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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But according to pitchers, the biggest problem is guys holding superballs disguised as baseballs, and then throwing them to batters who consistently hit them way further than other mere mortals with similar strength and skills ever have, since the beginning of recorded history (I think that would be 1870 or so, when sox were still called stockings). And, I know, the balls were wound about as tight as a rolled up pair of stockings...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nope; they should sign Bauer, Realmuto and trade for Lindor. That might get it done. And if it did? Yankee fans, Yankee profiteers and the MLB would all be ok with it, and future money issues would be worth it for one. more. banner.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think LA was so interested they were the only club that agreed to take Price, as long as Betts was in the deal with no pitching prospects included. The Dodgers just have too many good young arms not to think that; are we really to believe that Bloom actually insisted he would only accept Graterol from a third team, and wouldn't consider say, Gray from the minors or someone like Victor Gonzalez, World Series reliever?
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Joe Kelly, as told to Rob Bradford, re. Gm 6, 6th inning: “I stood up on the top of the fence and was taking my hat off to give him a tip of the cap, a thank you, because the only way we were winning that game is if that happened,” the former Red Sox and current Dodgers reliever said. “So I was taking my hat off and screaming at the top of my lungs. We were all ecstatic. Every single person in that stadium knew. Kevin Cash got a standing ovation from the whole stadium.” “One hundred percent,” said Kelly when asked if the Dodgers felt they were on their way to victory after the pitching change. “That’s what everyone thought, that was the only way we were winning. And he got taken out and it turns into instant, ‘Oh, there is no way we lose now. They just did it for us’ type thing.”
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Those numbers for times through the order for one of the all-timers is statistical evidence to support Ted Williams when he said he could never hit .400 in modern games -- because few starting pitchers are ever allowed to face batters 4th or even 3rd times (Ted mentioned relievers with live arms). In Williams' day, pitchers were expected to finish what they started. I would guess adjusting to a guy you've seen all day -- another factor -- and swinging at more tired stuff that last at bat, would also help a guy like Joe D. hit in 56 straight games.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't understand -- MLB trade rumors list him as a free agent. Or are there waiver claim protocols, like Texas and Detroit get first-Hand accountability?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I disagree that complaints would be the same. If Snell had finished the 6th, gave up a dinger to Betts and lost the lead, I don't think current and retired MLB players and analysts would be tweeting, texting and giving angry interviews for the next 24 hours. Great pitching performances do go south suddenly sometimes, and great batters that don't miss one bad pitch can change outcomes. Snell could've hung one slider, lost 2-1, Ked 15, and people would've praised him and said, "Tough game; that's baseball." ... instead of "That's baseball?"
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't when these stats are from, if they're for his entire career or Red Sox career, but I was just referring to his end in Boston -- whenever that was when the Sox tried to get him off the mound when he reached 100. If you were watching then, the announcers kept reminding us that after 100, he was toast.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It still blows.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hand him over. Hand was 16-for-16 in save opportunities. Barnes was 9-for-12! Blowing 25% of your saves seems like 50% to fans (I still have PTSD from a Toronto game in '19, when he was hitting guys and bouncing pitches to the backstop)... on a decent team, that's like a blown save every other week. And then you don't have a decent team.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From what we've already read -- and seen happen in the industry -- in just two days, it appears mid- to small market teams are in such sorry shape with lost revenues that it's possible the Sox can find better replacements.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This batter count limit reminds me in a way when Pedro used to turn into a pumpkin after 100 pitches. But he wasn't in his prime like Snell. Also, Roberts said a few nights before that Kershaw was only going to face 21 hitters no matter what. So both teams -- run by guys who ran the Rays -- are ruled by the same playbook. This is why, as much as I hated Cash's move, that I hope the ultimate result will have an influence on the data-driven Bloom era in Boston. Sometimes, baseball players still know as much as baseball watchers. Good thing Kershaw didn't throw a perfect game through seven innings, especially with a pitch-to-contact approach. Imagine if he got every batter out on first-pitch grounders and pop-ups, and the analytics dept. ordered Roberts to yank him after 21 pitches?