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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.
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Could be, but hopefully they’ll leave him in the 8-9 hole, leave him at 2nd base and let him relax. Batting him 4th was beyond stupid.
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HOF college basketball coach Al McGuire used to say the best thing about a freshman is he becomes a sophomore. Most rookies go through struggles. I think we can give the kid a bad month or 2. He’ll either adjust or he won’t, but expecting him to not have growing pains is stupid.
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And Willie Mays Hays he ain’t.
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Organizational approach is launch angle. Anyone else see the story from spring training where an unnamed young hitter asked Jim Rice for some advice; Rice did his patented hit line drives, go the other way if you have to. You know, the complicated stuff that got him a plaque in Cooperstown. Some computer nerd rushed over and told him not to talk to the hitters because it might contradict what the data was telling the organization what their hitters to do. Rice basically told him to go look at his computer monitor but I guess he isn’t welcome any more, I’ve heard similar stories from other ex-players in other organizations.
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Tornado passed a couple miles south of us; I see I missed the Sox scoring 1 run but little else. Bello lasts 6 innings; who had that number on their bingo card?
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Welp, out for now. Tornado sirens just went off and rotation has been seen less than 5 miles away.
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Does Bello have a single swing and miss tonight?
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You forgot the Fenway Green sarcasm font LOL.
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43 with no one out in the 3rd ain’t good either.
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Patented Bello meltdown.
