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I remember when my father, the human chimney, use to light his cigarettes with a match. When choosing a life partner it's always best to seek the perfect match. When it comes to baseball they play a GAME not a "match". If politics don't kill this country soccer references surely will.The MLB Season needs a serious contraction.
I loved baseball growing up, but it has serious problems sustaining interest over the 162 game schedule and the protracted playoff schedule. It's just so slow and drawn out. I wish they would shorten the season back to 154 games, four playoff teams in each league and the Playoffs/World Series at a reasonable hour, so fans can watch non-favorite teams without killing themselves with sleep deprivation. I also wouldn't mind seeing a contraction of the game itself into a 7-inning match, although MLB will never consider it.
Football, as presently configured, is nearly perfect in every regard. I'd kill the Thursday Night games, but that's just me.
I remember when my father, the human chimney, use to light his cigarettes with a match. When choosing a life partner it's always best to seek the perfect match. When it comes to baseball they play a GAME not a "match". If politics don't kill this country soccer references surely will.
Other possibilities:I know it's not a baseball "match", but I'd already used the word "game" in the same sentence. Just trying to not be redundant by repeating myself over and over and saying the same thing again and again...
This Red Sox team is one of the faster teams in franchise history. Our problem was, ironically, very poor effort in the station to station game. This is a doubles park first and foremost. Load the bases and plug the gaps is the traditional Fenway strategy (to paraphrase Earl Weaver, "pitching, defense and the 2 run double") and it works for us far more often than it doesn't. Our problem is not lack of power or lack of speed. For some reason the talent we have didn't execute up to its ability this year.Despite winning the AL Least, Boston's playoff performance mirrored their season and highlighted their extreme deficiencies.
1) Station to station lineup in the New Home Run Era
2) Swooning starting pitching carried into the playoffs
Middle relief is the single area of any baseball franchise most prone to selection bias in analysis. It was also the best asset of the franchise this year. Yes the bullpen blows games, and of course every time they do, the bullpen is The Worst Thing Ever. You are disappointingly unexceptional in this.3) Middle relievers better on paper than in real life
4) $100 million of salary providing little to nothing on the field: Fat Panda, Porcello, Price, Han Ram, Castillo, Craig, Smith
Unfortunately.....the extreme financial issues will not be going away any time soon. And with few assets in the minor league system ...plus major league chips that lost much of their shine...the Sox are stuck with this team.
No way can this team win with so many slap hitters who can't even reach the wall.
The Yankees will stomp them in '18
That is a terrible reason to dismiss a manager. Do you think you get extra runs after the game for a good press conference or something?I want Farrell gone just because his media sessions infuriate me to no end. I can't imagine having to listen to this wonk 24/7/365
Pedroia...he's the Little Engine That Can't and deserves honorable mention in the most over rated MLB player category. Love his glove.....but not his 3 grounders/game
Chili Davis......It was a great run....but baseball has transformed itself in 2 years and the station to station game no longer applies...not when the ball has been reconfigured to fly out of parks
Bogaerts....no longer an enigma.....he is what he is....a singles hitter
What I see are lots of smallish batters who are intimidated by the expansive right field and have adjusted to slap hitting mode to compensate
Thanks for spelling it out, nostradumbass. I guess I can give a miss to the entire next season. Oh wait, it's baseball. We could be last place or we could win it all, especially with this roster and its problems and opportunities. Waaaaaay to early to be saying this kinda stuff and everyone with more than a single digit IQ knows that.I'm sure Big Dave would love to go after Stanton but his Saux can't match the likely bounty other teams have to offer
Wild card next year....but don't expect them to win the one game play in.
Other possibilities:
snoozefest
grass growing exhibit
Neil Diamond sing along
Farrell was ejected.As soon as Farrell sent Sale back out for the 8th, I flashed back to Pedro and Grady Little in 2003...
...and no Dave Stapleton at 1B in the bottom of the 10th in 1986.
Another Sox manager lets the postseason rolls between his legs.
Not far enough he needed to be thrown out of the club.Farrell was ejected.