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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 6, 2024 11:21:20 GMT -5
Hamilton “only” has 93rd percentile speed but he’s the best baserunner in the game. I wonder if that’s instincts or acceleration. Either way I absolutely love having fast guys on the roster
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 6, 2024 11:31:43 GMT -5
I hope the Sox offer the bucks Cora deserves. He's an excellent manager. I dont know what the stats are but does any manager have a better track record with pinch hitters? Cora has a knack of sending guys up to pinch hit, no matter who, and they seem to come through more than any Red Sox manager I've ever seen, and I'd surmise relative to the league. It's not all that shocking that the Sox got 2 PH 3 run HRs in the 2018 World Series. I remember groaning when he PH Nunez for Devers so naturally Nunez went deep and put the game away. Moreland's bomb woke the Sox from their offensive coma and spring boarded them to the Championshio. He still has that knack. Last night it was Don Smith. This athletic club is the kind of club he enjoys managing. I hope they keep him but doubt they will. It's too bad. Last year wasnt his best managing job but still he kept the team close to .500 which in itself was kind of a feat given their mediocrity. Between Francona and Cora they've had 2 of the best managers the past 20 years. I liked Farrell but he wasnt as good. Valentine was abysmal. Maybe a better question would be has any Red Sox manager pinch hit as often to this point in the season as Cora has? I've got nothing to back it up, but I reject your assertion that this is a skill that any manager has. As a counter to Dom Smith, pinch hitting with Abreu in the 8th given all the swing and miss in his game seemed like a really poor decision. You're talking one game or one decision and I'm talking his entire time here. I go back a number of Red Sox managers so I feel that Cora has had better success with pinchhitters over the entirety of his tenure than his predecessors have going back 40 something years - ivecl watched them too . I cant prove it or disprove it. Just a sense I get watching his moves over the years, so while I know you dont feel it's a skill, I think managers arent all the same in their decision making of who to pitch hit for, when to pinch hit, and with whom (and itd not like he has Manny Mota or Vic Davalillo, or Smoky Burgess sitting on the bench, so I reject your rejection of my assertion, lol.
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Post by station13 on Jul 6, 2024 11:35:05 GMT -5
Early game vs the MFY. A rare thing. Pound them
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 6, 2024 11:38:00 GMT -5
Probably the best manager they ever had was Dick Williams. But, he was too tough on Yaz, so Yaz went to Yawkey and had him fired. Williams then went to Oakland and won the WS there. Tito and Cora were the next two best. That's not what got Dick William's fired. Yaz gets blamed for it and I'm sure the drama with him and Yaz didnt help. What got Williams fired was an article in which Yawkey was asked to rate his manager and Yawkey gave a middling/decent grade of Williams which Williams took offense to and confronted Yawkey about it. That's what got him fired, from what I've read. Williams had low tolerance for Yawkey because he remembered his time there, hiw players would go around the manager to Yawkey to air their grievances. He also thought of Yawkey as an absentee owner who only became visible when the Sox suddenly started winning, a Johnny come lately. Yawkey obviously didnt like Williams' acerbic style so it's no surprise that there was a clash between owner and manager and when Williams confronted Yawkey there was going to be nothing Dick O'Connell could do to prevent the firing.
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Jul 6, 2024 11:39:10 GMT -5
Yankees pregame show not being on MLB tv is a crime
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 6, 2024 11:39:36 GMT -5
My mate just shared a clip of Aaron Judge after being swept by the Reds saying, "When you look at past World Series champions, they often had to fight through tough stretches..." These guys really do drink the Kool-Aid. Memo to Aaron: your team hasn't even been in a WS since you were in high school. Judge and his mates saw first hand how a championship caliber team perseveres through adversity...
