drewski6

I have a rowing machine, a peloton , and a kettlebell. Im open to kettlebell exercises if you know any good ones :)

When I am in the weight room, I am usually using my rowing machine. I have one of the expensive ones with a screen that keeps track of your score nad you race real people. Its like a peloton but a rowing machine. I love it.

Im not great at the search function. I am confident that there was some exaggerating for affect going on and I have my answer. TY for responding. I gave it a half effort to find your post, but Im giving up because I want to go watch my Bentley Falcons upset one of the best hockey teams in NCAA. Cheers.

We called it weight room even if it wasnt bodybuilding. We were actually kind of ruthless about it. You hit a deep fly to the warning track and you are getting yelled at , especially if you arent coming with us to team workouts. It was half about the bonding. But I do believe that its super important to be a professional athlete, to keep your body right. I dont mean be a bodybuilder. We really just meant come when we go for runs. When we go to the gym. When we have sleepovers. When we go on trips.....When we all do like some stupid eat healthy challenge.....When we do all those bonding stuff.....Be a part of it or you just arent part of the team. I mean you are but you arent. Like in the way Barry Bonds was not part of the team. Maybe Devers too. Thats what I half-meant. The other half was specific to Mayer and like MVP said, specific to the offseason. They pushed Mayer to bulk up. They pushed Mayer to weight room. In this case, it was literally about adding muscle. And sometimes it is. When we had dudes that were flying out to the warning track we would bark at them just the same. Push them. I also wasnt being 100% literal. Pat Riley was though. Sometihng like if you were over x% body fat he'd trade your ass every time. And while Im not all the way there, I do respect it. And I dont like when baseball players dont act like a professional. ANd keeping your body in the best possible shape is part of that.

Lifting weights is not about bulk. We use to make fun of "beach muscles". YOu dont think Michael Phelps is strong? You dont think he lifted. Bulk is max and short reps. Lean wirey strength comes from lower weight but more reps.

You aint on the team if you aint in the weight room. If you were good enough to actually be on the team, and you were one of the 3-4 guys with better things to do, then you are just Barry Bonds but you aint one of us. The dudes who didnt come to the weight room were weirdo loners and even if they were good, we didnt like em. And we didnt invite em to our parties either.

Yes, very impressive for Boston. But like all of your Boston accomplishments, us Providence folk did it first. The sinking of the Gaspee, which we here in Pawtuxet Village, RI get fall down drunk and light boats on fire EVERY YEAR to celebrate was what gave the Union the confidence to fight in the first place. I am fully convinced that Henry Knox would not have been granted that contract , as there would have been no Union, if John Brown (for whom Brown U is named) and a bunch of fellow fed up Rhode Islanders didnt stand up for Colonial rights and sink a British ship just off the coast of Warwick, RI. Walking distance from where I sit right now. The sinking of the Gaspee in 1772 was over a year before the Tea Party, drew the Union closer together, and is one of the very first acts of violence committed against the crown by the colonies.

The best feeling in baseball is when you see that CF turn around. My buddy tells me its when he makes a bad throw at 2b because hes rushed and the 1b bails him out. Ive never been there. I dont "infield".

Up until a few months a go, Mayer was a string bean who didnt have the muscular padding to stay healthy. They needed him to correct that. He corrected that. I dont know if hes going to stay healhty now, but I know the odds of it have increased. And Im sure he'll notice the extra strength at the plate too. Best thing about increasing your raw strength (besides staying healthy) is that you dont have to swing as hard as you can at everything. I think I had more homeruns on 0-2 counts than any other. "Okay Drew, take something off, youre hacking and not making contact. Boom fastball at my knees, drop the bat head, focus on sweet-spot contact vs bat-speed".....And now Im looking at the CF'ers back which is always a great sign.

Sure, but not in this case. You never got frustrated with teammates who didnt weight room? If I was a coach it would be 0 tolerance. Pat Riley. Run a mile every day, lift weight for 2 hours every day. Or you arent on my team. No exceptions.

