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    2023 LCS Game/Discussion Thread: Battle of Texas, Philly vs NL West WC Redux

    Also created the odd situation where either manager who won in 84 would be the first to win in both leagues.
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    Tim Wakefield has passed away from brain cancer at 57 (10/1 update)

    I remember seeing the Pirates cut Wake and thinking Duquette should get this guy. Never imagined he'd still be on the team 16 years later. This game is my favorite Wakefield memory.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS200509060.shtml Pitched 9 innings 111 pitches and I'm pretty sure...
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    2023 Mostly Belated Mathematical Eliminatory

    Assuming that's right, it certainly wasn't nationally known until 2003.
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    2023 Mostly Belated Mathematical Eliminatory

    Yeah, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a thing before 2003.
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    2023 Mostly Belated Mathematical Eliminatory

    Wasn't the Curse of The Billy Goat just made up in 2003? Never heard of it before then.
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    Joey Votto: Hall of Famer?

    I think Lee Smith was even worse than Baines.....
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    Just how good was Nomar Garciaparra?

    Off topic but John Valentin also had the remarkable anomaly of having a higher batting average than OBP in the 1999 ALDS. He had more sacrifice flies than walks. 1 to 0. Hard to do, even in a 5 game series. On topic: Nomar is sort of like Drew Bledsoe, he brought a team up from some really...
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    Luis Arráez and his chase at a .400 Batting Average

    I think it was another Williams, Cy Williams.
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    Your top "forgot he was a Red Sox"

    Sorry I didn't read the whole tread. But that Brunansky home run was like the Pena Homerun in 95. Ripped the heart out of 11 year old me. Just seemed to kill what could have been a great season. I remember Russell sucking more than he apparently did that year too. Maybe I was thinking of the...
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    Your top "forgot he was a Red Sox"

    I still remember this game https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL199307260.shtml ten game winning streak, probably the best Clemens pitched all year. Jeff Russell blew the game in the bottom of the ninth on a home run by none other than Tom Brunansky. That was apparently the only home...
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    Your top "forgot he was a Red Sox"

    Danny Darwin was a good signing, he was actually the ace of the staff in 1993. He should have had a no hitter, too if Billy Hatcher didn't misplay a fly ball. His other years weren't so good though.
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    MLB's long road to incorporating Negro League statistics

    I think they would just have Gibson be the leader of the league he played in. A Third Major League. Like when the Federal League existed.
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    Vida Blue, dead at 73

    The Giants gave up SEVEN players and $300,000 for Vida in 1978. Von Hayes has nothing on him.
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    PTBNLs named in Benintendi/Cordero trade

    Gammons (at least I think it was Gammons) said the same thing about Frankie Rodriguez.
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    Poll: Rate Your Faith in the Red Sox Front Office

    Revisionist historians like Shaughnesssy (hate even mentioning his name so I just misspelled it like Lancellotti and Finnvold) try to claim Clemens sucked because the team sucked, Even though they won the division in 95 and finished 3 games out of a playoff spot in 96- Guess who was 3 games...
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    Poll: Rate Your Faith in the Red Sox Front Office

    People in '97 were acting like Clemens was always great and Duquette stupidly let him go. He was not. He was pretty mediocre for 4 years. Not SSS. He did pitch better the last 6 weeks of 96, but I wouldn't have counted on that to continue. Mo Vaughn everybody knew was going to leave. The team...
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    Poll: Rate Your Faith in the Red Sox Front Office

    I voted 40%. But I know we'll all be eating our own words when the team wins the World Series this year.
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    X Leaves the Spot for San Diego: 11 years, $280M

    I doubt they'll resign Devers it just doesn't seem to be what they do. So get ready for another weep fest next year when he signs his 13 year contract with the Rockies or whomever. Also, This is my first post, but I have lurked here for a long time. I am not sure if this is a joke I am missing...
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