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Lonborg was awesome in Games 2 and 5. I was all of 8, but as I recall, he carried a no-hitter into the 8th in Game 2 (finishing with a 1 hit shutout) and then followed that up in Game 5 with a 2 hitter (Maris hit a homer in the 9th ending his shutout streak). Game 7 was Lonborg vs. Gibson but Jim was on 2 days rest while Gibson was on his normal 3; the Cards pounded Lonborg and won the series
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Two weeks of the new Talk Sox, thoughts?
illinoisredsox replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Closers didn't really exist in 1946. Starters didn't come out unless they were totally ineffective or pinch hit for. Nobody was beating Gibson in 67. He won 3 times in dominating fashion (3 runs total while pitching 3 complete games). Having a Kenley in 75 and/or 86 may have made a difference, though I'll say to this day that in 75, McNamara never should have pinch hit for Willoughy in Game 7. He was excellent in relief that Series
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A surprising number of truly great players are on that list. Ken Griffey, Jr., Tony Gwynn, George Sisler, Ty Cobb, Ichiro and Barry Bonds (I can't stand him, but there is no denying his talent even before the steroids).
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So put another way, the Red Sox always do well the first 20 years of a century.
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Abreu has gone Raffy, trying to hit everything 600 feet. Unfortunately, he’s not Raffy.
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Houck’s looked pretty good tonight. Maybe he ought to grab a bat and try hitting. He couldn’t do much worse than the current lineup. Edit - except for Lowe, who apparently is to Houck what Devers is to Cole.
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Unfortunately, he can’t face Cole every night.
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Crawford as well. A 4.19 ERA and a 1.101 WHIP should translate to better than a 8-15 record. (AL averages are 4.05 and 1.254).
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Lately, it’s just low overall. He looks tired. It’s not just the swings and misses; there’s no pop when he hits it. Many posters have poopooed Cora’s rest strategy since he’s been here, but a game off every couple weeks for virtually all these guys is probably best. That still puts them in line to play 150 or so games. I think the every day stuff has caught up with Duran and Rafaela.
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Vegas, that one was not a good pitch.
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That was a nasty pitch up and in. It wasn’t even a strike. Sometimes the hitter gets you. Not every homer is a bad pitch. Not every bad pitch is hit for a home or even a base hit.
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His job. Do you have any new material?
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Caminero’s homer was almost Mannyesque. That was not a pitch that should be hit that hard.
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This would not be the worst time for a 3 inning save by Winckowski. Edit - Josh throwing his way out that possibility.
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Now it’s time for our daily game of bullpen roulette.
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Taking Fred less seriously would be metaphysically impossible.
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Fred basically posts the same tired tripe ad nauseum. Not worth engaging.
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Not sure I understand the question. My point was over his first 2-2 1/2 years, there were many times when Bello melted down after an error or a missed call by an ump and allowed big innings. That inning was the type that often resulted in a 4 or 5 run inning earlier in his career. It hasn’t happened much in the last month or so. He’s buckled down and made pitches to get out of jams, a sign of a maturing pitcher. The next step for Bello would be to become efficient enough to regularly go 7 innings. 5 leaves too much up to the pen. As for Cole, every pitcher has a team he can beat by just throwing his glove out there. Each pitcher has a “who’s your Daddy” team. The Red Sox have been the latter for Cole, going back to his Houston days but especially since he’s come to NY. The A’s have been that team for Bello so far in his career.
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Now if he could just get a little more efficient. 66 pitches through 3 innings means the pen is in play for an extra frame or 2 today. That’s not good news. Edit - my bad it’s 4 innings. That’s a much closer to adequate, which is around 15 pitches per inning
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I liked that Bello worked his way out of that after the Valdez error. Earlier this year (and in the last couple), that inning probably would have exploded for 4 or 5 runs. That’s happened a couple times recently. Is he maturing before our eyes? Let’s hope so.
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The American League Wild Card Race
illinoisredsox replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Biggest difference in the Wild Card Race is the White Sox factor. The Twins, Tigers and Royals got to play the White Sox 13 times each. And boy, did they take advantage of it. They are a combined 33-3 against the Pale Hose (Tigers still have 3 games left). Even if the Red Sox had gone 7-0 against Chicago, they’d still be behind, albeit it closer. -
That’s the type of info that none of us really know but Cora et al does. I have no idea how Soto has been hitting, but that’s neither here nor there. I don’t think either one of them has been tearing the cover off the ball. It’s all good for discussion; sure beats Fred whining about pitch recognition and Little League defense.
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He didn’t change his position, he was agreeing with my statement that they would have walked Judge if they had gotten Soto. In any event, they were screwed after they failed to do anything in the top of the 10th.
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Looked it up. Going into tonight, Soto was 0-3 vs. Winckowski. Judge was 1-3 with 2 walks.. As with virtually all matchups, small sample sizes. Josh got the ground ball, just in a bad spot at a bad speed. A more accurate throw nails the runner, but I’m not faulting Rafaela for that after fielding a ball charging hard to his right.