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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the dumbest baserunners! That's gotta be on Cora, because a good manager knows how to get behind his guys and give them an extra push -- even if he has to disguise himself as a pizza box delivery man to sneak past the umps to do it.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Hand-eye coordination just isn't what it once was before shaky blue screens on laptops and iPads, and especially iPhones, with miniaturized viewing and texting while trying not to swerve off the road, step into traffic or walk off a cliff.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good post -- OB was quoting Ortiz last night, saying the reason he retired at the top of his game is that every bullpen throws 100 mph now with secondaries in the 90s. I'd actually like to hear Big Papi admit that himself... not saying I don't believe an announcer, but then we just had Jim Rice last week say that the pitching was better when he and Lynn broke in, 50 years ago. Of course, everything was better last century: giant walkie-talkie phones with antennas, computers the size of entire walls, sports team nicknames, etc.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That was over a decade ago -- Hill was only 55 that year! (or maybe that was his fastball)
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Crochet is great, but geez -- Crochet, Giolito, Cease... is it wise to rely that much on guys who all pitched on one of the worst teams of all time?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox batters struck out 44 times in three games in Philly. That's more Ks than Dustin Pedroia in his rookie year, Nomar the year he won his first batting crown, and Fred Lynn in his last season in Boston. Wade Boggs, who led the majors in plate appearances when he played for the Red Sox, struck out 44 times or less in seven years.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He might turn into Bronson Arroyo -- not a deadline deal, but the worst Epstein trade, acquiring Wily Mo Pena, who gave the Red Sox negative WAR in the equivalent of a full season. Arroyo started at least 32 games for the next eight years in Cincy, averaging 211 innings, winning over 100 games, and posting 20.6 WAR. And he was never injured playing his guitar.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe the worst post-Bagwell was Eric Gagne in 2007 for three players to Texas. He was a heart attack reliever down the stretch with a negative WAR, but the Sox still won rings despite the deal. Outfielder David Murphy, who the Ranger got in the swap, had a solid career, posting 10 WAR in 10 years.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A disturbing thing I heard is that the reason the Red Sox don't bunt in extra innings on the road is because one run usually isn't good enough and they don't want to give up an out when they need a rally. Objectively, I can see how this can make sense to management -- especially upper management calculating percentages. Subjectively -- as in, I'm constantly subjected to watching whiffers who can't touch the ball with their bats -- I say this: there are, indeed, times when one run is not enough to win in extras... ... but there are absolutely positively with-out-a-doubtly EVERY TIME, THAT ZERO RUN IS NOT ENOUGH!
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A lot of intangibles we're hearing about Bregman right now favor the Red Sox for extending or resigning him: leadership on and off the field, coaching players like Rafaela in the cage, prepping himself on a night off and insisting on pinch-hitting -- then homering, disdain for opponents and loyalty to teammates... ... many of the same traits Schwarber supposedly brought to Boston. JD brought a valuable iPad culture to the offense -- but Schwarber was a batter with an attitude. Cora, a guy who played the game, noted his appreciation for that publicly. For those upstairs who never made it, Schwarbs might only be a body and a dollar sign.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I said the same thing about needing reinforcements asap to get through this toughest stretch of the sked. Unfortunately, all the GMs are stubborn as hell and ask for heaven and purgatory to deal any useful trade candidates one second earlier than the damn deadline. And by then, it's always too late. Chaim.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cora is known as a players' manager, but that's not always a guy who doesn't force his men to play hurt or hammer them to the media. Some athletes need a pat on the back sometimes; others need a kick in the butt. Knowing how to reach each individual and earn their trust cannot be overstated.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Acquiring more pitching is the only reasonable way to stay competitive at this point. Relying on this offense is futile. There are too many Red Sox regulars who can't hit or even make contact with quality pitching, and Breslow can't replace the veteran whiffers or make the young hitters grow up faster or heal Bregman's leg in time. The best hope is to win as many 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 games as possible... just don't let any go into overtime!
