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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 14:26:42 GMT -5
Hey, AJ blocked one! Whodathunkit?
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Post by wcp3 on May 4, 2014 14:29:14 GMT -5
He's obviously got a long way to go, but that display of athleticism and arm strength still has me believing Xander could be just fine at SS.
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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 14:52:55 GMT -5
That works.
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2014 14:54:56 GMT -5
And that's how the reverse jinx works, mgoetze. Disparage AJ early on, he hits a jack later.
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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 14:58:22 GMT -5
And that's how the reverse jinx works, mgoetze. Disparage AJ early on, he hits a jack later. I'm gonna ask Bill Barnwell to do a study on this phenomenon.
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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 14:59:05 GMT -5
Josh Reddick ... still a Red Sox at heart?
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2014 15:01:09 GMT -5
Significant RISP here.
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Post by templeusox on May 4, 2014 15:02:08 GMT -5
I wish some of these guys would try to copy Gomes' approach when RISP. The A's are lobbing first pitches right over the plate and the Sox are just taking them.
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Post by templeusox on May 4, 2014 15:03:34 GMT -5
That was the stupidest use of an out in the history of baseball.
Middlebrooks and JBJ just completely gave away AB's there. That was really, really bad.
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Post by mattpicard on May 4, 2014 15:03:46 GMT -5
Ugh. You really need to let him swing on a 2-1 count.
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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 15:03:56 GMT -5
JBJ can't bunt.
... oh wait you say I'm supposed to say this stuff BEFORE it happens?
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Post by templeusox on May 4, 2014 15:05:33 GMT -5
Farrell has been in over-management hell in the early part of the season. He gives away so many outs on the bases and with his hitters.
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2014 15:09:25 GMT -5
Just brutal all the way around.
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Post by thelavarnwayguy on May 4, 2014 15:12:30 GMT -5
It seemed to me on that last AB, Middlebrooks was too far away from the plate to be able to hit a ball on the outside corner. That last pitch wasn't even on the outside corner and he took it.
Obviously he's guessing and lots of players do but that ball wasn't even on the corner and he let it just pass.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on May 4, 2014 15:19:58 GMT -5
Damn AJP, couldn't even get a homer with men on base.
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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 15:28:23 GMT -5
Why would you get a pinch runner with AJ at the plate? He's gonna strike out anyway.
(How am I doing, guidas?)
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Post by mattpicard on May 4, 2014 15:29:10 GMT -5
Why.
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Post by moonstone2 on May 4, 2014 15:29:16 GMT -5
Where is Napoli? And where is Herrera going?
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Post by jimed14 on May 4, 2014 15:29:26 GMT -5
Well at least now, on base machine AJP leads off next inning.
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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 15:29:33 GMT -5
Oh so that you can have AJ lead off next inning too. Great, Farrell, just great.
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2014 15:29:41 GMT -5
Don't worry. Farrell will put a hit and run on once he gets two strikes.
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Post by ibsmith85 on May 4, 2014 15:30:01 GMT -5
Herrera does nothing well.
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Post by mgoetze on May 4, 2014 15:30:24 GMT -5
Farrell has been in over-management hell in the early part of the season. He gives away so many outs on the bases and with his hitters. So true.
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Post by jmei on May 4, 2014 15:30:37 GMT -5
That was not a high-percentage play, even if the Red Sox were unlikely to score anyways.
Farrell's insistence on "putting pressure on the defense" hurts more than it helps, especially since the current Red Sox roster lacks the sort of basestealers and hit-and-run contact hitters needed to implement that strategy effectively.
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Post by pedey on May 4, 2014 15:33:25 GMT -5
Talk about giving the other team outs! Bradley doing a safety squeeze with 1B open and Xander at 3rd with one out?! Herrera stealing with AJ up?! You don't win games when you give the other team outs.
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