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  1. notin
    I liked Hanley, but if he was never released it is possible the Sox would not have bothered to acquire Pearce...
  2. notin
    I’m sure there were. But how many people mentioned Cora and/or Tito?
  3. notin
    And it will end when teams start beating it. Maddon didn’t invent the shift, which has been in use for 9 decades in MLB. Sure he popularized it recently but it has come and gone before. Right now this is a swing and miss/all or nothing/strikeout or home run league. As a result, fewer hitters are going the other way or trying to make any contact. This plays into shift usage. When “contact rate” becomes the next buzzword, shifts will decline. And if Manfred legislates a defensive alignment because some fans don’t like it, he should resign. His whole “pace of play” campaign has been laughably bad since all he has to do is enforce existing rules...
  4. notin
    I am one of the few on this thread who got the joke. On the bad manager list, I had to find the one guy you didn’t think of and had to go back over 100 years to do it...
  5. notin
    Not only baseball but every sport is based on computed databases. It's funny people like to call out fantasy baseball, but FBB probably has fewer databases and algorthms than MLB. And MLB teams can out their infielders anywhere they want. If they want the shortstop to position himself in section 213 Row C, let them. Maybe MLB should also make a rule where pitchers have to throw the ball where the hitter want s it, too. And to make it easier, throw in underhand. As irrelevant as you think those last two sentences are, prior to 1894, those actually were the rules. But making teams play a certain way has always and always will prevent the game fro evolving. Let the shift run it's course. There is nothing in the rulebook that gives any sort of leverage to the commissioner to ban it, beyond some fans don't like it. But like all fads, it will go away on its own..
  6. notin
    Bellinger is also a strikeout machine and could wind up being completely neutralized this series...
  7. notin
    Well if he didn't do it this year, and he as all the way down to 9th, clearly i was way off base. And hey, there is a chance next year he does do it in Boston...
  8. notin
    I strongly suspected that, unless he was having an MVP year, the chances of Hanley's option vesting were nil. Last March, I did think there was a strong hcance injury played a part, and Hanley would never be physically able to make it an issue. But even if he was healthy, he had no chance. WE all knew it. I didn't expect him to get released, and especially not to accommodate Swihart. But that was proof positive that his option was never gong to vest one way or another, Unless you believe the spontaneous version - the one where out of nowhere they decide to cut the starting 1B so they can keep the third string catcher. In that version, the Sox believe Swihart was important. He has 200 PA, s he clearly wasn't all that important. In my version, they would have cut Hanley to accommodate anyone. And really, the player activated to cut him was Pedroia, who had 13 PAs this year before disappearing back on the DL forever. How ready was Pedroia really?
  9. notin
    And did the Brewers wait until the World Series to try this out?
  10. notin
    It was clearly food poisoning. Probably from Yankee Stadium nachos. Those things could kill a hippo...
  11. notin
    It is tough losing one. I’d rather they gave Martinez a few innings at first this year and tried him there...
  12. notin
    Maybe he decided he’d had enough and wanted to hang with his 3 kids. It’s not like he lost any salary this year...
  13. notin
    No. My point was the option was never going to be allowed to vest unless Hanley unless Hanley was having a monster year. I said so repeatedly on this board all off-season. That he got released just proved it. I really don’t think or hope the decision to release Hanley was as spontaneous as we were all lead to believe. At some point in the meeting, you know someone said “and it takes care of that option we’ve been talking about.” Or maybe it happened the other way. Cora suggested “I know. Let’s cut the starting first baseman so we can keep the third string catcher.” And DD replied “Sure. Why the f*** not?”
  14. notin
    The shift was old even when it was used on Ted Williams. It was actually called “The Williams Shift” because it was first used in the 1920’s and 30’s against Cub/Phillie slugger Fred “Cy” Williams. Why were so many old-times ball players nicknamed “Cy” and none since?
  15. notin
    And all of it 4 years ago. I hope he still has a “feel” for the position. You know, that sense of knowing where everything is without actually looking. But more important is the loss of his outfield defense....
  16. notin
    Regardless of whose idea it was, the final decision and actual cutting of Hanley is the responsibility of Dombrowski, not Cora. And there is only a savings if oft-injured Hanley’s option vests, which was unlikely and, let’s face it, probably a decision made long before the season started...
  17. notin
    I know, although I think you underestimate what the return will be like. Not to mention, 2,000 innings sounds like a lot until you remember it’s less than a season and a half. And I’m sure he can handle anything routine. But when those plays come up where multiple fielders converge on the ball, the Sox now have no history so everyone knows who has what. Plus he’s the best defensive RF in the game, and moving him to 2b does create a weakness in RF. I’d rather Mookie was in his normal position when Yelich comes up than this modified defensive arrangement that weakens the Sox at two positions....
  18. notin
    Or just play with 8 fielders and make it look like the Sox are in the shift for every hitter regardless of what side he is batting from...
  19. notin
    I think it's crazy to try this now and I don't consider his 6 innings and two chances at 2b this year to be considered an adequate trial. Might as well just put JD at first...
  20. notin
    The shift is just a defensive alignment, and if hitters would get out of their "exit velocity/launch angle" mode, it becomes easier to defeat. But the DH thing is flat out stupid, and always was. Either bring it into both leagues or not at all. Not sure why the NL didn't just start out with it in 1973 along side the AL. But this different set of rules for each league is silly. And the strategic element in the NL has been dead for a long time...
  21. notin
    Go Brewers!! And if the Sox can take a 3 games to none lead, game 4 tickets should be cheap and readily available. A 3-1 lead does the same thing for game 5...
  22. notin
    No Chick Stahl? The guy committed suicide during Spring Training. In some stories, he left a note that said "Boys, I just couldn't help it. It drove me to it." which has been interpreted to say that Stahl was referring to cutting his friend and Hall of Famer Jimmy Collins. Other versions detail the note as saying "You drove me to it boys," indicating his team's poor play pushed him over the edge. (Reportedly his team players stopped him from committing suicide on at least one previous occasion.) Either way, THAT is a dedicated manager!!!
  23. notin
    Famous last words. THe Brewers and Dodgers are both better than some fans give them credit for being...
  24. notin
    Tito was the Sox manager for 8 years and won 2 rings and had to deal with Manny Ramirez. Cora has yet to conclude his first season. It's not fair to take how it ended for Francona as the sole reason to rank one season of Cora ahead of him. The wheels will come off for Cora one day, too...
  25. notin
    MLB is historically slow and cautious when it comes to embracing smart changes. But at least they have no problem barreling ahead full bore with stupid ones...
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