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8/2-8/4 Red Sox @ Rangers Series Thread
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Post by shagworthy on Aug 3, 2024 9:45:52 GMT -5
Ex-player with a hillbilly accent... who grew up in Los Angeles, I want to point out. He's just total schtick from top to bottom. And he makes the other guys around him worse too; I like Middlebrooks a lot as an announcer but Millar kept sucking him into his black hole of inane blather. He does the same to Youkilis.
Is Kevin Millar the Larry the Cable Guy of baseball? The people are asking The problem with Millar is he's not cut out to be an in game broadcaster. He's entertaining on somewhat scripted shows, but boy when he goes off script disaster ensues. Also, not a big fan of Larry, but his career would be considered an unquestionable success, no one is attending the roast of Kevin Millar.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 3, 2024 10:29:34 GMT -5
Fun team. The offense this season has been a revelation. Youth movement is coming/here. The athleticism is quite enjoyable every game. Keep the good times coming. They have a team wRC+ of 126 since June 1st, 4th in the majors behind an improbable set of teams (NYM, ARI, MIN).
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Post by wvusox on Aug 3, 2024 11:31:17 GMT -5
Fun team. The offense this season has been a revelation. Youth movement is coming/here. The athleticism is quite enjoyable every game. Keep the good times coming. They have a team wRC+ of 126 since June 1st, 4th in the majors behind an improbable set of teams (NYM, ARI, MIN). "Addition by Subtraction" Sox have been steadily increasing team BA, up to .261 now and look for that number rise even further. Why? Sox have removed the dead weight, as releasing or demoting Enmanuel Valdez, Reese McGuire, Pablo Reyes, Garrett Cooper, Jamie Westbrook, Bobby Dalbec, Tyler Heineman & Zack Short have resulted in the following combined BA removed from the roster: 106 H in 565 AB for a .188 BA & .294 SLG By contrast, the current active roster features players tallying 840 H in 3009 AB for a .279 BA & .476 SLG! Dom Smith is the current low man in BA at .236 Excited to watch this offense over the next couple of months!!
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Post by tjb21 on Aug 3, 2024 11:48:12 GMT -5
^^ valid point. IIRC Valdez was really hot before he was sent down.
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Post by rhswanzey on Aug 3, 2024 11:50:09 GMT -5
Wondering if the Sox are willing to play Dom Smith in left once in a while. He was not good there in 2021, his largest sample (-10 OAA / -11 FRV in about 100 games). But maybe Fenway helps.
If they are willing to try it, I don’t think it would happen very often, and shouldn’t. This would basically be the “keep O’Neill healthy” starts vRHP that Ref has drawn throughout the year.
That’s the only path to at bats for him once Casas gets back, outside of regularly scheduled rest for Casas and Yoshida, and pinch hitting. Which may be enough. Can’t cut this bat, even if it’s a third 1B/DH guy.
Tangent/aside… seems like Cora is doing a lot less of the regularly scheduled days off that was a feature of prior years. Maybe just a function of having a younger team for a change.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 3, 2024 12:08:38 GMT -5
They have a team wRC+ of 126 since June 1st, 4th in the majors behind an improbable set of teams (NYM, ARI, MIN). "Addition by Subtraction" Sox have been steadily increasing team BA, up to .261 now and look for that number rise even further. Why? Sox have removed the dead weight, as releasing or demoting Enmanuel Valdez, Reese McGuire, Pablo Reyes, Garrett Cooper, Jamie Westbrook, Bobby Dalbec, Tyler Heineman & Zack Short have resulted in the following combined BA removed from the roster: 106 H in 565 AB for a .188 BA & .294 SLG By contrast, the current active roster features players tallying 840 H in 3009 AB for a .279 BA & .476 SLG! Dom Smith is the current low man in BA at .236 Excited to watch this offense over the next couple of months!! The general point stands, but dropping Valdez who was hitting .311/.393/.568 over 84 PAs since his previous demotion in favor of Westbrook and a slumping Hamilton does not exactly fit the pattern, and still seems like a questionable choice to me.
