i blame cora for batting Betts leadoff!Originally Posted by moonslav59
Maybe, if Betts didn't belt 30 HRs, Beni would have 100 RBIs.
It's all on Mookie- so damn selfish!
i blame cora for batting Betts leadoff!Maybe, if Betts didn't belt 30 HRs, Beni would have 100 RBIs.
It's all on Mookie- so damn selfish!
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Good one!
I've said all along, I'd like Bogey 2nd... maybe something like Beni-Bogey-Betts-JD, but the numbers show the 3rd slot is not the place for your best hitter (or second best).
My biggest disappointment this year is Joe Kelley. I've always liked his velo and his stuff and he's been lights-out at times. I thought he'd turned the corner and had even considered that he might be the closer in 2019
Guess not.
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully
So you've been converted?
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully
Pomeranz by some distance. His down year has hurt us in more than one way. He's cost us a bonus draft pick for one.
I've never liked Betts first, but there are enough advantages to make it a minor issue, to me.So you've been converted?
I used to think putting your best overall hitter 3rd was best. I was "converted" on that one.
I like JD 4th more than any other likes.
I'd like to see Bogey second, but studies show the best should hit 2nd and 4th, so maybe Betts up 2nd is best.
1.
2. Betts
3.
4. JD
5.
5 is supposed to be more important than 3rd, so maybe Moreland-Peacre 3rd.
1.
2. Betts
3. Moreland/Pearce
4. JD
5.
That leaves Beni and Bogey for the 1 and 5 slots.
Beni has a .395 OBP vs LHPs and Bogey is .353. Bogey is .397 vs LHPs and Beni is .301.
I'd flip the two depending on thye SP'er.
vs RHP:
1. Beni
2. Betts
3. Moreland
4. JD
5. Bogey
vs LHPs:
1. Bogey
2. Betts
3. Pearce
4. JD
5. Beni
Looks best to me.
Yeah I can see that - though I never liked his stuff. Guys with that velo should miss more bats.My biggest disappointment this year is Joe Kelley. I've always liked his velo and his stuff and he's been lights-out at times. I thought he'd turned the corner and had even considered that he might be the closer in 2019
Guess not.
I think the biggest disappointment is many of the comments on the game thread. The Sox are having a great season by any measure. Historic. Yet to read the game thread you would think that half the lineup were stiffs , the bullpen was a disaster and the manager is a total idiot. And doom is lurking around the corner. Hard to understand all of the negativism, since the so- called " Curse of the Bambino " was laid to rest fourteen years ago.
Their Bullpen in general
Well said.
- From the 2004 ALCS Game 4 Gamethread. A reminder that no game is over until the final out is recorded, and things will always get better. Misspellings unchanged as a reminder that Yankees fans are just terrible.
I usually avoid the game thread for just this reason.
I get the momentary frustration effect, but it goes over the top way too often for my liking.
To each his own, I guess.
I think Pom is my biggest disappointment as well. I believed that he would regress, but I didn't think he would pitch as poorly as he had.
That said, the team has overcome that disappointment quite well.
I pretty much stopped posting in game threads towards the end of the 2011 season.
You can imagine how toxic those game threads were.
My biggest disappointment this year is we did not sweep the Yankees!
My biggest disappointments this year are even thinking that there were any disappointments. You really have to be kidding me right.
Of course there will always be players that you want to be better than they are and in some cases better than they may even ever be but there is 0 to be disappointed with this year. End of story.
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