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Post by Don Caballero on May 19, 2019 13:35:12 GMT -5
You're gonna namecheck the bizarre and wonderful randomness of the 2009 Sox and leave off all 325 pounds of Brad Penny? Oh my God yes, the pitching staff was somehow even more unbelievable than the position players. Brad Penny and Paul Byrd were teammates, that's just unbelievable. Speaking of fat pitchers, 2010 would feature the absolute peak chaos timeline of a name in Boof Bonser even if very briefly. Later years Theo Epstein felt like he was just pulling names out of a hat.
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Post by grandsalami on May 19, 2019 14:10:48 GMT -5
Mets get swept by the fish.
A house cleaning is coming.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 19, 2019 14:23:09 GMT -5
Yeah Julian Tavarez. He did some porn when he was a kid, not as a major leaguer. LOL. What?!!!! Tavarez reminded me of looking like Freddy Krugers cousin or soemthing, so this is like eye opening stuff here. I don't know if he actually did it or just thought about it. Gordon Edes, Globe, May 17, 2007: While talking to Julian Tavarez the other day about his impoverished upbringing in the Dominican -- he never went to school, sold newspapers, cleaned shoes and helped his dad, a construction worker -- Tavarez sheepishly admitted he had an odd ambition as a kid. If he couldn't be a baseball player, he said, he thought he might have a future as an adult movie star. ...
The way Julian explained it, he was exposed to a lot of that stuff as a kid, and saw it as a way to a better life.
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Post by grandsalami on May 19, 2019 17:44:21 GMT -5
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Post by telson13 on May 19, 2019 18:25:24 GMT -5
Byron Buxton has been great this year. He’s got an IsoP of .245 despite only hitting 4 HR. The 18 doubles help. This makes me very happy. I was kinda hoping the Sox would buy low on him (tho MN probably wasn’t going to give up on him) and move JBJ before FA, but thatship has long since sailed. Still, Buxton’s an exciting player with incredible speed and otherworldly defense, and after everything he’s gone through I love seeing him break through.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 20, 2019 5:05:41 GMT -5
Tim Tebow has hit his first AAA HR and raised his slash line to .157/.216/.231/.447 after 34 games.
The entire National League waits in fear of his arrival.
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Post by James Dunne on May 20, 2019 5:47:36 GMT -5
Tim Tebow has hit his first AAA HR and raised his slash line to .157/.216/.231/.447 after 34 games. The entire National League waits in fear of his arrival. Seen him live four times this year, and he just straight-up can't hit velocity. He actually seems to be able to identify and lay off of breaking stuff, but the difference in Triple-A is so many pitchers are grabbing the plate with it and then just burying him at 94. He is also so awkward in the outfield that it serves as a reminder how easy major leaguers make that stuff look. He is mastering the Hacksaw Jonny Gomes two steps and fall over "diving" catch though.
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Post by mobaz on May 20, 2019 8:27:15 GMT -5
Tim Tebow has hit his first AAA HR and raised his slash line to .157/.216/.231/.447 after 34 games. The entire National League waits in fear of his arrival. Seen him live four times this year, and he just straight-up can't hit velocity. He actually seems to be able to identify and lay off of breaking stuff, but the difference in Triple-A is so many pitchers are grabbing the plate with it and then just burying him at 94. He is also so awkward in the outfield that it serves as a reminder how easy major leaguers make that stuff look. He is mastering the Hacksaw Jonny Gomes two steps and fall over "diving" catch though. But how does he look at Tight End?
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Post by soxfanatic on May 20, 2019 9:12:21 GMT -5
Tim Tebow has hit his first AAA HR and raised his slash line to .157/.216/.231/.447 after 34 games. The entire National League waits in fear of his arrival. Seen him live four times this year, and he just straight-up can't hit velocity. He actually seems to be able to identify and lay off of breaking stuff, but the difference in Triple-A is so many pitchers are grabbing the plate with it and then just burying him at 94. He is also so awkward in the outfield that it serves as a reminder how easy major leaguers make that stuff look. He is mastering the Hacksaw Jonny Gomes two steps and fall over "diving" catch though. Aaah Jonny 'D-backs outfield/baserunning coordinator' Gomes
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Post by radiohix on May 20, 2019 17:09:18 GMT -5
The LOLmets.
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Post by bosox on May 20, 2019 17:30:26 GMT -5
You have Cano failing to run out ground balls resulting in two double plays this weekend, swept by the Marlins and now this. Tough to be a Mets fan.