I guess they really just can't abide his defense. The numbers are indeed bad (-7 OAA in a quarter of a season) - worse than I would have guessed; I must have missed some of his bad games because he had looked at least passable to me.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Aug 3, 2024 12:20:02 GMT -5
Wondering if the Sox are willing to play Dom Smith in left once in a while. He was not good there in 2021, his largest sample (-10 OAA / -11 FRV in about 100 games). But maybe Fenway helps. If they are willing to try it, I don’t think it would happen very often, and shouldn’t. This would basically be the “keep O’Neill healthy” starts vRHP that Ref has drawn throughout the year. That’s the only path to at bats for him once Casas gets back, outside of regularly scheduled rest for Casas and Yoshida, and pinch hitting. Which may be enough. Can’t cut this bat, even if it’s a third 1B/DH guy. Tangent/aside… seems like Cora is doing a lot less of the regularly scheduled days off that was a feature of prior years. Maybe just a function of having a younger team for a change. Good brainstorming idea, but if the Red Sox refuse to play Yoshida in LF, I do not see them playing Smith there either. Casas may need more rest days than usual to let him continue to heal.
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Post by bluechip on Aug 3, 2024 12:40:40 GMT -5
Wondering if the Sox are willing to play Dom Smith in left once in a while. He was not good there in 2021, his largest sample (-10 OAA / -11 FRV in about 100 games). But maybe Fenway helps. If they are willing to try it, I don’t think it would happen very often, and shouldn’t. This would basically be the “keep O’Neill healthy” starts vRHP that Ref has drawn throughout the year. That’s the only path to at bats for him once Casas gets back, outside of regularly scheduled rest for Casas and Yoshida, and pinch hitting. Which may be enough. Can’t cut this bat, even if it’s a third 1B/DH guy. Tangent/aside… seems like Cora is doing a lot less of the regularly scheduled days off that was a feature of prior years. Maybe just a function of having a younger team for a change. Good brainstorming idea, but if the Red Sox refuse to play Yoshida in LF, I do not see them playing Smith there either. Casas may need more rest days than usual to let him continue to heal. Yoshida would seem like the obvious choice for left, but they appear done with that after 2023.
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Post by bluechip on Aug 3, 2024 12:42:15 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house.
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Aug 3, 2024 12:57:33 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. At my age (66) and employment status (retired) I wish for as many day games as possible and yes miss the Saturday afternoon games of the past very much
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 3, 2024 13:01:35 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. Meanwhile, being in California means that essentially every game is an afternoon game
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Post by threeifbaerga on Aug 3, 2024 13:09:13 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. As someone who tended bar for about a decade I've always said the MLB should have at least one nationally broadcast day game every day. There's nothing else on.
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 3, 2024 13:19:16 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. As someone who tended bar for about a decade I've always said the MLB should have at least one nationally broadcast day game every day. There's nothing else on. Recalls the days when the Braves were broadcast on TBS every day.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 3, 2024 13:19:23 GMT -5
Latest WAR from ESPN site - Duran (6.2) and Devers (4.3) #5 and 6.
Abreu #33, O'Neill #36, Wong #40.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 3, 2024 13:20:31 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. When I first started watching the Red Sox, Saturday afternoon meant Ken Coleman, Ned Martin and Mel Parnell. Sure, I miss Sat afternoon games! Ads - Naragansett beer, Schaefer beer, Tobin's First Prize Bologna!
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Aug 3, 2024 13:36:25 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. Meanwhile, being in California means that essentially every game is an afternoon game Yes, most of the games for me are from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (I catch myself complaining when the Red Sox are in the PST time zone, because I have to wait until 7:00 PM…. lol at myself.😂
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Post by incandenza on Aug 3, 2024 14:11:08 GMT -5
Meanwhile, being in California means that essentially every game is an afternoon game Yes, most of the games for me are from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (I catch myself complaining when the Red Sox are in the PST time zone, because I have to wait until 7:00 PM…. lol at myself.😂 4-7pm are the most pointless hours of the day: too drowsy to be productive, too early for evening activities. Perfect time for a baseball game!
