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  1. BaseballJones

    My Ideal Metric - TOTAL bases

    You need to accumulate four bases to score a run, and obviously those four bases need to be accumulated consecutively. That is, a player who gets four singles with nobody on base in one game doesn't actually accumulate a run for those four bases. But you have to touch first, second, third, and...
  2. BaseballJones

    MLB Mount Rushmore

    This won't be an easy task, but given that Cooperstown is going to unveil a new Hank Aaron statue, I want to ask you all who would be on your MLB Mount Rushmore? Not a Boston-centered Mount Rushmore, but all-time. You can put any four players down, for any reason you want. Any position, any...
  3. BaseballJones

    3/29/24 - Red Sox at Mariners

    They've won one game. Let's get another. That would make two. A 2-0 (1.000) start is a hell of a lot better than a 1-1 (.500) start. Tonight Nick Pivetta takes the mound, and this dude is a baller. Over his last 24 games in 2023, he had a 3.14 era, striking out 12.5 guys per 9 innings, and...
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    3/28/24 - Opening Day 2024 - Red Sox at Mariners

    Today is the day. I've never started a game thread, never mind an opening day game thread. If there's some SOSH tradition of a particular person starting it besides me, feel free to delete this one and roll with that. Brayan Bello takes the mound. Little Pedro. The lineup has some good hitters...
  5. BaseballJones

    How excited are you for this offseason?

    In just a few more days, the worst Patriots regular season since 1992 (so...31 years - longer than many SOSHers have been alive) will be over. Yet in the midst of this catastrophe, there's the potential for a tremendously exciting offseason. We have questions surrounding the GM and HC (presently...
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    Replacing a great QB (SB era)

    I'm going to use this list as the top 20 QB in the Super Bowl era (only counting guys that have retired or have recently moved on to other teams (like Rodgers), so Mahomes, who would definitely be on this list, doesn't count for this exercise. 1. Tom Brady, NE 2. Joe Montana, SF/KC 3. Peyton...
  7. BaseballJones

    Spending by position in the NFL

    This is where I'm getting this data from. NFL Team Spending Against the Cap By Position (full roster) QB - NFL Avg - $15.3m - High: Tennessee - $39.5m - Low: Tampa Bay - $3.2m - New England: #30 - $6.1m RB - NFL Avg - $10.0m - High: Las Vegas - $20.1m - Low: LA Rams - $3.8m - New...
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    Autry's Army - 2023-24 SU Hoops

    Encouraging news about SU hoops https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38746153/adrian-autry-doing-way-syracuse-post-boeheim-era Ditching the 2-3 zone. Hallelujah.
  9. BaseballJones

    Did Tom Brady Ruin Us?

    So lots of discussion this week about Mac, and the inevitable comparison to Brady, and the inevitable questions these past few weeks of, "What would Tom Brady do with this talent?" Moreover, whether we're talking about Mac Jones or Cam Newton or any other player that takes snaps for the...
  10. BaseballJones

    BB drafting WRs

    I'm told often that new threads are good. So I'm making this a new thread, though I really feel like there's another thread it should be part of. Anyway, recently Julian Edelman spoke publicly about BB whiffing on WR picks. So here's all the WRs that BB has picked since being with the Pats...
  11. BaseballJones

    Most talented Pats team of all time

    We spend a lot of time talking about talent, and how this Pats team "has no talent" (what some NFL people have said about NE). What's the most talented team the Pats have ever had? I look at the 2004 team and this is what I see for talent: Brady - GOAT QB, 15x Pro Bowl, 3x All Pro, 3x MVP, 5x...
  12. BaseballJones

    The Rebuild

    Ok what's done is done. You can't undo 2020-2022, nor can you undo what the team is in 2023 (though I'm sure they're working on ways to improve this season). So those are sunk costs. Can't go back and change the past. Starting from HERE, this team is definitely in a rebuild. We all realize...
  13. BaseballJones

    Drafting a QB

    Going back to the data we've talked about in the past, using drafts from 2000-2018 (this is to allow players some time for their careers to flesh out a little, so they have a chance of meeting the standards I'm about to set), I wanted to see how drafting QBs has gone. Obviously this is going to...
  14. BaseballJones

    State of the AFC East

    Standings Miami 1-0 NYJ 1-0 Buffalo 0-1 New England 0-1 Miami: Looked phenomenal on offense, as Tua guided them to an explosive 536 total yards and 36 points on the road (though it seemed like a home game for Miami!) against a pretty good opponent in the Chargers. Tyreek Hill looked...
  15. BaseballJones

    Why doesn't the USA produce the best big men in the world anymore?

    Simple question. The answer may not be. But the US doesn't produce the best big men in the world anymore, and I wonder why. Jokic Giannis Embiid (naturalized US citizen but he wasn't American-produced) Gobert Why is this? We have an enormous basketball-playing population with tons of bigs.
  16. BaseballJones

    Kelce vs. Gronk

    On Twitter (X or whatever it is) I've been reading a lot today about Travis Kelce and how he's clearly the greatest TE of all time. I know that we have our own favorite here, so let's just match them up. Kelce vs. Gronk. Best season: Kelce (2022): 110 rec, 1,338 yds, 72.4% catch, 12.2 y/c, 12...
  17. BaseballJones

    2024 Core

    I'm not excited to start this thread because there's still a month of THIS season to go. But after getting it handed to them by the Astros, this season seems...out of reach, yes? So when I look at the rest of this season, I think it's all about making sure the core of the team for 2024 is in...
  18. BaseballJones

    Just how good was Nomar Garciaparra?

    Just how good was Nomar Garciaparra? - Career stats: 5,586 AB, 927 r, 370 2b, 52 3b, 229 hr, 936 rbi, .313/.361/.521/.882, 124 ops+, 44.3 bWAR - 6x All-star - ROY - 2x batting title - 7x top 13 in MVP voting His three-year peak from 1998-2000: - 1,665 AB, 318 r, 130 2b, 15 3b, 83 hr, 322 rbi...
  19. BaseballJones

    The Perfect Patriots Team

    Not simply listing the "best" or "greatest" players in Pats' history at each position, but rather, putting together the "perfect" Patriots team. Obviously it will include many/most of the "best" or "greatest" players, but anyone who wishes to join in this exercise, the rules are: (1) You have...
  20. BaseballJones

    Is Rham a top tier RB?

    Question: Is Rhamondre Stevenson "elite"? RB Rankings #12 in rush yards (1,040) #5 in yards/carry (5.0) - min 150 carries #22 in rush TD (5) #4 in receptions (69) #7 in receiving yards (421) There just aren't many players in the league with his combination of rushing and receiving. And if...
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