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I always liked the concept of a team error for situations like that. Another example would be the outfielder making an accurate throw attempting to nail a runner that ends up hitting the runner and bouncing away, allowing another base. The outfielder did nothing wrong, the infielder did nothing wrong, but the extra base has to be accounted for.

Agree on the groundout but: “A fly ball could lead to a runner advancing or it may not.” In what universe is that outcome less preferable to a strikeout? At worst, it’s status quo and next batter up.

A major league infielder played shortstop most of his life?🫢 Stop the presses. Multiple people will need AED’s at finding out that news.

What can Cora do? Chapman’s the only one who has even come close to being consistent. Bernardino has been good lately, including some leverage appearances. Not even close with his pitches tonight. Still, have to tip you hat to Sale tonight. He was really good.

Since Duran never got off the base at all, I’m guessing Devers went in his own. Might have been worth the attempt had Sale gotten to 2 strikes on Refsnyder, but not on the first pitch.

At this point, it’s obvious SplinteredSplendor is just arguing for the sake of arguing and trolling us. No person over the age of 6 could possibly be this obtuse.

You are a Tellarite; you do not argue for reasons, you simply argue.

We all got your point; you are merely being argumentative if you can't even acknowledge how close very good and decidedly average are in baseball. Your mind is made up; no sense engaging you.

For one thing, he should be batting much lower in the lineup; he certainly should not be hitting cleanup. Maybe you should go back a couple decades and take a look at how Pedroia started out his first 50-55 career games over the last month of 2006 and the first month of 2007. That .190 batting average just screamed future Rookie of the Year, MVP and All-Star, didn’t it? I’m not saying Campbell become a Pedroia type player. I am saying you can’t tell jack from a player’s first couple months, and any fan who thinks they can has an extremely overrated view of themselves.

As usual, you totally missed the point. Not the first time just in this thread.

Pitchers have adjusted to him; he now has to adjust to what they’re doing. That’s not going to happen in AAA.

Could be a couple reasons for that: 1) The modern day reliever seems to have difficulty finishing an inning, sitting for 10 minutes, then going back out. I don’t get it; these guys were all starting pitchers as amateurs, but it is what it is. 2) The 3 batter minimum rule. A reliever can finish an inning and not have to face 3, but if he comes out for the start of the next inning, he has to. Righty-lefty numbers probably play a role here. I don’t like it, but it’s modern baseball theory; Cora is hardly the only manager doing it.

In the end, there there’s a huge difference between the two, but the sheer number of games magnifies small differences in success. The number of wins you used is about 3 wins per month over the season. What was it they said in Bull Durham. One hit a week is the difference between the mediocre .250 hitter and a HOF .300 hitter.

It’s a culture that’s been instilled over the past several seasons. The kids who came up in the early to mid teens were surrounded by an organization (owner, executives, managers and coaches, and older players) who were used to and committed to winning. Ownership abandoned that when they fired Dombrowski, the player leaders moved on and despite lip service, they were not replaced. They couldn’t even get a semiexperienced front office type to interview when they fired Bloom (what was Breslow, the 11th or 12th guy they contacted? Basically, you have Devers from those years, and I think we can all agree he is not a leader. Not his fault, some people aren’t (I am not one, for example). These current young players haven’t had the same culture the kids from a decade ago did. They caught lightening in 21, but most of those guys are gone as well. There is a lesson/hope to be taken from the Tigers. On August 10th last year, they were 55-63 and weren’t looking all that great. They finished the season 86-76 (going 31-13 over the last quarter of the season), grabbed the 3rd Wild Card and won a playoff series. They learned to win and haven’t stopped. This Red Sox team hasn’t learned to win. We can hope the light goes on like it did for the Tigers last year.The AL East is weak, which helps some. I hoped that the Abreu/Rafaela play might change their psyche a little, but same old same old after that. And I fully acknowledge the light might not go on, but we can hope.

Who walked the leadoff guy in the ninth? Who is totally unable to hold a runner anywhere near 1st base?

If he sends Rafaela, they walk either Devers or Bregman. As for Wong’s error, the hit scores the runner who stole second. It let him trot home, not sprint home. Still, Wong has played himself out of the starting position IMO. Barring injury, he’ll likely be catching one game in five at least in the near future.

My personal opinion is everyone here is part of the “unenlightened masses”. None of us sees stuff day to day up close. We just think we know what’s going on.

Anthony isn’t going to be brought up as a 4th outfielder; they aren’t going to start his clock for that. He’ll be up if someone gets hurt and he’ll play almost every day.

You still trying for that diplomatic job with the State Department?

Nobody worth getting is available at this point of the season. Trades of decent players happen in July, not May.

How many have you been to? How many have you been to that no longer exist? I’ve got a bunch of those: Yankee Stadium (original) Shea Stadium Exhibition Stadium (Toronto) Municipal Stadium (Cleveland) Comiskey Park (original) County Stadium (Milwaukee) Busch Stadium (middle version) Astrodome

I’ll guess at a few 14 C 12 1B, SS 2 RF, DH

Like Casas?

At my age, they’re all kids. My dream ended when Julio Franco retired.

Doubt he’d be doing that now; he had 2 huge years in Colorado, the last in 2019, but otherwise wasn’t anything that special with the Rockies. He always struck out a ton.