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Two polarizing points. The first is the best argument against bullpening -- and as we Sox fans know all too well, "early and often" in the regular season basically ruins any legit shot at extending or even qualifying for the postseason. The second, as workhorse legends like Jack Morris argue, can supersede the numbers. Morris, who knows a bit about completing World Series games, said, "Blake Snell was pitching better tonight than anyone I've ever seen in the World Series. These analytics guys we have now think numbers are more important than having an ace at his best on the hill." But even a dinosaur like myself (tricerabottoms) considers numbers: Snell had 9 Ks through 5 IP. If he finished his 1-0 shutout and averaged 2 more per frame -- he already had 6 on Betts, Seager and Turner -- he would tie Bob Gibson's all-time WS record. May the spirit of Gibby (9 World Series starts, 81 innings pitched) haunt Kevin Cash until next Halloween...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pitchers already available: Kluber, 34, Anibal Sanchez, 37, and Mike Leake, 33. None of them are openers. Should we add Collin McHugh, 34, to the list? As a 2020 opt-out, his arm has had a year off, like Leake's.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But one questionable managerial move happened on the night they lost the World Series. Current and former MLB players are all atweeter. Kevin Cash passed the ball to Malcolm Butler, left Buckner at first, and forgot to use Timlin, Embree and Williamson. Every last Dodger thanked their lucky superstars. And the 2018 Red Sox still say thanks LA for not starting your three top home run hitters vs. our lefty starters, and for pulling Buehler and Hill when we couldn't touch them.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never said "ignore". Just have a freaking clue when your starter is the best pitcher on the planet the night of a do-or-die... while none of your relievers have been lights-out the entire Series.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I wasn't rooting for LA, but as a Red Sox fan I am glad the Rays' total reliance on analytics backfired, so Bloom will know better than to ever try to get away with that all-in approach in New England. Imagine the uproar -- and constant crap we'd have to watch and listen to forever from Yankee fans and FOX -- if a Sox pitcher was striking out the world in an elimination game, and the manager took the ball?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We can forever be grateful for his American Pale Ale that wasn't too hoppy for old taste buds.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I get it -- my wait was 36 years; they had to finally "finish the deal". But for any Red Sox fans who grew up surrounded by Yankee fans, the ALCS wasn't our World Series... but it was the series of our world.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    '04 ALCS Name Association... see how many pivotal images can be recalled just by naming the actors from the scenes... from just the final four games: Millar/Roberts/Mueller, Papi, Schilling, Ortiz again, Tony Clark, Bellhorn oppo, Slappy, Damon, DLowe, BellHORN, Pokey Reese/Alan Embree. There are many more... mostly pitchers -- Leskanic, Wake, Timlin with a purpose, Bronson with braids, Pedro good and bad...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This may just be my old foggy memory banks balking, but I'm sure I have at least 10 more indelibles from the '04 ALCS. With all that was on the line -- including quality of life for maybe the rest of our lives for many, many Sox fans, it was by far the most entertaining because it was the most stressfully successful Red Sox postseason series ever. The '03 ALCS may be second, though not with all fond memories... Honestly, it may be burnout, but what moments from the '04 World Series are etched in our gray matter other than "Back to Foulke"? Without looking up the games on b-ref, here's all I got: Bellhorn hitting a big homer in Gm 1, another Schill game (was that sock bloody or the same, unwashed, lucky one?), Pedro's shutout in his last Boston game, and I think Nixon clearing the bases on a greenlight 3-0. Was this also the Cardinal Series when that ex-Sox pitcher was the worst baserunner in history?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... especially with the risk of carpal tunnel playing Fortnite for hours in between starts.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think that splurge is coming, but on a star position player or two. Here's why: the top starting pitchers slated for free agency after next season are Noah Syndergaard, Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Zack Greinke... the first one is coming off major surgery and the others can't be trusted by anyone who grew up in the 1960s.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup, and the brother; the BJs have some of the most coveted young hitters in the game. Whether any of them can find defensive positions they're good at remains to be seen.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One of the advantages of having a good farm is to use those prospects as tradebait to upgrade the big league roster. No should argue that, nor that it's all about proper timing, whether a team is making a title run or just a playoff push. The industry raves about the Rays' conga line of bullpeners, but I agree with Big Papi that if someone is unhittable in a big postseason game, leave him in there and nail it down. Tampa's four best relievers gave up runs the other night in succession: Fairbanks, Castillo, Loup and Anderson. I'm not interested in that blueprint of constantly changing pitchers every single inning... hoping they're all on, every night. Give me a workhorse starting pitcher who can go more than -- gasp -- five freaking frames. Please?
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