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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Eaton better run this time. Start stretching your legs out now, Nate.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wrong thread.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jenn McCaffrey notes Crochet is on the WC roster. Moran, Sandoval, Burgos, Paez are not.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Crochet.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The big difference in this series compared to a year ago -- as notin alluded to yesterday -- is that the Sox have the other Chad - Epperson - coaching 3rd base. He will never hold up a stop sign to a baserunner sprinting on a two-out, full count pitch hit up the middle that is bounced-thrown past 1st base. (a rumor I just started says Brez wanted to fire Kyle Hudson that night, but waited until April, when he had to can the whole coaching staff because Cora and the others revolted). The second big difference is that Braiden Ward will be pinch-running, and he'll never stop anyway, and Joe Buck will say, "And he can keep running right to Tampa."
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Looking at those tables and those totals, I'd think we'd all take another Tolle 4-hit, 10-K gem vs. a Schlittler 12-hit, 19-K all-or-nothing night. And Cam has to face Story, the only guy in the order he didn't strike out this year... plus Anthony, the All World Baseball Classic batter yet to face him.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No more whining about how the league was weaker this year. AL records were squeezed when everyone played the Red Compression Sox.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The rotation for this series was purely an analytics decision. Gray gave up 3 earned runs vs. NY this year, but Schlittler only gave up 2 earned to Boston. All Tolle has to do is keep pitching against them like he did in his two starts. Then we could possibly win, 1 to 2/3rds... (but Abreu might need to throw out Jazz, with 1/3rd of the way to go at the plate.)
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here we go. Sun activated off the IL. Soak it up and rejuvenate yourself. It's late September and I really should be skipping school. Smiling mustache vs. the Sour-puss.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But Ringo had Moon teach Zak Starkey how to play drums, so your namesake played it forward.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Astros set an all-time record as the MLB team with the least amount of wins in a full season to qualify for the postseason: 81. So the majors rewarded them as the AL's NUMBER 3 SEED, ranked higher than the other three AL clubs playing Tuesday with more Ws.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    in the bamboo forest.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Colson Montgomery socked 31 HRs this year. His K-rate for the full season rounds to 36%. Roman Anthony's K-rate for the full month of September rounds to 35%. Monty also batted .197 and set a new MLB record with 227 strikeouts.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I surmise you echo what a lot of Red Sox fans hear in their heads drumming from one eardrum to the other (and it's getting louder, like Keith Moon vs. John Bonham in heaven solo jams). I never care about statistical rankings that show how normal an offense is in an era where it's normal not to hit. It doesn't matter how much you score if you can't score when it matters. Does everyone here know that Ceddanne Rafaela -- forum punching bag in the post-JBJ years -- just finished an All-Star season as one of the TOP TEN BATTERS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE? Rafaela was 6th in the AL for the batting crown... with an average of .283. For perspective, in 1968 -- the Year of the Pitcher when Yaz was the only .300 hitter and won the batting title at .301, an outfielder for the Twins named Ted Uhlaender finished 5th at .283.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Those stats aren't black and white; they're Gray: 18-5, 2.72, 4.3. Also with Crochet, don't forget Bello done starting for nearly the year (even though most weren't counting on him after the playoffs). To me, even though Suarez made the All-Star team and Gray didn't, I don't think Ranger was the link that pushed the Sox into the playoffs. I know they had a good record in Suarez starts, but the rotation was boosted immensely by Tolle and nearly 100 IP by Early -- two guys a lot of us expected to play big roles since ST... ... and the forgotten link, the best starter in the best streak. Jake Bennett's June/June ERA in 9 starts: 2.43. Oviedo was supposed to be Breslow's key subtle move, but it turned out Bennett.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good job. Those percentages show he's not bad. Now if Roman can become better than average in K-rate, he could become a star. Right now, he's worse than average, which wouldn't be so bad if he batted 6th or 7th... but he gets up the most and somehow is always in the box in the middle of what could be rallies.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It may come down to Miller Time. Who else has got the 7th? No Tyron, no Slaten, and if no Judge, no Weissert. Miller can either be lights out -- the pony bottles that make it America's most underrated summer pilsner -- or Lites on, walking the ballpark because he's less filling. Unhittable or undrinkable?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They were just talking on MLB Sirius about a guy half of us traded Duran for last winter: Isaac Paredes and his dead pull fly ball profile. Supposedly, of his 25 HRs, he didn't even hit one to CF. "And he doesn't strike out a lot, and draws his walks, with a .360 OBP." But where would we play a guy like that? (how about, as much as possible)
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Seriously? His team won less games than last season and didn't improve their postseason chances since they're in exactly the same house of horrors they were in a year ago. Point to changes that Brez made -- firing a manager, trading for good players -- but then also admit he extended that manager he fired, and replaced good players he lost with other good players... to basically stay the same in record and standing. And if anyone cites their great summer, then you can't ignore their abysmal utter failure of a spring -- both with rosters he built. Now let's see whether they stagnate or actually improve in the Bronx vs. heavy favorites. NY's pitching vs. Boston's... batting out of disorder. Two, maybe three games -- where the Yankees will always get their last ups.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not worried about Boston pitching -- except walks cannot happen. Walks turn solo shots into 2-run homers. If someone is wild or tires and starts to lose command, please take the ball from him. Give it to one of the other quality arms, warmed up in the bullpen (here's where Playoff Bailey better help first-timer Tracy; in a short series always have someone up in the pen at the first sign of trouble). I am worried about scoring runs. The Sox haven't hit mediocre pitching for a month, and now they face the best. Can't win a game, 0-0. The last game in Tampa was bothersome because they had 1st and 2nd, no outs, twice and didn't attempt to bunt -- with Durbin and Sogard batting. That pair batted .217 and .226 in September. Others' Sept (omitting the ILs): Story .269 K-35%, Rutschman .266 K-20%, Anthony .242 K-35%, Abreu .207 K-26%, Duran .206 K-27%, Monasterio .074 K-33%
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In the Bronx this week the Red Sox need to do what they do best: be 1st in fewest HRs allowed, and 1st in doubles and triples, but also 1st in sac hits, sac flies, and fewest runs allowed.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's why I can't wait til October. And I think Boston proved me wrong. I took the preseason Under on regular season wins... and I think it was 87? If so, I'm wrong because they won 87. I did say they'd win less than last year but still make the playoffs... Ah, Octoberfest. Wait a sec -- just realized unless the Sox at least split the first two in NY, they won't be playing in October! Thursday is 10/1/26.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I wanted Durbin to bunt there with 1st and 2nd no outs -- to get ready for the playoffs when they'll never get three hits in an inning.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Me neither -- unless I was a billionaire owner of a baseball team that I still want to be a winner. I know this game doesn't make a difference in the Red Sox standings, but I'd still prefer my key hitters in the batting order didn't warm up for the playoffs by taking strikes and whiffing at balls.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Opening pitcher Tanner Houck.
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