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  1. bob burda

    2004 WS Celebration

    I'd invite all Sox fans here who dealt with the operatic experience of the 2004 post-season to think of what it felt like on Oct.27, 2004 - and if you had been asked then if the Sox should celebrate this in the 20th year after, maybe on opening day 2024. I imagine all of us would have said...
  2. bob burda

    2023 WS Game/Discussion Thread: 2021 100+ Game Loser Edition

    So the ’62 expansion Senators turned Rangers get a world title….another one down. Also happy for Nate, a bona fide Red Sox hero.
  3. bob burda

    What made Koji so great?

    I’d read something like this somewhere, that he did have unusual spin rates and it caused his fastball to jump or have “late life” as it got to the plate. He got many swings and misses on it. I don’t think you could chalk it up just to the batter not expecting it or being “caught in between” the...
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    2023 LCS Game/Discussion Thread: Battle of Texas, Philly vs NL West WC Redux

    I like me some YED, and while everything else pales in comparison, I will admit that AED is growing on me.
  5. bob burda

    Nadir

    I’m sure being 15 had a lot to do with how terrible the ‘78 playoff game was for me, but it was more than just that game. Being only 2yrs into baseball consciousness as of ‘72, that particular season was a disappointing result but also the start of worse, which was the ‘74 collapse. Then ‘75...
  6. bob burda

    The Rose-Bud Incident: 1973 Pete Rose-Bud Harrelson playoff brawl

    Denny McLain....though he was always a bit of a bad boy (getting suspended for gambling as a player before turning to crime afterwards), it was a very long fall. I'll bet there are still people who would defend Rose, think he should be in the Hall, since he was Charlie Hustle, had the hits...
  7. bob burda

    Brooks Robinson has passed away

    I saw him play many times on TV in the early 70s, saw him live as a 7 and 8 yr old but I mostly only recall two Orioles guys with “ Robinson” on their backs w/different initials, and as little Sox fans we were being taught to fear them. Watching some of the highlight reels, the thing that gets...
  8. bob burda

    8/21 Beat the Astors

    There is no such thing as the Red Sox sweeping the Yankees and it being "nothing." It is glorious in seasons when they win 65 games, or 87 games or 100+ games.
  9. bob burda

    Just how good was Nomar Garciaparra?

    Except Schwarber will take a walk. He‘s a 3 true outcomes guy, while Kingman was only a 2 outof 3 true outcomes guy. Schwarber is also not a clubhouse cancer, supports other teammates, doesn’t harass female reporters for being female, doesn’t assault reporters by dumping a bucket of ice water...
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    Just how good was Nomar Garciaparra?

    I want to give Nomar credit for one more after that; he starts the 9th inning rally off Mo Rivera (“Fruitbat”) in the famous July 24, 2004 “turning point” game (the Arod-Tek “we don’t throw at .260 hitters” brawl/Mueller walk off bomb for an 11-10 win). It is a big hit in a key win just a week...
  11. bob burda

    How Many of the Red Sox Managers of Your Lifetime do you have a Visceral Hatred for?

    It wasn’t just that, it’s well documented in Gammo’s book. There was a personality/generational/cultural clash between the two of them. Lee thrived again under Dick Williams who mostly only cared that you adhered to his basic direction and if you could help him win. This points up how Zimmer’s...
  12. bob burda

    How Many of the Red Sox Managers of Your Lifetime do you have a Visceral Hatred for?

    I should have checked the record - it was actually only 43 errors…good for a .899 fielding %. This is also an absurd number of errors. It actually looked worse than that. Even though Scott couldn’t cover any ground any more, he was very nifty with the glove on throws to 1b, and I’m sure he...
  13. bob burda

    Stars that faded away...

    Even back then most of the guys with big save totals were high K guys. The advanced metrics today would be interesting on him, since in addition to not walking anybody (or ever giving you the bomb - .5 per game for his career) the eye test said he got weak contact all the time, and I mean like...
  14. bob burda

    How Many of the Red Sox Managers of Your Lifetime do you have a Visceral Hatred for?

    A bunch of guys tied for 2nd for me, but you have it right; Zimmer first and always. I should not have enjoyed Pedro grabbing him by the head and knocking his ass to the ground...but I did (though I did want Zim to get up and not be dead/broken). As a sports fan, my two great disappointments are...
  15. bob burda

    Happy Yankees Elimination Day!

    Carpenter looking crispy.
  16. bob burda

    Stars that faded away...

    My post #34 in the thread had him, but these further details help make the case. It’s one thing to be a Fidrych-type guy who flashes and is gone (or maybe had a fluke year at the start of a career) but it’s more remarkable to have a sustained run of excellence that just dives and craters to...
  17. bob burda

    Guardians vs. Yankees ALDS Thread

    Costas is talking about the good fortune of Ramirez not catching that liner to turn two, but the guy on 2nd was a dead duck otherwise. Not coming up with it made it harder, not easier.
  18. bob burda

    Week 6 Gamethread

    Josh Allen is a sports hero. There aren't that many who really are this, and he is.
  19. bob burda

    Guardians vs. Yankees ALDS Thread

    Yanks led the league in defensive efficiency - so yeah, very lucky.
  20. bob burda

    Mariners vs. Astros ALDS Thread

    3 hrs in 26 IP at home, decent K/BB ratio - it's not like he's got nothin', and I think he just showed that. He can take the next inning if they need it.