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Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    That’s an argument about why there is more pressure in the minors than the majors…
  2. notin
    I don’t know what causes the Yips and I am not sure anyone does…
  3. notin
    I would think it is extremely possible most closers have learned to ignore that atmosphere through sheer overexposure
  4. notin
    1. You brought mental health into it. 2. You overtly superimposing your psychology on to players and other fans. It only stands to reason when you don’t want to hear the counterpoint. And why are you bringing analytics into this?
  5. notin
    I am married to a mental health professional and deal with them constantly due to being a parent of a teenager with SAD…
  6. notin
    I like the Cardinals for two reasons: 1. They aren’t the Yankees. 2. They aren’t the Mets.
  7. notin
    1. Not what I said. 2. Do you know anyone with an anxiety disorder? What you call “pressure” has nothing to do with it. It’s all about putting undue pressure on activities that normally don’t have any. Even in baseball. “Steve Blass Disease” was about throwing to the catcher. “The Yips” is about making routine throws to first. If you’re going to say closing is high pressure, it has NOTHING to do with an anxiety disorder…
  8. notin
    Bello, Houck, Crawford, Whitlock, Winckowski, Schreiber and Bernardino all have an option remaining. I suspect we’ll see demotions from that list before we see a DFA of either Brasier or Bleier…
  9. notin
    Fair, although if it’s more about putting Jansen back on the proverbial horse, it doesn’t necessarily say anything about the rest of the bullpen…
  10. notin
    1. I agree we know nothing about it. That’s why I mentioned the other possibility that you ignored. 2. Anxiety is a mental health disorder that affects a person’s ability to handle everyday mundane activities and actually isn’t related to high pressure situations (where anxieties are quite common).
  11. notin
    I doubt it was a matter of trust. I’m 100% positive the reason Jansen was back out there was Cora wanted him to put Friday behind him and move on. Problem is - it clearly backfired…
  12. notin
    Dalbec has good numbers vs LHP and makes minimum wage. Finding a taker won’t be difficult. But you’re not getting back anything noteworthy…
  13. notin
    Are you sure? Fans get excited. Absolutely. Announcers get excited, because it’s their job to get everyone excited. But how do you figure the players do? They see 162 ninth innings per year. That’s more than the number of Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays combined. And they’ve been seeing them their entire lives. It’s not too hard to believe they view that one game situation differently than you do. I don’t think we as fans necessarily share the mentality with professional athletes, whether we want to or not. And I suspect one of the biggest factors in weeding out the pros from the normies is the ability to ignore pressure…
  14. notin
    I will say it odd comically tragic that a 2 game skid can become reality while the previous 35 games are suddenly the outlier…
  15. notin
    Not the point. The point is going right back to the exact same method that failed the night before by giving up 3 earned runs in 0 IP against the bottom of the lineup and then trying it again against the top. No one is saying DFA Jansen. Just saying one night off when the team needs a win…
  16. notin
    I agree. As I said before, Schreiber has been watching for two days without getting the call…
  17. notin
    Or he was hoping Jansen would be ok after getting right back on the proverbial horse. The problem is, he flopped last night against the bottom of the lineup, and tonight he had the top…
  18. notin
    As good as Kutter has been, he does have options and he can be demoted due to the overcrowding…
  19. notin
    No. It was a one way street today…
  20. notin
    There’s no rule that you have to use your closer in the ninth inning, especially one day after he collapsed and gave up 3 runs without getting an out. Schreiber has watched Jansen give up 6 runs on one inning in this series and can’t get handed the ball despite being the best RP on the team one year ago…
  21. notin
    Didn’t Bloom get him Schreiber, too?
  22. notin
    But only the Sox opponents are watered down!
  23. notin
    Their closer collapses?
  24. notin
    That’s the thing with closers. It’s the “everybody needs to know their role” mentality that makes you do the same thing over and over and expect different results. Why not let Schreiber get a save? Oh wait, he isn’t a closer!!”
  25. notin
    So… Brasier closing?
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