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That just looks suitable for breaking or at least chipping. I still prefer a handle on pints, for a better grip when having more than one.
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I'd rate receptacles thusly: glass mug with handle, wide-mouth beer glass, ceramic stein, bottle, insulated stainless steel coffee mug (incognito), wooden mug, mouth under open tap... plastic.
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Good point on the clear plastic, which in the summer sun warms the beer faster than you can drink it. As for the keg content at Fenway, we used to call it Charles Light, after the Charles River.
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Guys, sorry I used the word negate. Its inclusion in my post was nugatory... at least in relation to the issue of my query: does anyone's WAR calculations have a way to factor in the extra pitches caused by a below-average fielder? I suppose someone could somehow count them, after a non-play extends an inning... but they couldn't account for the subsequent types of pitches -- and specific elbow or shoulder strain -- the hurler and catcher decide to throw with men on base as opposed to the bases empty. I blame all the crap I just typed on Rob Manless.
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Your post reminds of the old assessment He drives in more runs than he lets in... ... Renfroe's assists helped negate his bad jumps or lack of range, but does WAR account for the subsequent increased pitch counts from non-catches that can wear down a staff? I always thought such "arm-saving" was an underrated aspect of the consistent D of Betts and Bradley.
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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Not bad. The only change I'd make is on the pitching. It's unlikely the staff goes another season as injury-free as '21, so I'd take the under on every single one of the first six "veteran" starters, and take the over on the next five younger arms on the lists... though it wouldn't surprise if one of the two recovered elites -- Whitlock and Houck -- also has a setback at some point. It's also about time for somebody unexpected to find it on the mound and jump a few levels for a half season of big time contributions. It seems like it always happens on teams everywhere else -- why not us? It could also be a prospect Bloom hasn't acquired yet... ps. I'm also sensing a truncated schedule, so less innings may also just be the result of labor disputes. Ugh. -
I'm just paraphrasing here, but if we didn't make so many jokes, we wouldn't have so many positive posters.
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Good post -- it was the winter after his Cy Young, and Lonnie was never as good after that. Here's one that worked out for the Sox: Aaron Frickin Boone was injured playing basketball in the winter after his walk-off HR, so the Yanks traded for Alex Rodriguez to play third base. Sure, ARod was mostly great in the Roid Era, but he was also one of the main gag masters in the '04 ALCS...
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Nope, but it's not just what they spend on players. It's easy to overlook what is often unseen: that Boston (and NY, LA, etc) maybe has the luxury of affording more and better organizational staffing and scouting than smaller markets.
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I get it, and that's what we sensibly want to do when trying to make sense of it all. When we consider Bradley's salary as a "net payroll addition," it only guarantees an increase in payroll, not WAR or win-loss perspective. But it also gives management a tweet opp: look -- we spent more this year!
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I just get the feeling Bloom and company don't even look at trades as specific wins or losses, even longterm -- not when each transaction to them is just another red or black line on a long page in a thick ledger. A year ago, posters postulated that the Benintendi trade and the Renfroe signing were directly connected; that dumping Beni's $6+ million allowed signing Hunter for half that. Their WARs were around the same, but even if you argue Andrew was slightly better (in bWAR and fWAR), he certainly wasn't worth twice as much salary... right? The key is that Bloom now had an extra $3 mil to spend on someone (or somewhere) else. But who's to say how those savings were spent... tacked onto the Kike contract... or blown Marwin money? Did they take Marcelo Mayer's family out to dinner... or pay the room service for guy who scouted Jud Fabian? Beni for Winckowski et al and Renfroe and Whitlock... or Beni for Franchy et al, Renfroe, Andriese and Brad Peacock... to Bloom, it's all part of the budget.
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Very punny! My resolution is to make more jokes (but not as a hoax)...
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Very punny. My resolution is to make more jokes... but not as a hoax.
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Watch out -- if they read your post they might mock you on Tweeter with one thumb, while the other is cashing your check.
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Right, but JBJ's plate appearances were cut in half the last two months, and in the playoffs he had zero.
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He'll get a chance for redemption, but if he's cooked he'll ride the pine, just like in Milwaukee.
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What if... Bloom likes the prospects in the JBJ trade so much that he made the deal so he can make another one soon? For example, say he was on the verge of acquiring a young MLB pitcher from Miami, but the Marlins insist on Casas in return? What if Bloom added Binelas as the future lefty bat first baseman to platoon with Dalbec... for the sole purpose of landing a top of the rotation starter?
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Unless you're a close contact.
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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I didn't omit JBJ intentionally; he's the best outfielder from the best Sox outfield I've ever seen in my old-scrooged memory and new-schooled fandom. I guess I've just never considered him a replacement for Renfroe, but a cost to Bloom to acquire two decent prospects. Put it this way, if Bloom really wanted to pay Bradley this much, wouldn't he have signed him a year ago? This surely isn't his way of admitting a mistake (not when a guy he let go hits a buck-sixty). -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Hey, no politics on the board! Regarding Schwarber, many Sox noted they were boosted by both his bat and the intangibles you alluded to. For the record, I think Renfroe and ERod were both overrated, but not as much as the contributions some are counting on from Hill and Wacha, based on the word of Bloom. -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
So far, the Red Sox' MLB roster has lost its 2021 top winner from the starting rotation, its top OPS man from the batting order, and its top righthanded HR bat. So far, Boston has added Hill, Wacha and Bradley -- a trio with a combined '21 WAR of -0.1. -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
A guy like Joe Kelly makes sense: throws 100 mph, has AL East experience. It's unclear whether he'd want to leave his west coast again, but due to climate change, the northeast isn't really so bad in comparison weather-wise any more... -
If the mediocrity is bench depth or platooners (some of the ways it plays on good teams), it can actually protect youngsters, by easing their transition into the bigs, especially if they struggle early on. However, on some bad teams, the best guys are often mediocre, including a lot top prospects... at least for their first few years of on-the-job training.
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Regarding ERod, I won't miss watching him pitch. But the Red Sox still need to replace his innings with someone a notch above mediocrity. A combination of swingman Wacha, ancient Rich Hill and part-time Paxton won't do it... because as much time as young ERod always seemed to miss, he still ate innings when healthy.
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Wacha, Hill and Pax-be-with-you-in-'23? If that's not Ray Gulp (as in the Kool-Aid), it's at least Ray Ulp.
