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Maybe he was JH's advisor. His advice, fire DD!
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The Sox are playing with many of their higher paid stars injured. Hard to compete when we have severe problems in those areas.
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My feeling exactly. I presume a model for an ideal team would see around 3 good minor leaguers promoted every year to stay under the competitive balance tax first and/or second tier limits. Feeding the club in that way would keep a reasonable percentage of players in the prearb or low arb categories, leaving salary room for some higher paid star quality players, both home grown and also from the FA market. DD's approach did win a title but also placed us far from a perceived ideal model. It will take a disciplined and thoughtful front office to develop a plan for returning the team to full competitiveness. Getting the right GM is the first step of that process. Demanding accountability from the manager, coaches and players is the second step.
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I think fans in all organizations recognize the need for refreshing the team roster each year with several low cost players moving up based upon merit. In the Sox case, we had traded away many our our best prospects while drafting low in the pecking order. Our minor leagues are rated 30th now because of those two thrusts. As fans, we still can hope that a few of our young players will develop beyond the general baseball projections for them and become viable major leaguers. Other options include trading and being smarter at it than those we deal with (pretty hard to find success there) or go into the FA market where we have exhausted our budget. I see the minors as our main hope for the next year or two.
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It got E-Rod a win and he really deserved it.
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At least Beni finally got a hit.
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A rich 80 year old golfer goes to the 19th hole with his buddies after finishing a round A stunning young blond comes up to him and he gives her a hug and his car keys After she leave, the buddies ask if that was his daughter No he says, that was my wife The buddies can't believe it and ask how she consented to marry him Easy, he said, I told her I was 95 "like Mal"
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True. We use a 12 inch ball. Women may use an 11 inch ball. An 80 something woman living close to us was married to a big name in Chicago softball and they used the larger ball. Our fences tend to run 300 feet and few guys in the 75 and over age bracket can hit it over those fences. I play 2 or 3 times a week and play year round but in different locations.
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The arc has to be over 6 feet but less than 12. Because we play two games, sometimes we adopt the starting count of 1 and 1 since a lot of guys take the first pitch anyway. I played fast pitch when I was 20 and didn't pick up slow pitch until I was 69. I like an active sport better than golf.
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I don't know whose fault it is but the team with the highest payroll in the majors is now without a major portion of that lineup. Think who are not able to play. Panda and Pedroia to start. Pearce and Nunez pay still on the roll. Then Sale, Price, Betts, JDM. There are others like Chavis and Hembree who haven't been with the team. Easy to see $140 mil not available and then others who are in deep slumps. Is cora responsible? He is manager, so he has to accept part of the blame but is it fair for him to shoulder it all?
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No it is the standard sized ball where starting with a 1 and 1 count and striking out on a foul ball ate meant to speed up the game. You don't get a lot of balls thrown by you in slow pitch.
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9/18 Giants @ SOX 7:10PM EST
oldtimer replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
So the list of young keepers may shrink after this season is over. Sad to see the product being put on the field. -
9/18 Giants @ SOX 7:10PM EST
oldtimer replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I wanted to see some youngsters up but that isn't happening. The results wouldn't necessarily been different but we might have gotten a look at a couple of next seasons players. -
9/18 Giants @ SOX 7:10PM EST
oldtimer replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Maybe Beni is auditioning for a trade. Batting .137 in his last 15 games. -
Cora's gone batty?
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In softball you're out.
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9/18 Giants @ SOX 7:10PM EST
oldtimer replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I was born before we were in the 2nd world war and know there is at least one guy here much older, bless his soul. By the way, Beni is down to 268 and in a free fall. Hard to know what is going on there. -
Maybe it makes more sense to play Dalbec at 1st, Chavis at 2nd and bring Chatham in for one of the utility players. Chatham can handle any infield position, can probably handle an outfield postion (good arm and adequate speed) and may add some power if he can add 10 to 15 pounds. The thing is we may have another budding first baseman coming along in 2021. How we look at Dalbec and Ockimey may be impacted by that. Our outfield is where we may need moore help. JBJ may go due to his cost vs value, Mookie is a keeper, but can we compete for him at what he may be offered by others. Beni is also worrisome. He is a sliightly above average defensive player. His main value is as a high on base % guy. He is in a major funk now and may be subject to some kind of depression which impacts his performance. Either he needs different coaching or he is developing into a player who will not be as good as expected. Hope not but his trajectory is downward.
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Poor Beni. He has really lost it and needs help.
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If you have interest in the subject in depth, I refer you to the technical papers listed in the following: https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/bats.html
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I own one I bought at Hospice for $5 but I also own 4 carbon fiber bats that all ran over $175 and the last one was $200 with a discount. They do break and I have broken 4 Miken's and one Dudley Hot W and I am old enough that I shouldn't be able to do that. The aluminum bats are used in cold weather since they don't break easily.
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Sad that the offense can't hit this guy. Sure, Mookie is out and now JDM but how about others stepping forward. JBJ is the only one until Travis came through. Something seems wrong with the spirit of this team.
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Double walled carbon fiber bats run around $200 and can go more. They are used in softball, and senior softball gets the ones with the highest Bat Performance Factor. High speed phots at impact show the ball deforming a lot. Bats develop handle bend when swung and also deform when hit. Lots of reseach has been done on this subject.
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Now you're talking my sport, softball!
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That is why many of us support a reset in 2020. The advocacy is for keeping our young core, being as competitive as possible while resetting, starting the rebuild of the farm and getting out from as many underperforming contracts as possible. It has now been discussed ad nauseum and the next moves will be up to the front office. Not much to discuss until a new GM is put into place. The FO will probably not state their business plan and we will have to guess at it by the moves they make and don't make. Any speculation now is just our guesses about what is about to unfold.