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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So if the Braves gave it to the Marlins, and the Mets just played the Braves... why are the Red Sox letting the Mets into Fenway?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hey, just like all the outdoor classrooms that schools will be using this winter!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There's no way this sprint is breaking the September tape. From a selfish stance, the Sox won't hit the reset and we'll all have to watch batting practice pitchers for another season. The morbid consolation is that not even '21 is guaranteed of happening at this point...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Our staff is but a dried reed in a toxic swamp about to get inundated by a tsunami...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Upchuck-ed... never to be inducted. Hope it will be abducted...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Nowadays" is modern MLB baseball -- less guys on base is a direct product of less contact and less hits. It's literally all or nothing, as home runs and strikeouts are at an all-time high. Last year's Red Sox, for instance, set team records in HRs and for eight batters with 100 or more whiffs. It wasn't that long ago, in 2013, the Sox' world champs had only one 30 homer guy -- Big Papi -- but only three batters with 100 Ks. If you really go back in time to 1975, Jim Rice was the only hitter on the AL pennant winners with 100 Ks. He also led the club in longballs, with 22. But the '75ers were an exciting offensive unit, pacing the league in runs, hits, doubles, batting average and OPS.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It will hard to believe -- especially after this sprint summer (if it even finishes), with MLB clubs losing kajillions of dollars -- that the Boston Red Sox won't try to make a splash next winter to try to sell tickets. And we all know instant improvement doesn't happen by stockpiling prospects, because even really good ones take a few years to develop. So if they're not going to exceed their limits on a long-term Cole or Betts, the only other way Bloom can get MLB-ready talent is to exchange it. If the Sox do tank -- or just stank -- expect major trades where not one single player in the organization is untouchable.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not from the Dodgers -- who have a wealth of young starters.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree -- I'm not giving him a pass; I was just noting that he's lucky he doesn't have to face the music. Bloom is also unaccountable upstairs, since his bosses hired him with the concession that they'd be "worse this year" (his words) by clearing salary.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Because of this unprecedented summer of empty stands, he oddly gets a pass for his first assembled pitching staff in Fenway. No fans, no boos, no mock cheers, no sardonic banners... I wonder how loud the audio man gets to be with the piped in crowd disappointment?
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This isn't on Verdugo. Bloom couldn't pry one decent pitcher from LA for 13 years of the Sox' best player in half a century?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here's a chilling thought: to get to the end of this game, the Sox need someone on the mound to get 15 more outs.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    O's are so confident they can rip Weber whenever they want, that they're practicing bunts to get ready for an extra inning game later this summer.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When the Yankees come to Fenway, the Red Sox are going to have to replace the cardboard fans with sheet metal.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes, yes, and been there/groan that.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Had a beer with lunch, already snoozed off and now... 3 to 1?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    JBJ! Duran may steal more bases next year, but we'll be lucky fans if we ever see another Red Sox centerfielder make so many great plays again.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Weber almost has to paint the vertex of each of the four corners. Anything over the plate is crushable to MLB hitters, no matter the uni.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Clean-up bunts when guy's throwing BP spinners?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Absolutely -- there's no time waiting for someone to get hot. After today, Boston plays its next 20 games vs. the Mets, Yankees, Rays and Jays. With the Sox pitching -- if their hitters don't bash -- they will have a very difficult time winning even half of those. Seriously, what would be more surprising: the Red Sox going 15-5 or 5-15 in their next 20?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... if they hadn't traded him, and made the same offer during this pandemic summer.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox are the best and worst team in the AL East, and would also be if in the AL Central and NL East. They're as good and as bad as 21 other MLB clubs, all tied at 1-1. Right in the hunt, and August starts next week!
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But not schools? Serious question -- since ERod is a professional athlete, and presumably in better physical condition than the majority of college students, and most children pre-K through high school, teachers, custodians, cafeteria workers and school bus drivers...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nowadays -- with less men on base -- what matters most is to get your best home run hitters as many at bats as possible... and for a modern "first-strike" offense like Boston's, that means making sure both JD and Devers bat in the first inning. Teams also seem more determined than ever to alternate lefty and righty batters, especially now, with the new three-batter minimum for pitchers. Of course, for one hundred years, when speed and contact were more in fashion, it was good to have a guy in the #2 hole who could handle a bat and hit to the right side; in the best interests of scoring first, hitting behind the runner was a key to moving a leadoff into scoring position. In that regard -- with swift southpaw swingers like Beni and Verdugo probably slated for #1 -- JD may be the Sox best righty stick who can go oppo, with authority (Bogie can hit to right, but they -- and we -- prefer he swings away and doesn't poke the ball, like he did pre-Cora).
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is where, I think, we really need to trust Bloom, since bullpens are a Tampa speciality. The Rays became contenders rotating relievers -- just last year, they traded their number one opener for an even better reliever, then last winter they traded their closer when he was still good.
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