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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Astros will be formidable. Both teams can hit, and both teams' pitching can be hit. Here's the reason Houston has to be favored in a best-of-seven: Defensive Efficiency, which bb-ref defines as "percentage of balls in play converted into outs" -- according to this metric, the Astros are the best fielding team in the AL... while the Red Sox are the worst in the majors. Teams can have one great game playing for the Wild Card -- or even one great ALDS weekend -- but such discrepancies tend to get exposed and exploited in a longer series. Hopefully, the Sox can stay focused on D (and hit the cutoff!).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That would require a live scouting report, sponsored by and for the board. But Cora would expect you to pay attention to details, not just they have better starters, we have better in-betweeners...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was 17 pitches actually; Meadows fouled off the first three, took three, then fouled off 10 in a row before missing. Had to be an outlier, because ERod got the last two outs on a combined three pitches (though anti-nibblers will say that was his outlier).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale's elbow must be barking. It's hard to believe that he can't pitch or they won't use him -- in the postseason, for Sox sake -- because he can't "find" his change-up. For a change-up to be effectively deceptive, it's supposed to be thrown with the same delivery and arm action as the fastball; the only difference is how it's gripped (which is what causes the drag in velo). Posters-who-are-pitchers, help me out here... does a change-up put any additional stress on the elbow joints? Certainly, not like curves, sliders, gyros, etc.?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They're not going to crash. What's more likely is Bloom improves the depth, the Sox' record improves, but unpredictable bad hops or bad calls go the other way and they won't go as far. It happens.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whatever the planned rotation for the ALCS, it will inevitably change due to 2021 strategies. In Boston postseasons under Cora, there are almost no more "starters" or "relievers"; just pitchers.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Playoff Cora. The manager never throws a pitch, but ours threw out the book that strongly advises living or dying by the anointed closer and set-up men. Barnes and Ottavino were a big part of the club's early success, but alarmingly unreliable in the second half. The turning point pitchers out of the bullpen in the three ALDS wins turned out to be Houck, Pivetta and Whitlock -- two starters and a reliever who was injured down the stretch. We saw Cora win with the same approach in the 2018 postseason. He doesn't adlib, either. Kevin Cash had the best pitching staff in the American League, but the Red Sox were better in the ALDS because Cora was more cutthroat with his moves.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kike and Vaz were heroes once again, but Sox fans should never, ever forget who stopped the rampaging Rays: Garrett Freakin Whitlock. With our nerves frazzled by every single pitch through the second half of the game, it's easy to overlook just how dire the situation was that unfolded in the top of the 8th: Tampa had just came all the way back to tie it up on three straight rips off Braiser... and had the go-ahead run on second base with no outs in Arozarena (possessed by the ghost of Lou Brock and the arrogance of Rickey Henderson). The next batter up was Wander Franco, the scariest human in the entire postseason. Whitlock literally stopped the Rays in their tracks. He threw 15 pitches in two innings and retired the following in order: Franco, Lowe, Cruz. Choi, Diaz, Meadows. Garrett Whitlocked the door.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Houck has nothing tonight, guys. But the gold-shoed ringers should only get up twice more. They are absolutely the key at bats in the rest of the game. Which pitchers will get them out? Braiser? Whitlock? I got no other candidates. Sick Robles? Nottovino? Nate....?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A pop-up for a double after Sox slam three outs to the warning track. Ya, that's baseball, but I'd of taken my chances with Houck staring the inning clean. Cora went for one more lefty match-up and now we need to limit their best hitters to one run here.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Great job, ERod. Now bring in Houck and win the series.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Schwarber remembered: ERod never covers in time.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He never makes a mistake. Bichette is 50-50 he'll throw it away, and Torres won't even make half the plays. Franco's so young he could be Yankee, Dodger or Red Sox before he hits his prime.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ok, but if Meadows gets up with two outs, bring in Barnes to drill him. Just don't order Barnes to do it, because then he'd miss.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whew. 12 more outs. When are they bringing in Houck?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's losing focus quickly. Cora will bring in Bra to face Cruz.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sometimes, a nagging ailment forces a player to focus on doing just what he can to contribute. Swings can be more contained, zoning only specific pitches you can barrel, out of necessity.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yaz, I'm sticking with the pilsner... while still wearing my History Made t-shirt from last night.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Verdirtdog! Another lefty rip vs. the nervous rookie.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One. Handed. Tater.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox hit three Atom balls off McHugh, and law of averages were going to catch up to him. This Shane is good, but also a rookie in Fenway with no tomorrow.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ERod perfect through three. Offense needs to generate some traffic to give him a rest.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mix in a gapper once in awhile.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That ERod change that fanned Luplow was perfect and unhittable, down and away on the black. Let's get him a few runs, boys.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Come on, Randy. You're fast enough to keep running and not do a fancy slide.
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