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Ventura is responsible himself for a good deal of that disappointment.
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The kids in the bullpen actually regressed way less than I thought. I figured after a while their scouting reports would get out and they'd be 'figured out'. That didn't seem so much the case. However it's not soon enough the Humber and Liriano are put in a box and shipped to Kamchatka. |
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Maybe we need a new thread to start imagining how the roster might be pieced together for next spring. Or is that basically conceding that the season is over because the Sox fell a game behind?
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Since we have little organizational depth, we'd be doing little but speculating on free agents. |
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Paul Konerko-- Pre-All Star .329 Post .261== .68 point drop Alex Rios--- .318 .276== .42 point drop That is your number 4 and 5 hitters. A huge void in the middle of the lineup. Now to compound that Youk dropped .56 points although in fairness most of his pre time was in Boston. Beckham has dropped .18 points , AJ .10 . The problem you have offensively is that 2 key hitters took huge drops since the All Star game. But no one had great second half numbers to compensate. If Dunn and Konerko had big 2nd halfs, we would probably still be in 1st. In general everyone was about the same or dropped in 2nd half and the 4/5 hitters really tanked. |
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You have a team that at the beginning of the year was deemed a troubled one with a rookie manager (on ANY level). The entire bullpen is learning on the job. The team needed big production from Rios and Dunn to even have a chance at competence. Well, we got that production, and 82 wins so far says "competence". When you have this much youth, inconsistency is expected. This team has been very streaky. Now, Detroit is built to win NOW, and they are coming on at the right time. If the Sox hold them off, Ventura deserves a trophy on his mantle. If they don't, well, the youngsters played a good season and exceeded expectations, which bodes well for the future. I for one did not expect to be discussing meaningful baseball with a week left. Maybe the team rallies and gets hot. That would be awesome. Expecting it? Not really.
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Is this a choke? Nows a good time to review the Heimlick manuever for all
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What do you base that on??? Myers appeared in 4 games against Detroit and he only allowed 1 hit and no runs.
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It does suck, but at the same time a win tonight and a Tigers loss ties us again for 1st.
It's not likely, but I'm holding out hope they snap out if it now that they're chasing. Stranger things have happened.
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No. Largest lead was 3 games.
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Not about the size of the lead for me.
The Sox held a three game cushion nine days ago and lost four games in the standings since. |
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You can call it choke or whatever, it really doesn't matter, it's all really meaningless rhetoric anyway. I think people are taking exception to the term "colossal" or "epic" or whatever choke job. The Sox never had a real hold on this division, plenty of teams in baseball history that have lead a division by 3 games have gone on to bow out. This will sting us, but nobody is going to put the Sox in the category of say, the '69 Cubs, '64 Phillies, or '11 Red Sox and Braves.
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