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  1. notin
    And this is why I NEVER SAID Breslow ignored the bullpen. And I certainly didn’t post about it between 20 and 30 times. But on the off chance I did accidentally post something to that effect repeatedly, I would never deny it now like I am clearly not doing here in this post…
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    Neither of whom were extended like Pratt was…
  3. notin
    Little known fact - if you count the beats in the first 14 seconds of any Crickets song and add 40, you get the temperature in Fahrenheit…
  4. notin
    And the Byrds were named after the Beatles, which is why they spelled it incorrectly…
  5. notin
    I assumed he was a stopgap they hoped might be something, but they were well positioned to take that gamble thanks to having Pratt and Williams…
  6. notin
    I don’t like horse racing either but it is still technically a sport. But if you want to disqualify based on personal criteria, what about the human version of the sport - track and field aka human horse racing? They’ve adopted many of the same automated mechanisms. MLB would still need umpires, including one at home plate…
  7. notin
    Same player? Bos: 79 OPS+ Mil: 80 OPS+ See? Leaps and bounds of growth. I’m actually not sure how much Milwaukee was counting on a David Hamilton Breakout Season considering they had Cooper Pratt (already extended) and Jett Williams behind him. And they certainly weren’t moving Turang off Hamilton’s best position…
  8. notin
    I once saw Connor Wong walk a little old lady across a busy street. Then she stole second on him…
  9. notin
    And they’re MVP candidate is going to get more votes than Boston’s MVP candidate…
  10. notin
    And any player capable of making the majors is extremely talented. As in they’re better at baseball than most people are at anything…
  11. notin
    Kind of weird to say the Rays are playing over their heads while comparing them to this Sox team being lead by guys named Sogard, Monasterio, Durbin, Seigler, etc…
  12. notin
    Calling balls and strikes is insanely difficult. I know Ive said this a million times, but it’s essentially deciding if a projectile moving at 100mph touched any part of an invisible box of varying size. Other sports like tennis and horse racing have adopted automated refereeing for some calls. There is no shame in MLB doing so as well…
  13. notin
    So you finally commited to benching a player!! Finally benching Duran to accommodate date Alonso. It only took 5 months!! I mean still sad that despite it being repeated multiple times you still cannot grasp that Yoshida only started getting playing time when Anthony got hurt. I am going to bypass the whole idea that you do not give away 29yo All Star players for nothing just so you can spend $28mill more to sign a free agent. Thats beyond stupid management It’s not being too cheap, Fred. It’s just not being stupid. Not to mention- his moves are clearly working. Let it go! The moves Breslow made are clearly working and now you are giving us this whole “Breslow is wrong because he didn’t make MY moves” vibe…
  14. notin
    Reportedly this was the dealbreaker for Breslow…
  15. notin
    Yoshida entered the season as an overpriced bench bat with poor outfield defense
  16. notin
    When Alonso was available, Anthony was healthy and available to start in LF. Duran was DH/4th OF.
  17. notin
    Gor the ten millionth time, getting rid of Yoshida eould not have created a spot for Alonso last December ( you know, when Alonso was signed). The Sox lineup at the time was: C: Narvaez 1b: Contreras 2b: Mayer 3b: Durbin SS: Story LF: Anthony CF: Rafaela RF: Abreu DH: Duran BN: Yoshida, Kiner-Falefa, Wong, Monasterio Alonso was not going to replace Yoshida. Duran or Anthony only. And at the time, Anthony was not hurt and we didn’t know Duran was going to have an awful year. But we didn’t know know Alonso was not going to sign on to replace Yoshida as the Sox bench OF. Or IKF as a utility infielder, since you’ve repeatedly assumed the Sox chose him over Alonso as well…
  18. notin
    In hindsight, I’d take Alonso over Duran. But I also assumed at the time, like many, that Duran would, at a bare minimum, not suck ass…
  19. notin
    Are you seriously dedicated to repeatedly pointing out the deficiencies of a top 5 candidate for AL MVP? Especially since you’re also dedicated to repeatedly singing the praises of a far worse player in Pete Alonso…
  20. notin
    How about getting rid of divisions altogether and ranking postseason solely by record? Why is the AL West leader getting home games when they might finish under .500? The 4th AL Wild Card team might finish with a better record and - especially if it’s Toronto - got that better record against a tougher schedule. Clearly they are the better team that is only being penalized by geography…
  21. notin
    And if Mead comes back?
  22. notin
    Possible as well. Without Yoshida and Anthony, the DH position is getting rather tenuous. Gasper isn’t going to be the answer forever…
  23. notin
    Since Anthony is getting activated in September, he could be platooned with Jones at DH while White plays LF vs LHP in a platoon with Duran…
  24. notin
    With Yoshida injured it becomes less likely that Duran gets benched…
  25. notin
    I cannot confirm that, but I can deny it later…
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