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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How about any other profession, period? And I'm not buying golf, hockey or soccer -- where the athlete generally stops the ball or puck and aims it in the direction he wants. What kind of a batting average would a guy have if they allowed him to toss the ball up and hit it, like a coach smacking fungoes or grounder practice? I'm told that it's hard to hit a golf ball, even though it just sits there, and nobody on the other team is trying to stop it, and everyone has to be totally silent. Meanwhile, I'm just trying to survive in the batter's box, hoping not to get beaned from a pitcher firing 90 mph at my head, while his teammates and fans get to scream at me, "“Hey batterbatterbatter! Swing batter! He-can't-hit, he-can't-hit, he-can't-hit, SUH-WING batter!”
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cool calm chap.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Crab.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Clam! Carp! Char!
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Didn't you pay attention? Calm eyes and intangibles mean everything. FOX even tried to assign the Jeter Cam to his house after he retired, but he got a retraining order (they trained it, instead, on Judge).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Have to chaim in here, since I was just having a discussion about why a favorite like Toronto isn't the world-beater many expected... so far. To be a champion, the shortstop position just can't be erratic. A good shortstop doesn't always have to hit, but he needs to be consistent on D.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have also never seen nor heard anyone making any of these pre-Boston claims about Cora beyond excerpts from this one book. What I have seen and heard plenty of times is how Red Sox ballplayers, anyway, like playing for him.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Geez, why let facts and the humanitarian efforts of a guy ruin a good smear campaign by one writer with an obvious grudge?
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They'd say when Taylor beamed down as a member of a Star Trek landing party, he'd always wear a red shirt... translation: expendable.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The offense is doing what it should vs. bad pitching, but will balance out overall. Duvall probably won't finish the season batting .483, but neither will Kike at .115. The big problem is that defense usually doesn't have slumps or hot streaks; it is what it is. The next four straight series vs. first place teams have the potential to expose the players, the manager and especially the CBO who assembled this roster. Those 16 games also offer the Red Sox a chance to show they can hang with the big boys. Tampa has crushed everyone but played no one: three last-place teams (at least 96 losses each last year). The Angels look improved. The Brewers have lights-out pitching. The Twins have pitching and defense... their odd offseason strategy has paid off so far; acquiring Gold Glover Michael Taylor to roam centerfield so they could DH -- and preserve -- the gifted but fragile body of Byron Buxton. Taylor, a legitimate centerfielder, cost Minnesota $4.5 million...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Paxton is making strides. The other day he reportedly took one off the rubber, and Cora said, "We know where he's at" (his back foot landed over the hole at the front of the mound). After regular rest, the plan is for Paxton to ramp back up, when the Sox will have him climb the ramp on one of those artificial indoor mounds. No more baby steps... but manly strides.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At the end of last June we "knew" what a bear the July schedule would be. And that the Sox would need reinforcements in the month before the deadline (they got none). This season's early schedule is also ominous: after Detroit, Boston plays 16 straight vs. FIRST PLACE teams: Tampa, LA, Minny, Milwaukee. The Red Sox defense is LAST in the American League in defensive runs saved at -10. At least we have reinforcements coming in Whitlock and Bello... hope they can pitch to no contact.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He only forgot how many outs there were 17 times. Or was that 75? It was something with a seven in it...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So THAT'S the plan to add more pitching. Keep acquiring shortstops or rightfield types with cannon arms, and just convert them... They're stretching out Dalbec right now. First, he has to play corner OF to build up his stamina long-tossing...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I messed up -- 21 and 27 are today's pitchers' earned run averages. But both clubs play crappily on defense... so when all is dead and flung, the final score may be closer to 41-39... ... which I also notice adds up to about half a season of games. If 41-39 is the Sox' record by the summer trade deadline, does Bloom get another chance at not holding a firesale?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If only. Both helped break an 86-year old curse! Rose was the 1997 International League Pitcher of the Year, making rotation teammate Carl Pavano expendable -- and also desirable enough as a return in the trade for Pedro Martinez. Rose fronted a Pawtucket staff that included postseason hero Derek Lowe, the legendary Rich Garces, and Pat Mahomes (who dadded a QB). Suppan actually played a role on the field as a member of the '04 Cardinals, when he was picked off third by first baseman Big Papi in a play that evoked the most memorable unrehearsed quote of the World Series by Jon Miller: "That's the worst baserunning of all time!"
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Big game today in Detroit. The Red Sox are already back in last place in the AL East, with the same 2-4 record as the Tigers. Both clubs have allowed 38 runs so far (second-worst to Oakland's 41), but the striped cats have an AL-worst -20 run differential... the Sox are just -3. This three-game set in Motown better help the Bosox right the ship. After that, they play four vs. the Rays, who haven't lost a MLB game since October in the year 2022. Sale can make a statement as the stopper. His ERA of 21 is better than the opposing pitcher, Turnbull's 27. Boston will win, 27-21.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The prospect the Dodgers traded for Rojas wasn't even in their top 30 at the end of last summer.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know -- what was I drinking? Well, it definitely wasn't the Uncool-Aid Bloom's been trying to sell at the coroner.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Paxton should join the team in a couple weeks, when he will give us more than Pivetta. The plan is for Paxton to chart pitches when Pivetta starts... capped at four innings in the beginning, then the coaching staff will stretch out his fingers slowly, eventually allowing him to chart three times through the order -- even after the bullpen relieves Nick. Cora knows where he's at, and will take care of him. Bushy already has a supply of reading glasses available.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How about just signing any real shortstop : Andrus or Iglesias or dealing for one that wouldn't Dombro the farm, like Rojas (look! LA's back in first)... you know, one that was Opening Day-ready to actually improve the team and help lead a crucial good start during a soft early schedule? Wouldn't that make both the fans and the stakeholders happy?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Oye como bah
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Does that refer to the pitching staff's allowed On Base Percentage or Slugging Percentage?
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was the worst pitching staff I've ever seen in Boston. But tattered also describes the meatballs served up by the entire '23 starting rotation the first time through. I have high hopes for Bello and Whitlock. As for Paxton... at least Ryan Weber attended Winter Weekend in '20. When Paxton missed the team bus, the Sox wouldn't even allow him to hitch a ride, lest he pull a muscle in his thumb.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sure. And the guys who wore the laundry last year won 78. But the reason I changed my post from "players" to "teammates" is that that '20 core was a proven winner. I'm not saying they were anywhere as good, but going into that summer they had a pedigree of playing together -- unlike this year's cobbled together conglomeration (even with guys with rings won elsewhere)... suitable for more cobbling next winter... or more likely, this July.
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