4/14 Galileo's Well-Handled Balls. . .

[Rovin Romine]

. . .were proposed to drop equally fast, despite their different weights, provided they were carefully released at the same time. And so it was.

Word has it that David Hamilton has finished confirming this famous (thought?) experiment. No cats were killed. No more balls need be dropped.

Let us observe and see what happens.

 

[CR67dream]

Pre-midnight mojo.

I like it.

Fuck da Rulz.

To hell with the Angels.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Pre-midnight mojo.

Bello day game. Gotta give people adequate lead time to panic.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Bello day game. Gotta give people adequate lead time to panic.

I posted this in the Bello thread after his outing against the Orioles.

One bright spot today was the performance of Bello in a day game against a very talented Orioles team. He went 5.1 IP, giving up 1 ER and 2 unearned, thanks Duran*, on 89 pitches.. He also threw 15 first pitch strikes to 23 batters.
*he gave up the two unearned runs when Duran, with two out in the fourth, dropped a fly to left that loaded the bases. Cowser then hit a double that scored the two runs. He then gave up another hit before Kemp popped out to end the inning. The error also added nine pitches to his pitch count.

That being said, fuck it, let's panic.

 

[JCizzle]

I posted this in the Bello thread after his outing against the Orioles.

That being said, fuck it, let's panic.

I’m all about a good panic, but wouldn’t mind a fuck it lets ride Bello performance

 

[YTF]

I just came from the Son's of David Eckstein where some guy named Trouser Trout started their game thread and titled it "Nolan Schanuel's Slightly Swollen Balls".

 

[soxhop411]

I posted this in the Bello thread after his outing against the Orioles.

That being said, fuck it, let's panic.

 

[E5 Yaz]

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Pre-midnight mojo.

King of night vision.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Uh oh. Day game for Bello.
I believe last season’s splits were noise. Win today and prove it…. Also would really help wash away that lingering taste of losing 4 straight.
I believe ‘24 Sox are better than ‘23 Sox, so beat inferior teams regularly…. Play .500 against the O’s, MFY’s, Astros types and you’ve got yourself a nice little 86 win season!

 

[Delicious Sponge]

Eff the Angels. If you can't be a championship caliber team with Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani I'm not interested in seeing you do anything other than lose and lose and lose. Even if your manager is somehow a legendary defensive coach.

 

[simplicio]

1. J Duran (L) LF
2. P Reyes (R) 2B
3. T O'Neill (R) RF
4. T Casas (L) 1B
5. B Dalbec (R) 3B
6. M Yoshida (L) DH
7. C Wong (R) C
8. C Rafaela (R) CF
9. D Hamilton (L) SS

 

[InsideTheParker]

Now that Masa has started hitting, you put sure-out Dalbec in front of him?
I don't get it except for handedness, but if that's an issue, why bat Reyes in front of O'Neill?
Don't get it, but
Geaux, Sox, anyway.....

 

[simplicio]

I'll take it over what the Angels are doing putting two of their sub-mendoza guys five and six I guess.

 

[E5 Yaz]

@PeteAbe
Pre-game on Sunday is usually pretty quiet. But the Sox went through a full infield workout. Devers had a lot of work.
View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1779533539035254886?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

 

[Rovin Romine]

Now that Masa has started hitting, you put sure-out Dalbec in front of him?
I don't get it except for handedness, but if that's an issue, why bat Reyes in front of O'Neill?
Don't get it, but
Geaux, Sox, anyway.....

Yeah. It’s weird. You could lawn bowl the ball to Bobby at this point and it would be a K.

 

[joe dokes]

A win today puts them onapace for 91.
A loss makes it 81.
So todays game is really worth 10 wins.
Might as well win.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

@PeteAbe
Pre-game on Sunday is usually pretty quiet. But the Sox went through a full infield workout. Devers had a lot of work.
View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1779533539035254886?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Fucking Cora. Now they'll be too tired to play the game after all of that practicing.

 

[Ale Xander]

No Devers yet again. Ugggh

 

[E5 Yaz]

Fucking Cora. Now they'll be too tired to play the game after all of that practicing.

No wonder they make so many errors; they're used to having nine guys playing the infield during practice

 

[joe dokes]

No Devers yet again. Ugggh

Too much practice.

 

[joe dokes]

No wonder they make so many errors; they're used to having nine guys playing the infield during practice

Batters practice with the weighted bat, so the real one feels lighter.
Maybe fielders should have golf balls batted at them in practice, so the real ones look bigger and slower.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Now that Masa has started hitting, you put sure-out Dalbec in front of him?
I don't get it except for handedness, but if that's an issue, why bat Reyes in front of O'Neill?
Don't get it, but
Geaux, Sox, anyway.....

