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    Red Sox extend Devers—11 years, $332 million

    I know this is off-topic, but it's worth mentioning as it reveals a bit about Devers's mindset and maturity: Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic:
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    Art Martone has died

    As an old vet of the amazing ProJo board (circa 1999?), I am heartsick to hear that Art has died. Just horrible news. Does anyone know how old he was?
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    Who should start for this team in 2021?

    Why do intelligent reporters (or reporters who wish to be thought of as intelligent) present stats like this? Happ faced Red Sox hitters in all of those innings, as far back as 2012. The first Red Sox batters he faced? Ryan Sweeney and Pedro Ciriaco. Got them both out, but since they played...
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    BEAT L.A. (The Gamethread)

    In 11 starts during the season, Glasnow threw more than 96 pitches twice: 102 and 105. (And over 88 only four times.) 112 tonight.
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    Covid and MLB

    View: https://twitter.com/zbinney_NFLinj/status/1287890838018822147
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    Red Sox release statement about multiple incidents of racism at Fenway Park

    Great post. Unfortunately, the phrase "defund the police" violates this first goal of communication. The word "defund" has a very clear definition: "prevent from continuing to receive funds" or "to withdraw financial support from". It's a horribly imprecise phrase and it likely creates the...
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    It never gets old - reflections on Oct 17-20, 2004

    I watched every pitch of every game, but before Game 4 began, I admit my main thought was: "Just don't get swept. Please." After Game 5: "Wow, this might actually happen." After Game 6: "Holy shit! They are going to do it!!" After Game 7: "Had it all the way." :w00t:
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    Ted Cox, the first major league player with hits in his first six at bats, dies.

    Wow. I remember listening to those first two games on the radio as a 13-year-old kid.
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    Chris Sale 2020 - TJ Bound and Down

    Roenicke wants every starting pitcher to make six starts before the regular season. With his missed time, Sale would start only four. "Nothing at all [wrong] with the arm. He's doing really good. We're really happy with where he's at. This is strictly for missing two weeks and then only being...
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    Nightengale: Alex Rodriguez now the favorite to buy the Mets

    More importantly, where are the photoshoppers?
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    Why Do Games Take So Long? and Time Between Pitches: Cause of Long Games?

    "Launch angles" have been a part of baseball since at least the 1880s. A note from the Caldwell (Kansas) Advance, May 28, 1885: "A base ball should be struck at the angle of twenty-three degrees in order to send it to the greatest possible distance. If you can't strike it in twenty three...
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    Passan: Baseball is Burning (in which Manfred calls the WS trophy a “piece of metal”

    That would involve Manfred consciously compounding his myriad embarrassments so far by exaggerating the extent of the Red Sox's illegal activity (i.e., falsifying MLB's final report, contradicting witnesses (possibly causing such witnesses to speak out publicly, thus exposing Manfred (who has...
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    Passan: Baseball is Burning (in which Manfred calls the WS trophy a “piece of metal”

    Manfred, on Sunday: "I think we were slow to appreciate the risk on this topic." See? He's not completely clueless! A persistent theme in Ken Rosenthal's (The Athletic) most-recent article is that the Players Union bears something close to equal responsibility for the scandal. Rosenthal...
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    Pedroia has "significant setback with his left knee"

    One report says Pedroia will not report with the other position players next Monday, but Pete's tweet makes it sound like he won't be in camp at all. Which probably makes more sense considering he had a big setback last month.
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    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    It leads me to assume that Manfred and MLB would prefer to sit on the complaints of 10-12 teams and hope (and work) like hell this explosive information doesn't get out. Which is exactly what the National Commission did in the 1910s when it was known throughout baseball that gambling was a huge...
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    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    View: https://twitter.com/godisgreat122/status/1228063598901157889 Justin Verlander in 2016: “If there is proven intent to cheat: you test positive or it’s found that you were taking an illegal substance, PEDs, and trying to cheat the system, trying to go around it, I think it should be a ban...
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    Kevin Pillar to Sox for 1 year, 4.25 million

    Career on-base of .296 and more homers (21) than BB (18) last year. ... More like "Don't let me walk tonight", amirite?
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    MLB plotting playoff expansion — with reality TV twist

    Back in early 2018 I did some research. 2017 - Regular Season Games - 2,430 Extra Inning Games - 182 (7.5%) Games Lasting 10 Innings - 87 (3.68%) Games Lasting 11 Innings - 51 (2.1%) Games Lasting 12 Innings - 20 (0.8%) Games Lasting 13 innings - 12 (0.5%) Games Lasting 14+ Innings - 12 (0.5%)...
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    MLB plotting playoff expansion — with reality TV twist

    It's official. I miss Bud Selig, who I despise. So MLB takes the next step in its guaranteed-to-fail plan to convince people who have never cared much about baseball to care a lot about baseball. When will MLB realize the obvious - Not everyone cares about baseball! - and stop dreaming up new...