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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:06:14 GMT -5
See? Red Sox didn't even need Nunez' homerun. Vindicated. Even better, his defense.
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Post by garygeigercounter on Oct 23, 2018 23:06:25 GMT -5
Beat Kershaw and Sale struggled.Hope Chris shakes it in his next start...
IF there is a next start.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:07:17 GMT -5
That ball Nunez hit was at his shins. Very impressive Only a 20 degree launch angle. Wicked line drive, barely out in Fenway because it was so close to the top of the wall. EV was 109 mph.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 23, 2018 23:07:26 GMT -5
Please MLB, think about starting these games at 7 pm. This sucks for people who work in the morning. HELL YEAH KIMBEREL! That would be 4PM on the west coast. This is a reasonable balance.
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Post by dd on Oct 23, 2018 23:07:51 GMT -5
Understatement award!
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 23, 2018 23:08:15 GMT -5
Key moment was the Eddie AB where he got a lazy pop up out of absolutely nowhere. He would have walked that dude lol.
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Post by klostrophobic on Oct 23, 2018 23:09:09 GMT -5
See? Red Sox didn't even need Nunez' homerun. Vindicated. Even better, his defense. That was my favorite part. Every moment should be spent abstracting Nunez' import from life. You guys should move to a different time zone if you can't stay up past midnight a few times a year.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:09:09 GMT -5
Please MLB, think about starting these games at 7 pm. This sucks for people who work in the morning. HELL YEAH KIMBEREL! That would be 4PM on the west coast. This is a reasonable balance. Aren't people on the west coast used to working 6-2 or 7-3 because they have to deal with the east coast?
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 23, 2018 23:09:17 GMT -5
Sale set the tone vs the Yankees in game 1 but hasn’t been great since. And somehow Sox still 3 wins away. Just think about that for a second
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 23:11:23 GMT -5
Just a relentless attack from the lineup tonight. Great stuff.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:12:25 GMT -5
Sale set the tone vs the Yankees in game 1 but hasn’t been great since. And somehow Sox still 3 wins away. Just think about that for a second I seriously thought he was pretty damn good today. He wasn't hit hard, and was squeezed on more than 10 borderline pitches, which would have completely changed his pitching line if he got even half of them. Even without considering the squeezing, his xFIP for the game was only 2.40. The other team had a .444 BABIP against him and he didn't give up much hard contact at all.
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 23, 2018 23:12:54 GMT -5
I love mookies humility such a likeable person
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 23, 2018 23:14:52 GMT -5
That would be 4PM on the west coast. This is a reasonable balance. Aren't people on the west coast used to working 6-2 or 7-3 because they have to deal with the east coast? lol, said like an easterner...
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:15:49 GMT -5
Aren't people on the west coast used to working 6-2 or 7-3 because they have to deal with the east coast? lol, said like an easterner... My company is based on the west coast so I end up working 7 am - 7 pm half the time.
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Post by dd on Oct 23, 2018 23:16:13 GMT -5
The crowd outside the park is just amazing. It's on FS1 if you can get it.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:17:07 GMT -5
The crowd outside the park is just amazing. It's on FS1 if you can get it. Must be all the fans who couldn't afford to be in the park. LOL this if hilarious! The chant of AROD SUCKS with ARod actually making them cheer louder.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Oct 23, 2018 23:21:23 GMT -5
What a game. What a team.
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Post by dd on Oct 23, 2018 23:21:50 GMT -5
Fivethirtyeight now has the Sox at a 72% chance to be the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
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Post by incandenza on Oct 23, 2018 23:22:22 GMT -5
So, who do we think's gonna get WS MVP: Eduardo Nunez or Joe Kelly?
I suppose with his multi-hit game you could consider Sandy Leon as a dark horse.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Oct 23, 2018 23:23:32 GMT -5
Lol f you Arod chants. You guys are right.
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 23, 2018 23:24:49 GMT -5
Sale set the tone vs the Yankees in game 1 but hasn’t been great since. And somehow Sox still 3 wins away. Just think about that for a second I seriously thought he was pretty damn good today. He wasn't hit hard, and was squeezed on more than 10 borderline pitches, which would have completely changed his pitching line if he got even half of them. Even without considering the squeezing, his xFIP for the game was only 2.40. The other team had a .444 BABIP against him and he didn't give up much hard contact at all. His perphrials have been good. But he pitched 4 innings. I love advanced stats and agree with a lot of what u said but playoff baseball is all about results . My original statement wasn’t sale bashing, more like amazement on how good this team is
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:25:20 GMT -5
Fivethirtyeight now as the Sox at a 72% chance to be the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS. And they give us a 62% chance to win tomorrow.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 23, 2018 23:27:04 GMT -5
I seriously thought he was pretty damn good today. He wasn't hit hard, and was squeezed on more than 10 borderline pitches, which would have completely changed his pitching line if he got even half of them. Even without considering the squeezing, his xFIP for the game was only 2.40. The other team had a .444 BABIP against him and he didn't give up much hard contact at all. His perphrials have been good. But he pitched 4 innings. I love advanced stats and agree with a lot of what u said but playoff baseball is all about results . My original statement wasn’t sale bashing, more like amazement on how good this team is If he weren't squeezed ridiculously, he probably would have made it 6 innings. LA definitely had the strategy of taking every pitch he threw until they couldn't.
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 23, 2018 23:28:28 GMT -5
So can we start ken tomorrow vs ryu?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 23, 2018 23:29:11 GMT -5
lol, said like an easterner... My company is based on the west coast so I end up working 7 am - 7 pm half the time. The dynamics of the fan bases is pretty interesting. I'd guess the Dodgers have a higher population in their area than the Yankees. The big market/small market concept though is based on revenues so, when there's a disparity between the two factors, you can assume that baseball is either more or less popular in that particular market on a per capita basis. Last year's big market team ranking was: Yankees Red Sox Phillies Mets (believe it or not) Dodgers. The most glaring difference is between The Rangers in a much smaller city than the Astros yet, are a large market team whereas the Astros are mid market. Sports in general don't do well in the Houston area.
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