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Everything posted by 5GoldGlovesOF,75

  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The kings of erasing the leadoff man reaching base.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    THAT'S a great hit. THAT beat the shift. THAT'S what Joe Buck said.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    89 pitches
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Throwing any 0-2 pitch near a bat is bad. Throwing three in a row is doomsday.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wave those hankies, lemmings
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Too much Red Bull
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    97 with a sweeping slider that looks like a change -- the Rays won a hundred games with a staff full of guys like that. ps. and got eliminated first round
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale won't get through three innings if he doesn't settle down.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You sound like the type of rebel who would leave Houck in to pitch to the 7-8-9 batters when he was throwing a perfect game -- or let Blake Snell keep pitching when he was working on a World Series shutout with his team on the brink of elimination. Some crazy fans...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The MLB should just ban check-the-check. Baseball already has too many swinging strikeouts where batters actually swing. Plus, it would cut down the length of games if batteries couldn't appeal every single time a hitter flutters an eyelash. At least make it like with replays; each team is limited to three check-the-checks, so pick your spots. The home plate ump's job is to call balls and strikes, while base umps call plays on the bases. We never see the home blue overrule a tag or slide call at third base, even when he has a better angle than the base ump (for example, standing behind a sliding runner; that's a personal peeve from amateur leagues, where there are only two umps).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red, maybe Cora's thinking is that if Sale starts and doesn't have it, the Sox still have plenty of time to come back (like in Tampa). But if Sale relieves and blows a lead, then it may be too late to overcome. Cora's plan tonight may already be he just trusts his enders more than his starter.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They must think Darwinzon's stuff -- if he gets it over the plate -- has the best chance to get an Astro out. Houston's bashers are more apt to bash Davis, while Barnes and his issues would maybe crush Boston.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Best OBP, most RBIs. They get them on and get them in.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Alright, but if Cora really thought it was good pitch and lucky guess by a big league hitter, maybe he doesn't yank him so soon. When Sale and Co. say his current fastball lacks command, might they be referring to using his warmer to set up his true outpitches -- the slider and change?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I still think Sale's issues are more physical than we know. Jordan Lupus hit a grand salami off an 0-2 fastball above the frickin strike zone -- could that have ever happened pre-TJ? Since that Tampa start, no one has been saying Sale needs to find his waste pitch, but maybe there's a reason for that... Sorry, just being a realist (not a pessimist).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ha, that was the other fluke -- that despite how bad the rest of the lineup was, the Cards thought it was a good idea to keep pitching to Papi.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is a good order. In '18, Altuve and Correa weren't 100 percent, but we all have our nagging issues... ...like JD and Rafie this October. Just look at their postseason OPS so far: JD 1.200, Devers 1.067!
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe; I said "a case could be made." Bregman is arguably better all-around -- though I hope he's not Brooks Robinson again like he was in the '18 LCS. Maldonado was Houston's catcher in the ALDS. Vaz is at least a better hitter in late-and-close...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The 2013 Red Sox had the most wins in the majors. They finished first and weren't underdogs in the postseason (even though we knew Detroit's Cy Young rotation would be tough). Bell's right that the surprise was with how quickly they turned around from '12. The new guys made positive contributions, but Boston still had plenty of star players and bounce-back pitchers. The only fluke was Koji having a better season than any even Mo Rivera ever had.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A case could be made that the Astros have better all-around players at every position except centerfield and catcher. The pitching staffs as currently constituted are almost impossible to compare because the Red Sox starters (except Nate, so far) are also basically closers and in-betweeners. But can Dusty hang with AC? Maybe Cora has necessitated a new phrase for the chronology of playoff pitching usage -- where in any game the starting rotation can become the ending rotation.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yikes. Thanks for the perspective. A lot of fans griped about Sale's albatross contract, but it's less than half of Cole's. Sale was a seven-time All-Star and Cy Young finalist, which is still two more great years than Cole has had (including '21)... Eeegads.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The underdogs are still playing with house money. Which would be more surprising: a four-game sweep that Boston loses... or Boston wins?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Especially to the Astros, who led the majors in putting runners on base and in driving them in.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe the last time a slim majority of posters were right with any Chris Sale speculation was voicing concern he was damaged goods when Dombro signed him large and long. There were a few who thought he'd come back in the second half to make 10 starts in '21; they're technically correct, since he had 9 in the regular and soon 2 in the postseason.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Only for first guessers.
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