There's going to be a Ted Williams American Masters next summer--co-produced by David Ortiz's production company.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/253861832/david-ortiz-producing-ted-williams-documentary/
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 September 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
Could there be a blowing of the East? Is Bucky Dent coming out of retirement?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 30 September 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
I dunno but last night was the first time in recent memory that sox pitching didn't cough up the whole game in the first inning so I'm feeling optimistic about our chances in the NYY/HOU/CLE charnel house
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 30 September 2017 08:49 (six years ago) link
looks like Panic Time
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/2017/09/jennings_red_sox_in_no_shape_to_throw_away_al_east_crown
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 30 September 2017 12:53 (six years ago) link
lowest sox team ERA since 1992
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 October 2017 12:14 (six years ago) link
farrell out
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
Would expect Jason Varitek to be a prominent candidate with the Red Sox. Cora, Ausmus and perhaps some coaches on the staff as well.— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) October 11, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
win two divisional titles in a row, get sent packing
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 13:59 (six years ago) link
don’t know why i just said “divisional”
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
bring back bobby v
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
maybe they can make a trade to bring torey lovullo back
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
Dombrowski said Farrell was fired for reasons he won't disclose and that no level of team success would have prevented that.— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) October 11, 2017
weird
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
woooh
from a fan's perspective dombrowski has given farrell every tool at the exact moment it was needed
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
gump:Curious as to what you meant by Boston being behind the curve: do you mean the team’s analysis isn’t as advanced as in the past, or that they aren’t being listened to as much as in the past. If it’s the second, care to guess how many playoff apps with no series wins Dombrowski makes before being let go?
Dave Cameron: Their analytics department has been one of the smallest, most underfunded in baseball for years, even before Dombrowski got there.When everyone else was staffing up, hiring developers, and modernizing their infrastructure, the Red Sox stayed put and got passed by.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
idk how many quants are considered standard these days, but they do have james and brian bannister, so it's not like they're all 'fuck data'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
winning the division but not winning in the playoffs reflects badly on.... dombrowksi? how does "gump" figure that one?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
I don't know how much is underpinning those 2 'name' guys in analytics. DC seems to think not enough.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
They're still winning division titles so if you subscribe to "my shit doesn't work in the playoffs" then they're still doing most things right.
DD inherited Farrell from the Cherington regime and probably just wants to hire his own guy (whoever that might be). Losing in the first round two straight years gives him the perfect excuse to make a move.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 12 October 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
They were straightup lucky to win the division.
Ausmus is presumably D's guy.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 October 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link
c'mon morbs they played out of their minds in September, just staying ahead of the Yanks by a nose
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 October 2017 06:48 (six years ago) link
the backbiting boston media seem to feel that price is the real problemhttp://www.weei.com/articles/column/tomase-red-sox-manager-john-farrell-sacrificed-because-david-price-was-terrible
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 October 2017 11:22 (six years ago) link
That's an amazing read for any Jays fan. Price did nothing but say and do the right things for the few months he was here, and he's on the short list of Jays where the city just immediately fell in love with him. I believe he left without an offer from the club, so there wasn't even any fallout there--most fans were mad at management.
Quite a distance from there to here.
― clemenza, Friday, 13 October 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
tbf that article is a bit of an outlier and i don't know tomase's history
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 14 October 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
tomase is not really the best guy to read but he's not the only guy writing versions of that story either.
there's a general narrative, probably true, that price doesn't want to be here and never did. and it's seriously poisoned things.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 14 October 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
andy will know more than i do, but i've seen detroit writers express non-surprise at price being a dick to eckersley/the boston press
to a certain extent i'm skeptical of writers' complaints -- it's not the player's job to write your story for you with amazing quotes and insights -- but it seems like price's method of ingratiating himself with the team is to be an asshole to all outsiders. and people who *aren't* assholes don't need to do it that way
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 October 2017 04:46 (six years ago) link
All I recall is Price firing off a bunch of tweets when Lynn Henning referred to him as self-absorbed.
― Andy K, Saturday, 14 October 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link
mookie bowled a 300 this weekend
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 November 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
wow sick brags in 3rd person...you've changed man
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 13 November 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
u_u
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 November 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
"lol"
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 13 November 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
while i'm braggin' 2017 -- part of boras' spiel for jd martinez today was that a) defensive stats suck because they're all over the place from year to year and b) that mookie is so fucking good that he's wrecked the curve, making all but a few look comparatively terrible
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link