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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on May 30, 2015 13:22:01 GMT -5
Grady Little was a better manager than Farrell is. No he wasn't Mary Poppins was a better manager than Grady Little was. And Farrell is better than Poppins.
Poppins > Little > Farrell > Poppins ?
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 30, 2015 13:56:00 GMT -5
Grady Little was a better manager than Farrell is. He really wasn't. And I'm a Farrell critic. The 2003 Red Sox had their three lowest OBP hitters batting 1-2-3. Also, he couldn't figure out how to use a bullpen that didn't have a previously-established closer. Like, it totally blew his mind. The most used number nine hitter for the Red Sox in '03 was Varitek, in a year when he hit .273/.351/.512. This is astounding on a number of levels.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 30, 2015 13:58:24 GMT -5
Grady Little was a better manager than Farrell is. No he's not. Had Little been the manager in 2013, he would have found a way to prevent the Sox from winning the World Series.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 30, 2015 13:59:54 GMT -5
Grady Little was a better manager than Farrell is. No he's not. Had Little been the manager in 2013, he would have found a way to prevent the Sox from winning the World Series. Every Red Sox starter in the Detroit series would have faced Cabrera a third time, we know that.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 30, 2015 14:01:05 GMT -5
He really wasn't. And I'm a Farrell critic. The 2003 Red Sox had their three lowest OBP hitters batting 1-2-3. Also, he couldn't figure out how to use a bullpen that didn't have a previously-established closer. Like, it totally blew his mind. The most used number nine hitter for the Red Sox in '03 was Varitek, in a year when he hit .273/.351/.512. This is astounding on a number of levels. To be fair to Grady, although he doesn't deserve it, the Sox had the same leadoff man in 03 that they had in 04, except in 03 he didn't perform up to expectations and in 2004 he did and exceeded them. Bill Mueller should have been the #2 hitter, but he hated batting at the top of the order. The #3 hitter was Nomar. You could argue he should have been moved down but for most of the season David Ortiz was a bench player that a lot of people wondered why he was even occupying a roster spot. In July he became the Big Papi.
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Post by danr on May 30, 2015 14:02:23 GMT -5
Nomar must not have seen the Pedro game. What Grady Little did that day forever cast him in the role of one of the worst managers ever - and with the Sox there is a lot of competition for that title.
And then there are his lineups...
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 30, 2015 14:02:40 GMT -5
Outside of the 1950 Red Sox, the 2003 lineup might be the best Sox lineup of all-time, certainly the best I've seen in 35 years.
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Post by mgoetze on May 30, 2015 14:35:10 GMT -5
#RedSox at TEX (RH Gonzalez): Pedroia 2B, Betts CF, Ortiz DH, Ramirez LF, Sandoval 3B, Napoli 1B, Holt SS, Leon C, Castillo RF, Miley
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Post by jmei on May 30, 2015 14:44:57 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on May 30, 2015 15:12:15 GMT -5
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 30, 2015 15:26:09 GMT -5
Love the Asian baseball leagues (not sure which league that was), they always provide entertainment. I can watch this video 100 times and laugh every time
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Post by nomar on May 30, 2015 16:06:57 GMT -5
My Grady Little comment was sarcastic. Haha that got out of hand.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 30, 2015 16:24:33 GMT -5
A MLB pitcher would go Jack Ruby on the batter if that was done to them. We do need to lighten up a little.
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Post by grandsalami on May 30, 2015 17:00:18 GMT -5
“@scottlauber: Asked what two days in ”Ortiz Laboratory“ revealed, Farrell said Ortiz made adjustment with back leg. Something to look for tonight #RedSox”
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Post by grandsalami on May 30, 2015 17:58:57 GMT -5
“@timbritton: The Red Sox own the AL East’s best record against teams outside the division — at 12-12: bit.ly/1K1qbOy
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Post by nomar on May 30, 2015 18:05:40 GMT -5
I have Hanley for DraftKings, so he's screwed.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 30, 2015 18:31:38 GMT -5
6 errors on that play
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Post by mgoetze on May 30, 2015 18:32:21 GMT -5
I have Hanley for DraftKings, so he's screwed. I assume DraftKings isn't penalizing you for his fielding, but boy was that bad just now. (Panda should have had it in the first place though.)
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 30, 2015 18:37:54 GMT -5
Lol at that being an "earned run", should have been a double play.
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Post by charliezink16 on May 30, 2015 18:42:54 GMT -5
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Post by bookiemetts on May 30, 2015 18:49:39 GMT -5
Lol that was just a terrible at-bat for Rusney
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 30, 2015 18:50:04 GMT -5
Castillo looks excellent so far.
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Post by grandsalami on May 30, 2015 18:51:20 GMT -5
Castillo Needs to go back to AAA
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Post by cologneredsox on May 30, 2015 18:54:19 GMT -5
Hey, feel free to get the data and show that 2 ABs from the same day have any sort of predictive value. The methodology should be easy enough - look at Chapter 2 of The Book where they found negligible predictive value for 5- and 7-game hot/cold streaks. Present your findings and start a sabremetric revolution! Don't worry, I'll let you work on that. I'm really not much of an revolutionary myself and even less so to competent in sabremetrics. My disagreement is based on one very simple aspect: Your example completely ignores the time factor. There is one year between your 3-AB sample and the 2-AB sample. Given that the people acting in that sample are baseball players, it seems obvious to me they very well are not the exact same players today in comparison to the people they were one year ago. Both could have improved their skills, both could've declined. Both could've changed their skills, one could've adjusted better, the other one less... If you really want to tell me that three ABs a year ago are more meaningful than two ABs which just happened, especially if they've been radical in their results, I think you're using saber metrics the wrong way because you totally ignore context. By that, IMO, you misuse something which can be totally helpful not to your advantage but let it steer you wrong.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 30, 2015 18:55:06 GMT -5
Wonder how long until Panda starts hearing the boo birds at Fenway, he's making a loooot of money...
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