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Jujubees2
09-22-2009, 04:59 AM
Way to blow a 6 run lead. What the fuck is up with Manny Delcarmen lately?
It's his ass according to Tito (from the Globe):
Delcarmen, who was not available after the game, allowed four runs and his ERA ballooned to 4.34, and worse, it’s 8.84 since July 28, a span of 20 games.
“He’s got to get his rear end under him,’’ Francona said of Delcarmen before the game. “Just when he gets that balance point, he’s got to go this way instead of running away from his arm. It’s a lot easier said than done. It’s been that way for a while. It’s something that he’s aware of, John [Farrell’s] been aware of. We’ve talked to him.’’
It's his ass according to Tito (from the Globe):
Delcarmen, who was not available after the game, allowed four runs and his ERA ballooned to 4.34, and worse, it’s 8.84 since July 28, a span of 20 games.
“He’s got to get his rear end under him,’’ Francona said of Delcarmen before the game. “Just when he gets that balance point, he’s got to go this way instead of running away from his arm. It’s a lot easier said than done. It’s been that way for a while. It’s something that he’s aware of, John [Farrell’s] been aware of. We’ve talked to him.’’
Maybe if he freed his mind first, then his ass will follow.
joeyballsack
09-22-2009, 10:54 AM
It would really be great to steal one tonight against Grienke since they blew one last night. I would love to see them 4 or so back going to NY and maybe steal the division somehow since the Wild Card appears to be locked up already.
August_West
09-22-2009, 11:34 AM
It would really be great to steal one tonight against Grienke since they blew one last night. I would love to see them 4 or so back going to NY and maybe steal the division somehow since the Wild Card appears to be locked up already.
Stop smokin that wacky weed.
Jujubees2
09-22-2009, 11:47 AM
Maybe if he freed his mind first, then his ass will follow.
I think he needs to breathe through his eyes.
Fallon
09-29-2009, 11:29 PM
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Jujubees2
09-30-2009, 04:33 AM
How the hell do you celebrate last night after losing five in a row? Why don't you wait until you win a game?
How the hell do you celebrate last night after losing five in a row? Why don't you wait until you win a game?
Because it's a long ass season and the first goal is to get into the playoffs
vjr97
09-30-2009, 05:13 AM
boston sucks moose cock!!
boston sucks moose cock!!
K
A week of not winning yet they manage to get into the playoffs. Outstanding.
Nice to see that 6 game slide finally come to an end.
Jesus.
TheMojoPin
10-04-2009, 07:19 AM
The Red Sox have one of the rare GM's who knows what the fuck they're talking about. Here's what he said after a couple of sports radio clods slammed JD Drew's OPS as not being "productive": (http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/10/03/theo/?6a52a940)
"That’s not true. With RBIs, yes. Based on his skill set, he’s always going to have underwhelming RBI totals. I couldn’t care less. When you’re putting together a winning team, that honestly doesn’t matter. When you have a player who takes a ton of walks, who doesn’t put the ball in play at an above average rate, and is a certain type of hitter, he’s not going to drive in a lot of runs. Runs scored, you couldn’t be more wrong. If you look at a rate basis, J.D. scores a ton of runs.
And the reason he scores a ton of runs is because he does the single most important thing you can do in baseball as an offensive player. And that’s NOT MAKE OUTS. He doesn’t make outs. He’s always among our team leaders in on-base percentage, usually among the league leaders in on-base percentage. And he’s a really good base runner. So when he doesn’t make outs, and he gets himself on base, he scores runs — and he has some good hitters hitting behind him. Look at his runs scored on a rate basis with the Red Sox or throughout his career. It’s outstanding.
You guys can talk about RBIs if you want, I just … we ignore them in the front office … and I think we’ve built some pretty good offensive clubs. If you want to talk about RBIs at all, talk about it as a percentage of opportunity but it’s just simply not a way or something we use to evaluate offensive players."
My kingdom for a GM that is smart enough to realive that dwelling over RBI's and RBI% is a fool's errand. Oh, wait, what's that? The Cubs are talking about needing "an RBI guy" instead of Milton Bradley? Wonderful. Back to misery for me.
Here's what he said after a couple of sports radio clods slammed JD Drew's OPS as not being "productive":[/URL]
It's Boston Sports Radio. These guys didn't go to Harvard or MIT.
TheMojoPin
10-04-2009, 10:47 AM
It's Boston Sports Radio. These guys didn't go to Harvard or MIT.
All sports radio hosts are idiots, but unfortunately too many fans take what they say as gospel.
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