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Post by wildsox on Jul 6, 2024 11:55:26 GMT -5
Certainly Valdez starting at second base with a ground ball pitcher on the mound won't hurt us again. I was furious with the play of Valdez last night. But I have to admire Cora putting him right back out there showing belief. Seeing the turnarounds from guys like Duran and more recently Ceddanne I think comes from this type of managing and showing you aren’t going to give up on them
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Post by cmax on Jul 6, 2024 12:03:35 GMT -5
As I understand it, Hamilton has essentially the same 6.4 second 60 yard dash time as Rickey Henderson. Fast, for sure, but not the fastest. The key is their quickness and being smart runners who can read pitchers. Obviously, Rickey is in a category by himself here though Hamilton is the best I remember seeing in a Red Sox uniform and gets an extra boost with the new rule changes. Can't even imagine how much Rickey Henderson would impact baseball games with these new rules but just looked to see if he had commented and found this article (excuse me for the paywall link please): www.nytimes.com/athletic/4349809/2023/03/27/rickey-henderson-stolen-bases-mlb?source=user-shared-articleTLDR Rickey Henderson is conflicted about the rule changes; he proposes a new rule where he gets more stolen bases added to his existing record because he would have gone more and been safe every time. Experts still feel Henderson's 1,406 career SBs will never be broken. In spirit, Henderson supports how the new rules will move focus away from just launch angle and 'let the kids run' as that is the exciting part of baseball and what fans want to see. Nice quote from Dusty Baker: “(Hall of Fame pitcher) Jim Palmer once told me (Henderson) was the best player in baseball. Because if you walked him it was a triple and if you fell behind him it was a home run.”
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jul 6, 2024 12:05:39 GMT -5
on FS1, get to watch. happy about that. didn't know, was about to go play some golf.
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 6, 2024 12:14:20 GMT -5
Gerrit Cole
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 6, 2024 12:19:53 GMT -5
i see him in the first inning touching his hair and cap just like this. but the umps just check the glove, i've never seen them check the hat or hair for sticky stuff.
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Post by station13 on Jul 6, 2024 12:20:08 GMT -5
I don't like Devers not batting in the 1st.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jul 6, 2024 12:20:50 GMT -5
they had to jinx him with the lowest HR rate in baseball stuff. Thanks AJ, you POS !!
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Post by cdj on Jul 6, 2024 12:21:40 GMT -5
Not the best two strike pitch
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 6, 2024 12:22:33 GMT -5
Now the Sox are gonna have to come from behind again....
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 6, 2024 12:22:37 GMT -5
The Rizzo injury might be a blessing for the Yanks because Rice could be better than him now
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 6, 2024 12:25:44 GMT -5
I told my Yankees fan in-laws when they said they really liked Verdugo to enjoy it for the month, maybe 2 months, he's good for and feels engaged. That's one guy I'm disappointed that didn't work out and glad he's gone.
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Post by radiohix on Jul 6, 2024 12:29:22 GMT -5
We're against the MFY and the HP umpire again today huh?
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Post by dcsoxfan15 on Jul 6, 2024 12:33:27 GMT -5
Reese McGuire is so magically good against the Yankees, it’s awesome.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 6, 2024 12:34:30 GMT -5
Reese McGuire is so magically good against the Yankees, it’s awesome. Just a beautiful stroke.
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Post by station13 on Jul 6, 2024 12:35:19 GMT -5
these bullshits strikes the yankees are being gifted annoys me.
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Post by station13 on Jul 6, 2024 12:36:21 GMT -5
Do we got a slam yet this year? Hell of a time to get one out the way
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Post by thelpc on Jul 6, 2024 12:36:38 GMT -5
Caught a break there lol
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 6, 2024 12:37:08 GMT -5
Do we got a slam yet this year? Hell of a time to get one out the way Hard to do when you're swinging at the worst possible pitches.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jul 6, 2024 12:37:42 GMT -5
Dom's hit last night is underreported around here. Is he the guy gonna lose his roster spot when Casas comes back ?
I hope not. I have really appreciated his play. I know he isn't great, but he has been a pro since coming in.
And I like typing The Dommer, as well.
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