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  1. illinoisredsox
    Unless Bloom is fired right after the season, I think Cora will be gone one way or the other. Either Bloom will fire him or Cora will resign. They are definitely not on the same page as far as the team is concerned.
  2. illinoisredsox
    Brasier is doing quite well for the Dodgers (1.11 ERA and 0.740 WHIP in 24 games and 24 innings in LA).
  3. illinoisredsox
    The home plate umpire sent him to bed without supper.
  4. illinoisredsox
    I agree. The max effort thing is a big deal. Guys back in the day didn't max out every pitch. Nolan Ryan could throw 103+, but he only did that when he needed to ramp it up, a few times a game. It wasn't every fastball he threw. Ditto most successful pitchers back then. Too much breaking stuff too early as well. A kid with the talent to make it to the majors doesn't need a breaking ball as a 12 year old, and he sure as heck doesn't need a slider as high schooler. Plus to try and throw that hard, kids develop all sorts of bad fundamentals. Ryan was a scientific miracle, but he also had flawless mechanics. You what happens to the guys who can actually hit those kids a bit? They are the guys who get drafted. This is a huge reason.
  5. illinoisredsox
    There were plenty of arm problems back then; we just didn't know about them. Guys just disappeared. We tend to remember the Gibsons, Marichals and Seavers who seemingly pitched forever. But as great as Koufax was, he was done at age 30 due to an arthritic elbow. When Bruce Suter had his arm go out at the end of his long career, people kept saying how sorry they were for him. He said one of the classiest things I've ever heard. He said something to the effect of don't feel sorry for me, I had 15 great years (or whatever it was). Feel sorry for the kid in A ball who blew his arm out and will never get a shot.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Both. Either Verdugo isn’t yelling loud enough when calling him off or Urias ain’t listening.
  7. illinoisredsox
    It goes against Verdugo, but Urias caused it by not getting out of the way.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Second time tonight Urias has caused a problem on a pop up to short right.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Definitely. Killer was Casas’ AB, a pop upmlike that on a 2 strike pitch is understandable. It’s not acceptable on a 0-0 pitch.
  10. illinoisredsox
    I have to say, the guy behind the plate has been very good tonight. Perhaps a couple of missed calls, but those were borderline; certainly nothing egregious like yesterday.
  11. illinoisredsox
    The thing is, he’s got good stuff, and for whatever reason, once he got to the set position tonight, his stuff got better.
  12. illinoisredsox
    They’ve scored most of their runs this whole trip on homers. That’s generally not sustainable.
  13. illinoisredsox
    This will be the last hitter he faces.
  14. illinoisredsox
    It will speed up once the pens are in, which should start in the bottom of this inning.
  15. illinoisredsox
    4-3 on the trip; they lost 2 of 3 in Washington.
  16. illinoisredsox
    When you’ve got nothing except a fastball, major league hitters are going to get to you eventually.
  17. illinoisredsox
    He’s received no help defensively, but he’s definitely not on his A game tonight.
  18. illinoisredsox
    You could see that coming as soon as it that ball went foul.
  19. illinoisredsox
    We’ve seen this movie before.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Like I said above, if it doesn’t hit the base, it may have been a bunt double.
  21. illinoisredsox
    He’s had a rough last 10 starts.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Base may have prevented a bunt double.
  23. illinoisredsox
    FYI, 10 is tied with the Cubs for the FEWEST in the majors. The Sox lead MLB with a 78% success rate. It’s sort of a mixed stat; the two teams who have the most blown saves are the Orioles and the Dodgers.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Closers need regular work. They get rusty without it. OTOH, he’s come back really well since I posted that.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Torres has me more nervous than Judge
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