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Post by 07redsox on Aug 18, 2023 18:50:05 GMT -5
Feels like we haven’t had an offensive game like this right from the start in a while, even though there was a chunk of time where it felt like this happened almost every night closer to the beginning of the season. Let’s hope this gets the offense going again for an extended period.
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Post by 07redsox on Aug 18, 2023 18:47:00 GMT -5
It sucks that a lot of us(me included) can't watch the game tonight. It's 2023 and STILL Blackouts ?!? Ridiculous! agree/ can you do the free trial ? 7 days, will cancel this bitch on day 6. If you use the MLB.TV app, you should be able to get a free 2 month trial. Have seen it pop up most of the season, so been saving it for a night like tonight.
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Post by 07redsox on Aug 18, 2023 17:16:39 GMT -5
Is there a particular reason why it has to be on your iPhone? Apple Tv.... I have a Roku tv, and Apple TV is not available on it regrettably. I think the newer Roku tv's do have access to Apple TV, but I'm not going to buy a new 60inch TV for the hell of it. Ahhh forgot tonight was Apple TV exclusive. Strange they can’t put out an update to older Roku TV’s that allow access to apple tv. I do know that is is accessible now from what I have seen.
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Post by 07redsox on Aug 18, 2023 16:56:39 GMT -5
I am forever irked by the draconian blackout rules around mlb.tv games. Seems to me, if you pay to watch your team, it shouldn't matter who the broadcaster is or the market they are playing in. I have no problem suffering local advertising, but to not be able to watch the game unless I watch on my iphone or other smaller device annoys me to no end. Granted, it's probably saving me some indigestion the way things have been this past few days but I still find it annoying. Is there a particular reason why it has to be on your iPhone?
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Post by 07redsox on Aug 14, 2023 18:24:37 GMT -5
Inaccurate and inappropriate. Evidence to the contrary. #3 and #99. Just a question of how far/low you are willing to go. Except your “evidence to the contrary” is so far from what Wander, if true, did that it’s not even comparable. There are enough players in the majors that a chunk of them are going to have things in their past that they aren’t proud of or don’t exactly make them upstanding citizens. But these allegations are, thankfully, rare and go far beyond many of the other situations we typically see. To stay a little more on track with what it supposed to be posted in this thread, I truly hope that these allegations are not true. But at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if they were. Have to wonder what this would mean for him, the Rays and that contract going forward if it is true. Would they be able to get out from under the contract? If not, that’s a lot of money tied up for a team that doesn’t usually throw much of it around.
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Post by 07redsox on Aug 11, 2023 11:51:54 GMT -5
Webster and de la Rosa were pretty highly regarded prospects when that trade was made, but they didn't pan out. A better prospect return there was possible.
Yes, they could have traded Paxton and Turner for prospects. That would have meant punting on the season. Not gonna go in circles on that again.
You don’t think the prospect return was diminished because we were salary dumping to the max? Webster was a pretty meh prospect and de la Rosa had higher grades prior to his Tommy John surgery. No matter what that trade was a Redsox win no matter how you look at that one No one said that the trade didn’t work out. The point is that they got nothing from the prospects in that deal. If they did, then things for the team during that time period could have looked different.
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Post by 07redsox on Aug 6, 2023 12:01:00 GMT -5
Like I said in a following post, it doesn’t excuse showing up late. He should take a leave of absence if that’s what impacting him. But depression can absolutely be a motivation killer at work, I can tell you that from multiple personal experiences. People are wired differently. Well, you've shown a lot of guts by getting through the depression and I wish you the best. I mean that sincerely. But it can also work the other way and that would be particularly true, I would think, for a guy who has an exciting job and a workplace where there's a lot of camaraderie and good-natured kidding around. We've heard other athletes say that they find the field or the court to be their place of escape when they have something else going on in their life. Look, this is all speculation because we have no idea whether Dugo is depressed. If he is and it's to the point that Brian Johnson or Pete Harnish (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harnipe01.shtml) reached, he should take a leave and the team should publicly support him. While what you said is definitely true, it all goes back to what cdj said in that everyone is wired in different ways. As someone whose expertise is in clinical mental health, no one person truly responds in the same exact way to trauma. I know sports stars have a certain stereotype, but it’s the same for them as well (for example Greinke and his anxiety issues). For all the talk in other threads about the trade rumors and if that’s bothering him needing to get over it, that could even be a considered a trauma for certain people. Not saying that’s the case with Verdugo (and I don’t think it is), but certain people may feel betrayed or vulnerable and let it affect their performance. You never really know what something is feeling/thinking unless fully expressed, which is what makes it such a harder thing to deal with and notice than physical injuries at times. The mind is truly a very wonderful and strange thing!