Dalbec has a career OPS of .833 vs LHP. Masa is .716. As Yogi said "You could look it up."

Dalbec's overall OPS is .731, which surprised me (being that "high").

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Practice??? Talking about practice. Practice.

 

[Papo The Snow Tiger]

Dalbec has a career OPS of .833 vs LHP. Masa is .716. As Yogi said "You could look it up."

Dalbec's overall OPS is .731, which surprised me (being that "high").

I really hope Bobby D gets a hit today.

 

[joe dokes]

I really hope Bobby D gets a hit today.

Getting hit would also be an offensive upgrade.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Dalbec has a career OPS of .833 vs LHP. Masa is .716. As Yogi said "You could look it up."

Dalbec's overall OPS is .731, which surprised me (being that "high").

If career numbers were the right way to look at this, shouldn't they just sign Manny Ramirez? He's better than both of them.

 

[E5 Yaz]

I really hope Bobby D gets a hit today.

Who gets a hit first ... Dalbec or Jackson Holliday?

 

[Papo The Snow Tiger]

Who gets a hit first ... Dalbec or Jackson Holliday?

I’m pulling for Bobby. But only major league hits count.

 

[Harry Hooper]

No wonder they make so many errors; they're used to having nine guys playing the infield during practice

Excellent

 

[InsideTheParker]

Dalbec has a career OPS of .833 vs LHP. Masa is .716. As Yogi said "You could look it up."

Dalbec's overall OPS is .731, which surprised me (being that "high").

When it comes to the Sox, I am more interested in What Have You Done for Me Lately.
On the other hand, I'd be thrilled if Dalbec started hitting, of course.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Who gets a hit first ... Dalbec or Jackson Holliday?

Holliday: 0-11, 0 BB, 7Ks. But 2 R, 1 RBI.
Dalbec: 0-16, 0BB, 10Ks.

 

[Al Zarilla]

If career numbers were the right way to look at this, shouldn't they just sign Manny Ramirez? He's better than both of them.

Manny looked good at the 2004 ceremony. Suit him up.

 

[joe dokes]

Manny looked good at the 2004 ceremony. Suit him up.

I saw Ted Williams rope a hit at an old-timers game in the early 80s.
Manny would bat more than .000.

 

[Fishy1]

"What have you done for me lately" is this board in a nutshell. Thank God the GM doesnt only think that way.

Im pretty confident Dalbec will get going against LHP, one night or another. And he'll still strike out a ton, of course. Doesnt mean hes worthy of a 40 man spot and he's in a bad rut but the guy has a good track record there

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Has that BuildSubmarines.com been painted on the grass all homestand?

 

[LogansDad]

Has that BuildSubmarines.com been painted on the grass all homestand?

Yep. It's all over MLB, league wide sponsorship. It has been blowing my mind since day 1.

 

[simplicio]

Submarines: the new FTX.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Yep. It's all over MLB, league wide sponsorship. It has been blowing my mind since day 1.

Already had an amusing exchange on this in a game thread:

If I wanted to build a submarine, who would I contact?

Portsmouth naval shipyard

Just planning ahead in case I become a nation-state or something. I mean, you never know. Do they have a website?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Electric Boat. HII does build them as well, but EB is who you call.

Do they have a website?

Yeah, I think Portsmouth stopped building new subs years ago. Just did repair from then on.

Oceangate? They have a website

(I take it a lot of you don't have visuals to the game.)

 

[canyoubelieveit]

King of night vision.

This deserves a little love, a tip of the cap.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Marker - DOB thinks this will be a pitcher's duel. So. . .

 

[absintheofmalaise]

In my never ending quest to not panic, I just had four bong hits. That should do it I think.

 

[mauidano]

7:00 am start and Bobby V. handles the pregame for the Angels broadcast. Not who I want to see or hear first thing in the morning. He’s the Tom Caron of the Angels.

BTW, I hate these fucking unis.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Shit. It's not working.

 

[Rovin Romine]

In my never ending quest to not panic, I just had four bong hits. That should do it I think.

Just for you:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Lt6JBupbY

 

[Mantush]

K

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Just for you:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Lt6JBupbY

I should take a trip to Athens.

 

[YTF]

Getting hit would also be an offensive upgrade.

We all do. As due as Bobby might be and sucker bets that they are, I'm guessing we'll never see his name included in one of the Draft Kings parlays.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

We all do. As due as Bobby might be and sucker bets that they are, I'm guessing we'll never see his name included in one of the Draft Kings parlays.

I'm pretty sure he was in one last week.

 

[Mantush]

KK