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  1. illinoisredsox
    I want to say it was 1970 but it may have been 1971, the Orioles had 4 20 game winners. Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Pat Dobson.
  2. illinoisredsox
    There were several hard hits on balls well outside the strike zone as well. Like I said, the Yankee pitchers have been good but there have been mistakes that the Astros have just flat out missed. They weren’t missing them against the Sox.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Too bad these Astros didn’t show up in the Red Sox series. Yeah the Yankee pitchers have been good but they are missing hittable pitches as well. Against the Sox, they were squaring up everything, in and out of the strike zone. Their defense has sucked this series as well.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Without Sale, the Sox are not even sniffing the postseason. There would have been no need to acquire a Darvish/Verlander at the deadline. Darvish was not doing all that great this year in Texas. He's pitched much better with the Dodgers, but when he left the Rangers, there was no indication that he would do so. He is also a free agent after this year, which, along with his season performance at that point, was one reason he came relatively cheap. If he signs in the NL, let's see what happens when the National League has seen him a time or two. Verlander had no desire to leave Detroit; as a 10-5 guy he had complete veto power. He had to be talked into going to the Astros; basically they sold him on a shot at a title. Again, without Sale, the Sox are not in a position to have a shot. He is signed for roughly $22M per through 2019; that would have been a huge luxury tax hit in a year when they were trying to reset it. His was a salary dump on the part of the Tigers.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Nice move of the goalposts. You cited THIS year's after 0-1 OPS, so I cited THIS year's first pitch OPS. If you want to post the numbers for his career, go ahead. We get it, you dislike Pedroia intensely. Really, we get it. I think everyone here acknowledges he's not the player he once was and never will be again. But right now, he's still the best all-around 2nd baseman on the roster, and he's not going anywhere in 2018 unless he chooses to retire. Good day.
  6. illinoisredsox
    His OPS when putting the first pitch into play was .550. Acknowledging that neither is good, which would you rather have, his OPS on 0-0 or the one on 0-1?
  7. illinoisredsox
    Actually, using your stats, Bogaerts was slightly less likely to "swing" at the first pitch (Bogies was at 4.6%, Pedroia 4.75%). I put swing in quotes because those stats only reflect how often an outcome results from the first pitch (how often the ball is put into play, excluding HBP). They do not reflect if a batter swung and missed on the first pitch or fouled it off. Anecdotally, those probably didn't alter the numbers very much. No hard data to back that up, and I'm not going in and review every play-by-play to find out. The overall point remains, they are not doing themselves any big favors by taking virtually every first pitch. I don't think anyone is calling for a major overhaul, just a tweak in the thought process. If you get a particular pitch in a particular spot on the first one, hammer it. Otherwise, let it go. Make the pitcher adjust and try for that perfect strike (the kind you don;t want to swing at unless you have 2 strikes). That and learn to foul off tough 2 strike pitches.
  8. illinoisredsox
    May I assume you will disparage Mr. Betts (OPS of .670 after an 0-1 count this season) and Señor Ramirez (.666) with equal vigor?
  9. illinoisredsox
    I’m not saying that your 9 month scenario isn’t possible but one thing we have to remember: pro athletes are physical freaks who have access to world class facilities, therapists and trainers that us mere mortals can only dream of. They also have the time to train and rehab as much as needed to possibly accelerate recovery.
  10. illinoisredsox
    Ump missed a called strike 2 on Judge that changed that whole AB as well.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, certainly nothing like they played against the Sox. They get Headly like they should have and this inning is a lot different.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Yankees didn’t show much the first two games of this series either. Funny what good pitching can do.
