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A little snake bit this inning. That first hit was very lucky for the Halos. Two poor throws by Wong and Abreu. A perfectly placed ground ball single. He’s not exactly getting lit up this inning.
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Abreu has a great arm but he has no idea where he’s throwing it. An accurate one hopper there nails the runner at home.
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I’m still catching up on the game but through 6, the two Angel pitchers have combined for 16 different letters and 20 letters total in their last names.
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Easiest way to stop that is go in spikes first. It: a) emphasizes the blocking and b) fielder is unlikely to do it again
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Those fundamentals should have been taught at the amateur level and certainly in the minors. The one place they should not have to be learned is in the majors.
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Passan: Boston Red Sox Optioning Kristian Campbell
illinoisredsox replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that at the amateur level (excluding college ball), any player who has the ability to play Major League Baseball is probably the best guy on the field by a long shot under any definition. Yes, Arenado/Chapman situations do occur, but they are extremely rare. -
Passan: Boston Red Sox Optioning Kristian Campbell
illinoisredsox replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The silliest thing about TYPM’s rebuttal is this insistence that Campbell hasn’t been allowed to play his primary position, which somehow TYPM thinks is SS. He hasn’t played short regularly since high school. KC has played in 36 professional game at short, starting 32 of them; he played none there in college (yeah, yeah, we know, upper classman). He has played in 144 professional games at 2B, starting 102 of them. Almost all of his college games were at second with a very few games in the of. Since graduating high school, if he has a primary position, it’s second base. The funniest line is he acknowledges Hamilton is better at 2B than SS (nobody’s going to argue that) while lamenting that Campbell grew up a SS. News flash ace, so did Hamilton and Gonzalez and virtually every other right handed infielder in MLB and a lot of the right handed outfielders as well. But somehow TYPM knows better than all the people actually paid to decide those things. -
They must consider Weissert totally expendable for the 2nd half. Today was his 38th appearance (he leads the league) in 79 Sox games to date. That is way too high a workload for any bullpen guy to remain effective.
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West Coast trips are never easy, and both Seattle and SF are pretty good teams. Before it started, I think virtually all rational fans would have signed up for 5-4 or 4-5 on this trip.
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The plate umpire’s been pretty bad. The rest were okay. Like I said earlier, the call on Duran was defensible by the 2nd base ump; it was that close. The replay guy is another story. All of a sudden, that strike 2 call on Hamilton is looking big.
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It was a bad decision because baserunners are important when you are down 3. You have to be sure you’re going to make it, and that was anything but sure.
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I don’t blame the 2nd base ump. I thought he was out watching it live and Duran got back only because he didn’t trim his fingernails today. The replay guy’s a different story.
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The Toro play I didn’t mind. Ray is a tough guy to score on and it took 2 good throws to get him. The Gonzalez pick off, ,meh. All it meant was Duran got to lead off, where upon he made his boneheaded play.
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Dumb play by Duran; you’re down by 3, even if it’s overturned.
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I do. The dirt means nothing for a runner; you establish your own base path. Toro was running straight about 1 foot on the foul grass. He gets 3 feet either side of that when a play is being made. He was not (IMO) outside that 3 foot area. Sox pathetic D has made the question moot.
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When’s the last time you saw anyone do one?
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Those A's teams may not have liked each other, but they were united in their hatred of Charlie Finley.
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If he continues to throw as he has this year, there will be no shitstorm.
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WTH does that mean? For that matter, what the hell is a back up pitcher?
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Roupp is really pulling the string on that curve ball today.
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He’s been consistent; thats something. It’d be worse if called it sometimes and not others. Bello and Wong have to adjust.
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I can see where Roupp can be tough the first time you see him. I’ll be interesting to see what adjustments they make the second time through.
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I think Cora used tonight as a bit of a teaching moment for Dobbins. You’re a starter; you aren’t always going to have your A game and you have to learn to get out of some messes early in games.
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If Duran doesn’t go here, he’s injured. He’s not even looking like he wants to run.
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Passan: Boston Red Sox Optioning Kristian Campbell
illinoisredsox replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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