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  1. Old Red
    I’m sure you remember the famous game of 1963 between Juan Marichel, and 42 year old Warren Spahn that ended up with both throwing complete games. Juan ended up with a 16 inning shoutout, and Spahn gave up a one out HR in the 16th, and lost 1-0. Both pitchers combined threw 428 pitches. Managers, and the analytics nerds today would have to be put n straight jackets to watch something like that.
  2. Old Red
    But when you leave out the disparity now of pitchers thrown, and innings pitched your leaving out two very important factors.
  3. Old Red
    Pitchers used to go every 4th day too, and 120-130 pitches weren’t that big a deal then either. Lonborg made 39 starts in 67, and only pitched less than 5 innings 4 times that year.
  4. Old Red
    They might just as well bat Bogey, Raffy, and JD 1-2-3.
  5. Old Red
    I agree, but unless something happens like Morgan Magic things are looking pretty bleak.
  6. Old Red
    You don’t counter offer an offer that was so low ball in more ways than one. Bogey is the leader in that clubhouse, and on the field, but I don’t think anyone is tanking although I do think the rest of the team was disgusted by it. The low ball offer shouldn’t be condoned either.
  7. Old Red
    Does anyone think Story Land will open up at all this year? I’m beginning to wonder.
  8. Old Red
    Bring me Dick Radtz any day.
  9. Old Red
    Taking starting pitchers out, because of what might happen has been one of the biggest changes in the game, and also the big increase in the shift.
  10. Old Red
    I think analytics takes the thinking, and strategy mostly out of the games, and have turned managers more into robots than ones that actually watches the game, and makes adjustments on what he sees instead of what he might see.
  11. Old Red
    The fact is the 2 run leads wasn’t there, and the 1 run leads were, and all were losses.
  12. Old Red
    Thanks for correcting me, but 5 out of 6 ain’t bad. No Whitlock does not have a 0.00 era, but I’d take my chances with him for 3-4 outs at a time. No I remember opening day very well, but that was in long relief, and not as a closer.I’ve also stated more than once that was not Whitlock’s fault that the team is 0-3 in his starts, but the fact he’s only gone 4-5 innings has put more of a workload on the bullpen. I’m all for giving Houck a shot at closing, but Cora seems happy with what he has. I think we can agree that the way things are being done now isn’t working.
  13. Old Red
    I don’t have to name them, because everyone knows the 3 who should be starting. The point being that there is no one on the currant roster to take their place of the other 6.
  14. Old Red
    There are 6 players in this lineup today who don’t deserve to be starting.
  15. Old Red
    If Whitlock is as good as everyone says including myself my opinion is the Sox are 6-0 in those games that to me Whitlock should have closed out. Nowhere else, but a few on here have suggested Houck as the closer. I have said myself that I would try it, but only as a second option to Whitlock, and, because the rest of the cupboard is bare.
  16. Old Red
    Yes it is hypothetical that Whitlock closes those 6 games out, but don’t you actually believe that it would have happened? It was a fact that those 6 chances did exist.
  17. Old Red
    This was on another thread a while back, and all was discussed then too, but some just didn’t want to hear it, because they were pointing out that Bogey didn’t hit on the road either, but it was countered with now Story plays all 162 away from Coors.
  18. Old Red
    This was on another thread a while back, and all was discussed then too, but some just didn’t want to hear it.
  19. Old Red
    Your playing the what if game that doesn’t change what actually happened. Yes if the Red Sox had scored more runs then the bullpen wouldn’t have been in all these 1 run games. We all know that, but the FACT is the offense hasn’t scored more runs, and the bullpen has been in all these 1 run games, which I believe if Whitlock would have been the closer those games would have ended up in the win column and not all losses.
  20. Old Red
    Hanging around Chris Frail to much?
  21. Old Red
    Whoopie doo the farm hands are better, which is a good, but it’s a lot of hoping, and praying that the highly touted ones will turn out to be something good, but you also can’t count on that happening, and turn out as well as a Mookie, Bogey, Raffy, or a Johnny Lester. If they don’t then what? Mookie, Bogey, and Raffy are proven products, and even a haul might not match what they can do.
  22. Old Red
    Your MISSING the point, and facts. The Red Sox HAD THE LEAD in all six of the extra innings losses in the 8-9 innings. They didn’t need to score anymore runs. Just like yesterday they were leading 1-0 in the 9th. Facts are facts. A lead in all 6 of the extra innings losses in the 8-9 innings, so those wouldn’t have even been extra innings games. Yesterday if Whitlock had been the closer the Sox win 1-0, and no xtra innings.
  23. Old Red
    Why is everyone so hung up on going forward? At the moment I only care about the 2022 Boston Red Sox, and at the moment the Cora, and Bloom’s crew is a LOSING laughing stock. If everyone doesn’t care about what’s going on this year than why bother, because that’s what it looks like to me.
  24. Old Red
    Biggest question to me right now is would the Red Sox have a better record if Whitlock would have been closing since opening day? This isn’t a question of is Whitlock the best potential pitcher, or not, and I believe he is, but where to use Whitlock to make the Red Sox a better team. I’ll repeat again the Red Sox are 0-6 in xtra innings games that they had a lead going into the 8-9 inning, and yesterday was the latest example. The Red Sox are 0-3 in Whitlock starts, smartass, or not Whitlock is needed more in the Closer role right now compared to being a starter. The rotation isn’t the problem. The closer, or lack of is.
  25. Old Red
    Hill is what he is, and at 42 I don’t think he’ll turn into a pumpkin. Squash maybe, but if Wacha keeps it up no doubt.
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