  13. illinoisredsox
    No. But they do have to adjust to what pitchers are doing. No one is saying swing at a knee high fastball on the outside corner on the first pitch. But we all know that waaaay too often, that first pitch has become a get me over fastball right down the middle. That's the pitch they should be looking to hit hard. Make the pitcher have to paint the corner with that first pitch. Make the pitcher adjust. Bogaerts has taken this to new levels. I think I saw in Baseball Reference that the most likely count he saw this past season was 1-2, and it sure seemed like a lot of those were taken strikes. I amazed he hit as well as he did, but it also explains a lot of his weak contact. And if you still want to dive up pitch count, learn to foul off tough pitches. The Astros did this very well this season.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Price was wrong, no doubt about it. But at this point, I think most of the fans have moved on. The wronged party, Eck, seems to have moved on. The only people keeping it going is the media itself. I assume CHB yaks about it; I refuse to read him so I don't know for sure. Steve Buckley at the Herald can't seem to write a Red Sox related column without mentioning it. Others raise it from time to time. But it's been that way for forever by the "knights of the keyboard". a.k.a. the "nattering nabobs of negativism".
  15. illinoisredsox
    I don't know if he's a tough guy, but I do know he's an *******.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Posted this on the Yankee thread yesterday, but I'll repeat it here for those who don't go there: Judge struck out more times in the 5 game ALDS (16) than Tony Gwynn did in the entire 1995 season (15) when Gwynn played in 135 games. I know the game has changed, but that boggles the mind. I'm not sure which one is more ridiculous.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Just limiting it to winner take all games, the Sox have a ton more, even if you limit it to just the life of the Expos/Nationals: 1912 World Series (Win) 1946 World Series (Loss) 1948 AL Playoff (Loss) 1967 World Series (Loss) _______________________________ 1975 World Series (Loss) 1978 AL East Playoff (Loss) 1986 ALCS (Win) 1986 World Series (Loss) 1999 ALDS (Win) 2003 ALDS (Win) 2003 ALCS (Loss) 2004 ALCS (Win) 2007 ALCS (Win) 2008 ALCS (Loss) There may be others, these are off the top of my head.
  18. illinoisredsox
    He's also a dope, schnook, dimwit, pinhead, ninny, boob, lunkhead, dullard and above all, with due credit to Archie Bunker, a meathead. Dead from the neck up. There, that got to 20 and never once was id__t mentioned.
  19. illinoisredsox
    That should have been called. Lobaton's foot did come off the bag when he slid back. Believe me, I would love to see the Cubs lose, both to shut up the "fans" out here and because Maddon is their manager.
  20. illinoisredsox
    He was out; you can't be stupid enough to even get close to being picked off there. Neither team deserves this one.
  21. illinoisredsox
    How many ways can the Nats screw up? Their catchers have made at least 3 boneheaded mistakes tonight.
  22. illinoisredsox
    You wouldn't say that if you had to live near there (I'm 160 miles west of there). I have no problem with the fans, but the "fans" are starting to come out of the woodwork.
  23. illinoisredsox
    If it were strictly a reliever I would agree. But Scherzer isn't just any pitcher and the Cubs were not exactly smacking the ball all over the yard. An infield hit, a bloop, and the only hard hit ball of the inning for the double. After that, catcher Wieters really f'd that inning up. Not sure I've seen a catcher have a worse inning defensively; he managed the triple crown of a passed ball, a throwing error and catcher's interference (all within 2-3 pitches). He was never that bad with the Orioles.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Ah, where does he say he was not an apologist? You may want to reread his post, paying close attention to the first sentence. I get that you don't like max, whatever. But you don't get to take that bias and warp what he actually said into your own narrative.
  25. illinoisredsox
    1. Terry Francona (no question) 2. Joe Morgan (2 divisions with not a lot of talent, who can forget "these guys aren't as good as they think they are" after he was let go) 3. Jimy Williams (went back and forth between him and JF, in the end, the 2 last place finishes knocked Farrell down) 4. John Farrell (1 title is a big plus) 5. John McNamara (2 mediocre seasons sandwiched around what should have been the year) 6. Kevin Kennedy (1 unexpected division title) 7. Grady Little (blew the 2003 pennant) 8. Butch Hobson (ranks above the other 2 only because of the talent he had, see Joe Morgans comment above) 9. Bobby Valentine (disaster with a very good team on paper) 10. Joe Kerrigan (the fact that he lasted about 40 games says a lot)
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