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I liked the fact that Cora let him work through it and he got the DP grounder. You can’t learn to get out of jams if you get taken out every time you get in one.
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Soriano’s a sinker baller. Not unusual for them to have trouble early and then settle down; the arm tires a little and the ball sinks a tad more.
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Either that or he was tipping; the Angels were on everything.
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Same injury, different leg. Now Cora/Kennedy/Breslow are supposed to predict potential weird injuries? This is a post I’d expect of some posters here but you’re far better than this.
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I wouldn’t have them up. Giolito can be his own long man and take the pounding. Eventually, Toro can mop up.
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He makes more errors, therefore he’s weaker.
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Isn’t he down to 4’6” now?
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Just to make sure there’s no misunderstanding, I was quoting (it’s at least a close paraphrase, I’m not going to go find the post) one of our wordier posters.
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Can’t remember, is it you who has the “low baseball acumen” (not my words) or is that notin?
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Cora went 1-13 with RISP? Cora struck out 10 times? Cora made 3 errors? Cora didn’t tag up on Duran’s deep fly in the 9th? Criticizing Cora for not bringing Chapman back out for the 10th or his selection of Kelly for the 10th makes perfect sense. The stuff in the first paragraph is on the players.
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Technically true, but in a sense they did. 3rd inning: Angels were on 1st and second. If Rafaela’s throw is somewhere in the neighborhood of the cutoff man, the batter doesn’t take second, and maybe the guy who started on first also stays put. I think the runner who was on second scores anyway. Now I know you can’t assume the inning plays out the same way, but if it does, the Red Sox are not playing the infield in, the little bleeder that scored the 2nd and 3rd runs is at least a force play if not a DP and the one or two fly balls end the inning with 1 or possibly 2 runs scoring. 10th inning: If the bunt is turned into an out, the Angels have a man on 3rd. Again, assuming the inning plays out the way it did, Trout walks and the DP ends the inning with no runs scoring. So no, technically the errors didn’t lead to unearned runs (although I would argue the 3rd Angel run could have been unearned) but 2 runs may have been avoided without the errors.
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It’s not that easy a fix; these players have no idea of what fundamentals are, and it’s been going on for years. That points to an organizational problem in the minors and no emphasis on teaching them. It really goes back to amateur ball, but all the players come out of that, so every team has that hurdle to overcome. About 15 years ago, I was asked to coach a group of 13-14 year old all-stars. There was one practice I was trying to work on basic run down strategy (no more than 2 throws, run the runner back to the previous base, etc.). After 5 minutes I was told that these concepts were too hard for them to understand. Same thing with basic cutoff plays and backing up plays. This was stuff we worked nearly 60 years ago when I was 9 in Little League and we had no trouble getting them, yet these 14 yos couldn’t grasp them.
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Would it have really made much difference? The offense still needs to move a guy off second at some point.
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A vote of confidence is generally not a good thing when it comes to managing/coaching professional sports.
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At this point, it’s in their heads. How are we going to screw this up?
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That assumes JH is paying any attention; I don’t think he cares. 33K tickets sold tonight is all he cares about.
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I’d like to see Romy try to take 3rd here. Gotta try something.
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Odds of Gonzalez never getting off 2nd? Virtual certainty.
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I’m blaming the fielding error on Toro; running in there like a headless chicken didn’t help. You could see Kelly sort of glitch as Toto got close.
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He’s fine as the last guy in the pen. This is not the place for him. Guccione not giving him anything isn’t helping.
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Toro kind of messed that one up.
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Do you use Chapman for a second inning? Edit - I guess not.
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100% agree. Of course, the Abreu K made it irrelevant.
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Yep, but I was told by our newest know-it-all that what the midget did 20 years ago makes no difference. The kid is struggling, probably for the first time in his life. He’ll either adjust and get through it or he won’t. He deserves more than a bad month to do so..
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It makes sense here; there’s no save to be had. if makes less sense on the road. Bug I remember a winner take all extra innings playoff game involving the Orioles several years ago where the O’s manager kept his all-star closer in the pen waiting for a save opportunity that never came.
