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  1. illinoisredsox
    Smith should have gotten himself tossed. Then Price would have all the time he needs to warm up, and I would take my sweet time doing that if I'm Price.
  2. illinoisredsox
    DD, he's lawyering you. He's going to keep peppering you with questions and he will NEVER answer a question you ask him.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Those of you of my age will remember Frank Howard, a guy eerily similar to Judge in size at a time when athletes in general were smaller than today. He put up several 40 home run seasons in the late 60s. He was just a big man. Judge is just a big man. If he were inclined that way, he'd make a heck of a tight end or offensive tackle in football or perhaps a power forward in basketball.
  4. illinoisredsox
    A player who becomes injured can be replaced on the roster, but is out not only for the remainder of the current series, but the next one as well.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Ortiz is actually an example of a player who did seem to elevate his game in key situations. Baseball Reference has a stat dealing with leverage (high, medium and low). They define leverage as how a situation affects win probability. Man on second late in a tie game = high leverage, same situation in a blowout = low leverage. Somewhat subjective, but instructional: Ortiz's stats by leverage: High - 1998 PAs, .292/.388/.556/.943 Medium - 3921 PAs, .299/.388/.571/.959 Low - 4162 PAs, .271/.368/.532/.900 His career slashline was .286/.380/.552/.931 He did seem to "bear down" when it counted. But the numbers still are not all that different than his overall career.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Tell that to a lawyer.
  7. illinoisredsox
    I played against a kid from a neighboring town in Babe Ruth ball who ended up at UConn and then was the #1 pick of the Jays; he never made it past AAA. He was a year older than I was per the way youth baseball figured their ages back then, but he was only a couple months older than me on the calendar. I hit him pretty well in Babe Ruth, he was skinny and basically had a curve ball (I could hit those, mostly because my swing was so slow). Two years later, we became teammates on a Legion squad; he had grown about 6 inches, added about 30 pounds and was now throwing in the mid 80s (still had the curve). I couldn't touch him in BP, let alone a game. He played, I mostly sat.
  8. illinoisredsox
    I think that was one of my rare birdies (I'm usually good for 2 or 3 a year).
  9. illinoisredsox
    Not moon, but I'll say this: Ortiz had his share of clutch hits. He also had his share of failures in those situations. We remember the former. The biggest "clutch" hit in franchise history was not delivered by Ortiz or Yaz or Williams, but by Bill Mueller.
  10. illinoisredsox
    I believe my signature says it all.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Hey I had to do that. Once. Downwind. During a drought (fairways were rock hard).
  12. illinoisredsox
    Actually, Young has been pretty decent off the bench this season. It's when he starts he has really had trouble. Acknowledging small sample size: As a sub: .333/.478/.812 As a ph: .400/.550/.950 As a starter: .227/.308/.699 Young brings little to the table for the ALDS (and potentially ALCS). He might be more valuable on a potential World Series roster, where pitchers will have to hit in 3-4 games and a bench guy who's had a modicum of success as a ph might be needed. Hanley certainly has struggled in the role. Marrero has to be there as a defensive sub for Devers, and also because of Nunez's and Pedroia's problems.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Very well said. Two cases in point: 1) Game 5, 2004 ALCS. In the 14th, Ortiz gets a "clutch" hit by dumping a very soft single into CF, scoring Damon and winning the game. If he hits it a little harder, Williams probably catches it and they move on to the 15th. Instead, the Sox live another day and on to history. 2) Game 7, 1962 World Series. Bottom of the 9th, men on 2nd and 3rd, Willie McCovey rips a line drive right at Bobby Richardson and the Evil Empire wins again. If that ball is 3-4 feet to the right, left or higher, it's a two run single and the Giants are the champs. McCovey wasn't "clutch" in that situation. The results were different, but did either of them really fail? We like to remember the times an Ortiz came up with a "clutch" hit to win or tie a game. We forget all the times he failed in those situations.
  14. illinoisredsox
    They don't have to finalize it until Thursday morning.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Magic Numbers: Division - 0 Wild Card - 0
  16. illinoisredsox
    You cannot possibly be that obtuse in asking that first question.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Given the lineup posted up on the game thread, no. All regulars with one very notable and troubling exception, Davis in for Betts.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Looks like good Tanaka showed up for the Yankees today. 1 hit allowed with 10 Ks through 5 innings. Bad guys up 3-0 in the bottom of the 5th.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Why are the Jays and Yankees playing at 1 today? Outside of Wrigley Field before the lights went in or a day-night doubleheader situation, I don't ever remember seeing a Friday afternoon game scheduled, and I go back 50 years of following the game. Maybe when the 4th of July has been on a Friday (or in the case of the Blue Jays/Expos, Canada Day).
  20. illinoisredsox
    Max, all a day of rest mean is a pitcher didn't pitch on a particular day. E.g., Pitcher A pitches a game on a Sunday. With no off days in the teams schedule, his next scheduled would be Friday (with Mon, Tue, Wed and Thu counting as days of rest). Another way of putting it is he pitches every 5th day (which is what your 5-6 day calculation is telling you). Back in the day, teams had 4 man rotations and pitchers used to go every 4th day, meaning 3 days of rest between starts. That's how they used to start about 40 games a year. With modern 5 man rotations, it bumps up one.
  21. illinoisredsox
    If they clinch today (which, with the Yankees and Jays scheduled for an afternoon game, they theoretically could do before ever taking the field), I would read nothing into how the rest of the series goes. It will be spring training mode with second stringers all over the place. I know the Astros and Guardians are in a battle for best record, but with the Sox will be locked into the 3rd slot, it is far more important to let a few guys heal up as much as they can than play the Astros tough. If that means they have to play the Guardians, so be it.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Yep, can't get a more pathetic all around perfromance than tonight. Let's hope the weekend rotation becomes Fister, TBD, TBD.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Magic Numbers: Division - 1 Wild Card - 0
  24. illinoisredsox
    No. Style points don't count. All it does is add a number to the loss column.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Pom and Sale and hope for hail
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