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  1. notin
    Errors - that’s on the players. But baserunning - the Sox do have two coaches on the field supplying help. Granted there isn’t one at second base for Wong Turn, but he should know by not to look to the third base coach and runner and see what McGuire is being told to do…
  2. notin
    1. Please name one MLB executive you know. 2. If Betts was a generational talent and a future Hall of Famer (which he is), he should have been extended before he had FIVE YEARS of service time. A player like that is extremely unlikely to sign anything with only one season left…
  3. notin
    What did Crawford have to do with that trade? Or were you referring to Crawford retiring Betts first two times?
  4. notin
    Also because they got sick of paying Price…
  5. notin
    Yes, it was clearly all Bloom. Henry and Betts were both begging him to get a deal done - each side rapidly conceding to the demands of the other. But Bloom chose to rise above theee negotiations, as the rife surrendering just muddled the picture, and rid himself of Betts altogether. You finally figured it out…
  6. notin
    So… fungible left-handed relievers and injury-prone starters are at risk…
  7. notin
    But you provided two examples of him doing it. And how one year deal players did he let walk that he shouldn’t have?
  8. notin
    And then we traded Tony Armas for Pedro!!! (How many posts before corrections?)
  9. notin
    All along I’ve believed the “$300mill/10 year” offer. More I’m wondering what exactly Dombrowski did to keep him. Makes the whole David Price scenario even worse in my mind…
  10. notin
    With only one year left, Verdugo might not bring back much in trade…
  11. notin
    I’m taking the under on 270 RBI for Abreu…
  12. notin
    Assuming you consider that a call at all…
  13. notin
    Reyes might not have 4 years left on him, especially as a starter. He’s the New Pedro Ciriaco…
  14. notin
    And until Rafaela’s begins…
  15. notin
    Duran’s control also makes him a more attractive trade piece for other teams. If Abreu can stick, the Sox do have a good problem. Of course they might keep everyone just like they kept Duran, Verdugo and Duvall this year. It’s actually not hard to envision a Duran-Abreu-Verdugo OF with Yoshida at DH and Rafaela at WOO waiting for an injury (or Abreu struggle).
  16. notin
    Abreu was just making a statement “So do you still think I’m only worth two months of Christian Valdez??!”
  17. notin
    I’m positive I’ve see it. Not mid-inning, however. But if you like position player pitching trivia Former Marlin Jon Mabry pitched one game in 2005 and was so bad he was relieved by RHP Vic Darensbourg. So he got relieved by a pitcher. Back in 2000, former Rockie catcher Brett Mayne came into the game as a pitcher - and earned a win!!!
  18. notin
    I think think those numbers in central and northern Maine are dwindling more to ennui…
  19. notin
    Probably true, but may also be more related to structured parental practices than child interests…
  20. notin
    Interestingly, the expense of Little League is self-imposed. Many travel leagues require kids to also join a “house league” for the exact reason you cite. However, that creates an insane over commitment for the kids (and parents!!) and the travel players usually have poor attendance for their Little League teams, which is an ENORMOUS factor in their reduction and a big cause of many teams folding. No one wants to pay for Little League only to lose half your games due to forfeit. Even if the travel leagues abandoned that rule (as some have), the depletion of Little League teams at the expense of travel ball strongly indicates there are more kids serious about baseball and fewer in pursuit of a casual summertime activity. Probably worth noting - Little League itself isn’t really the same casual baseball we had as kids. It’s also a big, big deal now. And gone so far as to have the LLWS televised nationally with multiple countries participating. Unlike MLB, when Little League has a World Series, they actually invite the whole world…
  21. notin
    Not a real person…
  22. notin
    Eh. I’d still struggle to talk coherently…
  23. notin
    Wright? So our catchers are now named Wright and Wong?
  24. notin
    It would be impressive to even talk coherently after that…
  25. notin
    What are you basing that on? It seems to me that the larger amount of leagues that exist now than did 40 years ago paints the opposite picture. https://thehittingvault.com/travel-baseball/#:~:text=There%20are%20tens%20of%20thousands,areas%20like%20Texas%20and%20California.
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