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Post by 07redsox on Aug 1, 2023 19:01:01 GMT -5
Those three have 2.2 combined career WAR. Urias had 2.3 last year. (last year) past success is not necessarily am indicator of future value. Last year Duran looked like garbage. This year he has been superman. It’s a much better indicator than hardly any success (I.e. Chang, Arroyo, Reyes). Urias had his first two full time seasons the past two years and posted 2.1 and 2.3 WAR at the age of 24 and 25. He’s only 26 years old and has a few years of control. He’s barely played this year (and not well when he did play) because of injury, but was hitting much more like himself recently in AAA. I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to think that he can come back and post similar numbers if healthy again. That’s an extremely valuable player potentially for next season at 2B.
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Post by 07redsox on Jul 31, 2023 19:49:14 GMT -5
Yeah, there is literally no planet in which healthy 2023 Red Sox are better than healthy 2023 Braves. Also, in regards to paying for pitching, the teams that have ponied up for an "ace" have been pretty massively let down the past couple years. Picking the right pitchers to pay is tough. Braves Orioles Rays Astros (when healthy) Rangers Dodgers etc... The roster isn't bad but you can't put them up against the upper tier squads. I'll say this, they do play well vs upper tier teams. The Rays have been playing around .500 ball for something like 2+ months and the Rangers have a lot of players overachieving based on advanced stats. Just like saying when the Astros are healthy, a healthy Red Sox roster is a damn good team. Definitely wouldn’t call them the best, but let’s not act like they aren’t a strong contender. A top three rotation of Sale (healthy), Paxton and Bello would be a solid contender for one of the best out there. You also say etc, but who exactly are the other better teams, especially if the Sox are completely healthy? I don’t see much else out there that would be clearly better at that point.
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Post by 07redsox on Jul 30, 2023 19:07:08 GMT -5
This is not a good post and you should feel bad for it man. Is it a lie though. Let’s be real everyone is thinking it Steroids don’t help you stop chasing high fastballs, or allow you to catch up to them when you do swing. So no, everyone wasn’t thinking it at all.
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Post by 07redsox on Jul 29, 2023 11:33:29 GMT -5
Need a rain delay in Baltimore this evening. Local FOX affiliate has picked up that game instead of the Sox/Giants. Grrrrr. Anybody got a link to a rain dance tutorial? Not 100% sure if this works, but it looks like if you have any television subscription you can download the Fox Sports app and watch which feed of games you want on that app, even if you local television affiliate picked up a different game. I’m in the same situation as you and going to try that tonight. Connected my YouTube TV subscription to the Fox Sports app and looks like it will work from what I see.
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Post by 07redsox on Jul 29, 2023 11:16:31 GMT -5
Not sure if that’s linking me right but if you look at Duran’s savant page it shows 54th percentile in OAA. Sort of interesting that he’s 99th percentile in jump which must mean his routes are terrible but great jump and great speed gets him to average. He's okay but what I notice is how often does he make a highlight reel play? I can think of a couple off the top of my head. However, I don’t think that’s the best way to judge anyone’s defense. There are plenty of times where someone makes a highlight reel play that only happened because of bad defense (bad route, bad jump, etc). If it looks like he’s getting good jumps like discussed above, then hopefully he can work on his routes going forward. Honestly, he was so bad defensively last year that the fact he is where he is now is astounding. Hopefully he can continue to improve going forward.
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Post by 07redsox on Jul 18, 2023 17:25:17 GMT -5
Did they say he'd start his rehab by DHing? No but I'm working off the assumption that he wont be ready to throw until August but I also haven't heard much of a time table on his possible rehab recently either so I suppose the real ideal scenario is he just starts playing SS right off the bat. It'll be something to keep an eye on though. While obviously not the same as in game at SS, it appears that he’s been throwing from 160-170 feet for at least a week so far from what I found online.
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Post by 07redsox on May 29, 2023 14:03:37 GMT -5
I just watched a relay of the last 7.5 minutes of the game. I tried to hit the pause button at the right time, but was a tenth of a second off, but I do think the Celts caught a bit of a break at the end of the game. When I paused the game at 3.1 seconds Horford wasn't quite in position to foul Butler. They called the foul and had the clock at 2.1 seconds and then reset it to 3.0 seconds, but most likely the foul occurred around 2.6 seconds. Maybe somebody could check that more accurately than I did, but I think the Celtics were given almost half a second of extra time to execute the final play and given that they won with only 0.1 seconds left, perhaps that's a huge thing. Of course had there been 2.5 seconds on the clock left instead of 3, maybe the play call would have been slightly different, but who knows? All I know is that I didnt realize the Celts were given a fraction of a second extra or at least I think so. The clock on the television is never the official time and reportedly is almost always slightly off. Whatever time they put back onto the clock is specifically from the official time from the scorers table, not what we are seeing on the screen.
