I'm with you there Dan! At the game tonight - great night for a game. Sent from Larry's mobile device
On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:04 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like not much chemistry in the Salemi family...! ;-) > > I think it's way to early to hand out blame stickers. They are not dead yet. > Just playing really badly right now. > > Dan D > Central NJ USA > > > From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:20 PM > Subject: Re: Time for apportioning of the blame > > I'm not saying a pat on the back. I'm saying someone who can help them relax > a little bit so they don't drop flyballs that need to be caught or make other > silly gaffes. > > You're focusing on Crawford so I don't need to really refute that but a > 29-year-old doesn't age faster than expected. I'm not sure what that means. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sorry. I don't see that there is some sort of unique psychological > makeup for baseball players that enables a pat on the back from Dustin > Pedroia to make it all better and enable the person to hit. > > The Sox are injured, Crawford is aging faster than expected. I can't see > chemistry making that up. > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > And selling software is EXACTLY the same as playing baseball. > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I have never successfully had a fellow employee remove pressure that I was > feeling due to my poor performance on a given day. > > So I don't see it even in that case. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > I think there is value in being the kind of player who can withstand the > lightning bolts that might char others and taking those for the team. > > I think you're refining my argument too much. I didn't say Pedroia can help > Crawford hit, but perhaps he can help relieve the pressure that's causing > other Sox to make stupid errors. > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > Clubhouse leadership means nothing when it comes to hitting a baseball. I've > never understood this leadership argument. What do you really expect Pedroia > to do about Crawford being too slow to hit a fastball? > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > 30% goes to Theo Epstein - As I said earlier, his reasoning that the starting > pitching would right itself was reasonable. He bolstered the bullpen and the > offense with what seemed like wise moves at the time. Crawford, Jenks, > Wheeler, Gonzalez all seem like good moves. But three of those four did not > pan out and he also money up on the struggling Crawford. I can't blame him > for those players did, but he did pick them so he deserves some of the blame. > The injuries to Dice-K and Buchholz were not his fault, and Doubront's > failure to stay in shape has to be the players fault and his fault alone. > BUT, we're supposed to be a player development machine, and I haven't seen > that. > > 20% to Terry Francona - I don't know. This might be too high. I'm not sure > what the manager can really do to ger major league players to play good ball. > One can question the Aceves move, but it's a close call. Plus he's been > pilloried by some for not using Papelbon in close eighth inning calls. It's > now clear why he does not do that. (Pap, you are NO Mariano Rivera.) > > 50% players - Let's face it. They're playing shit ball right now. The answer > lies within. Someone in that locker room needs to either jangle or calm > nerves, and no one is stepping up. No Damons. No Millars. We could even use a > Manny to take the heat off everyone else. But no one is doing it. WHERE IS > PEDROIA? WHERE IS YOUKILIS? WHERE IS PAPI? I know Gonzalez is the new guy but > that level of salary comes with some responsibilities to lead. Can he do it? > Crawford clearly can't. Ellsbury is a wonderful player but he seems to have > zero clout. 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