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Post by Canseco on Mar 6, 2020 21:33:17 GMT -5
I plan to just call him Jet Er-Downs. JET HER DOWN sounds dirty! “Imports” or “Road Beef,” as Jose so eloquently put it in the literary classic Juiced.
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Post by p23w on Mar 7, 2020 7:59:35 GMT -5
Todays game. ERod OK, he will be alright. Barnes still has the great curveball, poor command of his fastball and still get rattled when close pitches don't go his way. Durran has a long way to go. Good speed, bad D. Not impressed. Downs K'd twice. Tried to take first on a called 3rd strike and missed another 3rd strike badly. Not impressed. Wong K'd, as well. Chavis reminds me somewhat of Shea Hillenbrand. He makes contact, and when he squares it the ball flies. Missed a home run bye about 4-6 inches. I'm OK with Chavis. Roenicke pulled a really nice double steal (2nd and home), Plawecki showed some hutzpah and athleticism behind the plate. The team played hard, but not we'll. New Braves facility is LOUD (obnoxiously so) otherwise a nice addition to the Grapefruit League. Bloom has his work cut out for him. This team will not make the playoffs in 2020, and probably miss out in 2021 as well. Really too bad. Two years ago I thought this team would be a force to be reckoned with through 2025. Now my enthusiasm is muted and mentally I am in rebuild mode. It's not all good, but it is the game I love, so there's that. What are you talking about? How many regulars were on the field today? they are going to be sloppy because it is spring training. I don't base these games on the actual season because most, if not all, the position players will be in the minors come the regular season. I watched a little of the game today and was disgusted with the giggling and carrying on of the ESPN announcers. They didn't even pay attention to who was batting or anything pertinent to an actual game. We don't have to hear all the insiders stuff that they kept babbling about. We heard more about Freddie Freemans off field activities because he was miked up and that is all we heard. i turned it off after 2 innings. One reason NOT to watch baseball on TV are the announcers (by and large). Given the talent on this team, eyeballing the mid-late Spring training games is a valuable way to identify who (and when) some of the farm hands will be ready to/for harvest. Since WE are in a rebuild mode, I was anxious to witness for myself what lay ahead. I was not impressed. FTR, the Braves started their "A" team. I was thoroughly unimpressed by them as well. The exception being their Donaldson replacement and top prospect Riley. Big solid boy. Took our bullpen deep. ERod had him covered no sweat.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Mar 7, 2020 8:12:55 GMT -5
lol, every spring....
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Post by sibbysisti on Mar 7, 2020 10:21:56 GMT -5
Todays game. ERod OK, he will be alright. Barnes still has the great curveball, poor command of his fastball and still get rattled when close pitches don't go his way. Durran has a long way to go. Good speed, bad D. Not impressed. Downs K'd twice. Tried to take first on a called 3rd strike and missed another 3rd strike badly. Not impressed. Wong K'd, as well. Chavis reminds me somewhat of Shea Hillenbrand. He makes contact, and when he squares it the ball flies. Missed a home run bye about 4-6 inches. I'm OK with Chavis. Roenicke pulled a really nice double steal (2nd and home), Plawecki showed some hutzpah and athleticism behind the plate. The team played hard, but not we'll. New Braves facility is LOUD (obnoxiously so) otherwise a nice addition to the Grapefruit League. Bloom has his work cut out for him. This team will not make the playoffs in 2020, and probably miss out in 2021 as well. Really too bad. Two years ago I thought this team would be a force to be reckoned with through 2025. Now my enthusiasm is muted and mentally I am in rebuild mode. It's not all good, but it is the game I love, so there's that. I'm planning to buy a lottery ticket tonight. Which numbers should I choose? So Wong strikes out. Also had a hit. So Jeter had a few Ks too. This is one game. I would hesitate to make predictions based upon this or any other ST games.
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 7, 2020 10:51:35 GMT -5
Had a couple of observations of Cool Today stadium from a visit last week.
For me, it sported a beautiful field and the park was easy to negotiate. But the stadium doesn't compare to jetBlue in style. It's new, it's nice, but it didn't jump up and bite me.
The big electric board in left center is very hard to read when the lineups are posted and a current batter highlighted in the order....and our group was situated b/t 3B and LF in great seats so we were closer than most.
