beckett's peripherals are fine, he's the victim of a .345 BABIP against right now. pretty standard small sample size struggle that will wash itself out if they stick with him
― ciderpress, Friday, 20 August 2010 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
he seems to be pitching his way into shape imo--he was great last night and then in the 7th it was just totally gone.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 August 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
dude we have stuck with him all year. guy can't last more than a few innings. there is a time when your team needs you to pitch well and august when you're 6 back is that time. guy has a 10.0 ERA in his last three starts.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 20 August 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm pretty confident that he's one of the 5 best pitchers on the staff right at this moment, probably the 3rd best after lester and buccholz. i'm obviously not gonna convince you though since you hate him from the start.
― ciderpress, Friday, 20 August 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Lester's totally falling apart here.
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 20 August 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
lester's ERA up to an embarrassing 3.26
― ciderpress, Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
awesome night to be home alone with nothin to do but watch baseball
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah same here
MLB network is showing SFG/STL i think
― ciderpress, Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Do you guys want Johnny Damon, or what?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 11:48 (fourteen years ago) link
indifferent
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Damon could play left field, especially at Fenway Park, where he’d only have a short throw to the plate.
"To the plate"??? To Scutaro in short left, more like.
I like Johnny despite his inability to throw a baseball. But do I really want him over Kalish? Not really.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
he wouldn't play over kalish, he would play over mcdonald/nava
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah you're right. In that case why not? He'd make for a nice pinch hitter or DH too.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Damon has been decent this year with no runners on base. Otherwise? Not so much.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=damonjo01&year=2010&t=b#bases
The other night, he threw a ball in the direction of home plate and it looked like he was playing 500 with the infielders.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't even imagine how the crowd would/will react to Damon's first home game as a Red Sox this time around.
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
they'll cheer, duh
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
ok - it was a good few years ago when i was last in Fenway - but i saw a few of those 'Damon traitor' 'no beard no soul' type shirts (they were playing the Angels). but i guess those wounds have healed then?
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i mean can't really be shocked abt all that because he signed with the yanks, but in a season where the casual fan hasn't had much to get excited about i expect he'll be welcomed.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Looks Like Jesus, Acts Like Judas, Throws Like Mary - best t-shirt to come out of Damon leaving
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
― Andy K, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:42 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
loll
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 August 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
he's not coming btw
time to print some new shirts, Boston.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
they'll have to find someone who chose not to board the titanic to compare him to
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 August 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
this appears to have triggered an existential crisis of some sort in my city.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
haha really
i haven't noticed anything yet but i'm expecting some entertaining panic when we're still 5 out in september
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
on 98-5 THE SPORTS HUB they were taking it as a huge screw you to the team/fans/city. on the sox board i read they're fully in defensive "he's a pussy/doesn't want to play for a winner" mode.
it's been great, really.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
let's be clear: johnny damon is a complete dumbass, he's actually stupider than the average ballplayer. but he's a harmless dumbass and i take him at face value when he basically says hurt feelings are why he won't play here.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
what's kind of strange is that i'm still excited for the playoffs even if the sox aren't in them. it's looking like there may be as many as 5 'small market' teams making it this year which is pretty cool.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
though i guess minnesota and texas are more 'mid-market' now but still
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah just gotta off the yanks
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Who else but Shaughnessy:
Think about it: For the next five weeks, you could live in downtown Boston and your wife could shop on Newbury Street. Or you could live in downtown Detroit, amid the boarded-up buildings and the proverbial skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets. Is this really a tough call?Really. Why wouldn’t Damon come back to Boston?
Really. Why wouldn’t Damon come back to Boston?
Damon was worth every penny the Yankees paid him from 2006-09. He played hard and he played well for the full four years. In his final year of the contract, he hit .282 with 24 homers and 82 RBIs. Think Boston could have used that? It’s better than the sorry numbers posted by J.D. ($14 million per year) Drew.
Drew's Boston numbers: 498 games, 70 HR, 254 RBI, .273 AVG
Damon's NY numbers: 576 games, 77 HR, 296 RBI, .285 AVG
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2010/08/25/damon_must_have_his_reasons_but_what_are_they/
...
― Andy K, Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
JD "Sorry Numbers" Drew's OBP and SLG, btw: both higher than Damon's.
― Andy K, Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
JD also can throw a baseball from the outfield to home plate and has more range
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
no need to ruin this thread by posting/responding to shaughnessey d00ds
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i love how shaughnessey is acting like damon chose to live in uganda or something
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 August 2010 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently detroit is currently a post-apocalyptic wasteland
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 August 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Thursday, 26 August 2010 04:33 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, but their opening day payroll was like 55M so they're doing things the small-market way successfully. doesn't really matter to me what city they're in, just that they're getting results from a business model that would be sustainable by any of the 30 teams.
they'll probably be able to raise it up towards 100M next year though like the twins did this year
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 August 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm amazed that shaughnessy still gets paid to write for a living. he's not just wrong on facts, he's mean-spirited. he stirs the pot, fantasizing about clubhouse rifts that don't exist. fuck dan shaughnessy forever.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 26 August 2010 12:26 (fourteen years ago) link
what is the DEAL with beckett? it's the same pattern every time. lights out for five or six innings then total implosion.
i'm starting to wonder if his greenies wear off then.
out of shape
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 August 2010 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
pitchers are too stubborn to take themselves out of the game when they're out of gas
beckett's k/bb ratio is still quite good and that's one of the better predictors of pitching success. he's gonna end up with ugly numbers for this year but he should be ok going forward imo.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 August 2010 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
well it's the manager's call and fancona has pretty obviously been trying to steal innings with the starters because middle relief has sucked so hard.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 August 2010 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Or you could live in downtown Detroit, amid the boarded-up buildings and the proverbial skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets.
apparently detroit is currently a post-apocalyptic wasteland― ciderpress, Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:08 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark
― ciderpress, Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:08 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark
i love this hack writer intimating that Damon lives in a nice condo amongst razed blocks and packs of wild dogs roaming in the streets. wonder if he believes his own bluster.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 26 August 2010 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I've actually been putting money lately on the 6th being the highest scoring inning, so often do either our or our opponents' pitchers give up a big inning in that frame.
― Mark C, Thursday, 26 August 2010 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Other than the first inning the sixth inning is the highest scoring inning, I believe.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 August 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
first inning should be the highest scoring since its guaranteed to have the top of the order come up. unless the teams in question are mismanaged into having shitty-hitting speedsters at the top of the order.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 26 August 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
huh. i would think middle innings would be highest scoring. you got either tiring starter they've seen a few times or bad middle reliever.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 August 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
No its first inning by far.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 August 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Has anyone ever done a breakdown of runs-per-inning by each spot in the order as the leadoff hitter?
Hard to phrase that.
― Andy K, Thursday, 26 August 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link