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  1. illinoisredsox
    Leadoff meant nothing at that point. Once Turner made the final out in the 7th, the #9 slot was 7 batters away. Duran’s spot was 8 batters away. Cora put Kike as far down away as he could (I suppose he could have subbed him for Turner in the 2 spot and put Arroyo in the #9 spot.
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    Moon’s correct comment about you post location aside, Refsnyder hit for Chang in the 7th and drove in the 4th run. Duran singled but was stranded when Turner popped out to end the inning. So for the 8th, Kike goes into the game at short. He either has to go into Refsnyder’s position (9th in the line-up) or you keep Ref in the game and put Kike into Duran’s spot in the order. Cora was gambling on putting Kike as far away from coming up again as possible. Once the Sox stranded 2 on in the 8th, the #1 spot was going to come up.
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    Players are making Bloom’s choice for him. They have to show him that he should be a buyer. They aren’t.
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    Not sure why you don’t use Arroyo for Kike there. Christian is at least a threat to run into a ball. Same would apply to Alfaro at that point as well.
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    He’s had a bad July for sure.
  6. illinoisredsox
    A Fenway double (barely caught the wall), a wild pitch and a well placed grounder. Baseball smh
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    It is on this board.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Scorers only want to piss off one guy. An error gets both the hitter and the fielder mad; a hit only gets the pitcher upset. Radio guys have been calling out scorers all year. They’ve said multiple times that scorers have been told to err (no pun intended) on the side of offensive stats.
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    To be fair, Casas doesn’t strike me as a player who wears his emotions on his sleeve.
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    Bello didn’t have it; it happens to even the best pitchers. One could question his pitch mix early. IMO, he let his emotions get to him. How often do you see great pitchers give up a couple runs in the first or second, then settle down and give up nothing more. Bello never settled down. Worse though was the A’s tried to give them the game and the Sox failed to take it. Raffy’s injury didn’t help this series either. He was so hot in Chicago and we all know what a streaky guy he can be.
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    Yep. I’ve said it many times. Any pitcher in the major leagues can shut down any team. It’s how often they can do that that separates them. And as Splinter said above, Medina’s stuff is better than his stats.
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    I’ve heard many times the toughest day on a West Coast trip is the second day.
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    I know that. Point is you can’t tell squat about a guy over his first few weeks in the majors. Jacques is likely going to be a backend of the pen guy at best. He’s done the job most of the time this year but when he gives up runs, he gives them up in bunches. This game is on the offense and the A’s pitchers have had a bit to do with that. It happens.
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    Yeah, I guess Roger Clemens could have filled that bill.
  15. illinoisredsox
    What would you call this guy with the following start to his career? 19 2/3 IP, 28 H, 13 ER
  16. illinoisredsox
    Near as I can tell, he also tied the consecutive strikeout record by any pitcher that was set by Roger Clemens in his first 20 strikeout game. Multiple Sox pitchers combined to strike out 11 straight Rays a few years ago.
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    Relatively cheaply as well (around $2M IIRC).
  18. illinoisredsox
    He's not that young; he'll be 27 in September. I do agree Verdugo may be the one to go if they decide to be sellers. He will get you the most bang for the buck. The issue is, he likes Boston, and those guys are often hard to find.
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    Refsnyder is fine for the role he plays, back up outfielder. Who fills that role if he's traded? The guys in the minors need to play every day, not sit on the bench in Boston.
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    My concern for Houck is between the ears. We've both been around long enough to know that some guys come back okay after such an injury, others do not. The results are definitely mixed.
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    Don’t know; I don’t have MLB TV anymore, and even if I did, I’m blacked out of Cubs games here. They were just wondering after he took two strikes that they said he normally would take a cut at.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Radio guys are wondering about Raffy’s hand.
  23. illinoisredsox
    When it comes to Wrigley, when the wind is blowing towards Lake Michigan, it’s the best hitters park there is. When it’s coming off of the lake, it’s a great pitchers park.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Thing is, when an ump is calling a good game, no one notices. When there are no out of line calls, you just watch the game without distraction.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Well I can tell you there’s a front headed that way. Went through here (~160 miles west) about 3 hours ago. We got about 1.25 inches of rain in about an hour and some very strong winds. Looks like it’s reaching the Western Chicago suburbs now.
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