Mayer had to earn it (past tense). Mayer had to improve his work ethic (past tense). The results are of course TBD until they aren't but even if he struggles to stay healthy again or hit consistently again - the effort thing is already behind him. You put in that kind of work in the offseason. Once you hit the regular season, its kind of routine. And he did everything asked of him this offseason. I was skeptical when he reacted well when they challenged him to work out more. I was even skeptical when early reports were that he bought in on it. Gyms are always crowded in January, empty in September. Its the follow through that many dont have. And then he came into camp , for the first time, as strong as a 6'3 person should be. Could regress, sure.

You said had they signed either of the Japanese third baseman, it would have been a top offseason of all time , and then they didnt get either of those 3b but instead signed IKF and traded for Durbin after you made that statement. Normally I try not to keep tabs on poster's record for a few reasons. One, its petty. Two, people are allowed to change their mind, 3rd 2 ppl arguing over what someone said is not good reading for third parties, 4th I really dont want people digging up stuff Ive said long ago because like everyone sometimes Im coming from a place of emotion/exuberance. But honest question here , is the decrease from among the best off seasons all time to strong B+ because you were that high on the Japanese third basemen coming over (unseen ny your own eyes, I assume) or were you a little exuberant when you said all time great offseason?

Drop him down in batting order vs lefty, occasional day off vs lefty...Little things so his % of at-bats vs lefties is ~20% vs ~28% if they jsut left him hitting third every day. ALso, bringing him to pinch hit vs righties if he starts a game on bench. And sure , someone may emerge as a platoon partner if its like June and hes really struggling against lefties.

Durbin has some speed to help avoid the double play also. I dont hate either in the 2 hole and am fine with "whichever is hotter"

It will depend a lot on the % of his at-bats that re against lefties and what he does with those at-bats.

Hint: my roomate was on the team in 2003.

Well personally I was looking to rib you because ..... guess you cant guess the only greater Boston area college that made the frozen four tournament.....And it wasnt BC, BU, Northeastern, or Harvard.

More good than bad, especially against a lefty starter. Mayer has done everything we've asked him to do since last offseason. Most of our offense is going to come from Roman and Duran, and Im increasingly confident that its going to be a lot of offense from those 2. To summarize my thoughts on yesterdays big debate on Duran and Anthony batting order wise.... I think Anthony is going to have significantly more singles, walks, and homeruns I think Duran is going to have significantly more doubles, triples, and total extra base hits I think Anthony will have a .900ish OPS, Duran will prob be around .850 (but .900 vs righties). I love Anthony at lead-off, and I think Duran will have enough extra base hits to be fine in the 3 hole even if he doesnt hit as many dingers as a prototypical third hitter. I dont hate Story hitting between them because he has some speed to help avoid double plays, plus Im not as scared of a K in the 2 spot as I am a ground ball. When Roman is on first and Duran is on deck, I prefer a K over a grounder there. And Story was jsut under 30-30 last year, so thats "toolsy". Im not married to it, and Im not a "everybody needs a set role" kind of guy, so Im also fine with just putting the hottest righty bat between Anthony and Duran. Im thinking the double plays, and LOB is going to be an ongoing issue. And going against the grain here, I dont believe the issue is solved by looking strictly at OPS ( I think this is a rare situation when OPS isnt among the most telling stats) and I dont think its looking strictly at HRs either. I think its total extra base hits. Doubles avoid double plays. Doubles drive in runners from first (most of the time). Singles and walks, thats how you leave guys on base. So just need to make sure the extra base hitters come up in key spots and thats why Im a big fan of Anthony, hottest righty hitter, Duran at 1-2-3. Plus more at-bats for Anthony, and hes like a pros pro. Kind of weird how our 2 best non pitchers (fight me if you disagree) - we have Anthony who is like the most mature 21 year old IVe seen in a while and Duran who is like the least mature 30 year old Ive seen in a while (and I personally love him for it). But it will take both to win the division and I think they are both going to have great seasons.

TY for your sacrifice

Well sir, I may not agree with you, but I certainly respect you coming in hot after a break.

I dont hate Anthony-Contreras-Duran. But you cant drop Duran out of the top 3 vs righties. Unless you are just ignoring what Duran has done this spring. I think 2024 Duran returns

And this is why I support Duran in the three spot (at least against righties)

And doubles and triples are irrelevant?

Although, probs not the best hitter against lefties.

The Red Sox are also batting their best hitter third tonight, whats the problem?