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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is your best line of the week. My main ish with this glass-half-full is that defense is the least of baseball tools affected by slumps -- speed and arm strength are tools that can't be taught; that's why they're the first things scouts look at. With this currently average to below-average D, the Red Sox pitching will have to be lights out or at least induce weak contact for this club to do anything...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Borbon? Junior or senior? Dad was the Red in the middle of the Pete Rose-Bud Harrelson fight in the '73 NLCS. Lost his cap in the excitement, then mistakenly picked up a Mets cap and wore it. When someone pointed it out to him, he was so horrified he ate it.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If this was a night game and you looked at the scoreboard -- and there were just numbers, but no team names -- I bet you could guess which one was pitched by a Red Sox starter.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If a ball goes over Duran's head and he just stands there looking at, will Tapia back him up or circle the bases?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm worried again about Bloom's defense. On this board. Hopefully the Sox can hang in there until all posters regain their faculties... ... or at least have enough mental health to skip a faculty meeting.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They figured they can get away with it, since the opposing starter missed most of ST away at some tournament.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We need Duran on base, not swinging for the fences, so he can run wild like he's an Oriole playing against the Red Sox.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Splits show the logic. Arroyo and Kike are batting hundreds of points better vs. righties than Chang. Yu .071... Kike .182... Arroyo .208. Let's GO!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We might be better when injuries get better, but we'd always be better acquiring better players, instead of recruiting and waiting for damaged goods to get better.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Missed the game on the tube (at a tournament all day), but glad that Whitlock broke the five-inning start limit, and that the Sox are back to .500. How's this for optimism? Only one game out of a wild card, and their maybe best pitcher has yet to throw a pitch (we'll be watching tomorrow morning). More perspective: as bad as Boston has looked at times this month, the Red Sox are now as close to the postseason as the mighty Mariners and the LA DODGERS... and ahead of '22 World Series clubs Houston and Philly, not to mention other favorites like San Diego and St. Louis.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Did you forget the Sox' most valuable pitcher so far? A nod is a good as a wink.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He worked out all winter with a clock counting down the seconds. That's in contrast to most old-timers on forums, who intentionally avoid reminders of time running out.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The biggest worry for recent subpar Red Sox rotations is they lead to bullpen burnout. This year's rotation is already the worst in the majors, at least in longevity, since not one starting pitcher has recorded a single out past the 5th inning. But for some reason, dependable ace closers like Jansen keep piling up the saves and seldom break down. Without going crazy on stats, here are 162-game career averages of games pitched by some notable relievers of the last 20 years (maybe they're just the survivors?): Jansen 68 Kimbrel 68 Papelbon 68 Lidge 68 Hoffman 68 KRod 68 Chapman 68 Rodney 68 Barnes 68 Rivera 67
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Teammates say Bleier is a jokester. On the NESN telecasts, he always looks bemused when he sucks.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    6-6, the Red Sox are right back in this thing! If they tack on another 6 -- and extend the scoring to 6-6-6, the Angels will never recover. Unless you believe that good always wins over evil.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    After blowing last night's game, the Angels planned to attack today with broken-bat pop-ups. That may seem out of the Ort inary, but they practiced all morning.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If we get Ohtani, we'll just be the Angels, with two stars and a non-playoff team. But we might be able to get two top of the rotation starters for the price of one Ohtani. Let teams in NY and California get into a bidding war, while we sneak in and sign Urias to a Sale deal... then we can help out the poor Brewers by taking Yelich off their hands, as long as they throw in Burnes (who we'll also sign longterm)...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's his greatest hit of the year so far!
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How can you say that about the World Series favorites and their line-up of superhero sluggers, featuring #5 batter Willie Calhoun and #6 the mortal Franchy Cordero -- back-to-back career Wins BELOW Replacement players! The biggest difference so far is that Boston has more mediocre redbeards.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He has the hand-eye coordination, strength and balance to become a lefty Miggy when he matures... or if he wants to be. I know some fans don't want Raffy to mess with his swing, which is 90% all or nothing, but imagine how much more productive he could be -- and healthier -- if he reduced swinging from the heels to just 50% of the time. This may be unfair, but considering the situations we've seen Devers batting in so far, the Sox might actually have another win or two already if he just tried to drill a few more opposite-field line drives.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're Lyon, Steve... ... who I actually passed in the stands in the game that took them to the WS (LCS Gm 7).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    5% each -- Old Red and Moon, who channeled displeasures with Sox management at each other (guys, we're on the same team). 10% MVP -- who tried to be fair, when most longshots went foul 10% notin -- always ready to argue, but who knows better 10% Hugh -- for wanting it to work too much before time runs out 10% Bellhorn -- for becoming a realist 50% 5GGs -- for never trusting the CBO who looked fans in the eyes at Winter Weekend and actually said, "Rebuilding for half a decade. That’s not acceptable."
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Henry might see last place below the luxury tax as an improvement on '22. And he might tolerate the Red Sox fading into irrelevance compared to other Boston sports teams... as long as tourists still sing Sweet Caroline in Fenway all summer. But Henry can't handle loud, offensive (to him) protests, from fans and media truly offended by his ballclub. By that time the Sox will be perceived as a joke by national media, which will quote or air ridicule from AL rivals that will inevitably lead to a nasty basebrawl on TV. That will be the point of no return. Then he'll clean house.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never mentioned Devers in my post, but glad to expand. No matter how it's-still-early, the '23 Red Sox have just one above-average player on the diamond. That explains more than anything why they suck. Besides Raffy, not one position player has played an entire major league season at their starting positions. Verdugo is the closest, as mainly the rightfielder for two months of 2020. The offense will improve, because Boston won't keep starting five guys batting below .200. The pitching will improve, because young arms will soon replace dead old arms that are serving up BP. But the real problem that needs to be rectified is the DEFENSE. The Sox will not compete or even be respectable until they fill C-SS-2B-CF with solid, full-time big leaguers who actually play those positions. It may take time to find different players, and it may take different GM/CBO/Manager/Coaches to find them... And don't fall for waiting for the wounded to heal; recruiting injury-prone players is part of the problem. New management will start with targeting and paying for dependable athletes in their primes.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Minny should be ok tonight. It's not October.
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