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  1. illinoisredsox
    Price can pitch all 8 tonight as far as I’m concerned.
  2. illinoisredsox
    Well, the way Severino is dealing it means get not be the worst time idea, even as good as the Yankee pen is.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Yes it was. Still, Lester never came back with a counter, even an absurdly high one. His comments about “home town discount” were just words; he was going to free agency unless the Sox made a Stanton like contract offer.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Not living in New England, I was forced to endure the MLB Network telecast Friday with Costas and Kaat. As I wrote the other day, Kaat is okay; he offers someinsight and isn't a cheerleader. Costas cannot hide the fact that grew up as and still is a Yankee fan. Ther fact that it was a blowout didn't make it any better, but Bob is just as bad in a close game. He has slipped appreciably in recent years.
  5. illinoisredsox
    He's in the Sox hitters heads at this point, and he is utterly confident. The point of bunting (I mean for base hits, not sacrifices) is to make him do something he hates to do, whcih is field them. Maybe it throws him off a little. There was a game a few years ago when a couple Sox hitters did bunt on him and he was visibly mad about it. That being said, it's a moot point so far as Red Sox hitters are concerned, because none of them can bunt. Moreland has done it for base hits against the shift a few times over the last couple seasons, that's about it.
  6. illinoisredsox
    As I said last night, they need to try and get him off his game. I don’t think anyone on the team can do it, but bunt on him, CC hates that. He is totally confident against Boston (with good reason) and frankly, I think he’s in their heads.
  7. illinoisredsox
    It had nothing to do with being tired. It had everything to do with a pitcher who knows how to pitch and hitters who refuse to alter their approach to him, making said pitcher’s job easier.
  8. illinoisredsox
    I would love to see Mookie and Benintendi learn to bunt; throw a couple down against CC (who HATES it when teams do that to him) and throw him off his game a little. Not tonight, but next time they see him.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Who?
  10. illinoisredsox
    It’s called pitching. No two pitches in the same place, no two pitches at the same speed. More pitchers need to learn to do it.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Be glad most of you get the NESN broadcast. I have watch the MLB Network one with Costas and Kaat. I can live with Kaat, who actually offers some insight and isn’t much of a cheerleader, but Costas’ Yankee fandom is sickening.
  12. illinoisredsox
    With the Yankees pen, the Sox are in big trouble now.
  13. illinoisredsox
    He usually does. When I was a kid maybe 11-14 or so, maybe 1970-73, the Red Sox absolutely could do nothing with Gaylord Perry, who was near the end of his career. I mean like he would shut them out a couple times a year and they get 1 or 2 runs at most a couple other times. They could not beat him. The current Sox against CC the past few years remind of those days.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Oh yes he can. This guy has had a big strike zone, but it’s been consistently big. Bucknor’s is like an accordion.
  15. illinoisredsox
    A lot of pitchers could take a lesson from CC on how to PITCH. You don’t have to strike everyone out.
  16. illinoisredsox
    I know today’s players won’t do it, but the Sox really ought to think about moving up in the box a little. It might allow them to get to some of those pitches before the late break. CC isn’t going to throw it by them consistently.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Interesting they are using multiple signs with no one on. They don’t appear to trust the Yankees.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Let’s see, a relatively soft tossing lefty who changes speeds and generally has good control. What could possibly go wrong?
  19. illinoisredsox
    Hard to believe that she would be about 80 now.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Saw an interesting tidbit this morning: as soon as he appears in a game, Pearce will have played for all 5 AL East teams
  21. illinoisredsox
    The announcers were talking about Phillips on the radio braodcast the other night; the speculation was he has some sort of "up or out" clause in that he has to be brought up by such and such an date or Phillips has the right to ask to be released; pretty standard with veterans. They were thinking mid July could be the timeframe.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Yep (and if Castillo is put back on the 40 man, his $ count going forward as well). I asked the other day, but I think the only way Pedroia's contract won't count is if he voluntarily walks away (ala Dempster). If he's forced to retire due to injury, it counts. Other than another team picking up the entire contract (and why would they), his salary is on the books no matter what.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Hey, we could even throw in Scott or Haley but I wouldn’t tell the Angels that in the beginning.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Price appears to be successfully transitioning from the fireballer he once was into a guy who changes speeds and pitches to more contact. That bodes well for the life of his contract at least for being able to pitch effectively.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Not quite true, I have seen some sprints in the last few hundred yards if the race is very close. But they sure as heck don’t sprint anywhere from miles 0-26, just the last 385 yards.
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