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    9/20 - Twins vs Red Sox

    Vaz, Wilyer and Clank all playing. Bloomfest.
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    9/20 - Twins vs Red Sox

    When I was a kid i thought "Harmon Killebrew" was the best name. After the 1974 season, when he was pretty much toast, the Twins released him and he went to KC. He proved his toast-ness in 75. Though I can't confirm it on the intertubes, I remember reading (Sporting News, probably) that, in...
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    R1/3: Drake Maye QB UNC

    History doesn't really answer the question, so I dont know whether Maye should sit or play. But the NFL has no minor leagues, where a harper can get 600 PA's when it doesn't count. So it's a bit different.
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    Let's Talk About the Sale/Grissom Trade Some More

    Sox are going to have 3 guys make 30 starts for the first time since 2021, all under 30, all just about at or above league average ERA+, all of whom have demonstrated that they belong in the major leagues, though perhaps in the middle of, rather than the top of, a rotation. That isnt nothing and...
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    9/19 @TB - Blutarskys and Orsillos

    Sox do need several teams to flounder.
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    Let's Talk About the Sale/Grissom Trade Some More

    That's interesting. But, if he's healthy, and not just fatigued, I think he'll still be pretty effective at reduced velocity.
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    9/19 @TB - Blutarskys and Orsillos

    I'd give a dollar to the first player using some Bo Carter walkup music:
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    The Red Sox let go of several longtime coaches, scouts & instructors

    Fair point, but (and not trying to be snarky) Breslow wasn't a Chief Baseball Officer until he was. Regardless at least a few of the Sox departed are in pitching, so even if you limit Breslow to pitching people, there might be quite a few Cubs guys he wants; and who he may also thing are ready...
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    9/19 @TB - Blutarskys and Orsillos

    The Bloom is really off the cucumber now, isn't it?
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    The Red Sox let go of several longtime coaches, scouts & instructors

    Your point is accurate as far as the A's go, but I think the A's are such outliers that extrapolating their experience to other teams doesn't seem useful. (You might be right overall; I really don't know how much revenue the post season generates for the participants.)
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    9/19 @TB - Blutarskys and Orsillos

    As @E5 Yaz noted, the Sox run-differential stands at zero point zero. (All would agree that Vernon Wormer would be a better pbp guy than DOB. Yet, like Hall of Fame Broadcaster Joe Morgan, Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz is also dead, so that's a no-go.) The pathetic offense does have the...
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    The Red Sox let go of several longtime coaches, scouts & instructors

    I think the bolded is mostly a post hoc conclusion based on the fact that they haven't been winning. To me it's akin to determining whether a player "cares." That's it's intentional is one possible conclusion. It's just as likely that it's based on mistakes in talent evaluation, or minor...
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    The Red Sox let go of several longtime coaches, scouts & instructors

    Even assuming that maximizing shareholder return is now their #1 priority (which I don't, but so what) a reason they might "mess with it" is that a payroll increase combined with what is (mostly) an indisputable influx of young (and cheap) talent means that an increase in spending has a much...
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    When Is It Okay To Worry About Triston Casas: An Attempt at the Reverse Jinx

    Well, Dom Smith seemed to like him, based on Casas's interview of him. And then Dom Smith got released. Hmmmmm.
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    2024 Bruins Off Season News - Everyone Else But the Center

    If they said 6 and he said 10, 8.5 would track. I have little patience for those who walk away from negotiations instead of countering at least once. They are unserious about making a deal.
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