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  1. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    There's nothing in what the SOX did over the weekend to warrant that confidence. 'Due' has nothing to do with it. IMHO.
  2. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Well, they're doing their best to ruin the 'grand old game' as it is, so let them continue.
  3. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    It's ironic that the '75 World Series ended an era when one year contracts were the norm and players had to perform to get a raise. And was the popularity of that WS the momentum that changed everything?
  4. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Has NESN or anyone shown the baseball used in 2020 and the one being used this season for a comparison? Or has the league forbidden that?
  5. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Speaking of great pitchers, for much of Whitey Ford's career Stengel wouldn't allow him to pitch at Fenway.
  6. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    If the ball is truly 'dead,' then, yes, that would favor the pitcher. I have seen some majestic HR's this season that makes me think the ball isn't that dead.
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    Btw, because Sal had a propensity to throw high and inside, he was nicknamed 'the barber.'
  8. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Starting with lowering the mound, I can't think of any changes in MLB that has favored the pitcher.
  9. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Two other 'mean' pitchers that come to mind are Don Drysdale and Sal Maglie. The way the rules are set up today, if pitchers get too'mean', they get removed by the chUMPS. Gibson couldn't do today what he did in the 60's and 70's, because of the rules.
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    Lonborg suffered a severe leg injury while skiing after the '67 season. He was never the same after that.
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    Lonborg in '67 had a pretty good 'mean' streak. Pedro, also.
  12. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    True; it was meant to create interest for more teams, but the motivating factor, like always, was generating more money.
  13. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    One last note about HIGH NOON. John Wayne was offered the lead role, but turned it down because he felt the movie was an allegory against 'blacklisting.' Wayne was an active supporter of 'blacklisting.' Btw, a very good film about 'blacklisting' in the early '50's is TRUMBO starring Bryan Cranston.
  14. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    The unique thing about HIGH NOON was that it was filmed to have the feel of 'real time.' The movie itself was 85 minutes long and the continuous action of the movie, based on the clock, was about 100 minutes long.
  15. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    My bad. You nailed it. You represent your avatar well. Btw, "deserves has nothing to do with it" actually makes my point about the SOX even better. Thanks for the correction.
  16. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    The ending of Red River ruined it for me.
  17. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Great list. I would also add Pale Rider and Shane which are pretty much the same movie.
  18. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Gives you a good excuse to watch that great movie again.
  19. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    In real life, the only team in the AL East that deserves to be in the PO's is the Rays.
  20. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    In the movie UNFORGIVEN, Gene Hackman said right before Clint Eastwood shot him "I don't deserve this." Clint responded "sometimes you get what you don't deserve."
  21. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Good points you've made. Unfortunately I have no answers, other than my standard one. There are too many teams and not enough talent to fill them. This is also true in the other 3 major pro sports.
  22. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    I think this series answers that question.
  23. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    The SOX are supposed to hit. Everything else is a crap shoot.
  24. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Considering mediocre starting pitching, below average defense, Covid, bad baserunning, and now a piss poor BP, my question is "how the hell are the SOX still in the hunt." Submit all answers to Ripley's believe it or not.
  25. SPLENDIDSPLINTER
    Well, I did accuse Judge of 'neighing' on 1st base yesterday.
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