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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 13, 2017 18:46:01 GMT -5
Hanley just has no baseball IQ, I'm sorry to say. He's not swinging the bat particularly well plus he's facing a pitcher who is having a hard time finding the strike zone. Most would think to look for a specific pitch. Make this guy throw strikes. So what does he do? Swing at two pitches out of the strike zone and grounds into a double play. Infuriating.
Why is he batting ahead of jbj?! 😫
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 12, 2017 19:55:34 GMT -5
Lol. Can't make some of this up. Unbelievable.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 12, 2017 19:52:11 GMT -5
He was very good before TJ. Great slider if I recall.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 12, 2017 19:11:18 GMT -5
Hatfield must be dancing right now. 2 Wahoos back to back I know I am!!! 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 12, 2017 14:06:43 GMT -5
Oh god, read the listing of names in thread title and thought we made a trade for a 7th inning arm in the majors. Relieved to find out its just an all-star announcement. Congrats to the Salem studs. Me, too!! I need a moment to get my heart rate back to a somewhat normal level. Congrats to the players.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 11, 2017 13:28:37 GMT -5
I just assumed everyone was aware that Adam West passed away yesterday. The original 1960s Batman series was really awesome. I grew up on reruns of Batman '66. For the Twitter inclined, I'm a fan of this account: twitter.com/BatLabelsPure. West.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 10, 2017 21:53:08 GMT -5
Re: Hanley. No idea if he's hurt or what, although given his career of above average to excellent hitting I'll give him a little benefit of the doubt that something is wrong physically. I'd definitely give him a few games off regardless. Also, this whole idea that Papi fixed Hanley last year is a tad overblown. Remember Hanley was pretty terrible last season until june-ish before he went on that mid-season tear.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 10, 2017 21:39:23 GMT -5
The Tigers bullpen is terrible. But man do they have some interesting names: Warwick Saupold, arcenio Leon, etc. They sound like b-list porn stars who are trying too hard. Although, given how poor they pitch that might be the direction their career's are headed towards anyways. What do we have? Matt Barnes. Joe Kelly. Boring!
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 10, 2017 21:26:03 GMT -5
Barnes with a nice 8th inning, but I would have put Kelly in.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 10, 2017 21:16:57 GMT -5
Kudos to Rutledge. Very nice game.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 7, 2017 14:10:01 GMT -5
Henry Owens with 103 pitches in 4 1/3 inning. Deep sigh.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 7, 2017 13:47:41 GMT -5
Unbelievable. Including Shaw and Coca that's 19 players traded away in just a little over a year. It's almost as if DD luckily ran into a pile of money he didn't earn and went to an wild shopping spree. He's like Oprah. A prospect for you! A prospect for you! Everyone gets a red sox prospect!
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 7, 2017 13:38:52 GMT -5
Farrell seems, to me, to be partitioning the bullpen on a game by game basis. So Hembree gets put aside for tonight, perhaps? That may not be the best way to approach this. The situational approach that jmei lays out looks like a better alternative. I'm not sure what JF is doing. I was thinking along the same lines as you, but then I noticed Hembree warmed up twice last night. Once in the fifth and again in the eighth.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 6, 2017 21:20:35 GMT -5
I was until my gf made me turn it off because I was cursing too loud. Now I'm forced to follow the play-by-play on my phone. 😞 Man, she doesn't understand this is the Sox VS. the Yankees? WOW!>Sox making Green look like an ALL STAR! When we first started dating, I'd watch Sox games and just yell at the tv for three plus hours. One day I wore a Red Sox shirt and she was like "did you lose a bet?" I asked her what she meant. She said "I thought you hated the Red Sox, you're always angry and yelling at them." I had to explain to her that my curses and yells are out of love... except when panda is involved. Then it's anger. 😡
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 6, 2017 20:57:24 GMT -5
No way? Who's watching the game on MLBN? Last pitch 104 MPH?(on the 2-2 pitch) I was until my gf made me turn it off because I was cursing too loud. Now I'm forced to follow the play-by-play on my phone. 😞
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 6, 2017 20:19:40 GMT -5
Unfricking believable. Three well hit balls for jbj and nothing.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 6, 2017 16:56:11 GMT -5
Bats, not words, are needed. Pound these punks. And hats. Hats for bats. Up your butt, girardi.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 5, 2017 11:58:06 GMT -5
When Pedroia comes back on Friday the Sox should return Rutledge to Colorado send down Marrero and add Court. Devers should be promoted to AAA & Chavis to AA. What? You've given up on Steve Selsky replacing JBJ already?
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 5, 2017 11:46:23 GMT -5
With Pablo hitting only against RH now, what about Travis playing some 3B in addition to sporadic stints at 1B to get him more ABs and give some more offense? I don't see it. he's never played third base and is more than likely not athletic enough to handle it.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 5, 2017 11:42:19 GMT -5
Pass on Lucroy. Would love Beltre though.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 4, 2017 15:32:01 GMT -5
For all the bitching about Boyer, Farrell did exactly what he should do: save relief appearances for the NY series. Boyer did his job, and he brought on Scott to eliminate Davis. With any luck, Kimbrel won't have to show his face today. Vision, guys and gals, vision. I was okay with JF leaving him in because I thought he looked decent in the 7th and had only thrown 12ish pitches. I disagree somewhat with your save appearances statement. You shouldn't conserve relief appearances in a close game because you're saving them for potential use next series. You save them when you're up by lots of runs.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 4, 2017 15:22:47 GMT -5
Is workman warming up? 😧
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 3, 2017 12:32:36 GMT -5
You just know that DD is shopping for bats right now. Another prospect trade would shut this site down. Never thought it would be this difficult for these guys to score runs consistently. We should be right there with the douches from NY, what, with our decent pitching this year. Frustrated. What real "Bat" can he get without giving up Devers AND Groome? Unless there's some contract out there even more hideous than Pablo's that's also "a bat" (Stanton, Cano, Miggy Cabrera) but my sense is you'd have to take all their money AND give away a good prospect or two, even for the albatross that is Stanton's contract. I think we could get JD Martinez without giving up either of them. But I think the bigger problem is we're more than one bat away from a championship caliber team. I hope I'm wrong on that point though.
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on Jun 2, 2017 16:01:33 GMT -5
Some more info “@peteabe: Rodriguez has had an issue with his kneecap dislocating, which is what this is related to.” “@peteabe: Rodriguez on DL: seeing Dr. Andrews for a second opinion on Monday. Knee injury, hope is short-term. Brandon Workman recalled.” “@mikesilvermanbb: E-Rod getting second opinion on knee, which subluxated, Monday. He has anatomical peculiarity in knee that makes him prone to sublux.” Covfefe!!! 😫
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Post by jackiebradleyjrjr on May 31, 2017 22:15:06 GMT -5
Kimbrel is so dirty...no chance... Right-handed hitters are 0-45 against kimbrel this season. 😳
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