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Post by 07redsox on May 28, 2023 7:10:18 GMT -5
The other striking thing was the graphic that momentarily flashed on the TV showing Miami winning the game 103-102 and the Series 4 games to 2. It was shades of the 1986 World Series when the scoreboard momentarily flashed Congratulationd 1986 World Champion Red Sox and it was mentioned Bruce Hurst was voted World Series MVP. That can't be a good omen for Miami. I mean I did see that graphic on TV last night, didnt I? I didn't imagine that? My mind had already hallucinated that the Celtics season had ended with White's tip back wedged between the backboard and the side of the rim, so I know my eyes were playing tricks on me last night so I dont know what the hell I saw in that final 0.1 second. I probably need to start wearing glasses! It was there, at least as far as I read. I was too stunned to see it myself, but I read it from posts people had made on social media. And of course, people were trying to say it was proof that things were fixed.
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Post by 07redsox on May 28, 2023 7:08:22 GMT -5
It's surprising to me that this is the 4th time a team has been down 3-0 in an NBA series and in the other 3 cases all 3 of those teams recovered their poise to win Game 7 anyways. In baseball the Rays beat the Astros the first 3 games in the 2020 ALCS but the Astros won the next 3 and invited talk about the 2004 Red Sox, but the Tampa recovered in Game 7 to win the pennant. That said, my feeling is that if the Garden is rocking like it should then I think the Celtics can feed off of it and the emotion and momentum from their scare in Game 6 can carry them through. Or at least I hope so. All I'm saying is that its surprising that the history to date in this situation has gone the other way. Here's to hoping that they, like the 2004 Red Sox, become pioneers, and complete the comeback and make it 1-150 for teams down 3-0. You'd have to think there some sort of divine reason why White's tip back was released at 0.1 seconds left. That might have been the Dave Roberts/Bill Mueller sequence of their season. They just need Tatum to be Ortiz, lol, or perhaps Johnny Damon in ALCS 2004 Game 7! The one caveat to this though is that this is the first time a team down 3-0 has forced game 7 and had home court. In the 3 other times this has happened, all three of them won game 6 at home and had to play game 7 on the road. This whole situation has really been a perfect storm to make this actually possible, including the fact that this is probably the biggest mismatch in talent with the team down 3-0 actually being the much more talented team. Hopefully they can pull it off and make history; making Boston not only title town, but also comeback town as well
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Post by 07redsox on May 27, 2023 22:23:43 GMT -5
That was just absolutely incredible; woke up my wife for sure and thankfully not our baby! Had no business winning that at the end, but what a way to win!
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Post by 07redsox on May 20, 2023 22:16:47 GMT -5
weird. i was gonna watch Total Pro Don Orsillo instead of DOB and they won't let me watch the SD broadcast, even though i can watch the NESN. does anyyone else have the at issue ? Did you buy the single team broadcast MLB.tv? It’s the cheapest plan, but only lets you watch the home broadcasts for whichever team you pick when you sign up.
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Post by 07redsox on May 14, 2023 16:23:11 GMT -5
Only one concern - they're doing this with 5 guys. Can they maintain with White and Brogdon in to give some breathers! Brogdon just adding a 3 because he’s feeling left out
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Post by 07redsox on May 7, 2023 13:09:05 GMT -5
I totally disagree with this claim. He moves slowly, yes. But his actions are baseball-like, as it is taught: fielding, throwing, running. He hustles. He is alert. I do not understand the need to constantly disparage this team's players. Come on, dude's not Mike Trout. He sucks. Yoshida sucks? I would hate to hear how all the other players on the team are doing then haha
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Post by 07redsox on May 5, 2023 10:20:27 GMT -5
Going to the game tonight and taking my son to his first baseball game! Hopefully the good times continue (for the Sox and Celtics who will be right next door).
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Post by 07redsox on Apr 23, 2023 15:52:25 GMT -5
Kinda got the sense that Yoshida thinks the dumb bells are cringe They got the whole thing from him doing it in Japan after he hit a HR
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Post by 07redsox on Apr 10, 2023 16:14:45 GMT -5
Alex Cora and Kiké Hernandez inexplicably batting leadoff - name a more iconic duo. I get why Hernandez is at SS today given that Refsnyder is substantially better against LHP than Chang, but unless Duvall's injury isn't severe Kiké needs to move back to CF after this lefty-heavy stretch. I really hope they don’t do what they did with Story last year and are willing move Kiké off of his new position. He’s a horrible SS and we have no true CF healthy right now. Cora was on MLB Network Radio this morning and stated that Kiké’s versatility is huge for them for something like this. From what he said it sounded to me like he will be moving around a bit depending on matchups.
