tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post8683126422356601217..comments2024-03-15T23:25:52.517-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Percentages And Perceptionallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-41216601795350342872011-04-06T06:29:09.026-07:002011-04-06T06:29:09.026-07:00I removed the entire Sheehan piece. Here is a snip...I removed the entire Sheehan piece. Here is a snip from it instead:<br /><br />***<br /><br />You can debate many things about the 2011 MLB season, but the only candidate for "biggest disappointment" is the Boston Red Sox. ...<br /><br />[Francona's] decision to hold back Josh Beckett blew up on him in Texas, as the team is winless on the year without ever having used their former ace. He's shown a lack of conviction in his own choices, never using the same lineup twice, starting a different right fielder in every single game, and dumping his third-place hitter down to the #7 hole after an extended slump. ...<br /><br />Perhaps the biggest questions surround Carl Crawford. ... It's one thing to play in a park that seats 34,000, as does the current edition of Tropicana Field, but when you have to bring it every night in front of 37,000 at Fenway Park, it makes a tremendous difference. Crawford has yet to get a hit in Fenway ...<br /><br />Francona's refusal to adjust to his players' changes in ability has cost and will continue to cost the Red Sox wins, and perhaps lead to yet another ruinous season that ends after just 162 games.<br /><br />***allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-86795414895097901252011-04-05T16:39:59.485-07:002011-04-05T16:39:59.485-07:00Couldn't it simply mean that the RS are the se...Couldn't it simply mean that the RS are the second-best team in the AL?dj1480https://www.blogger.com/profile/17380254933234004511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-33903169289796448262011-04-05T16:12:18.975-07:002011-04-05T16:12:18.975-07:00Great piece. Love that sarcasm.
And John---I a...Great piece. Love that sarcasm. <br /><br />And John---I am like you. I was so nasty feeling all weekend and yesterday, and I realized that those three games were affecting my overall mood. So PLEASE WIN.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-30747998490195128682011-04-05T13:57:33.596-07:002011-04-05T13:57:33.596-07:00Oh timmy, so gullible.
You know it had me for a f...<i>Oh timmy, so gullible.</i><br /><br />You know it had me for a few mins!laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-76693868376234239602011-04-05T12:36:13.065-07:002011-04-05T12:36:13.065-07:00Heh, that article had me for a second.
Sheehan re...Heh, that article had me for a second.<br /><br />Sheehan registered in my brain as a good writer, then as I started to read it, my jaw dropped. Pretty sad that I could actually see someone writing something as ridiculous as that. Once I got into the second paragraph, I then noticed the true sarcasm. Oh timmy, so gullible.<br /><br />Good to know the past but also to know it has no bearing on 2011. e.g. How many teams have come back from an 0-3 CS deficit? Oh right.timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041184236514293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-66287277676716751832011-04-05T11:52:01.852-07:002011-04-05T11:52:01.852-07:00The two guys that work closest to me are both Yank...<i>The two guys that work closest to me are both Yankees fans and asked me yesterday in their own ways if I was worried about the Sox chances this year.</i><br /><br />"We came back from 0-3 in 2004 when even one loss would end the season. We've got 159 games left here ... Now go get me a doughnut and shut the fuck up."allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-77619265795449763762011-04-05T11:28:59.930-07:002011-04-05T11:28:59.930-07:00The two guys that work closest to me are both Yank...The two guys that work closest to me are both Yankees fans and asked me yesterday in their own ways if I was worried about the Sox chances this year. All I had to say to shut them up was that there are still ~160 games left and a lot can happen. Just look at the Orioles being in first place, who are higher in the standings than their vaunted Yankees.<br /><br />At the comment about the Orioles, they both laughed and basically stated that should tell you all you need to know. After that they didn't say anything. <br /><br />I especially like the Sheehan piece. Good perspective since it reads like the entire season has passed (or that three games that make the entirety of the season thus far mean everything) and if you forget that only 3 games have passed and you want to sing doom and gloom, thats your prerogative but I'm not even close to boarding that ship. <br /><br />They will have also played the entire season out of their division! Wow, those 3 game seasons are brutal ;)Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126805780149503962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-80029772628724307592011-04-05T10:52:59.202-07:002011-04-05T10:52:59.202-07:00JohnGoldfine, that I get! "This sucks, can we...JohnGoldfine, that I get! "This sucks, can we win please?"laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1534097056885024602011-04-05T10:50:15.717-07:002011-04-05T10:50:15.717-07:00I like the Joe Sheehan piece, appreciate the persp...I like the Joe Sheehan piece, appreciate the perspective, only wish I could actually relax and enjoy his backdoor jabs at doomsayers.johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-62354176472149832722011-04-05T10:45:25.975-07:002011-04-05T10:45:25.975-07:00It's not a matter of jumping ship --for me, th...It's not a matter of jumping ship --for me, that could never happen. And it's not a matter of <em>choosing</em> to worry about three losses.<br /><br />Because during the season--for better or worse, willing or unwilling--part of the emotional coloration of my day, every day, is the state of the Red Sox. To an extent their woes and travails, triumphs and taters, become mine. If they win, love floods my heart. But if it's clean water, darkness, hatred, vitriol, blame, anger all try to cloud my ordinarily sunny, cheery, upbeat nature.<br /><br />So:<br /><br />Statistics, history, numbers, reason do not enter into it. <br /><br />Win=euphoria. Loss=dysphoria.johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-72188095032738450072011-04-05T10:10:59.677-07:002011-04-05T10:10:59.677-07:00Part of me is not surprised that fans are worried,...Part of me is not surprised that fans are worried, thinking about how so many fans were jumping ship in 2007 - <i>while we were still in first place</i> - when our lead shrank to something you would normally expect in the AL East. <br /><br />But part of me is absolutely astounded. It's as if no one has watched a baseball season before.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-35054902799566622652011-04-05T09:55:29.638-07:002011-04-05T09:55:29.638-07:00Red Sox Rough Starts:
0-3: 1901, 1906, 1925, 1931...Red Sox Rough Starts:<br /><br />0-3: 1901, 1906, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1948, 1952, 1987, 2011<br /><br />0-4: 1923, 1932, 1977, 1989<br /><br />0-5: 1966, 1996<br /><br />0-6: 1905, 1927<br /><br />0-8: 1945allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-84872444753472170142011-04-05T07:23:53.353-07:002011-04-05T07:23:53.353-07:00A playoff team has a roughly 60% chance of beating...A playoff team has a roughly 60% chance of beating a random opponent. So the chances of a playoff team dropping three straight to open the season (all other factors aside) are 40% cubed, or 6.4% (the odds of a lousy .400 team dropping three straight are 21.6%).<br /><br />The individual stats are going to be out of line, just because of regression. We expect several players to hit home runs on opening day, but no one to keep that 162HR pace.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302687092773014075noreply@blogger.com