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Post by soxfaninnj on Aug 13, 2021 18:56:28 GMT -5
Ev 107 108 108 113
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 13, 2021 18:57:39 GMT -5
I root so hard for Dalbec.
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Post by shagworthy on Aug 13, 2021 18:58:35 GMT -5
He's DH'ing, and JDM has the night off. I understand the frustration of the past few weeks but this is a bit over the top reactionary commentary. We all know how RS ownership works, if anything Chaim is 10% to blame if we even want to play that game for the deadline. Every single historical GM, Manager, Coach, Scout, baseball ops guy on this team knows that when it suits them, the owners will throw them to the wolves to protect their image. It's a repeating pattern from Tito, Theo, Cherrington, Farrell, Ron Jackson and on.... We can't change what was done at the deadline at this point, so it's moot to continue to relitigate it ad nauseam, we have to hope the players and management are strong enough to pull out of the tailspin, and if they aren't that they learned something they can bring into the offseason to make future iterations of this team more successful. I disagree that Bloom only gets 10%. I like Bloom, a lot, but supposedly he had approval to go over the luxury tax and fill the need at 1B with Hosmer and to buy a prospect from SD simultaneously. This was on the condition that Kimbrel to SD went through and since SD didn't get Kimbrel, they didn't trade Hosmer and the prospect. This is James Stu at 98.5 saying this with 100% confidence, so take for that what you will, but his claim is he knows this to be fact. we’re splitting hairs here but there is a difference between a perceived go ahead to go over the tax and an actual agreement to do so. No one in the Sox front office is going to openly admit an unwillingness to do so in fear of the outcry. When you read between the lines it’s clear there wasn’t anything anticing enough to merit taking the risk.
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Post by nomar on Aug 13, 2021 18:59:11 GMT -5
Bogaerts almost had 2 bombs already. Unfortunate
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Aug 13, 2021 18:59:20 GMT -5
Dagnamit. I had to go get my drunken noodle with chicken and spring rolls and i missed all the fun !!
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Post by soxfaninnj on Aug 13, 2021 18:59:29 GMT -5
I root so hard for Dalbec. When he connects and makes hard contact it’s a thing of beauty
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Post by manfred on Aug 13, 2021 19:03:10 GMT -5
Is it too obvious to say that is a bit of a cheapie?
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Aug 13, 2021 19:03:23 GMT -5
that may have been the flattest home run i have ever seen
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 13, 2021 19:04:02 GMT -5
I disagree that Bloom only gets 10%. I like Bloom, a lot, but supposedly he had approval to go over the luxury tax and fill the need at 1B with Hosmer and to buy a prospect from SD simultaneously. This was on the condition that Kimbrel to SD went through and since SD didn't get Kimbrel, they didn't trade Hosmer and the prospect. This is James Stu at 98.5 saying this with 100% confidence, so take for that what you will, but his claim is he knows this to be fact. we’re splitting hairs here but there is a difference between a perceived go ahead to go over the tax and an actual agreement to do so. No one in the Sox front office is going to openly admit an unwillingness to do so in fear of the outcry. When you read between the lines it’s clear there wasn’t anything anticing enough to merit taking the risk. I see the concern with splurging when your job was to grow the farm, not dismantle it for a team overachieving. I was furious, but the way the team has responded and played? If this is how their real talent is or how they handle adversity, then Bloom and company were right to not trust this squad with making a real push. Yes, they got Schwarber, but I think he, like Hosmer, are going to have some creativity around them to build the farm. I think Schwarber is back next year either at 1B for a year to spell Casas and save a draft pick or he’s the LF/DH. I don’t think they got Schwarber with the intention of letting him go in the off-season.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 13, 2021 19:05:58 GMT -5
What, did Martin think Eduardo was pitching?
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 13, 2021 19:07:15 GMT -5
Pivetta gets a mulligan on that. He looks good.
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Post by soxinsf on Aug 13, 2021 19:07:28 GMT -5
Bobby's numbers quietly approaching Acceptably Bad territory! Bobby has hit Desirably Good in his last sixteen games. .297, .380, .460, .840. Yes, mostly against lefties but not all. He stays on my team.
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Post by manfred on Aug 13, 2021 19:10:23 GMT -5
Watkins defines “chuck’n’duck.” The outs are bullets.
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Post by nomar on Aug 13, 2021 19:11:56 GMT -5
Bobby's numbers quietly approaching Acceptably Bad territory! Bobby has hit Desirably Good in his last sixteen games. .297, .380, .460, .840. Yes, mostly against lefties but not all. He stays on my team. Agreed but it’s hard to pencil him in as a starting 1B and it’s also hard to carry a backup 1B on the roster. I think they should try to teach him LF. His sprinting speed underway is actually not bad and having an extra layer of versatility would make him easier to roster next year if Schwarber or a bridge 1B are here.
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Post by nomar on Aug 13, 2021 19:19:13 GMT -5
Go f_____ off Duran
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Aug 13, 2021 19:19:36 GMT -5
very nice adjustment on that swing by Duran.
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Post by cheers on Aug 13, 2021 19:21:46 GMT -5
As of this moment there is NOBODY with a sub .600 OPS in the lineup for the first time since - man I don't know when.
I approve. Strongly.
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Post by manfred on Aug 13, 2021 19:36:19 GMT -5
Did Bogie’s HR seem inevitable tonight or what?
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 13, 2021 19:36:39 GMT -5
Good old xBA .020 HR over the monster
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Aug 13, 2021 19:38:18 GMT -5
yeah...but he hit a couple of rockets that were outs...so baseball gave him some back.
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Post by theaveragefan88 on Aug 13, 2021 19:39:23 GMT -5
Xander was like "f*** it, I'm sick of trying to blast majestic dingers, I'm heading for that short porch, get my homerun numbers up".
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Post by Guidas on Aug 13, 2021 19:39:32 GMT -5
I wish the Sox played the NYY six times in April & May when they couldn’t win games and the Orioles six times fewer up to now. We could use more of these.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Aug 13, 2021 19:40:32 GMT -5
the Cal Ripken Iron man record, while amazing, is probably the silliest record ever. No way that happens in todays game.
In the year 2525 (ha) that will still be the record.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 13, 2021 19:41:18 GMT -5
The two home runs tonight:
320 feet, .170 xBA 343 feet, .020 xBA
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Post by aznpopsical on Aug 13, 2021 19:44:30 GMT -5
do we like pivetta? what's his ceiling, a number three?
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