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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tomorrow someone stupid that's me will propose yet another new batting order -- but in the end, it will always be from the same roster. And all summer long, the major league Red Sox will be facing "tough pitchers."
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    2025 Tame Card Series in the Bronx
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    40 to nothing.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just wanted to sit down on a Saturday afternoon with a beer and watch the ballgame... ... but instead in the very first inning, we get Bello, The King of inKonsistency: Rip, K, Rip, BB, K, BB, GO. He's literally killing me -- forget the brew, I'm chain corn-chipping.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Roman Anthony is just not a leadoff hitter. He doesn't work pitchers, is always down in the count and supplies little instant offense that Cora fantasizes about like true power guys in Schwarber and Ohtani. Roman is also no speed demon -- not a requirement, but certainly helpful when an offensively-challenged club tries to manufacture runs. Anthony doesn't even have a good On Base % (you know he's struggling when Rafaela is ahead of him in that stat) and is currently 7th on the team in OBP and Slugging. Therefore, that's where he should now hit in the batting order: 7th.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hopefully, Skubal will bail out early today to protect his future gazillions like he did on his USA teammates in the WBC. It's past time anyway for the Red Sox to wake up the dumb Green Monster from hibernation. Why are our batters so afraid to hit baseballs off his big green kisser this year? With all their power muscles, it'll just feel like mosquito bites.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What Can Brown Do For You? is a question no Boston fan should ever ask. Instead, show some disrespect for Kevin Brown, who lost the most crucial game in Red Sox fandom in my lifetime... (at least it was for the fans I knew, and the ones I never had to listen to again) -- 2004 Game 7 ALCS in the Bronx. Brown actually made two starts that series, and was so good he couldn't even get the W in the Yankees last victory when they edged the Sox, 19-8. Here's Brown's stats in the '04 ALCS: 2 GS, 3.1 IP (not a typo), 9 H, 4 BB, 8 ER, 21.60 ERA (not a typo).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Arias keeps hitting, he may be the SS going forward. Then Mayer would wind up at 3B or 2B, depending on where the home run hitter they have to acquire plays in the infield.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He should get in just for his impact on body parts essential to ballplayers... like, what other big leaguer in history has had an underwear company named for him?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wait -- in the batting order? Don't you know, the Red Sox analists have metrics that show you should always bat your worst hitter second. I think the smallest metric length is called quectometer (10 to the negative 30 power). All winter long posters like us were worried about Boston's quectometer.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ANY Red Sox player in the system who has ANY success with a bat vs. a pitch is a sign of hope in the year of our lore, 2026.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When Early first came up and limited damage with control and a repertoire (that didn't include a 100 mph fastball), I thought of Tom Glavine. But when I heard OB say that same on NESN, I reneged. Glavine actually made the majors when he was 21 and didn't become a consistent star until he was 25. Early just turned 24, so it's ok to struggle in his first full season. As long as he's ready to be Cy Young when he's 25.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When Rafaela was in Double A some evaluators said he was already MLB Gold Glove worthy, but just needed to refine his swing decisions. That's about where Franklin Arias was going into this season. His hands, arm and quickness rival Boston's best shortstop: Marcelo Mayer. As for the bat, not even Ceddanne had a start like Arias, who leads the entire Eastern League in Batting Average, On Base, Slugging, and thus OPS. Note to Breslow: please don't trade this guy for some all-or-nothing slugging whiffer in his mid-30s... because that's who Arias should be replacing soon.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How many Playa Bowls were consumed for that gain?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here's the Story, of a man not named Brady... Twins starter is not out of the Sox yet.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A guy on the Twins just hit a pitch over the fence. Are batters allowed to do that?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He should just be thankful Yankees fans like the thugs who mugged Mookie in the World Series can't read, and probably refuse to watch or listen to any Red Sox interviews. But there's a chance some benighted bleacher bums of other teams revisit this incident the next time Duran plays in their parks. They might even razz him from seats at Fenway, bought cheaply in mid-summer from ticket holders who have seen enough.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Then they also suck at longball and shortball. We already know they stink at big and littleball. Humungous and microscopicballs are lies and reveals in other venues for lawfakers, supreme court jesters and media on their payrolls.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    True realists know this is the Pessimistic Thread -- it sure ain't Optimistic -- and that the Red Sox are last in the league in stolen bases and last in the league in home runs. They don't play Smallball and they don't play Largeball. No one is going to legally grow muscles overnight that are big enough to hit the ball 50 more feet. But Boston has one sacrifice bunt -- when Narvaez did it on his own -- back on Opening Day. Breslow told the truth when he constructed a roster he said was all about Run Prevention. But his own team's?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only Sandoval seen in a Red Sox jersey was Biggut, who broke his belt buckle before going back to San Francisco, where he flourished once again when he resumed his diet of sea otters.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Those who think the Red Sox offense is just brutal need only look at the league batting statistics. The Sox don't completely suck, but they are completely average. Boston's team batting average is .231 while the average average in the American League is .232. Seven teams in the AL are better, seven teams are worse. Five Red Sox are basically .300 hitters but seven are in the .100s. Right in the middle is Roman Anthony at .230 -- a completely average hitter who strikes out a ton... but whose 19 Ks are only tied with WiLLson Contreras and WBC teammate Byron Buxton for 22nd in the AL. The difference is that Buxton looks like a total superstar in Minnesota vs. the Sox, who can't get back home fast enough.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I didn't even complain last night. Just changed the channel mid-game to Netflix and a Korean love story. Dialogue was subtitled, but the songs were actually sung in English, which caused me to wonder: do the characters see lyrics in their own language floating around in the sky back home?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hope when Oviedo returns he's ready to hit homers.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Crochet may have been spoiled during Covid, because no matter how good or bad he pitched, every cardboard fan still looked like they were cheering.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not to genderflect, but consider the pals of ancient philosphers. The sayings "diamonds are a girl's best friend" and "a dog is a man's best friend" can only be attributed back to baseball. At least, I know several women who love the fact that their men are obsessed with watching baseball while they pursue interests of their own. Meanwhile, nobody but a loyal dog can keep a guy company when the staff ace is getting shelled off the mound by the 2nd inning.
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