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Post by James Dunne on Nov 4, 2016 7:26:18 GMT -5
The other thing about Epstein is his talent for surrounding himself with competent people. He hired Francona despite the fact he didn't have a good record in Philadelphia. Then he brought in Hoyer, Cherington, Hazen, Sawdaye. McLeod, Porter - all those people who everyone is so furious about the Red Sox losing to promotions in other organizations.
He's among the best executives in baseball history.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 4, 2016 12:31:50 GMT -5
The other thing about Epstein is his talent for surrounding himself with competent people. He hired Francona despite the fact he didn't have a good record in Philadelphia. Then he brought in Hoyer, Cherington, Hazen, Sawdaye. McLeod, Porter - all those people who everyone is so furious about the Red Sox losing to promotions in other organizations. He's among the best executives in baseball history. Wasn't it Lucchino that brought most of those guys in, just like he brought in Theo?
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Post by James Dunne on Nov 4, 2016 12:35:12 GMT -5
The other thing about Epstein is his talent for surrounding himself with competent people. He hired Francona despite the fact he didn't have a good record in Philadelphia. Then he brought in Hoyer, Cherington, Hazen, Sawdaye. McLeod, Porter - all those people who everyone is so furious about the Red Sox losing to promotions in other organizations. He's among the best executives in baseball history. Wasn't it Lucchino that brought most of those guys in, just like he brought in Theo? No.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Nov 4, 2016 12:56:39 GMT -5
Wasn't it Lucchino that brought most of those guys in, just like he brought in Theo? No. Ok did a little research Charington was hired by Dan Duquette in 1999 and Hoyer came with Lucchino, just like Theo did when they left Padres. Your giving Theo credit for something he didn't do.
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Post by James Dunne on Nov 4, 2016 13:10:45 GMT -5
Jed Hoyer was hired another prominent time by Theo when Larry was not involved.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Nov 4, 2016 16:03:27 GMT -5
I was thinking about this as I watched bits of the game again.
There was a key spot when Tito pinch-ran Naquin for Perez when he walked down a few runs in the 7th inning I believe.
Ultimately that caused a problem. Perez' run wasn't the tying run and if he was going to pinch-run for him perhaps he should have burned out Michael Martinez instead. I mention this because when Tito went to pull Coco Crisp out of the game because of his weak arm and replaced him with Martinez, he could have had Naquin available to pinch-hit if the need was there, which it was in the last of the 10th with Rajai Davis representing the tying run at the plate with two outs and the World Series on the line.
Instead the Cubs caught a break and Martinez was an easy out, well as easy as a weak dribbler can be with wet grass for the 3b to deal with.
I remember thinking how fortunate the Cubs were that the lineup was down to Martinez and Gomes with no pinch-hitters available, not that you think about saving guys for the 10th when you're down several runs.
That in my mind makes it worse for the Texas Rangers who blew two chances to close out the Cards in 2011 and had two very weak hitters leading off the last of the 10th up 2 but Darren Oliver failed to retire those hitters and away went their chance to win the World Series. The 2016 Cubs got their man.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2016 7:52:52 GMT -5
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Post by jimed14 on Nov 5, 2016 10:57:32 GMT -5
I pointed out the increased breaking ball usage. It seemed like no one in the post-season could hit one.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2016 12:20:38 GMT -5
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