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  1. illinoisredsox
    I assume you meant 100-115 pitches per start. The problem with going every 6th day is that they will get used to it; will they be able to convert to every 5 days down the stretch and especially in the postseason? We already see mixed results when pitchers are asked to go on 3 days rest late in the year after not doing it all season. Skipping a start here and there would be better IMO. Once thing these guys could do is learn every pitch does not need to be thrown with maximum effort. If you can throw 98 but can get get guys out with 90-92, do it. I know changing speeds is not as sexy as striking everyone out with heat, but it is very effective (one need look no further than the Sox futility with CC Sabathia as an example of that). As Warren Spahn said, hitting is timing and pitching is upsetting timing. And all old Warren did was pitch into his 40s (winning nearly 300 games AFTER he turned 30).
  2. illinoisredsox
    As a 10-5 guy. he can veto any trade, which means somebody is going to have to pony up more $$$ for him to go. Does that have further luxury tax implications?
  3. illinoisredsox
    Hope you've been following the postseason exploits of our alma mater. The #1 sign on Grace has been lit up for 2 weeks now. Fencers won the title 2 weeks ago, the women's basketball team beat UConn and Mississippi State on last second shots to win that title last weekend and the hockey team scored with 5 seconds left last night to beat Michigan and advance to the title game Saturday.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Actually, the Sox saw him Sunday in Tampa, when he pitched the last 4 innings. He gave up 1 hit, a walk and struck out 3 in that one. Kid's got some decent minor league numbers, so he MAY turn out to be a solid pitcher at the major league level. He throws strikes and has throughout his time in the minors. He's always been young for the league he's playing in. Time will tell how good he is, but he seems to have the potential to be a #3 type guy.
  5. illinoisredsox
    The way people react around here, we'd be watching the Lowell Spinners in Fenway after the All-Star break.
  6. illinoisredsox
    No, he'll get white hot for a month, lukewarm in a different month and be awful the other 4. But seriously, he needs to put it together soon. He had at least parts of 6 years in the majors now, and it's the same thing over and over.
  7. illinoisredsox
    I swear JBJ gets more borderline pitches called for strikes than any other hitter I see.
  8. illinoisredsox
    I've been overseas for the first week, so I haven't had the "pleasure" of watching the futility like many of you.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Well, since it's the ninth inning
  10. illinoisredsox
    As has been pointed out many times, the worst team in baseball is still going to win 54 games and the best team is going to lose 54; its what you do with the other 54 that determines the season. This game also shows you that ANY pitcher pitching at the major league level can shut down another club; its how often they can do it that separates the good from the average from the poor.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Cora may be playing a bit of the marathon here. Smith is a sinkerballer, he needs to get his arm a bit tired to enhance that sink. The only way to do that is to pitch. Or maybe the Rays just have Smith's number. Every pitcher has a team he dominates and one he has a lot of trouble with. Tazawa in his best years in Boston was lights out against pretty much everyone except the Blue Jays (especially in Toronto).
  12. illinoisredsox
    Despite what happened to Smith, this one is not on the pitching staff. Price, 14 IP over 2 games, 0 runs allowed, 1 run of support.
  13. illinoisredsox
    It's not easy to overcome years of organizational philosophy; the biggest "offenders" were Pedroia, Bogaerts and Betts, system lifers. Bradley fit that to some extent as well, but I didn't see him as guilty of taking down the middle pitches (he seems to get an awful lot of borderline pitches called against him). Benintendi not so much, but he spent very little time in the minors. And maybe they did but he didn't listen. The wrist injury certainly didn't help; changing hitting style while dealing with that cannot be easy. Now, hopefully he learns to recognize a slider; that's been an issue for him since he came up, injured or healthy.
  14. illinoisredsox
    It was a black hole both offensively and defensively early on. Marrero stabilized it defensively early on; Sox third sackers were on a pace to make something like 100 errors at one point. Marrero at least stopped that, but it was still a lost cause on offense. Devers ended the offensive drought (at the cost of some D) Both did what was asked of them.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Yeah he was; did you see those things? He just acted on what every member of the White Sox was thinking that day.
  16. illinoisredsox
    It's not strictly up to Dave. Pedey is a 10-5 guy, he can veto any trade. That's not to say Pedroia wouldn't waive it in the right circumstance or for the right price, but it's not the same as Nomar was.
  17. illinoisredsox
    The jock I knew best was Rob Martinovich (starting OL for 2 years) as we were both Chem E's. Great guy; last I knew, he was the CEO or CFO of an oil company in Oklahoma. Had Hanklik in a couple of Calc classes. Engineering wasn't exactly brimming with jocks. Steve Cichy lived down the hall from me; he was a dick. His roommate, Kevin Griffin (?), started on the DL his last couple years and was a super nice guy. We probably ought to get this back to the hot stove league though.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Names don't ring a bell, but then the overall structure of the place didn't exactly lend itself to knowing many people on other floors.
  19. illinoisredsox
    I was almost as far away from Fisher as you could get, Flanner. Flannerites were well acquainted with Ross Browner and especially Al Hunter (great fun loving guy). There was a guy I grew up with (he was a year ahead of me throughout all our school years back in Oxford, CT) named Bob Mazaika who who lived in Fisher. True story, when I was moving in my freshman year, my dad and I were moving stuff to the elevator. Ross Browner saw us, came over and picked up my trunk with one paw and took it inside for us.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Having attended ND the same time you did (76-80), those are the figures I remember. Having a son who just graduated from there last May, I can say that the $65K figure is also correct. However, if you don't make too much money, they are much more forthcoming with aid than back in our day. My son got through for about 1 year's cost, maybe a little higher, having received quite a bit of need based aid. (I make a good salary, but it's not that good). Students now pay for football tickets (about 1/2 the cost, which I think is ridiculous). Basketball (and hockey) tickets are free on a per game basis, but you have to reserve them ahead of time, and you need to get a couple to early season clunkers if you want to have a shot at a North Carolina or Louisville type game. No problem with this, as stuent atendence has been poor for years for all but the biggest games.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Did you mean put Puig in LF? Otherwise, what are you doing with Mookie?
  22. illinoisredsox
    Let's just hope the Marlins don't turn into the late 50s Kansas City Athletics, who basically served as a major league farm team for the Yankees
  23. illinoisredsox
    Report I saw was that he would consider a trade to the Yankees, Astros, Cubs or Dodgers, who just happened to be the final four in 2017. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-hot-stove-rumors-stanton-would-approve-trade-to-yankees-dodgers-cubs-astros/
  24. illinoisredsox
    There are "cliffs" and there are "cliffs": Sox 2012-15 were 69-93, 97-65, 71-91 and 78-84 Cubs 2011-14 were 71-91, 61-101, 66-96 and 73-79 Astros 2011-14 were 56-106, 55-107, 51-111, and 70-92 The Sox worst recent season was far better than the Cubs and Stros at their respective recent nadirs. The last time the Sox had a season comparable to the Cubs 61-91 was 1965 (62-100). The last time they rivaled the Astros' from 2011-13 was 1932 (43-111). Just saying it could have been worse.
  25. illinoisredsox
    He's been told he will have to waive his no-trade or else: https://www.thescore.com/news/1433898 However, does it make sense for the Sox to go after him if he really doesn't want to be here? Expensive is one thing, expensive and disgruntled is another.
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