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Post by scrappyunderdog on Jun 28, 2021 10:24:47 GMT -5
As I just posted yesterday, leave Devers alone and let him do his thing. Doofus Boone looked genuinely stressed out and concerned at the end of this game.
no doubt he fed most of the scribes all the bullshit hype about them being a good team they are not.That's probably the thing I dislike the most. I am 99% all about being positive and upbeat. But it can't be that way every day. Sometimes you need to call the team out. Cora didn't hesitate to basically say that our fielding stunk. I'm pretty sure that this has happened to all of us. The CFO called out his entire staff to complain that meeting minutes were taking to long to reach his desk. My response was that he was 100% right, and I was likely one of the main offenders. That's the way it is.
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Jun 28, 2021 10:29:37 GMT -5
Giancarlo Stanton hasn’t played an inning in the outfield all season because of the fear of injury. Yankees manager Aaron Boone went with a Miguel Andujar-Aaron Judge-Clint Frazier outfield alignment on Saturday, which is only slightly rangier than the Mike Greenwell-Troy O’Leary-Kevin Mitchell trio that Kevin Kennedy threw out there once early in the ’96 season. And that’s the worst defensive outfield I’ve ever seen, maybe at any level of baseball, including t-ball. ========================================================================================================== I didn't even think about that until I read it. That's pretty bad.
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Post by Kimmi on Jun 28, 2021 16:27:59 GMT -5
3 thoughts after 3 more exhilarating Red Sox victories over the YankeesBy Jon Couture June 28, 2021 | 8:57 AM They still aren’t stealing bases at anywhere near even league average, but they’re above average taking the extra base. It’s a direct line to Alex Cora, a student of the game like few others, who has preached this as a way to win since his days in Houston. “We do believe that we can take advantage in certain situations,” Cora told reporters on Saturday. “We were very aggressive against the Rays. We’ve been very aggressive against the Yankees. Playing fast works. It doesn’t matter. It’s not about stealing bases.” IRT the number of SBs, that's fairly meaningless. TB leads with 52 SB, but also leads in CS with 22. From a marginal basis, the edge over the RS is 23/12, which is a bit on the weak side. Also, the more you hit, the less need for a SB. We aren't trying to figure out how to squeeze out a run with a single, a SB, a sac and a SF. And I am betting Kimmi loved the part about playing fast, and not just for ABs. FTR, the Sox are #5 in baseball in baserunning runs at +4.6 The Rays are #6 with +4.2. If you eliminate the SB component, then the Sox are #7 with +2.8 and the Rays fall to #19 with -0.5. The Sox are running the bases much better than the Rays are.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 28, 2021 16:39:26 GMT -5
Chad Finn @globechadfinn 3m NESN's Red Sox-Yankees broadcast Friday delivered a 7.1 household rating. Sunday's brought a 6.04 for a 1 p.m. matinee. They're the two highest-rated Sox games on the network since Opening Day 2020.
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