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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You forgot: end "instant" 15-minute replays of safe slides into bases not home where runners maybe disconnect with the bags for a millimeter and a millisecond...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think the marathon is what Cora (and any good manager) keeps in mind. We don't know if there was a reason besides rest that led to JD's day off, but we do know he was sitting in the cold all day and was Oh-fer in three games in Minnesota... Meanwhile, each of the big swingers at the bottom of the order were at least moving on and off the field all day -- plus, Cora may have wanted to show he had confidence in them, as each had had big hits in the streak.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nope. I chose 78 Ws on the Sox preseason poll. This club is improved, but unless a few players have breakout seasons and a few pitchers throw with All-Star consistency, it's going to be tough to sustain a winning combination with so many moving parts over 162 games. But ever since the Yankees replaced their #2, 3 and 4 starting pitchers with hopefuls, I've been saying they are a vastly overrated runaway AL pennant favorite. They didn't address glaring weaknesses at important defensive positions at catcher and shortstop, and now they have Odor at second base, a negative DWAR in 6 of 8 years. Their bullpen is worse without Britton and their offense is all or nothing. Not a 90-win team.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think they're hypocritical. Since rankings are updated each week, shouldn't they reflect what's actually happening on the field (and not in their studios)? It's obviously all based on opinion, but begs the question: can a team be considered good only because of its roster, while another is unfairly dismissed for doing good things in games right now? The overrateds and underrateds... If they didn't include won-loss records, the AL East would look like a powerhouse. But we know every AL East team has many flaws... however, Toronto's big IFs aren't pitchers coming off TJ, like NY and Boston. Pearson has a pulled groin, '20 OPS leader Hernandez has Covid, and Springer hasn't even played a game yet.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know this is the Realistic thread, but MLB.com just updated its Power Rankings... and the Yankees are still NUMBER THREE?!?!?!?!? Are there any realistic Yankee fans that honestly think NY with its losing record is really the best team in the AL and behind only LA and SD right now? The Red Sox moved up to #12... but are still ranked behind three other AL East teams with losing records, and the Twins (also with a losing record), who they just beat 3 of 4 in Minnesota.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hitch, I enjoyed reading this -- don't apologize (sometimes I type too much, and assume few will read it -- what's the average thread attention-span: three lines?). Your adjusted outlook following sports teams is solid. I also never once got the impression Betts wanted to be a Red Sox forever. But I'm glad for his Boston years; they got my son hooked on baseball... a dynamic, young superstar with a phonetic nickname kids can recite! Who will be the next Nomaaah/Yooooook/Mookie?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    that pitch that caromed off Polanco won't get Arraez out of the umpire
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Strike FOUR (same pitch, bitch).
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That was the at bat of the season so far. We were arguing in the living room who JD with a helmet on was going to pinch hit for... and worried it would be Verdugo vs. the lefty. Glad JD took off his helmet.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We've seen quick at bats on the last game of road trips plenty of times before, from either side. Batters aren't trying to make outs, but their focus might be making Pineda look a little better today.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Getaway Day.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I hope it's Reed: Mr. Fantastic. If it's Sue, we won't see her.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Never in a million years will Bloom trade away the farm in July. But no matter where the Sox are in the standings, I expect him to add to it.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My cousin is a pitcher who despises this rule almost as much as I do when a batter flinches at an offspeed pitch and the first base ump calls the appeal a swing (when it's barely even a check-swing). Does the MLB really want to cut down on strike-outs? Eliminate the check-the-check and force umps to call it a ball unless the batter turns his wrists over -- like it was 50 years ago.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I dunno -- maybe the Twinks were lucky to still have a chance since the Sox left so many runners on base... 1) Didn't like seeing Cora go to Barnes two days in a row, but it was inevitable in a Twinbill; 2) Sano is a monster, but hitting below .100 and too big and slow to catch up to a Barnes heater; please don't ever throw him an offspeed pitch again that he can actually hit; 3) when Arraez got up, both my son and I were yelling for an intentional walk, especially when it went to 3-0 -- I know teams should never put the winning run on base, but he's Minny's best contact batter... so maybe it was lucky Verdugo was playing left to rob Arraez' great oppo liner.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Obviously no one expects a .700 winning percentage to continue, but what if Boston is still around .550 approaching the trade deadline? That could make July a very fascinating month for the Nation, depending on whether Bloom ultimately decides to be a buyer or seller. Imagine if the Sox still have one of the top five AL records (which would qualify for the postseason), and Bloom traded Barnes or Eovaldi for prospects...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And as we've seen in the past two years, problems with the rotation always affect the workload and thus, effectiveness of the bullpen.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Is there any doubt that someday during Devers career that balls, bats or players will be juiced once again?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    NESN discussion in the late innings of today's pivotal opposite-field hits -- OB: "Great hitting." Remdawg: "Great managing." Me: "Great batting coaching?" Also, wondering how far Big Puppy's home run would have gone on a warm summer day... Two years I predicted that someday Rafie might actually pull one out of Fenway. My son said today he might beat the Red Seat (but I hope they don't color it yellow with blue letters). "Deverstating" is not overstating.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This. I've lived smack-dab between New York and Boston all my life, and maybe because fandom runs about 50-50 here -- with real baseball fans, not kids wearing NY caps because rappers do -- maybe the poor winners have more competition with each other. But before '04, I never saw the point of Yankee fans rubbing it in the faces of fans whose team NEVER won in my lifetime. I just assumed they were scared, knowing that the Red Sox were often a threat to someday changing their way of life forever more...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Your breakdowns of "how we spend large" are intriguing -- and what happens will go a long way in defining the new big-market Bloom. I just can't get on board yet with any guarantees of Sox spending based on past GMs; not when the next extension or contract for more than 2 years here will be Bloom's first. I'm not down on most of his acquisitions of position players for the Sox (though the musical chairs outfield doesn't thrill), but believing is seeing...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, thanks, 700. I certainly celebrate when they win it all. But old Sox fans know better than to maniacally bang on walls when the game is still in question... even when, say, a team's ace closer comes in to face a 20-year old rookie (named Devers).
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some of us don't want to expedite the inevitable popping of the balloon. Complaining is human, but gloating is uncool. Even when the '18 team was 70-30, we didn't dare brag, because 1). they could still blow it; 2). if they didn't, the pressure would then be on in the postseason; and 3). none of us actually played on the team.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's like nerds all vying for Penny's attention when they first met in Big Bang (or was that the new neighbor moving in upstairs)... except Sheldon, who waited a few years and dated the overlooked sure thing.* *obviously, these pop culture references are only symbols for actual associates that will remain nameless; call them Len, Howie and Raj... or Friedman, Cashman, and Blooman... or some guys I forgot at a singles bar (because nobody remembers a singles hitter).
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Make sure you shade in at least one more diamond than the Twins... every game would be great, but we'll settle for 3 outta 4.
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