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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Anatomy of the Red Sox batting order - WEEI | Rob Bradford

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posted 1 day ago by Jim Furtado to red sox, sabermetrics | 5 comment(s)

Interesting stuff.

John Farrell and Torey Lovullo looked down toward the Twins bullpen. They saw some stirring, as Minnesota lefty reliever Brian Duensing had grabbed a ball and tossed it a few times.

Then Duensing sat down. It was then the Red Sox manager and his bench coach knew they had put the right people in the right places.

“It’s a good feeling,” Lovullo said after the Red Sox’ 12-5 win over the Twins Saturday night, “when all the puzzle pieces fit perfectly.”

The puzzle Lovullo ...

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1. Walt Davis posted on January 23, 2013 at 03:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

receiving medication intended to slow the progress of the condition

roids

2. Jack Keefe posted on January 23, 2013 at 03:42 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hey Al it says here Napolly has taken a PEZ for a lack of blood flow to his Groyne. They have drugs for that now Al but you have to hold hans with some Dame in a Bath Tub while you take them. Can these guys not just watch a forren movie or maybe read 500 Sheets of Greay.

3. Mattbert posted on January 23, 2013 at 03:43 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What the heck is up with the formatting on these news submissions? Yeargh.

4. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on January 23, 2013 at 03:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I've never run into a problem when submitting but it seems many people have. Harveys hates the system with a spectacular passion* so there must be something confusing.

* - For some reason I initially spelled "passion" P-A-S-H-I-O-N. This is not a good sign.

5. Mirabelli Dictu (Chris McClinch) posted on January 23, 2013 at 03:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

receiving medication intended to slow the progress of the condition

roids

Possibly, but it would be the type that make you smaller and fatter.

6. Mattbert posted on January 23, 2013 at 04:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I've never run into a problem when submitting but it seems many people have.

I can never get URLs to work in the submission box (as should be made clear from this one). It was easier when we had the little tag buttons for bold, italics, quote, url, etc. right above the box there as we do for the comment box on posted articles. I don't know if The Jim removed those to discourage people from quoting large portions of the linked article or what.

7. Dale Sams posted on January 23, 2013 at 04:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wait. Wait..wait. They now do MRI's on hips as part of a standard physical, but only begrudgingly did an MRI on Ellsbury ribs after the "Suckitupyoucryingbitch therapy" didn't take? Getting rid of that Dr. Spaceman guy was the best thing the Sox ever did.

8. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on January 23, 2013 at 04:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It was easier when we had the little tag buttons for bold, italics, quote, url, etc. right above the box there as we do for the comment box on posted articles.

Yeah, I'm not sure why that stuff went away. That was nice.

9. Pat Rapper's Delight posted on January 23, 2013 at 06:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Can't you see Napoli is still a young man. Time will tell if he can recapture the magic from back in the day of 2011 or if he's just a flash in the pan. On the serious side, I just hope this deal isn't a ball and chain for the Sox, but I think the clean slate will be good for him and he will be a credit to the Sox lineup. Believe it.

10. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on January 23, 2013 at 06:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It's impossible for this deal to be a ball and chain. If he flops, it's 5 mil and one year down the drain. It sucks but it's hardly catastrophic the way a long term deal could be.

11. the Hugh Jorgan returns posted on January 23, 2013 at 06:31 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

#10

totally agree. I'm not confident the Sox will do anything other then touch .500 this year anyway. So if he holds up and does well, you actually make an attempt to sign him for another year or two, and if the hips go bad, it's only 5 mil and the team will still be the poster child for mediocrity.

12. Biff, highly-regarded young guy posted on January 23, 2013 at 06:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Getting rid of that Dr. Spaceman guy was the best thing the Sox ever did.

I believe you mean Surgeon General Spaceman.

13. Joe Bivens, Minor Genius posted on January 23, 2013 at 06:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

* - For some reason I initially spelled "passion" P-A-S-H-I-O-N. This is not a good sign.

That's Keefe's territory.

14. Darren

posted on January 23, 2013 at 07:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What the heck is up with the formatting on these news submissions? Yeargh.

I blame him too.

15. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on January 23, 2013 at 07:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

They now do MRI's on hips as part of a standard physical, but only begrudgingly did an MRI on Ellsbury ribs after the "Suckitupyoucryingbitch therapy" didn't take?

The Ellsbury ####### were in 2010. After that season they removed the medical director but retained their affiliation with Mass Gen (where the former medical director is still head of ortho and involved with the Sox) under slightly different leadership. This offseason they've overhauled the training staff, but as far as I know they haven't made any significant changes to their medical team.

16. Jim Furtado

posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:05 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The same formatting buttons that you see for comments should be available when you make submissions. Although I thought I had fixed the bug related to Expression Engine changing the code for making standalone submissions, the problem has reappeared.

I will start working on a permanent fix. Sorry about the problem.

17. The Yankee Clapper posted on January 23, 2013 at 11:21 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

EDIT : Never mind.

18. Mattbert posted on January 23, 2013 at 11:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hey, cool. Thanks, Jim!

19. Walt Davis posted on January 24, 2013 at 04:46 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Getting rid of that Dr. Spaceman guy

Bill Lee was the Red Sox doctor? That explains a lot.

20. squatto posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Bill Lee was the Red Sox doctor? That explains a lot.

Have some pancakes. #######!

21. Yeaarrgghhhh posted on January 24, 2013 at 01:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Oh sure, blame me.

22. Ron J2 posted on January 24, 2013 at 01:15 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

#21 Already handled. See #3 and #14.

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