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Noah Song
Feb 28, 2023 23:19:13 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by 07redsox on Feb 28, 2023 23:19:13 GMT -5
My understanding is that this has always meant exactly what everyone has been saying to you. For instance, this from Baseball America: “The selected player must be kept on the major league roster for the entire upcoming season. They can be placed on the injured list if they have a legitimate injury (there have been grievances filed and won over phantom Rule 5 injuries), but they can't be optioned to the minors. Instead, if a team decides to clear the Rule 5 pick from their active roster, they have to be placed on waivers. Any other team can claim the player and by doing so that team assumes the Rule 5 roster responsibilities.” I have never heard this not be the case any time Rule 5 comes up. I have always understood it as any aquiring team has to play by the same rules of the original Rule 5 drafting team and I don’t see anything that tells me differently when looking around online. Did you check mlb.com?
To be fair, this hardly ever comes up because there is rarely a pitcher of Song's pedigree who gets exposed to and picked in the Rule 5 draft. 99% of the time, if a Rule 5 kid is put through waivers, it's because he's clearly not ready and the drafting team didn't even try to trade for his rights from the kid's former team. In such a case, it would be rare for another team to value the player enough to put him on their 40-man.
I get that a team that trades for a Rule 5 pick assumes the Rule 5 rules. But "outright waivers'' has a specific definition and that definition makes no stipulation about Rule 5 draft picks. And I don't see why it should. By the mlb.com definition, a Rule 5 pick is basically like a player on a 26-man roster who is out of options.
Either mlb.com is wrong or Baseball America is wrong.
Just because the mlb.com definition of outright waivers doesn’t make a specific stipulation for Rule 5 draft picks doesn't necessarily mean that the stipulation still doesn’t exist though. I wouldn’t expect it to be there myself anyway, considering Rule 5 players falling into this type of situation are exceedingly rare compared to normal outright waivers situations. I would assume the Rule 5 rules supersede part of the outright waivers for the simple fact that the Rule 5 player most stay on the major league roster. If the claiming team doesn’t put them on the 26-man roster I assume they would have to place the player on waivers once again to try and sneak them through waivers and hope no one claims them. If they don’t, that’s when they would have to offer him back to the Sox. If for whatever reason they don’t want him back, then the team could keep him and move him to the minors.
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Post by 07redsox on Feb 28, 2023 22:46:58 GMT -5
Here is the cut-and-pasted Rule 5 from MLB, as regards waivers: "Rule 5 Draft picks are assigned directly to the drafting club's 26-man roster and must be placed on outright waivers in order to be removed from the 26-man roster in the subsequent season. Should the player clear waivers, he must be offered back to his previous team for $50,000 and can be outrighted to the Minors only if his original club does not wish to reacquire him." Here's the link to the whole thing: www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/rule-5-draftFor those of you pointing out my "factual errors," please provide an explanation, with receipts, of how "outright waivers" means the claiming team needs to keep the player on their 26-man roster. I can save you the trouble: it doesn't. Here is the link to the rule for Outright Waivers: www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/outright-waiversThis outright waivers aspect of the Rule 5 draft, makes all the sense in the world. It's just like when you're trying to move any player who is out of options off the 26-man roster. You have to pass them through outright waivers first. The claiming team only has to keep the player on their 40-man, not their 26-man roster.
It's incredible the amount of magical thinking that's going on where people will conjure any loophole they can think of to fit the narrative that Song will ultimately make it back to the Sox, safe and sound. Sorry, there's a lot that a team will consider sacrificing to get a cheap shot at a 1st-round talent. And it only takes one team.
My understanding is that this has always meant exactly what everyone has been saying to you. For instance, this from Baseball America: “The selected player must be kept on the major league roster for the entire upcoming season. They can be placed on the injured list if they have a legitimate injury (there have been grievances filed and won over phantom Rule 5 injuries), but they can't be optioned to the minors. Instead, if a team decides to clear the Rule 5 pick from their active roster, they have to be placed on waivers. Any other team can claim the player and by doing so that team assumes the Rule 5 roster responsibilities.” I have never heard this not be the case any time Rule 5 comes up. I have always understood it as any aquiring team has to play by the same rules of the original Rule 5 drafting team and I don’t see anything that tells me differently when looking around online. ADD: The second link you posted is also only relevant to outright waivers; it has nothing to do with Rule 5 selections. What you say is completely true for regular outright waivers, but Rule 5 selections have their own set of rules, the biggest one being that the player has to spend the entire season on the major league roster (meaning the 26-man roster).
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