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Post by geostorm on Sept 3, 2021 22:23:02 GMT -5
MFY's had the winning run on 3B with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th. Gallo fouled out and Judge grounded to first.
Has it been mentioned that Seabold is enroute?
I think I also heard that Crawford may be another near term addition, along with Seabold forget where I heard it, but it was this evening...perhaps the radio pregame, discussing both those moves, w one mentioning the very recent CVD issues, esp the critical time of year, & perhaps an eye towards keeping powder dry, on a couple of arms, in case needed quickly...
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Post by geostorm on Aug 23, 2021 21:26:28 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Aug 23, 2021 21:24:24 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 20:18:26 GMT -5
I actually checked for this after Hansel was acquired. Still waiting for them to get a pitcher named White so White can throw to Wong. That made my literally laugh loud. Same...gave me a good chuckle...and, another, thinking about all the other possibilities, if Sox had brought on Kolton Wong!
(then, wistful - re-recalling Bs not able to close, on this one, esp, that would have given Boston a crossover Hansel & Getzlaf, seems about as close as you could get? -
bostonhockeynow.com/2021/07/28/source-boston-bruins-in-running-for-getzlaf/ )
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:38:04 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:35:19 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:28:57 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:27:36 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:20:59 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:19:06 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:18:23 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:05:32 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:04:13 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:03:04 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:01:54 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 15:01:30 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 30, 2021 14:59:02 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 28, 2021 21:19:21 GMT -5
Green isn’t signing. At all. Not going to happen. His Dad's reply to ChrisH seems to hint that there is a chance, though?...or, perhaps it is just a "dream"?
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Post by geostorm on Jul 27, 2021 18:43:24 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 23, 2021 6:28:26 GMT -5
Remember yall, Cashman protected Kriske over Whitlock. That was bad, that, Kriske Business, if you ask me!
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Post by geostorm on Jul 22, 2021 23:03:33 GMT -5
Last time losing 1st game of a series, @kc JUN 18th (v HOU JUN 8th last one at Fenway)?
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Post by geostorm on Jul 14, 2021 21:32:27 GMT -5
That's the top of the list sorted by offensive wins above replacement - over the entire history of MLB. I left Bumgarner in there because he's still playing and he's a good hitter. Following that is a long list with many "cups of coffee". Henderson is a real outlier. We're all waiting for the next one. Well the reason is because lefty throwers tend to be natural lefties. If you are naturally it’s to your advantage to bat lefty, since most pitchers are right handed. As an aside, most switch hitters are also righty throwers, but lefty throwing switch hitters are not as uncommon. Maybe, If the natural lefty is good enough make the majors as a hitter (ie he is really talented and will get the attention of coaches), and he is a lefty, some coach will simply tell him to bat lefty or teach him to switch hit. I am a natural lefty, that begin my LL "farm league" playing days, as a 7yo, during the mid60s, as a right handed batter. My very first coach, Coach Lewis, about a handful of games into that season, asked my folks if he could keep me after a few games and regular practices, for about 20-30 minutes or so, to pitch me extra BP, but with me hitting LH...
...a couple of weeks in, across 10 or so games+practicess, I started settling in, and, by end of that season, I was good enough, to be able to switch hit at a decent level, in the backyard Wiffle ball field, w my 3 brothers, in spirited 2 on 2s, as a switch hitter.
This was really neat, because we'd each take an MLB team (Red Sox always went 1st; Twins most often went 2nd), and, mock out that teams batting order, trying to mimic that teams hitters, at the plate, and, while I was able to do a pretty good Yaz, I was esp excited to be able to rock my fave player at the time - Reggie Smith - from both sides of the plate!
I'm imagining, others that were born natural LH, as I was, but hit RH, perhaps did so, for similar reasons I started batting RH, as a
natural lefty...
...b/c the throwing may have been truly natural, but hitting a baseball, isn't, and, well the person the first put a bat in my hand, and began under handing me a baseball, at 4 or so yo, my Mom, hit RH, and, suppose it was most natural for her, to teach what you did, yourself, to your 4 boys, even "the lefty"
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Post by geostorm on Jul 13, 2021 13:03:50 GMT -5
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Post by geostorm on Jul 12, 2021 20:01:47 GMT -5
Just finished reading this thread from maybe page 6 -- I took my brother to a doctor appointment after the Cardinals drafted Baez, had a fabulous meal (Sichuan Gourmet on Rt.9 in Framingham).
I should have taken more notes on points I liked, but I love the Marisnick comp for Fabian. Floor would seem to be 4th OFer who can platoon with any LHB in the OF and, even if his swing-and-miss limits him to that role, can crush mistakes. That forces opposing pitchers to be careful; a guy like that gets more care and respect than a guy with the same wRC+ who's a an OK hitter across all his tools.
And I don't think the mid-season adjustment he made is the same phenomenon at all as the pitchers that were cited who had breakthroughs in the months before they were drafted. That's a guy doing something new (even if it's just throwing strikes) and having enhanced success against people who've never seen it. In some cases the tool improvement itself can be a SSS fluke; you get in a groove spinning your slider for a month or two, but it's never as consistent again. I forget the name of the A-ball pitcher who finished a season about 5 - 10 years ago with just an astonishingly low walk rate (something like 2 BB in his latst 8 starts or something) and the next season, was back to ordinary.
Fixing a flaw to get back to the neighborhood of where you were is nothing like any of that. There's no countermove the opposition can make, and it can't be a SSS fluke. It substantially raises the odds that he can hit well enough to top Marisnick's career 83 wRC+ (but 100 starting in 2017).
I'll be replying to manfred re Bloom in the Mayer thread, but the short version is that I'm 100% certain that the Sox and Mayer had a plan to get him to fall to 4, and I think my argument is convincing. And I am not rounding up here. I'm not just 99.9% sure. Sichuan Gourmet is quite good - they also have a location near BU as well if I'm remembering correctly, popular among the international students there. as a Sichuan fan, here in RI, and oft traveling to/through MA, both your posts already had me looking that one up (http://www.laosichuan.com/ ) seeing multiple locations, and, also toask, if either of you have other Sichuan recommendations, in MA (or other NE neighboring)?
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