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The answer to the question is No. The last two nights vs. postseason pitchers burst any bubble blown in a winning streak forged vs. two small league pitching staffs. There are simply not enough contact hitters in the batting order to sustain any semblance of an offense to consistently contend. And don't be deceived by the four-game sweep of Tampa right before the All-Star Break, either. The Red Sox won those games because their pitching staff only gave up 8 runs in 4 games. Since the Break, Boston has scored 10 runs in 5 games. If the Sox have any hopes at all, we have to pray the arms are great for two more months, and Breslow trades for rotation and bullpen reinforcements asap. (Adding a home run hitter would also help, since the pitching just keeping us in the games won't be enough... because we all know if it goes extras, there's no chance our batters can move a ghost runner around the bases).
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Believe it or not, that was a typo and not a joke. See what I get for trying to be serious... What may be harder to believe is that not one of the Biggest Billed Three have become Lynn or Rice or Nomar or Pedroia or Fisk or Boggs or Mookie or Bogey or even Greenwell, Burks and Benzinger. Heck, even forum punching bag Andrew Benintendi hit 20 homers and had 20 stolen bases in his 3 WAR rookie year.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Big Three in the majors Kristina Campbell.... 229 AB, 51 H, 6 HR, 21 RBI, 29 BB, 72 K, .223 BA Anthony and Mayer 247 AB, 61 H, 6 HR, 24 RBI, 25 BB, 75 K, .247 BA
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Looking at them right now, which guy is more likely to break down sooner in the next few years: Chapman the physical specimen or Bregman the hobbling hobbit?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mayer has a 30% K-rate but nobody is saying he doesn't belong in the majors -- because on defense, he is clearly a big league infielder. That was evident even in Spring Training, where Mayer clearly outplayed Campbell on both sides of the ball. Marcelo wasn't bragging when he asked whether he thought he should have made the team -- it was pretty obvious to anyone watching, who was the best rookie infielder. Posters have speculated why the Red Sox instead awarded Campbell a starting position out of camp -- merit for 2024, willingness to sign a team-friendly extension, his right-handed swing, more AAA seasoning needed for Mayer -- but nobody knows for sure. The front office was too busy congratulating themselves for creating KC to tell us.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Boston's crack analytics department was willing to lose a game in the experiment to see if it worked, but starting today, Fatse and his staff will be conducting new BP in the cage, setting up a tee behind hitters... ... but instead of a baseball, they will affix a catcher's mitt on top for target practice. "We're 0 and 7 on the road in extra innings," said somebody, "... if we could just win 3 1/2 of those, we'd be .500 plating ghosts of TV viewers who died watching too many corpses K on check-the-check Strike 3s."
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Or if he refuses to play 1B.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes, you were wrong. Loyal Red Sox fans always root for anyone playing an AL East club ahead of us in the standings... unless said opponent is also our rival for a wild card slot. (the preceding, of course, excludes Evil Empires that encourage rabid misanthropes to wear pinstripes and foam at the mouth, while hanging and banging over the wall down the rightfield foul line in the Bronx -- we must never root for them, even vs. a team we're tied with on the last day of the regular season, lest we risk upending the space time continuum).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes. I'll raise it to a 25-year old Rivas Chegal... blended whisky: $339.99 at Total Wine and More
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't worry whether Payton Tolle can handle the big lights. In college he threw a 128-pitch complete game shutout for TCU at Oklahoma State. When he was at Wichita State he once threw a two-hitter with 10 Ks and also batted clean-up, going 5-for-5 with 6 RBI. Before that Tolle was always Almost Famous. His hometown is Stillwater...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Earl's O's also had one of the best defensive teams in big league history, with three fielders among the best ever at their positions. I agree with the adage about shaking the baseball tree -- where 10 gloves fall out for every 1 bat -- but if you're building a club around pitching, you'd better have good D to support it...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Quick: bring up Tolle before he ruins the psyches of minor league batters for life!
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