. Why didn’t it affect the team any other year.
  11. illinoisredsox
    He’s got a great gig in the front office; why would he want to put up with all the BS that comes with managing?
  12. illinoisredsox
    This year is looking a lot like 2017 for Betts.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Right now I’d be more worried about what they are not getting out of the likes of Betts, Benintendi, etc., i.e., the guys who are supposed to be carrying this team. Bradley’s lack of offense is a concern, but they need the other guys to get going far more.
  14. 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.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Of the games where they did score over 3, how many runs were scored when Sale was actually still in the game?
  16. illinoisredsox
    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.
  17. illinoisredsox
    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.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Really. Sounds like a deal the late 50s KC A’s would have made with the Yankees.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, I don’t understand why each team doesn’t lose 1.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Nice win, and I guess we’ve established that Barnes can’t pitch in a monsoon.
  21. illinoisredsox
    If a pitcher is going to give up a hit, that’s the kind I prefer he give up.
  22. illinoisredsox
    So it’s settled; professional pumpkin chucking is boring:cool:
  23. 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".
  24. illinoisredsox
    See Zimmer, Don, 1978
  25. 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.
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