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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Manfred will do everything he can to finish the season. The MLB can't afford to waste a Yankee year -- all owners benefit when the spotlight and sponsorships feature New York. The only way he'll call the whole thing off is if key Yankees get sick and it spreads through their team. Sorry, small market clubs are expendable. The marquee flagship Yankees are just too important right now to the MLB trying to regain public interest. What happened to the Yankees' sign-stealing report that was supposed to be revealed but that NY fought against? Someone made it conveniently disappear...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That... wasn't a pop-up. Now which pitchers can get nine more outs for Boston?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Classy, ESPN, showing the Boone pitch on Wakefield's birthday. They couldn't show him dealing when he won two of the first four games of the same series.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That pitch to Bogie is where Sox hurlers have been throwing to Judge all weekend. Good hitters -- translation MLB hitters -- don't miss meatballs.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Oh You Tee Out
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Didn't he also have a crack in his back and Yankee fans just assumed he'd come back as good as usual?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Paxton's eyes and ears seem to get bigger with every hit he gives up.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Announcer had to call time-out while he changed his pants.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Devers leads in outs above average and errors below average. His eye-black looks about average.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Betts left the Dodgers game with a sore finger. Kudos to the fans who predicted a short bowler's hands would break down before he played out his entire contract.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Voit can also be a tetherball... but then he'd be swinging in circles.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ESPN late on the censor button on my screen. Brice yelled the four-letter f-word, then ESPN muted his next word. Poster poll: was it... "you!", "me!", "Yankees" or "ARod"?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Voit is a volleyball.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Error, walk, walk... somebody's got to say what's bound to happen next.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm old enough to remember when Yankee fans used to mock Fenway for pop-up homers to left. But this century there's no bigger joke for cheap HRs in the MLB than right field in Yankee Stadium.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Seriously? Yelich is owed over $230 million -- just think of how many mediocre openers Bloom can hoard for that much. You should know we don't pay longterm market value for star players in Boston anymore. We wouldn't wanna get taxed.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here's another active player's line, through his first four seasons: .293/.368/.430/.798 in 487 games. ... Christian Yelich.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As much as I agree, Bloom has no history with Cora, and it doesn't fit the narrative of seeking a clean break from the Dombrowski era. If Cora does come back as soon as '21, it would be have to be an edict from above -- remember the owners' outpouring of love when they agreed to part ways. But since '21 will most likely be a rebuilding bridge, it would make sense they'd let Bloom bring in his own people. However, Bloom wasn't hired to get rid of Cora (like Price and Betts), so when/if ticket sales and interest compel ownership to start splurging again on star power, don't be surprised if Cora is part of the recruitment drive.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As fans we're disappointed, but it's also important to remember these are young guys struggling in a confusing and even dangerous time. Players like Devers and Benintendi are good major leaguers in current funks, but imagine how much harder it is for coaches or teammates to help them out with instructive words of encouragement behind masks (I speak from experience as a Little League coach this summer). Other factors that could affect motivation may include the non-competitive pitching, the absence of energetic personalities like Betts and Cora, and even the now-restricted tech contributions of video guru JD Martinez. None of this is Roenicke's fault... but you can't fire the players.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    1. Each sprint game = 2.7 X 9 = 24.3 games. It's getting late early. 2. I'm ok with some call-ups at about the halfway mark, if the Sox are still on pace for a 20-40 record. 3. Absolutely not. This guy was an MLB number one prospect, a 20-20 HR/SB man his first full year at age 22, and a 4.5 WAR player the next when he led the team in hits and runs in the postseason. There is legitimate concern about his overall power; he's just not driving the ball like he used to, and even his throws seem weaker (he led the AL in assists in '18). Beni's bat is definitely slower -- how many first pitches did he foul off late leading off last year -- maybe it's his leg kick or vision or "the book" pitchers share, but he looks like he could use a month in exile at a hitting monastery with a batting monk throwing grasshoppers at him that he swings at with chopsticks.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mazza doesn't have the durable frame that would last a century. Teams foolish enough to offer that many years would surely regret it the last three or four decades.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Notice how Yankee Stadium doesn't even allow fake fans to sit in their overpriced corporate seats in a fake season?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox fans secretly hoping Manfred puts them out of their misery should follow us diehards and root for this sprint to at least get to September. We can endure an entire month of August with no pitching, but another entire season of this summer might follow in 2021 if the Sox don't hit that reset button. In the meantime -- it's baseball -- and we can cheer the new guys or watch the young guys evolve (while us old guys devolve)...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The story of the Red Sox disrespecting Mookie in arbitration hearings should disturb all their fans, even those who think Betts isn't worth his contract. Word like that gets around, gives an organization a bad name, and could cause others to leave, and even make prospective recruits think twice about joining. Of course some will insist it's all about the money, but if you knew you were going to be rich beyond your wildest dreams no matter where you lived, there's a good chance other factors may matter, too.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We need a velcro batting glove clock.
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