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As with most here , I hated the bunt call in that situation. Conor is a decent runner and was already in scoring position. Why would you also set up a pressure packed at bat for your rookie backup catcher? Made little sense to me.
Also, Sox had some terrible luck last night too. Missed a HR by a few feet a couple of times. The Bourn squib double was another example . *patiently waits for someone to tell me that good teams make their own luck*
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Quentin's still a good hitter. The prospects we took back were all duds. One of the problems the Sox had for years was that Guillen was so poor at evaluating talent, that he couldn't tell Williams which prospects were keepers and which were phony. Larusa and Duncan could evaluate their prospects. Hopefully the Sox improve on evaluating theirs and targeted prospects. |
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You can apply that to almost every trade ever involving minor league players being exchanged for MLB ones. Toronto only acquired 1 prospect in that deal, Colby Rasmus, the guy most Sox fans coveted. He's hit a robust .215/.275/.393 in Toronto since the deal.
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I felt the exact same way but I watched the Swisher at bat. It is unfortunate that he continues to find ways to beat the Sox. On a positive note, what a tremendous pitching performance by Quintana last night. It gives me hope for his future outings. |
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If I recall correctly, Quintana had a few of these type of performances last year and the Sox lost all of them. He deserves a few more Ws.
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I wasn't in the game forum last night, but with Kipnis and then Swisher (who hits better from the left side) coming up in the 9th, why not go to Veal? Is it because he pitched a lot in the Washington series? I can't think of any other reason -- Veal's job is to retire tough left handed hitters.
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He did. His 2012 record does not fully tell the story of what a surprise he was last year. Last night's game was a reminder of that. Much like a great Bears defense has been wasted during the Lovie era, some quality pitching isn't benefiting from poor situational hitting for us. Poor Coop. It must frustrate him to know he can only help one area of this team act well consistently.
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Was there ever any question? Was there ever someone with as little experience hired as a manager (I am sure there was, just asking)?
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Honestly, this team is good enough at making outs. They don't need any help from the manager in that department.
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I don't think Mike Matheny had much, if any, managerial experience before the Cards hired him.
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the big problem is a mediocre farm system that just doesn't turn out enough good prospects. A team like the Braves churns out 3 or 4 for every one of ours. |
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