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DonCaballero |
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Well, I thought this team would win 100 games, but I'll take the WC.
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mpaxisa |
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ArodSucksAtLife wrote: Because you say so? |
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ArodSucksAtLife |
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Mainly because I said so, that and the level of talent was without the shadow of a doubt a top 4 AL team. It was top 2 MLB, pre injury(attrition).
"A person can watch a hundreds of baseball games and unless they know what to look forward they won't be able to give a scouting report, which
is a lot different than following the ball or to know what the score is." - last seen 11/01/07
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Bury the Hammer |
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^ truth.
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Bury the Hammer |
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mpaxisa wrote: Well, going by WAR, Greinke has been about 2 wins better than Lester this year in. In 2004, Santana was 7 wins better than Colon. So, not really. |
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DCRi |
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Before the season began I thought the Sox would win 100 games or more. We were expecting a lineup that included Lowrie at SS and a recovered Ortiz at DH. The
starting pitching looked to be the best in modern Sox history. Except at catcher, the team appeared to have no lineup holes, and on the field it appeared to be
equal to, or even better - because of Lowrie - than last year's team. There was concern about Lowell coming back from his surgery but he seemed to be doing
OK in spring training.
So what happens? Lowrie goes down, Papi doesn't hit, Lowell can't move, Dice-K can't pitch, and, in fact, the entire starting pitching staff under performs. Varitek hits pretty well early on. Youk hits a ton, along with Bay. Somebody named Nick Green, who never has been a SS, takes over for Lowrie, and hits pretty well, makes some great plays in the field and also some awful ones but is better than Lugo, and the bullpen is lights out. With all their problems the Sox start out well, while the Yankees stumble out of the gate. Then reality catches up, and all those Yankee aging veterans step up and perform better than they should. Meanwhile, Papi's slump becomes something akin to a baseball version of a Greek tragedy. Penny and Smoltz disappoint. Wake is the best pitcher on the staff for a while before suffering the breakdown everyone seemed to be expecting. Following the All Star game the Sox essentially collapse, while the Yankees go into a sprint. Not only do the Sox fall well behind the Yankees, Texas catches them in the wild card race. Then Theo makes some deals that I think really helped to right the ship. Martinez has been a great acquisiton. He has hit and he has helped overcome the problems at 3B and C. Gonzo has made a huge difference in the field, and, surprisingly, he also has hit, sometimes at key times. The Wagner acquisition also has helped to compensate for the loss of Masterson. Buchholz now is having a huge impact. Becket seems to be overcoming whatever was wrong with him. Lester is getting better and better. Dice-K is coming back. Papelbon has recovered his splitter. The team now is close to what we were expecting in March. That's why I'm optimistic. 20 games to go, four ahead in the Wildcard. It will be interesting this week to see how the Sox match up against the Angels. |
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Nexus |
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ArodSucksAtLife wrote: This is not even close to the same team that showed up in ST. There's no way the original 25 guys on the opening day roster carry this team to the post-season. |
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jr russo |
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I love it payback from last year. See ya Devil Dogs!!
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amfox1 |
#129 | |||
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One year ago today (+ / - wins) [Note that on average in 2008 2.5 more games had been played through this date]
+13 Hankees -4 Boston -6 Baltimore -15 Toronto -16 Tampa +6 Detroit -8 Kansas City -11 Minnesota -11 Cleveland -12 Chicago WS +17 Seattle +7 Texas -5 Oakland -6 LA Angels +8 Atlanta +6 Washington -1 Philadelphia -1 Florida -20 NY Mets +6 St. Louis -4 Cincinnati -8 Pittsburgh -10 Houston -14 Milwaukee -16 Chicago Cubs +14 Colorado +9 San Francisco +8 LA Dodgers +8 San Diego -10 Arizona |
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MLBDreams |
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Great job by RS for sweeping TB, it was too bad that Jason Bay's 8th inning HR (from 3-0 to 4-0) ruined Bill Wagner's chance for his first AL save.
Maybe he'll get ones when Paps is unavailable or once the team is clinch for WC berth.
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templeUsox |
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According to Hittracker, Bay's HR was the cheapest HR hit all year in baseball.
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Cem21 |
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Bay's homer has to be one of the cheapest in a while. It was shocking to see a ball hit so bad end up as a homer.
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norbit14 |
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Just like the man himself Nick Green earlier this year for a walk-off, back when he was a gold glove candidate.
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TWilliams4649 |
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In all reality the Red Sox can finish with 98 wins (if they go 14-6) which they haven't done since 2004. Maybe 100 games (16-4) which they have never done.
The only good games we have left are 6 which is 3 home games against the Angels and 3 road games against the Yankees.
Then on the road it is just 3 against the Orioles and 4 against the Royals. So I would like to predict 98 wins and I think it is possible for 100 wins --- provided we don't get swept in Yankee Stadium. Is this too unrealistic? |
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DCRi |
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Yes. The team has only three reliable SPs since we cannot count on Dice-K yet.
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TWilliams4649 |
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Maybe the 100 wins but the sox just won 7 out of 10 against the Rays and White sox who have better records than the Royals, Orioles, Blue Jays, and the
Indians. Only the Yankees and Angels have better records than them. I think they can win 7 out of 10 twice to end the season (14 out of the remaining 20) to
win 98 games.
Lester is unhittable, Buchholz has been great, Beckett apparently was battling the flu over a couple of his poor starts. I guess tomorrow night with Dice-K and how Wake feels after his cortisone shots will tell us a lot. |
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Bury the Hammer |
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It's especially unrealistic if/when they get more breathing room between themselves and Texas. They don't care about winning 100 games (nor should
they) and their management of the team will reflect that.
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gregblossersbelly |
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templeUsox wrote: He hit one earlier in the year at Fenway against Detroit. I think E.Jackson. Looked like a pop-up off of the bat. About 5ft inside the LF (Fisk) foul pole. Barely scraped the top of the wall on the way down. We have the feet at 310. Didn't the Globe do satellite imagery about 20yrs ago to show that it was 299ft? |
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charliezink16 |
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Wow thats wierd, when you mentioned cheap homers, I was going to bring up Green's walk off one, and Bay's off EJackson, but they were both mentioned
allready. Don't worry though, Matt Holliday hit bigger and better homers than Bay.
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bishop |
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gregblossersbelly wrote:It was off Fu-Te Ni, not EJax. http://www.hittrackeronli..._dist&sort=asc And according to that, it's actually Ortiz with 6 lucky HR's who leads the league (Bay tied for 2nd with 4). |
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