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  1. illinoisredsox
    2 hits off Pomerania and neither hit particularly well.
  2. illinoisredsox
    Would have been better if the ball had been hit harder. Perfect speed and location to get through and not hard enough to give JBJ a decent chance.
  3. illinoisredsox
    And it cost them a run.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Do you ph for Holt here? With 2 out and this early, I don't.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Porcello and Bauer do not seem to be working with the same strike zone. Bauer is getting a lot of corners, Porcello is not getting those same spots.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Be it this series or next year, if Bogaerts doesn't learn to lay off that breaking ball down and away he's going to have a career of how he hit in August and September
  7. illinoisredsox
    No curve tonight and he hasn't been getting the call when he does get the ball down. Bauer has gotten 3-4 strikes outside the zone as well.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Hard to say. Is MLB as anal about that sort of thing as the NFL? That's a rhetorical. NOBODY is as anal about that sort of thing as the NFL.
  9. illinoisredsox
    No real surprises. No Robbie Scott might be a mild one, but 6 innings pitched in September isn't much of a showcase. Can't really argue with the guys they took. Vazquez as the second catcher might be the other minor surprise, but really, once Leon seized the starting gig, none of the back-ups did anything worth a darn all season, so it's as good a choice as any.
  10. illinoisredsox
    I just saw a great description of the Giants on another forum: the Giants in the postseason are like cockroaches in a nuclear war. They always find a way to survive.
  11. illinoisredsox
    I have the opposite view on Pedey this season; this was the first time in 3-4 years he wasn't injured and it showed. Will his performance go down next year? Probably, but I think that will be due to 2016 being almost a career year for him and it's hard to have those back to back. And his age isn't going to help in that regard. He's right at the point where guys usually start seeing declines. Now, you are totally correct in that he tries to play through things he probably shouldn't. At least until now, he has been the classic case of an athlete unable to distinguish between being hurt and being injured. Maybe he has learned that lesson finally.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Great read but when did Pedroia get hurt? There certainly were no DL trips this season.
  13. illinoisredsox
    What changes is that in a tie game at home and the game gets to the 9th, there's no save to be had. You bring in your best available reliever for the 9th; once he is done,, you go with your next best, etc. As I wrote above, in the postseason and especially in an elimination game, the "rules" should not apply. If your on the road and you don't score, in the top of the 9thor later, you've got to get 6 outs to win the game, the home team doesn't have to get any. Yo have to prolong it as long as you can.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Marrero was 1-12 this year (and hit .198 in Pawtucket); the idea that he can PH is ludicrous. PR sure. None of the 3 can be relied on as hitters (although Hill and Hernandez are better than Marrero in that regard), so it comes down to what else can they give the team. And let's be realistic, if the Sox are using a back-up SS in the postseason, they are fooked anyway.
  15. illinoisredsox
    He was warming up in the top of the ninth (I assume in case the O's took the lead). It's the postseason, some of the "rules" have to go out the window.
  16. illinoisredsox
    You could make a case for Uehara, although whether he can be effective back to back is a huge question. However, Kelly has never closed a game in his life; the postseason is not the time to find out if he can do it.
  17. illinoisredsox
    They went with 11 pitchers in 2013 in the ALDS, they probably will do the same this year. That leaves 14 position players. Hill offers better D, Hernandez more speed. Given the 14 slots available, I think both will be on the roster as I can't see them taking 3 catchers (if one were Swihart, maybe, since he at least offers a potential bat, as is, no way 3 are on the roster). Offensively, neither one of them has gone to the plate often enough lately to really say which would be better: Hernandez's plus stats are almost entirely from a few games in late June/early July and he only came to the plate 7 times in September; Hill didn't do much all year although he did go 8-27 in September. Bottom line is we are talking about the #6-7 infielder here.
  18. illinoisredsox
    True his postseason record is less than stellar. On the plus side, he has always pitched well against the Tribe; career against the Guardians he is 10-2 in 14 games with a 2.24 ERA. At Progressive Field he is 5-0 in 7 games with a 2.24 ERA. This year, he only faced them on opening day, he went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs while striking out 10 and walking 2. All of which means ... nothing. He is likely to be facing Kluber, so a game similar to yesterday could easily be in the cards. The team that has beaten him up throughout his career, no matter what uniform he's wearing, is the Rangers.
  19. illinoisredsox
    FWIW, while the Rangers were 36-11 in 1-run games, their record in those types of games against the 4 other AL playoff teams was 4-4 (and that going a 3-1 vs. the Jays). Their overall record vs. the other AL playoff teams was 15-12. Baltimore was 25-26 vs. AL playoff teams and 32-29 against all playoff teams Boston 27-23 and 31-26 Cleveland 9-17 and 12-21 Texas 15-12 and 16-14 Toronto 27-25 and 30-28 All of which means ... nothing. Any team can get hot for 5 games (a week) and any team can just not have it for a week.
  20. illinoisredsox
    And the Tigers would have thrown out a AAA line-up at best. My guess is the game would have been akin to the Columbus Clippers playing the Toledo Mud Hens with a few Indian and Tiger backups filling in the gaps. Not that it would have mattered, because unless the game would have determined as to whether the Tigers could have qualified for the post-season or not, it would not have been played. They don't play games for seeding.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Chad Finn absolutely nails it: http://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2016/10/02/farewell-to-david-ortiz-the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-the-red-sox
  22. illinoisredsox
    Bunting is a not a part of the Sox offense and the fastest way to sure defeat is to start trying to do things that are not normal for you. Outside Leon and maybe Holt, there's nobody on the team who can bunt worth a darn anyway.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Well to be fair, this ump is not helping in that regard. He's missed a bunch on both sides tonight.
  24. illinoisredsox
    You will note he has disappeared from posting since the Sox took the lead.
  25. illinoisredsox
    IF everything holds up, Orioles would be 1 game up on Toronto and 1 1/2 up on Detroit. O's and Jays have 2 games left; if Detroit is ahead or behind the second wild card spot by 1/2 game on Sunday night they will have to play a make-up game with Cleveland on Monday
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