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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good pitching staff comparisons for '18 and '25. Hopefully, Matz will be this year's Eovaldi, and May will have a week in October like Price did. Maybe even Harrison will find it by then. Bad generalization on deadline reactions, though -- no one said Matz and May doom the Sox to failure. But a lot have said they expected Boston to get more reinforcements and pay for more talent... only because the CBO and President told us they would.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who knows how good Anthony could've been a hundred years ago when guys like Ruth got to play in a league vs. extremely limited competition due to segregation. The Babe didn't have to face the best pitchers from international hotbeds of baseball mania -- like Anthony does today. Ted didn't either, for the first half of his career, but at least he proved himself later in more inclusive contests.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's fair, you're probably right. AC always supports his guys, but at the same time I sometimes think he makes a point to show the world that this is the roster he's been given.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The 3-4-5 batters are called the Heart of the Order. Right in the middle is the clean-up man, and if you watched last night's game til the end, you know you were just hoping the top of the order could keep the rally going so our Number Four batter could clear the bases... Honest Abe Toro, with 5 home runs, batting Fourth for the playoff-bound Red Sox. At least his .393 slugging percentage is higher than anyone in the starting line-up born in the Far East. Did anyone else suspect Cora was sending a message to the front office with his line-up card, the day after the trade deadline?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Boston didn't dump Ted Williams, he enlisted in the Navy and became a figher pilot during World War II. And the Sox only got better when he returned: 93 wins in 1942, 68-71-77 in the three years he missed... and 104 and a pennant when came back!
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I didn't say they were better with Devers, but all of sudden other guys started blasting HRs. Remember, the Sox hit 15 in the 10-game winning streak -- and a lot of those dingers either won games or turned them around. Then after the Break, the good teams that beat Boston hit more homers. This is modern baseball: good pitching still beats good hitting, but since every staff is now populated with guys who throw 100 with some kind of killer offspeed stuff, there are less and less hits. Look at the BA leaders -- there are only 6 guys hitting over .300 in the AL, and only 2 in the entire mighty National League. Less hits mean less baserunners and less scoring. I'm glad Duran is hot legging out doubles and triples, but there's a lot less chance to strand him if subsequent batters park one out of the yard.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Home runs. That rating includes Devers -- their top longball threat the past half decade -- who they did not replace in the batting order. Yesterday, 6 PM EST.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But Brez said it takes two to fandango. Was he tacitly admitting no one wanted our prospects? Do we overrate -- gasper -- our own prospects???
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not here to bitch. Like Thunder, I'm ok with adding two legitimate pitchers. This pair may not be great, but at least they're not washed up old veterans like guys we're used to seeing being called deadline recruits. I've liked Matz since the 2015 World Series and always thought he'd be useful in Boston. May was one of the starters who I clamored for in the Betts trade. Getting him for Tibbs at least makes the Devers trade better. May rounds out the rotation, which was a priority. The overrated offense still lacks consistent thump, and I still don't believe a word the front office says. Ever.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jacob Wilson broke his hand. They should send Anthony down before he gets hot enough to win Rookie of the Year. If not, the Sox lose another year of control... ... which only means the billionaire might have to pay Roman market value sooner. In the meantime, they might win more.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mike Myers, between trick-or-treating in a goalie mask and Wayne's World.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    On screen, $250 million is only a few decimal points away from being 25 cents on the dollar. And one quarter of Raffy's average of about 32 home runs per year is 8 dingers. Sorry, just preparing myself for when Breslow announces the acquisition of Connor Joe as the new right-handed hitting first baseman. "We know Joe has zero HRs this season," Craig will say. "No-rated, that might not seem like much... but he's hit 35 bombs the past four years -- combined."
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I thought about it the other day, but just couldn't force myself to type it... ... all those shortstops drafted this decade who can move to any position, all those middle infield prospects -- including the Minor League Player of the Year -- and we have pay deadline prices for a second baseman?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Burt won't be home Blyleven.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ceddanne should play center whenever a fly ball pitcher is on the mound. But we also need him in the infield with a lot of traffic on the bases, like when a guy like Hicks has his good foot finder working.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    SD couldn't take Cease out because he'd be considered damaged goods at the deadline. The Pads needed to show all the other GMs that he was still right in the head. Or what was left in his head.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox 3-4-5 hitters' batting averages with baserunner on 3rd with 0 outs, 1 out and 2 outs... in the top of the first inning in Minnesota this year: .000. Yandy Diaz' career batting averages... with baserunner on 3rd and two outs: .295. and with baserunner on 3rd and less than two outs: .352.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd love to turn FOX offffff......
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, he got $250 million in bonus points.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This means the Twins are open for business. Bregman and Crochet just put Ryan in another headlock.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I still don't know how those old-timers functioned without black raspberry. The Black Sox didn't throw the 1919 Series for just money, but the promise of gelato from their Italian sponsors.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If he's the best player at two positions, he can only be at one at a time. When Mookie plays shortstop, he can't be in right field. When Payton Tolle pitches -- in the pros -- he can no longer bat clean-up. Why can Ohtani? A: marketing.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And no microplastics in beer!
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Remember a year ago at the deadline when Brez upgraded the catching corp with Danny Jansen? Me, neither. Now the guy is batting in the middle of the order for Tampa. That's what's out there: 11 HR, .204 BA, 26% K-rate.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not if you want to pay an app... Lee has a cameo on the mound in "Eephus" -- a movie about a bunch of extremely decrepit ballplayers. Besides still competing in old-timer tourneys, Lee also survived having a heart attack warming up in a Savannah Banana uni, But your points are valid. My cousin the history teacher once summed it up when a student complained: "Why do we have to study the past?" "Because we can't study the future."
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