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Post by blizzards39 on Aug 3, 2024 14:27:56 GMT -5
Cody Bradford starting for Texas. LH.
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Post by cheers on Aug 3, 2024 14:33:20 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. When I first started watching the Red Sox, Saturday afternoon meant Ken Coleman, Ned Martin and Mel Parnell. Sure, I miss Sat afternoon games! Ads - Naragansett beer, Schaefer beer, Tobin's First Prize Bologna! The Schaefer s*&ts. Shuddering. Not all the oldies are goodies.
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Post by rhswanzey on Aug 3, 2024 14:36:27 GMT -5
Wondering if the Sox are willing to play Dom Smith in left once in a while. He was not good there in 2021, his largest sample (-10 OAA / -11 FRV in about 100 games). But maybe Fenway helps. If they are willing to try it, I don’t think it would happen very often, and shouldn’t. This would basically be the “keep O’Neill healthy” starts vRHP that Ref has drawn throughout the year. That’s the only path to at bats for him once Casas gets back, outside of regularly scheduled rest for Casas and Yoshida, and pinch hitting. Which may be enough. Can’t cut this bat, even if it’s a third 1B/DH guy. Tangent/aside… seems like Cora is doing a lot less of the regularly scheduled days off that was a feature of prior years. Maybe just a function of having a younger team for a change. Good brainstorming idea, but if the Red Sox refuse to play Yoshida in LF, I do not see them playing Smith there either. Casas may need more rest days than usual to let him continue to heal. I think you’re right - the only caveat would be if the Yoshida durability concern was what drove the decision over Yoshida’s defense. If it was that they deemed Yoshida’s glove unplayable regardless of any durability concerns, then yeah, Don’s not going to be out there either.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 3, 2024 14:48:16 GMT -5
When I first started watching the Red Sox, Saturday afternoon meant Ken Coleman, Ned Martin and Mel Parnell. Sure, I miss Sat afternoon games! Ads - Naragansett beer, Schaefer beer, Tobin's First Prize Bologna! The Schaefer s*&ts. Shuddering. Not all the oldies are goodies. Schaefer... Is the....One Beer to Have when you're Having More than One!"
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Post by asm18 on Aug 3, 2024 14:57:29 GMT -5
Points for creativity
Duran LF Refsnyder RF Gonzalez 2B Devers 3B Wong 1B Yoshida DH Jansen, D. C Sogard SS Rafaela CF
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Post by art on Aug 3, 2024 15:34:42 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. When I first started watching the Red Sox, Saturday afternoon meant Ken Coleman, Ned Martin and Mel Parnell. Sure, I miss Sat afternoon games! Ads - Naragansett beer, Schaefer beer, Tobin's First Prize Bologna! When I was a kid the only televised games were on Saturday & Sunday afternoon. IIRC, one day it was on channel 4 and the other on channel 7, the only commercial channels in Boston at the time. The broadcasters were Curt Gowdy and sidekick Bob Murphy, the same as on radio. The advertisers were Narragansett beer, Chesterfield cigarettes and Atlantic gasoline touted by Irene Hennessey, 3 innings apiece.
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Post by tjb21 on Aug 3, 2024 15:59:31 GMT -5
Points for creativity Duran LF Refsnyder RF Gonzalez 2B Devers 3B Wong 1B Yoshida DH Jansen, D. C Sogard SS Rafaela CF Wonder if TON had a scheduled day off.
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Aug 3, 2024 15:59:33 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Saturday afternoon baseball? Like it was great to have on when doing stuff around the house. Joe Garagiola & Tony Kubek: "Fastball. Strike three and he's out!" "That right there was some good old fashioned country hardball." Yeah, miss those guys.
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