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Post by manfred on Feb 9, 2021 17:33:41 GMT -5
Man, let’s get the official scorers to review errors.
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Post by foreverred9 on Feb 10, 2021 12:33:46 GMT -5
Too bad - those final 31 at bats in 2018/2019 (only 3 hits) brought him down below the 300 level. I don't really think Dustin cares though.
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Post by jimoh on Feb 20, 2021 12:36:48 GMT -5
"It’s time for another installment of the Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players — our tribute to the athletes who won’t be in the Hall of Fame, but who still had a lasting effect on the history of their sport. In this edition, we salute a recently retired player who overcame his short stature and lack of impressive athleticism as a prospect to emerge as one of baseball’s most valuable all-around players at his peak: former Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia." "Much like Utley, his second base contemporary and National League counterpart, Pedroia did a bunch of big and little things well, adding up to a ton of value. Although his uncanny vision and eye-hand coordination were his greatest natural gifts,4 for much of his prime, Pedroia was average or better in essentially every aspect of the game, top to bottom — including those aforementioned categories that were supposed to be the flaws in his skill set." "Although David Ortiz was the Red Sox’s spiritual leader throughout their 21st-century franchise renaissance, Pedroia was the engine that helped drive the team’s late-2000s/early-2010s successes. A part of Boston’s system throughout this time, he was also effectively a bridge between the 2004 curse-breaking Red Sox team and the 2018 version led by later stars such as Mookie Betts. That still probably won’t be enough for a Hall of Fame nod, but it made for a damn good career filled with plenty of W’s." fivethirtyeight.com/features/dustin-pedroia-led-some-damn-good-red-sox-teams/?cid=social_twitter_abcn
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radiohix
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'At the end of the day, we bang. We bang. We're going to swing.' Alex Verdugo
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Post by radiohix on Feb 22, 2021 13:14:45 GMT -5
Let me guess what he said: "This is the Red Sox! Our goal is championships" and some spicy vocabulary 😂 Love keeping him involved.
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