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Post by soxfan06 on May 29, 2015 21:44:36 GMT -5
Why the hell is Breslow STILL in the game?
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Post by nomar on May 29, 2015 21:44:53 GMT -5
Bringing in Breslow with men on lost us this game. There's so many relievers available and you go with Breslow... He shouldn't be in the roster let alone a reachable game.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 29, 2015 21:50:43 GMT -5
Breslow is still on this team because of his 2013 post season success. I swear to god this team operates that way.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 29, 2015 21:56:16 GMT -5
This team is seriously incapable of going on any type of streak, that's why I have no faith on them climbing out of this hole nm getting to .500
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Post by nomar on May 29, 2015 21:56:34 GMT -5
Breslow is still on this team because of his 2013 post season success. I swear to god this team operates that way. That is why Farrell's here... Barely kidding
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Post by soxfan06 on May 29, 2015 21:57:31 GMT -5
Really who would have thought leaving our worst pitcher in to pitch the 8th inning of a 1 run game would come back to haunt us?
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Post by dcsoxfan on May 29, 2015 21:57:52 GMT -5
Bringing in Breslow with men on lost us this game. There's so many relievers available and you go with Breslow... He shouldn't be in the roster let alone a reachable game. If only he'd brought in Barnes, this game would still be . . .
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Post by redsox4242 on May 29, 2015 21:58:27 GMT -5
We have one of the worst managers in baseball, why leave Breslow in their??
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Post by Guidas on May 29, 2015 21:59:35 GMT -5
Any ump who throws out a ballplayer in the dugout should be suspended. Just ump show douchery.
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Post by soxfan06 on May 29, 2015 22:00:51 GMT -5
Any ump who throws out a ballplayer in the dugout should be suspended. Just ump show douchery. Any player whining about a strike call that is clearly a strike should be thrown out for regular douchery.
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Post by grandsalami on May 29, 2015 22:01:43 GMT -5
We have one of the worst managers in baseball, why leave Breslow in their?? Yup. Farrell left him in from the clubhouse FFS If only he had a disguise
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Post by soxfan06 on May 29, 2015 22:04:01 GMT -5
We have one of the worst managers in baseball, why leave Breslow in their?? Yup. Farrell left him in from the clubhouse FFS If only he had a disguise Wait you really think Farrell didn't make the decision to leave Breslow in before he got tossed? lol Really? A manager getting tossed is basically just part of the show. He's still making the calls.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 29, 2015 22:06:41 GMT -5
We have one of the worst managers in baseball, why leave Breslow in their?? Yup. Farrell left him in from the clubhouse FFS If only he had a disguise What's living in the Stone Age like?
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Post by ray88h66 on May 29, 2015 22:08:39 GMT -5
We have one of the worst managers in baseball, why leave Breslow in their?? Yup. Farrell left him in from the clubhouse FFS If only he had a disguise Come on man. I defend Farrell on here often but he still makes the calls after he's tossed.
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Post by Guidas on May 29, 2015 22:11:57 GMT -5
Just frustrating.
And balls and strikes are the most definitive variables in creating wins or losses. They should not be left up to temperamental humans to define. We have machines that can do it much better.
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Post by xycosis on May 29, 2015 22:14:41 GMT -5
Painful as it was..... was good to see Breslow get Breslowed.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on May 29, 2015 22:14:41 GMT -5
Yup. Farrell left him in from the clubhouse FFS If only he had a disguise Come on man. I defend Farrell on here often but he still makes the calls after he's tossed. this is an opportunity to ask a question: some say it is illegal to have a cell phone in the dugout and get input from outsiders. some say that the issue is that you cannot always get a signal in a ballpark. but I recall a few years back when a phone was broken in the bullpen and there was no cell phone communication from the dugout ... what is the deal with cell phones?
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Post by mgoetze on May 29, 2015 22:16:19 GMT -5
Whether hooking Wright with Hamilton up is objectively correct or not, it just seems glaringly obvious that Farrell is making decisions based on data with sample sizes as low as 2 AB. The decision-making process matters, and Farrell's decision-making process is inexcusable.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on May 29, 2015 22:18:24 GMT -5
Painful as it was..... was good to see Breslow get Breslowed. Bwes-low is dwead-ful ...
and don't ya just gotta pinch-hit Ortiz for Castillo there in the 9th ?
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Post by bookiemetts on May 29, 2015 22:21:11 GMT -5
Breslow Bresblows.
I'm really not sure how to fix this team really. If it's not the starters, the offense can't score. And if both those have average days the bullpen somehow craps a brick. The only people on the team really having good years are Pedroia, Holt, Tazawa and Uehara. All the other veterans are having subpar years while the young guys are still developing.
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Post by johnmark on May 29, 2015 22:23:19 GMT -5
I wish Farrell would get tossed in the 1st inning every game.
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Post by TearsIn04 on May 29, 2015 22:28:30 GMT -5
Why the hell is Breslow STILL in the game on the team? That's what you meant, right?
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Post by mgoetze on May 29, 2015 22:30:03 GMT -5
Why does Farrell seem to refuse to leave Wright in games? Has Layne warming for some bizarre reason with Wright at 70 pitches in the 6th. I'll withhold judgment until/if he actually makes a move, but its baffling to me. Just a guess, but I suspect the times-through-the-order penalty is steeper for knuckleballers than it is for most pitchers. ADD: here's a link with data supporting this hypothesis: mglbaseball.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/ttop-and-a-starting-pitchers-repetoire/Uhm... I mean your hypothesis was not very strictly formulated, but as it relates to the decision in this game, the data you cited is absolutely against hooking Wright around 70-80 pitches. It shows quite clearly that if you are happy to have your knuckleballer to face hitters a second-time, you should be at least equally happy to have him face them a third and fourth time.
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Post by jmei on May 29, 2015 22:32:42 GMT -5
Uhm... I mean your hypothesis was not very strictly formulated, but as it relates to the decision in this game, the data you cited is absolutely against hooking Wright around 70-80 pitches. It shows quite clearly that if you are happy to have your knuckleballer to face hitters a second-time, you should be at least equally happy to have him face them a third and fourth time. Selection bias and small samples.
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Post by redsox4242 on May 29, 2015 22:32:49 GMT -5
Will the 2013 Breslow please stand up?
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