There was no separate scoreboard or ball/strike display elsewhere and the scoreboard frequently supplanted this info with other displays. This was an annoyance.
The food had what I envisioned as a Georgian skew...altho I can't name an item off hand except maybe corndogs. The hot dogs were of the nano variety and their equally small buns, soggy. Two bites and need a refill. The $4 price was reflected in the product. There was sausage...about the length of the hot dog and in the same sized bun but no cooked peppers and onions that should, IMHO, be a staple at every park.
Ok so I'm spoiled.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Mar 7, 2020 13:37:12 GMT -5
I just watched an inning of a spring training game. I'm so impressed, we're going to have a sizzling year in the majors and minors.
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Post by johnsilver52 on Mar 7, 2020 14:01:21 GMT -5
It's spring training. They are only warming up to the over priced and larger dogs everyone is used to..
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Post by p23w on Mar 7, 2020 22:29:46 GMT -5
Todays game. ERod OK, he will be alright. Barnes still has the great curveball, poor command of his fastball and still get rattled when close pitches don't go his way. Durran has a long way to go. Good speed, bad D. Not impressed. Downs K'd twice. Tried to take first on a called 3rd strike and missed another 3rd strike badly. Not impressed. Wong K'd, as well. Chavis reminds me somewhat of Shea Hillenbrand. He makes contact, and when he squares it the ball flies. Missed a home run bye about 4-6 inches. I'm OK with Chavis. Roenicke pulled a really nice double steal (2nd and home), Plawecki showed some hutzpah and athleticism behind the plate. The team played hard, but not we'll. New Braves facility is LOUD (obnoxiously so) otherwise a nice addition to the Grapefruit League. Bloom has his work cut out for him. This team will not make the playoffs in 2020, and probably miss out in 2021 as well. Really too bad. Two years ago I thought this team would be a force to be reckoned with through 2025. Now my enthusiasm is muted and mentally I am in rebuild mode. It's not all good, but it is the game I love, so there's that.[/quote ]I'm planning to buy a lottery ticket tonight. Which numbers should I choose? So Wong strikes out. Also had a hit. So Jeter had a few Ks too. This is one game. I would hesitate to make predictions based upon this or any other ST games. Sorry to hear about your addiction, can't help you. When th ball clangs off the heal of your glove and another slips out of the webbing and you don't bend at the knees to field these soft toss ground balls between innings you are not ready for prime time. Downs is not ready by any stretch right now.
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Post by p23w on Mar 7, 2020 22:30:15 GMT -5
Todays game. ERod OK, he will be alright. Barnes still has the great curveball, poor command of his fastball and still get rattled when close pitches don't go his way. Durran has a long way to go. Good speed, bad D. Not impressed. Downs K'd twice. Tried to take first on a called 3rd strike and missed another 3rd strike badly. Not impressed. Wong K'd, as well. Chavis reminds me somewhat of Shea Hillenbrand. He makes contact, and when he squares it the ball flies. Missed a home run bye about 4-6 inches. I'm OK with Chavis. Roenicke pulled a really nice double steal (2nd and home), Plawecki showed some hutzpah and athleticism behind the plate. The team played hard, but not we'll. New Braves facility is LOUD (obnoxiously so) otherwise a nice addition to the Grapefruit League. Bloom has his work cut out for him. This team will not make the playoffs in 2020, and probably miss out in 2021 as well. Really too bad. Two years ago I thought this team would be a force to be reckoned with through 2025. Now my enthusiasm is muted and mentally I am in rebuild mode. It's not all good, but it is the game I love, so there's that.[/quote ]I'm planning to buy a lottery ticket tonight. Which numbers should I choose? So Wong strikes out. Also had a hit. So Jeter had a few Ks too. This is one game. I would hesitate to make predictions based upon this or any other ST games. Sorry to hear about your addiction, can't help you. When th ball clangs off the heal of your glove and another slips out of the webbing and you don't bend at the knees to field these soft toss ground balls between innings you are not ready for prime time. Downs is not ready by any stretch right now.
