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  1. illinoisredsox
    Helped my son set up his apartment near Philly last week, and then stopped by Williamsport on the way back to Illinois and took in a game (Walla Walla was one of the teams, California was the other). 46 years after my last LL game, I finally made it to the World Series. One item off the bucket list. It really is an incredible place, and you can't beat the price of admission (free). Highly recommend it.
  2. illinoisredsox
    While they may get 13% wrong by the book, all the players ask for is consistency so they can adjust. They don't get too mad about an ump calling a pitch an inch outside a strike or a ball so long as it called that way the whole game. What drives players crazy is when it goes back and forth over the course of nine innings (or worse, 1 at bat).
  3. illinoisredsox
    The really good umps will admit when they blow a call. Remember when Jim Joyce made that horrific call that ruined Armando Gallaraga's perfect game several years ago? Joyce, widely acknowledged by the players as one of the best, couldn't say often enough how sorry he was, how bad he felt, etc. and apologized to Gallaraga personally before the game the next day. Guys like West, Hernandez and CB Bucknor wouldn't have given it a second thought.
  4. illinoisredsox
    And I will respectfully disagree. As I said the other day, Betances should be easy to run on with that high leg kick. No idea of what kind of jump Holt got, but Sanchez made a perfect throw and Gregorius was blocking the base, forcing Holt to go around him on the dive. The Yankees made the play. A feet first slide may well have enabled Holt to be safe, and if nothing else, Gregorius would think twice about blocking the base with his knee next time. That being said, one minor factor here may well have been the fact that Bradley, at the time, was 0-9 (now 0-10) vs. Betances with 6 Ks and 1 BB.
  5. illinoisredsox
    No issue with sending Holt. Betances has a high leg kick, he should be relatively easy to run on. Sanchez made a perfect throw. One thing I'd like to see is more feet first sliding. One of the reasons Holt was out was that Gregorious was blocking forcing Holt to go around him diving in. Go in feet first and infielders might stop blocking bases so often.
  6. illinoisredsox
    It might be now.
  7. illinoisredsox
    That being said, one really has to wonder if the vertigo still has some lingering affects.
  8. illinoisredsox
    So who would you put at 2nd? And if you say Nunez, then who do you DH? Hanley hasn't exactly looked that good lately either.
  9. illinoisredsox
    I know but the applicable comments (the attempted second mound visit) are here.
  10. illinoisredsox
    For the record, the rules are (paraphrasing): 1) A team is allowed 2 mound visits per inning per pitcher. On the second one, the pitcher must be removed from the game. Exception due to apparent injury (and the ump will go out to assure only the injury is discussed). 2) A relief pitcher must face at least one hitter (the batting slot must complete an AB) or otherwise finish an inning (e.g., a runner caught stealing to end an inning finishes his obligation).
  11. illinoisredsox
    So the bottom line is: 1) Farrell, who tried to make a pitching change when he couldn't, needs to recharge his two working brain cells. 2) His biggest critics here, a) didn't know what happened and don't seem to know the rules. Am I to conclude that they are operating with 1 brain cell?
  12. illinoisredsox
    Do you mean after the Hicks homer? If so, then how in the world would Kimbrel have had time to warm up? After Gardner wa hit, Hicks homered on his 6th pitch, two of which were swinging strikes. Do you mean after Judge walked? That was only 8 pitches later (and when he brough Kelly in). I'm not convinced that Kelly was fully warm.
  13. illinoisredsox
    ESPN just flashed Porcello has thrown 18 straight strikes.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Leon doesn't hit much for average but he sure does get a lot of hits with RISP.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Coupled with some excellent base running by Holt in getting to second so that basic situation stayed the same, which eventually read to another run by Holt.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Benintendi does not have good baserunning instincts. Guys like Lowell, Napoli and Ortiz were slow but knew when to try and advance and when not too. They were very good base runners in that context. Betts adds speed to good instincts. Nava was bad. Benintendi is not good. Bradley isn't that good either.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Moreland robbed for the second time, and Benny makes up for his running mistake by scoring on it.
  18. illinoisredsox
    As I said to station, the ball hitting the ump cost them a run. Betts did advance Nunez after that bad break. Benintendi stole second to advance. Hanley got a horrific strike 2 call that put him in a big hole. Moreland's ball was roped and the ball caught the pitcher. Yeah, the results could have been better. But they had 3 bad breaks go against them that inning.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Not sure what you were looking at. Benintendi smoked his hit and it hit the umpire, costing the Sox a run. Moreland smoked his ball and it caught the pitcher.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, I agree with this. One of my biggest gripes (maybe the biggest one) with Saltalamacchia was that he NEVER went to the mound other than to change the signals. He never attempted to refocus a pitcher or calm him down or just break a bad rhythm. Ross did it all the time, so it wasn't an organizational thing. Varitek, of course, was the best at it.
  21. illinoisredsox
    It would be great if Porcello can repeat his individual performance from the last game against the Rays: 8 IP, 6 H, 1 run, 0 walks, 7 K's. Unfortunately, it ended up a 1-0 loss.
  22. illinoisredsox
    I'd go along with that to an extent; career wise, however, the Guardians are the team that has given Sale the most trouble. In 28 games (17 starts) against the Tribe, he's 5-7 (the only team he's under .500 against) with a 4.44 ERA (worst against any team he's faced more than twice) and a 1.297 WHIP. Every pitcher seems to have a team he's Superman against and a team that's kryptonite to him. Cleveland appears to be that latter team for Sale.
  23. illinoisredsox
    And still there was a game last week when Betts forgot.
  24. illinoisredsox
    I've seen some guys do it. Maybe they all do, there's not always a close-up of a guy when he reaches. But just as when you coached, every once in a while, the brain turns off and they forget.
  25. illinoisredsox
    That knee is probably still bothering him. He just sat out a week and probably wasn't taking a whole lot of BP. But his job tonight was to catch Sale, and that he did to near perfection.
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