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IKF was talking like it's going to be him. He was better at the plate this weekend. The intrigue: IKF started at 2B Saturday when Story had his last rehab game at SS. Arias did not play. But yesterday Arias started at 2B, with IKF at SS. That can only be a way to get both reps and be ready at multiple infield positions in case of call-up... Btw: Romy and KC were a combined 7-for-8 with 3 HRs (2 for Campbell), 7 runs scored and 7 RBIs. -
I saw Anthony and Story (and IKF) live in their last innings at Worcester Saturday. Roman played LF and looked adequate, running down some routine fly balls. Story made the average plays at short. Both also struck out vs. Triple A pitching. But Story did double later, hitting a ball in front of his front foot to the fence in the leftcenter gap... a good sign. After his double Sunday in NY, maybe he's about to go on a hot streak.
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It wasn't just you who worried Breslow didn't add enough bats in the offseason. It was most of the posters on this forum and a major concern all winter and through the most feeble 2 1/2 months ever of Red Sox offense to start a season. I give Brez credit for admitting the mistake of his incomplete offseason by adding Mead and Rutschman this summer -- and it's not his fault one got immediately injured and the other still might be... or worse, is toast (is that possible at age 28?).
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Why does Fox always show the Bucky Dent on Don Zimmer's bald cement head and never the 16-1 complete massive blowout over the choke job Yankmees in the Bronx by the 2018 World Champion Red Sox?
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I saw a Red Sox batter hit a home run last night on Fox and their producers told the announcers to immediately talk about Aaron Judge so their Judge Cam that's on constantly could show him in his t-shirt.
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That's a motherf***ing catch clear as day and night and a motherf***ing doubleplay! Pete Alonso also says f*** YOU NY!
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Hey New York; f*** YOU!
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Fox Judge cam: This just in -- Judge is still wearing a t-shirt in the dugout.
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Speaking for myself, if they penalize a guy for not being good enough at first, I may never have had a second chance. Or a shot at third. Definitely not fourth base.
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Rust never sleeps. But that makes more sense, because old guys don't wear shoes anymore. Tivas aren't shoes. Skechers aren't shoes. Crocs are suicidal.
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Based on the non-promotions we have to assume the Red Sox are not chasing wins this weekend (lesson learned from our badly rushed man). Let the actual guys who wrote this comeback chapter have the opportunity to craft an epic epilogue -- they earned it. Brez and Trace expect to be back in the Bronx in October. Why risk exposing the calvary when it's not quite at full strength. Let the line-up and odds look better when it's do or die.
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If he can't and Schlittler is throwing a no-hitter in front of Friday night rabid lupines foaming at the mouth, Tracy and Bails may rest everyone but Weissert and Seigler, who can pitch one inning righty and one inning lefty. But then to win the series they'll have to sweep the doubleheader, which is a good trick anywhere, much less in the South Bronx already enraged it's the last Saturday of August before school starts again.
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My wife's favorite player! They can't cut Mickey -- I tried growing the goatee, and it came in with so much gray the black sharpie ran out.
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Forest and Taylor? Ralph and Al?
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It's not uncommon among ballplayers, especially those who play long seasons and have to adapt to nagging injuries. Take a look at Carl Yastrzemski baseball cards over the years... Sometimes, just one subtle change can make a difference: the placement of a foot in the box or where you hold your hands (ex: chest high or at the earhole of the helmet). Sometimes, making just one mechanical alteration can even alter brain cells -- increasing confidence by being proactive vs. the inaction of just hoping for better results. Exhibit D: Durbin Legend.
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Waiting on an Anthony call-up to face Schlittler tonight... Sox are facing the Cy Young favorite in enemy territory. If they don't want to go back there for all three freaking playoff games again in a month, then they need to win this series. Why promote the Roman Candle now vs. one of the big league's best? Answers: 1). With the World at stake, our guy already made the All-Tournament Team this year 2). He could ruin him for life -- that is, if the Emperor turns around a Cam fastball in the Bronx like he did in Fenway vs. Skenes literally one year ago.
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If another team claims him, do they have to pay the remainder of his contract?
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My wife's taking my son to the game. I decided to stay home (no pet sitter).
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Right now, none of the rehabbing Red Sox appear ready for the majors -- unless it's to strike out. Minor League stats: Story 10 K, 4 H; IKF 6 K, 2 H; Ramone Anthony 7 K, 5 H... the only guy above water is Romy 15 K, 17 H -- and we all saw how he did before when rushed to the Show. Speaking of: after watching Duran all summer in the outfield, I'd rather see him in LF down the stretch than throwing Anthony out there. Roman will have enough to worry about just hitting big league pitching, so when he's ready, let him get comfortable contributing as the fulltime DH. Plus, Duran's energy makes him a poor DH choice, sitting in the dugout all night except for 3 or 4 ABs.
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Not exactly sure which rehabbing Red Sox will be the calvary. But it's nice to know last night at Worcester, fans said that Anthony, Story and Kiner-Falefa signed autographs for anyone that waited outside Polar Park after the game. Such professional courtesy makes it easier to root for their comebacks, and sets an example for the younger minor leaguers.
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Duran's batting stance leaning back away from the plate is kinda scary and unique, but sometimes it works for him. Who else in MLB history has that much strength and energy to waste holding himself up from falling over before unleashing into his swing? Maybe it's Jarren's own chill strategy he developed to prevent himself from diving too early into every pitch (or the Driveline cops warned him to drive bent over or get pulled over).
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Fahrenheit actually moved the silent "gh" from the final syllable and stuck the h more up front. But he left g out -- even though it sits between f and a of the standard musical alphabet. Otherwise, Fgahrenheit would look awkward... plus, some goombas in my family told him Fgedaboudit.
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Modern readers might think they were taciturn. But the "a" in their name wasn't a typo; they wanted everyone to focus on "the beat" in their tunes. In modern slanguage, any band named just Crickets today would sound awfully quiet... ... and yet, who here has ever had an actual cricket trapped in their sunroom? Loud as hell, and impossible to catch!
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With a vertical laser on top that is motion-activated by a flying baseball. Nah, forget it; yahoos would bring their own and throw them at the poles all night, and wind up beaning distracted fans who paid good money for seats where they could scroll on their phones in peace and tumult (wait -- this may be a good invention).
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You mean the two-dimensional outline that delineates zero of the 17-inch depth from the front to the back point of home plate that old umpires are supposed to perceive when a high curveball enters the batter's box shoulder high to the hitter and then drops into the catcher's mitt somewhere behind the dish? That fakery that makes some viewers think they're privy to a better view than even professionals? (like the paid video reviewers in New York who were the only humans in the world that didn't see Alonso's FAIR home run vs. the Yankees on replays).