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Post by 07redsox on Mar 7, 2020 22:39:33 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your addiction, can't help you. When th ball clangs off the heal of your glove and another slips out of the webbing and you don't bend at the knees to field these soft toss ground balls between innings you are not ready for prime time. Downs is not ready by any stretch right now. Uhhh am I missing something here? He’s not supposed to be ready right now by any stretch of imagination. His ETA is really until late 2021 to begin with I believe...
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Post by cdj on Mar 7, 2020 22:44:06 GMT -5
Bend at the knees between innings and get off my lawn Jeter Downs!!!!!
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Post by p23w on Mar 8, 2020 8:33:42 GMT -5
Uhhh am I missing something here? He’s not supposed to be ready right now by any stretch of imagination. His ETA is really until late 2021 to begin with I believe... I don't have your crystal ball when it come to when Downs is "supposed" to be ready. All I can tell you is that he is in no way ready to contribute now. I hope your projection is correct, but I will reserve judgement on that projection until next year. I remain thoroughly unimpressed regarding Downs at present.
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Post by p23w on Mar 8, 2020 8:37:36 GMT -5
Bend at the knees between innings and get off my lawn Jeter Downs!!!!! Tough attitude here. Did you ever have cause to say this to Pedroia? Probably not. BTW, Downs miscues took place on the "dirt", the "lawn" in Northport was short and very hard, hope you take better care of yours.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 8, 2020 10:52:48 GMT -5
Bend at the knees between innings and get off my lawn Jeter Downs!!!!! Tough attitude here. Did you ever have cause to say this to Pedroia? Probably not. BTW, Downs miscues took place on the "dirt", the "lawn" in Northport was short and very hard, hope you take better care of yours. He's being sarcastic because of the other posts.
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Post by 07redsox on Mar 8, 2020 11:09:54 GMT -5
I don't have your crystal ball when it come to when Downs is "supposed" to be ready. All I can tell you is that he is in no way ready to contribute now. I hope your projection is correct, but I will reserve judgement on that projection until next year. I remain thoroughly unimpressed regarding Downs at present. It’s not a crystal ball, it’s what this site and others have as his estimated arrival to the majors. The point is, he doesn’t need to be ready right now. And judging that on one game and/or a handout of spring training games is ridiculous. You can take a handful of games from any player to ever play and probably be able to say the exact same thing (even setting aside the fact that it’s still just spring training). If he’s doing the same thing over and over again into the actual minor league season and beyond then that’s absolutely a valid point, but right now it’s utterly meaningless to who he is as a prospect and what can be expected from him going forward. While that is obviously not the same thing as having an initial impression based on what you have seen so far, I would not be surprised if that impression changed going forward.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Mar 8, 2020 11:44:50 GMT -5
I am glad it is spring training as some member aren't posting responses correctly.
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Post by cdj on Mar 8, 2020 12:40:51 GMT -5
Bend at the knees between innings and get off my lawn Jeter Downs!!!!! Tough attitude here. Did you ever have cause to say this to Pedroia? Probably not. BTW, Downs miscues took place on the "dirt", the "lawn" in Northport was short and very hard, hope you take better care of yours. I bet his hat was slightly askew too Deserves prison time imo as an aside my lawn stinks. Things have gone awry since my landscaper brother moved out. Sad. Probably the worst lawn on the block
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Post by soxfanatic on Mar 8, 2020 12:53:03 GMT -5
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Post by jimed14 on Mar 8, 2020 12:54:01 GMT -5
Perez looks pretty damn nasty. All 4 hits he has given up were cheapies and he's not getting calls either. Still has 7 K's.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Mar 8, 2020 14:19:35 GMT -5
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Post by soxfanatic on Mar 8, 2020 14:57:41 GMT -5
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Post by soxfanatic on Mar 8, 2020 14:58:00 GMT -5
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Post by orion09 on Mar 8, 2020 16:55:46 GMT -5
Really surprised they’re not giving Houck more of a stay. Has he not looked good?
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Post by stevedillard on Mar 8, 2020 16:57:40 GMT -5
Just embarassing that we trade the best player in baseball for two guys we then cut in spring training. :mad:
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Post by soxfanatic on Mar 8, 2020 17:23:37 GMT -5
Really surprised they’re not giving Houck more of a stay. Has he not looked good?
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