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1. Steve Balboni's Personal Trainer Posted: April 22, 2010 at 09:42 PM (#3511220)I'm not sure that playing David Ortiz achieves that goal, though. He is done.
Also, I'd have a chat with Farrell about whether every pitcher should go to the slide-step.* We're throwing out 3% of the attempted base stealers, fer crissakes. I can believe Victor's hitting stats are going to rise, but I'm desperately worried that his arm just ain't going to get much better without help. Might be worth seeing if the pitchers can mitigate this baserunning problem without unduly damaging their efficiency against the guy at the plate.
*Qualifier: Since I'm not in NESN's viewing area, I have no idea whether most of the pitchers already use the slide-step. If they do and we're nevertheless throwing almost no one out, then I'm going to curl up in the fetal position and whimper for a while...
Just stay within yourself.
* And that JD Drew is standing out there thinking, "Have I ever actually appeared in 16 straight games?"
Better.
I've taken the liberty of forwarding your email to Shanks, requesting that he forward it to Larry, and that Larry hand-deliever it to Theo.
I hear its a grueling interview. Better bone-up.
This sounds more like a vividly unpleasant and messy REM nightmare I'd rather not remember.
My first thought as well. Ick.
Louisville was the first to fall.
I know it offends your delicate sensibilities for me to comment on the manager's decisions, but this is a thread about the manager... and his decisions. There's plenty of other internets out there for you to explore if you'd rather not read such things.
Besides PRing for Victor Martinez in the 7th inning, I haven't had any objections.
I don't know if the letting starters get gassed refers to Buccholz (he actually still had good stuff) or Wakefield (Tito and Wake were all but giving up on the game to give the pen a break)
There should be a 'What is Theo going to do'. Because QUITE FRANKLY, not only are the Sox going to miss the playoffs this year...they're in big trouble for one or two more years. It's hard enough to buy your way out of problems. It's even more difficult when your richer big brother lives with you and has the pick of all the hot hookers.
We can also talk about what Theo is going to do, of course. On that topic, I have a hard time agreeing with you. The Red Sox are set up to be good for the next few years.
The lineup, though, is sort of weird. Why move Pedroia out of #2 and put Drew there--not the natural place for either of their skill sets. Pedroia has gone in the tank since and Drew hasn't snapped out of his slump. I'd flop them.
Sorry, but I can no longer take your comments on Terry Francona seriously. You really do come across as a Walter Mitty guy who's actually sitting there typing/thinking how he'd do a better job than Tito.
I think the Red Sox believe that R/L/R maintenance is more important than lineup slot.
@19,
They're choosing to go
R-L-R-R
instead of
R-R-L-R
Now, when you consider that the bottom of the lineup is often a lefty, then the second might be considered a better way to mix up the L/R thing.
OK deal. But I think if you go back over your work, you'll see that you've made roughly 12 kajillion
anti-Tito cracks in a row. One gets the distinct idea that you think he's the worst manager in the AL.
And it's not the same lame joke. It's a series of brilliant variations on the same lame joke.
Speaking of which, Wakefield is pitching today.
Yuck.
PS: Put up Game Chatter?
Trading Manny was the huge unforced error -- he could be putting up his 200 OPS+ for us, without his hamstrings being a problem, provided Tito could be persuaded to DH him.
Dreamweeeeeeeaver....
And that 50 game suspension would have gone over great last year.
And Delcarmen was being saved for a save situation. It's called "The Timlin Theorem".
Maybe we can trade Papelbon for Manny? Or for anything at all?
Ramiro Pena and Grant Duff. Done deal.
Is teddy going to argue that Delcarmen is a Choka, and so this was justified?
No clue. His velocity is down but he has been pretty effective so far (it's entirely possible the .036 BABIP won't stand up though). I watch him and wonder if he is hurt or if the Sox have taken the approach that says lose a little velocity for improved movement and command. PitchFx at Fangraphs doesn't show anything particularly definitive on the movement front.
I'm not at my best, 4 hours of agonizing (though ultimately rewarding) baseball are not conducive to a good night's sleep.
Well, when you've got already got one Manny, one Ramirez and a karlmagnus who must inject an unrelated Manny Ramirez into every discussion, your confusion is completely understandable.
But again, I'm working on limited sleep.
You could be Rip Van Winkle himself and still not be able to comprehend the way the mind of a karlmagnus works, so don't beat yourself up.
No. Because he doesn't always choke, and we know Scott always stinks. Perhaps MDC would have not choked, or rattled or whatever, and been successful. ;-)
He's either pulling everyone's chains, or he's slightly nuts. He makes/has made some very insightful posts over at the Hall of Merit, but as far as his contributions to ST, I think they are (IMO) generally better off ignored.
Karl and the Duke are one.
15 games is now 25 games, and things are even worse. There is some hope though, but not sure if it is real or not. JD and Papis bats showed signs of life, but against Oriole pitching. Will it hold true for better teams. The Angels fortunately have allowed almost as many runs as the Red Sopx and Orioles, and they will be playing at home, so may the good times continue.
Not picking on ptodd, but this is why you don't freak out over a bad start.
I'm about a week away from posting the same thing on this year's version of the "Papelbon is done" thread...
Clearly they are better than I had thought they were a month ago, owing in large part to Clay Buchholz thusfar exceeding even the most optimistic projections I saw for him this season.
They're playing, IIRC, 21 of their next 30 away from home though. We'll see if they can handle good pitching (looks like they're going to hit Ubaldo Jimenez and Tim Lincecum, and then face the Rays at home after that) the way they've handled medicore or poor pitching they've mostly faced recently.
Heh. I was waiting for him to get his 21st save so I could cash in my bet with Fly.
Pikers like Halladay, Shields, Garza, Grienke, Haren, Kuroda.
*Guess some of that depends on the definition of 'recently'
How about that Red Sox infield?
Still got that post queued up, Nate?
I'm glad I showed some restraint...
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