greg775 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Somebody needs to discuss why the Sox are so lame against the Central Division. Even when healthy the Sox lose so many to pathetic teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 hours ago, greg775 said: Somebody needs to discuss why the Sox are so lame against the Central Division. Even when healthy the Sox lose so many to pathetic teams. The good news is the Sox will play 24 less games next season against the AL Central. The bad news is the opponents will mostly consist of mostly better teams from the other five divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: I am so old, I remember when our HOF guy manager was going to make sure we didn't make stupid mistakes and fix our team's baseball IQ. Not defending TLR in any way here, but if the players can’t catch a ball that hits their glove, I don’t know what anyone can do to fix that. Have them line up and just play catch like your first day of little league? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, Leonard Zelig said: Not defending TLR in any way here, but if the players can’t catch a ball that hits their glove, I don’t know what anyone can do to fix that. Have them line up and just play catch like your first day of little league? One solution, also from "back in the day". Mandatory infield/outfield practice every day before a game. Situational drills etc. not just in spring training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, Leonard Zelig said: Not defending TLR in any way here, but if the players can’t catch a ball that hits their glove, I don’t know what anyone can do to fix that. Have them line up and just play catch like your first day of little league? I really do believe that there was some level of work that was missed over the last few years with COVID/lockout. Spring trainings, winter workouts, etc. I don't know how much of this teams play could be fixed, but one of the biggest reasons they showed Ricky the door was because of health and poor fundamentals. It was supposed to be Tony's saving grace despite all of his other red flags. But we didn't even get the good parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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caulfield12 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 1:17 PM, Leonard Zelig said: Not defending TLR in any way here, but if the players can’t catch a ball that hits their glove, I don’t know what anyone can do to fix that. Have them line up and just play catch like your first day of little league? See Gordon, Alex and Kuntz/Rusty. See Royals' outfield defense from 2013-2016/17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Just now, caulfield12 said: See Gordon, Alex and Kuntz/Rusty. See Royals' outfield defense from 2013-2016/17. See Ron Washington working with Marcus Semien, or improvements out of Omar Narvaez. Heck, improvements with Dayan Viciedo in Japan, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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