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My 1970 Little League team? We went 20-0. But to your overall point, exactly. The winningest MLB teams ever still lost 40+ games. No team is perfect
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I’d go with the 1915 staff of Rube Foster, Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore, and some scrub named Ruth. They also had Smoky Joe Wood start a bunch of games as well. Now, for people I’ve actually seen, 1978 had Eckersley, Jenkins, Tiant and Lee.
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I’m guessing he and Whitlock will split the duties at least for a few days. They are going to be careful with Chapman. Fortunately or unfortunately, any talk of dealing him is now done.
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Some guys can’t handle the bright lights, some guys need and relish them. Would a guy like Ortiz have done what he did had he remained in Minnesota? Or moved on to KC?
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Not exactly the 6-4-3 DP we ordered but okay.
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Chapman not looking good today. Velocity down, lots of splitters.
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Why is Buehler still in there? Why?
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Need to figure out a way to split Buehler and Fitts in the rotation. The potential for lots of BP innings is too high back to back.
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Well at least that should be all for Walker today.
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Buehler didn’t even bother to back up home, just stood on the mound and almost screwed up Toro on the cutoff.
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Buehler would not have gotten there in time. Not sure which is worse, being late to get there or doing an Eduardo Rodriguez and not even try to get there.
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Marcelo Mayer Leaves Game With Right Wrist Discomfort
illinoisredsox replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
They would have gotten back to Boston early this morning so he probably had x-rays/MRI late today; I wouldn’t expect news until tomorrow. As far as a call-up, Eaton might be the guy since he can play 3rd (important with Bregman likely being limited to 2 starts per 3 games for a while) and so far as I know, neither Hamilton nor Grissom can. Sogard would also a possibility for the same reason. -
Disagree. Boddicker helped the Sox to 2 division titles in 1988 and 1990. Schilling didn’t become the pitcher we remember until he got to the Phillies in 1992 and really didn’t hit his stride until 1997. Would he have developed in the same way in the Sox organization? Who knows. Anderson didn’t do much for the O’s until 1992.
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I hereby renounce my previous stance that he excels with the Giants except for 3 games a year. He’s dead to me now. Henceforth, Devers will be known to me as The Dead Guy (aka TDG).
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It’s a two way street though. Yes, Breslow has to decide which way to go. But the players have to give Breslow a reason to go out and get help; the next 4 games will go a long way towards that influencing that decision.
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He loves patting himself on the back. Luckily, I only see his drivel if someone quotes it.
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Who would you have in there instead? Anyone is not an answer. Sanchez is a really good pitcher; he’s 28, been around 5-6 years and has a pretty good idea of what he’s doing out there. Tonight was never a good matchup for the Sox.
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Phils may be developing a book on Anthony. Or he might just be having a rough patch. He was sick Sunday, wonder if there’s some lingering effects.
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Since the break, Gonzalez now 0-11 with 7 Ks.
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Analytics have their place. Overuse/100 percent reliance on them does not.
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Not sure why the run Harper scored was earned. Yes, Harper was safe, but the ump never made a safe call and the next batter flies out to end the inning. Edit - okay, OB’s explanation makes more sense. The batter was awarded first on the CI; by stepping in front of home plate, Narvaez also committed a “catchers balk”, so Harper is awarded home and the runner on second is awarded 3rd. Catchers balks don’t really exist in the rule book but the action causes one to be charged to the pitcher. Harper was safe either way.
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Different leg this time though.
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14 days rest too much for Fitts (or really anyone).
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Don’t know about the rest of his career, but almost certainly the rest of this year.
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Actually, so have the Pale Hose and the Mariners. You’re splitting hairs though. The AL average runs per game allowed is 4.33. Since every team has played about 100 games to date, that means over the course of the entire season, the Sox have allowed a grand total of 2 more runs over the average AL team. One more thing we can blame on Abraham Toro since he allowed 2 runs in his mop up relief appearance.
