Wow, you were right and you weren't even part of the discussion. Impressive.
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote: > I wasn’t there, but I remember a vehement argument around that time. > > Rest Pedro and start Stanton. The chances of winning the series is better > that way. I was proven right. A bunch of guys were saying that you have to > win the next game. Thus you have to pitch Pedro on 3 days rest. Hooey. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 3:16 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Lackey > > > > I take a large issue with the "flat" issue. I don't think Baseball is a > game of passion like Football or Hockey. Quite the contrary, trying to hard > can have an adverse affect on performance. > > > > On a lighter note, I'd like to take this moment to wish us all a happy > anniversary. It was 10 years ago this month a few of us began emailing with > each other to chronicle the historic first (and ultimately disappointing) > battle between teh Sox and Yankees in 99. The emails grew into a listserve > that you see and enjoy today. > > > > Hard to believe. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:07 PM, William Marino <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It is the special High Definition feelings channel. The one that let’s you > get into the players’ heads. > > > > Kidding aside, this is a common theme on the debates on this board. Ray > leads the numbers only camp. John (I think) leads the intuition camp (Ray > would say witchcraft camp). I think there is more intuition that Ray thinks > and more to the numbers than John thinks. This is why I’ve come around on > Francona. I think he walks this line very, very well. > > > > Sox will win tonight. Becket has an extra gear in the playoffs. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Beaudoin, John > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 2:02 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Lackey > > > > Well I FEEL that they were 3000 miles away, tense in the play-offs, and > playing until their body clock of 1AM, starting at a time when they would > normally wind down at home on the couch. It matters. But they’ll be back > today. Just wait and see. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 1:33 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Lackey > > > > The numbers actually support your hyphothesis. > > > > I was listening to Felger and Mazz on the Sports Hub yesterday. (As an > aside, a vast improvement over the Big Show. I highly recommend setting your > dial to 98.5 rather than 850. Or, visit, 985thesportshub.com and listen > online.) > > > > Anyway, some Globe or Boston.com reporter ran the numbers. The Sox are > hitting something like .217 against the best pitchers in the league (not > sure of the number or how they're defined, but I'll trust the reporter.) > League average against those same pitchers is .240. > > > > The Angels hit .270 against those same pitchers. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > wimp. > > > > Seriously though, what I said was that the team is not hitting. Call it > "flat", call it "lack of momentum", call it a random period of bad luck, > whatever, hitting has been a problem against good teams lately (ie. the > Yankees in September). Ray asked "why is it bad hitting and not good > pitching?" and I used Lackey's stats to illustrate my point that while > Lackey (and Darren Oliver) are good pitchers, we are making any decent > pitcher look like a Cy Young candidate right now. > > > > Maybe that will change tonight. I certainly hope so. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 1:07 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Lackey > > > > Course the only feeling I got was the top of the couch cushion on the back > of my head. Tried to stay up, but... > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Now see, you should reference the numbers... > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 1:03 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Lackey > > > > Feeling = talking out of ass. > > > > Seriously, you guys watched this televison right? What kind of feeling > would you get from 3000 miles away. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I agree. However, when trying to communicate with Ray, I find he responds > best to numbers. > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Beaudoin, John > > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 11:26 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Lackey > > We were flat. You know I'm not a numbers guy, but rather a feeling guy. I > felt they were flat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri Oct 09 08:08:21 2009 > Subject: Lackey > > > > Yeah, you're right, I don't mean to take anything away from Lackey. He was > good. I just think we made him look better than he really is last night. > On the season the guy has a 1.27 WHIP, 3.83 ERA and a .263 BAA. Good > numbers, but remember that he's pitching a lot of those games against the > depths of the AL West. For the game last night he was 0.67 WHIP, 0.0 ERA > and .153 BAA. You would think an offense like ours should be able to > produce at least average numbers against him. > > In general I just feel like our bats are not producing. Plus I knew I > would get a rise out of you if I mentioned anything about momentum, streaks > or trends. > > Big game tonight - I'm glad to know Beckett is taking the ball. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Ray Salemi > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Orsillo > > > Why is it that when the other team gets no runs its due to our great > pitching, but when we get no runs its due to our lousy hitting. > > Are we the only team with great pitching? > > On 10/9/09, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > > The calls at first base were just unbelievably bad. Lester got > > screwed out of a couple strikeouts too. > > > > Bottom line is the team is not hitting! I'm not going to bring up the > > M word, but Francona put the bats to sleep in the last 3 weeks of the > season. > > It's hard to just flip the switch and say it's playoff time! > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Beaudoin, John > > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 1:25 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Orsillo > > > > Watched it all while chatting online. > > > > Worst umpiring I've seen in a long time. > > > > Everyone was tight. Nerves. Both teams and umps. > > > > Lester looked great. Defense sucked and had brilliant moments too. > > Hitting was ... Not > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > > <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thu Oct 08 20:08:33 2009 > > Subject: Orsillo > > > > Anybody watching? > > > > umpires suck. > > > > Nice to have Orsillo doing the play by play... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in > Just 12 Weeks" > www.leadingafteralayoff.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
