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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He can't throw to a pizza box; he fits right in on the Red Sox staff.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ok, after claiming you don't care what I think, you wrote a long post with some counterpoints. I agree that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports, and that a ballplayer who can hit will always force himself into a line-up -- maybe even into an MLB batting order. But nothing turns off diehard fans and casual spectators more than a big league team full of inconsistencies in the field and on the basepaths, not making routine plays or getting picked off for forgetting how many outs there are in an inning. Such errors are the quickest way to get people to turn off the TV, or at least change the channel.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The IL has over 600 blank lines reserved for the names of big league pitchers every year. Every one of them knows each day is a risk, but it comes with the badge -- just like with policemen, firemen, and 21st century teachers. When pitchers go down, even on other teams, I never post "Good thing we didn't sign or trade for that guy" because they all have shelf lives. When it comes to building a staff, especially a rotation, the best choices are maybe recruit someone who is good now or whose potential is trending up. You can also spend on guys past their primes, and hope they can regain past glory. They may all have good hearts, but they're all likely to turn purple eventually.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Where's Sam Kennedy? Figures, he cut a deal. And it's only fair that all those DFAed relievers that keep getting added then subtracted are spared. It's not their fault...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Every school playground in my town has a backstop and diamond that neighborhood kids can access if they want to. But the only guaranteed time fields are used is at recess, when schools permit kickball, but ban hardball (too dangerous). The point of this initial discussion was that big leaguers -- at least the ones we root for -- look more inept at basic fundamentals that came as second-nature in the past -- and maybe that's because ballplayers once grew up spending more time playing more various forms of baseball (and not necessarily in complete, organized 9-on-9 games in uniform, run by adult coaches... and don't get me wrong, I coached high school for a decade, and now my son's Little League in fall, spring, and summer All-Stars -- and, we also pay for him to play travel ball; the more baseball, the better).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He couldn't throw it -- it was booted... but he tore his hammy.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That sucks. We have a really nice fenced-in ballpark in the middle of a town park that is empty 99% of the time because it cost so much to build. But you can play on it for $150. At more accessible places, I've seen diamonds disappear... twice I've seen neighboring towns take down old backstops and level the field to make room for more soccer. And the local community college deleted baseball from its sports program, demolished the concrete dugouts, ripped up the screens and replaced the infield with solar panels.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No doubt about the modern proliferation of pay-to-play travel ball. With greater population comes greater participation. However, there's now also year-round soccer, hockey, basketball, spring/summer football practice, and lacrosse (an organized sport that didn't even exist in my youth). And those are just a few other team sports that vie for dwindling attention-spans. The point isn't that less kids play baseball these days, but less kids eat-sleep-and-play baseball all day all summer, like when it was truly the national pastime. Less reps, less muscle memory, less fundamentals. For proof, take the airplane test. Next time you're airborne -- either right after takeoff or coming in for a landing -- look out the window at all the diamonds in towns and cities you pass. You can see dozens of diamonds... but never any kids -- spring, summer or fall... (except when in uniforms, supervised by adult volunteers in organized leagues).
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In 1979, Willie Stargell -- who was 9th on the Pirates in WAR -- was named co-MVP of the National League, along with Keith Hernandez. Pops received 10 first-place votes, compared to 4 for Hernandez. Stargell was also voted outright as MVP of the '79 NLCS and the '79 World Series. That's a lot of voter integrity in a lot of secure venues.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Story so far is ahead of Chang in this stat: 2023 K-rates -- Chang 30.4%, Story 36.4%
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Every preseason, New York has the greatest team in the history of never.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Getaway DAY game, 2:10 start. The Red Sox '23 WAR leader -- Brayan Bello -- is 0-4 with a 7.33 ERA in 6 DAY game starts this year...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Post of the day. If we're all being honest, how many of us would insist we joined this forum as cheerleaders, to gloat in glory and congratulate ourselves for choosing to root for the first MLB team in this century to win four World Series!
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Managers have lost jobs because of this very point. But blame pie also gets served to those who provide a skipper with his wayward crew (never metaphor I didn't like). Devers was inherited, as well as promoted prospects from Dombro days. But do Bloom acquisitions always have to require pitchers who can't throw to bases, outfielders who miss cut-offs, catchers who get picked off bases, and Verdugos acting like wingnuts?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Our starters go short Bullpen turns to... Cold beer and guns in my pick-up truck!
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Story in just 8 games has a solid DWAR of +0.3, and some of us hate him because he hasn't starting hitting yet. His OPS is .518. He is not, repeat, not winning freaking games for the Sox with his defense." That was a great line, summing up fandom...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only names on this list that may be good bets in Boston are Devers and Casas. I know others will still be under contract, but may be moved by then if somebody new is running things. Mayer seems like a favorite for Fenway right now, but two factors may be put his status in doubt: 1. a possible major blockbuster trade by a new regime totally overhauling this franchise; 2. the surplus and development of "60" shortstop prospects drafted or signed in the Bloom Era, making anyone expendable...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Neil Diamond.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For Boston, this game just got Grave,man. JT has seen fire and rain...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Astros just bunted in a man from second. Base. The next time the Red Sox do that will be never.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gold Glove Awards have been presented for 65 years, so maybe some of the managers and coaches who voted in the beginning are retired by now. For the past decade, Gold Glove candidates have either qualified or were nominated to ballots in part by a sabermetric Defensive Index developed by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Benintendi has played leftfield in the majors for eight years.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Devers' issues right now at third may have extended above and beyond his glove and arm... and neck.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree, and posted as much last week. Turner adjusts depending on the count, and it would be great if he could adjust his teammates' approach accordingly.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, but being voted the best leftfielder in the league one year, and a finalist in another, means he's pretty good -- at least compared to his peers.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Boggs looked pretty good at third as a Red Sox his last few years. I also had younger eyes back then.
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