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Post by Coreno on May 20, 2019 21:41:46 GMT -5
How did we take a trip down memory lane through the 2009 roster without mentioning that was the year of MLB starting SS Nick Green?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 21, 2019 0:00:27 GMT -5
Seen him live four times this year, and he just straight-up can't hit velocity. He actually seems to be able to identify and lay off of breaking stuff, but the difference in Triple-A is so many pitchers are grabbing the plate with it and then just burying him at 94. He is also so awkward in the outfield that it serves as a reminder how easy major leaguers make that stuff look. He is mastering the Hacksaw Jonny Gomes two steps and fall over "diving" catch though. But how does he look at Tight End? I wasn't looking there.
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Post by bluechip on May 21, 2019 9:21:15 GMT -5
Not really sure where put this, but here is an interesting article on the upcoming London Series. It spends a lot of detail on the playing surface (it’s turf), but here is the most interesting part for me: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26792983/red-sox-yankees-face-turf-1stThose might be some high scoring games, with lots of doubles.
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Post by klostrophobic on May 21, 2019 16:40:05 GMT -5
Tim Tebow has hit his first AAA HR and raised his slash line to .157/.216/.231/.447 after 34 games. The entire National League waits in fear of his arrival. I haven't followed him super closely, but it's actually pretty impressive how he's played after stepping away from baseball for over a decade. Obviously no shot at the majors, and he's largely just a marketing gimmick in the end, but he put up a 734 OPS in AA last year, granted with a crazy BABIP. Such a weird athlete, I wonder if he'd have excelled at baseball if he just stuck with it from HS on.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 26, 2019 19:08:31 GMT -5
Had to throw this is in - on Saturday, Mike Yastrzemski had his major league debut for the SF Giants. Went 0-3 with a walk while playing LF, the position his HOF grandpa Carl played for the Red Sox.
Strangely enough, apparently there are some Giants fans who don't know how to pronounce Yastrzemski's name.
For me, it's kind of crazy that he's playing. Makes me feel old. Yaz was born in 1939 and will turn 80 this year. Now his grandson is playing MLB and there's a kid named Elvis (Luciano) pitching for the Blue Jays born in the year 2000.
My first favorite player ever was Carl Yastrzemski. Saw Yaz toward the end of his career. Got a kick out of his hot start during the 1982 season when he was 43 years old. The Sox actually put him in CF for a game.
I know Mike Yastrzemski Jr. isn't much of a player but I hope at some point, he's able to become a backup OF for the Red Sox, even if it's very temporary. Something about a Yastrzemski playing LF in Boston feels good.
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Post by James Dunne on May 28, 2019 7:02:09 GMT -5
Casey Mize with eight shutout innings on Sunday. He now has made 10 starts this year, and has given up zero earned runs in seven of them.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 19:06:57 GMT -5
When the Giants called up Mike Yastrzemski they designated Mac Williamson for assignment, removing 1 former unsigned Red Sox pick to make room for another. Also Williamson is one of just 2 ever Red Sox picks in the 46th or later rounds to make it to the majors, the other being Brian Buscher. Both Buscher and Williamson didn't sign with the Red Sox, but were later drafted, both in the 3rd round, and both by the San Francisco Giants.
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Post by jerryu on May 29, 2019 19:29:28 GMT -5
That’s the most amazing coincidence!
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 29, 2019 22:55:56 GMT -5
Thankfully it "appears" that the 4 year old will be OK.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 30, 2019 10:13:02 GMT -5
Thankfully it "appears" that the 4 year old will be OK. Baseball has to fix this, now. They’re inviting an incident that will permanently damage the game.
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Post by James Dunne on May 30, 2019 10:46:14 GMT -5
Stephen Strasburg, Patrick Corbin, and Max Scherzer have a 3.10 ERA in 229 innings pitched. The rest of the team has a 6.40 ERA in 263 innings.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 2, 2019 4:34:51 GMT -5
Not baseball but interesting:
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 2, 2019 8:13:38 GMT -5
Stephen Strasburg, Patrick Corbin, and Max Scherzer have a 3.10 ERA in 229 innings pitched. The rest of the team has a 6.40 ERA in 263 innings. Strasburg is also coming up on his annual DL trip soon.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jun 3, 2019 11:09:45 GMT -5
Buxton is only second to Kevin Kiermaier in DRS in the AL this year.
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