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Theo on Sportshub
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Posts: 266 09/30/09 2:43 PM |
Last Edited By: Union4Sox 09/30/09 3:01 PM.
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Posts: 267 09/30/09 3:01 PM |
Bit of an update (sorry wanted to put the post up quick so I could listen and others could check it out): I only caught tail end, but its one of the first times I've heard Theo talk pretty candidly on the radio. I will admit I have not listened to WEEI as much this season as I used to. And I know very little about Sportshub other than its rivaling WEEI for the top Boston sports radio station. But, the guys got a really good conversation going, where Theo pretty much schooled them on...well....everything? Main part of the discussion I caught was Theo's defense of JD Drew. You really get a good picture of the way Theo views running a baseball team. I know we all hear and talk about how much of the Front Office strategy revolves around paying heavy attention to certain statistics (OPS, OBP, WHIP, etc) and paying less attention to the most juicy statistics (RBIs, HR, BA, ERA, etc.). Theo baited the guys into discussing JD Drew by saying "Hey, I thought you guys were going to bring up how JD Drew has the second highest OPS of all AL Outfielders?" Theo pretty much went on to destroy them. Despite getting a good conversation going, the Sportshub guys sounded like morons. They also asked Theo if Varitek "learned Chinese in order to speak w/ Dice K on the mound". Theo went on to reply "I didn't know we acquired Yao Ming". |
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Posts: 41 09/30/09 3:12 PM |
Do they have a link to the interview? Cant find it on their website. |
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Union4Sox |
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Posts: 268 09/30/09 3:16 PM |
Not sure, sorry.
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Ephus |
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Posts: 1081 09/30/09 4:00 PM Veteran Member |
qutennis5 wrote:You can find it here.
"Things happen in Boston." -Joe Morgan
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templeUsox |
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Posts: 14960 09/30/09 4:18 PM
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This is the future of radio which JSinger has been trumpeting for the last 3 months?
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Bury the Hammer |
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Posts: 561 09/30/09 4:42 PM Veteran Member |
They had CHB on later and his response was (of course) to make fun of Theo for defending JD Drew so strongly, and when they brought up the point about
Drew's OPS, he said "You can throw stats out there, we know what our eyes tell us." It is amazing how strongly the media here is going to cling
to their JD Drew narrative no matter what happens.
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Moe Jorgan |
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Posts: 865 09/30/09 4:59 PM |
But he doesn't care remember. And doesn't throw his helmet if he strikes out.
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TheGoldenGreek33 |
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Posts: 3043 09/30/09 5:03 PM Veteran Member |
I live for the day when these overtly-defenseless traditionalist have any sort of evidence other than "I see him play everyday" or "stats mean
nothing, I know what I see". I can see their point regarding defense, but without stats, they have no idea whether a guy is hitting .270 or .300 over the
course of a year.
"Ever notice how most Mac users are skinny? It's because of all the calories they burn because they can't shut the f*ck up about how great their
MacBook's are."
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FenwayTheHardWay |
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Posts: 1543 09/30/09 5:22 PM Veteran Member |
TheGoldenGreek33 wrote: You can't trust facts and numbers here, Greek. They have a well-known JD Drew bias.
"Jonathan Papelbon, not wasting any time, going to his bread and butter there, and that's the
cheese."- Buck Martinez
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Norm in Oregon |
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Posts: 972 09/30/09 5:46 PM Veteran Member |
I'll admit to not having a clue as to why people do this. Can't get into their skin at all, not even a little. Drew is not loud and not demonstrative,
almost shy. He doesn't set himself on fire when he fails and that may gall people. He may not live for baseball only, and that's fine. What he does do
is deliver a very high level offensive game year in and year out, and a good glove in a difficult right field. I hope he stays hot through the playoffs but
I'm not fooling myself. It wouldn't mean anything to those who dislike him, not a thing. And I don't know why.
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MaleNurse2010 |
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Posts: 524 09/30/09 5:49 PM |
Anybody remember CHB/ Cafardo's justification to voting Jim Rice into the HOF the quote was along the lines of "when he went up to the plate you
didn't want him to walk you wanted him to swing"
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kwa1430 |
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Posts: 3 09/30/09 8:12 PM |
JD reminds me of O'Neill for the Yankees during their run in the late 1990's. Kind of quietly put up solid numbers but was huge in the postseason and
above average defense. JD has always come up pretty solid in the postseason and hope he continues this year.
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FenwayTheHardWay |
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Posts: 1544 09/30/09 8:28 PM Veteran Member |
Norm in Oregon wrote: JD Drew has made a career out of pissing off sportswriters. He's a Boras client who declined to sign when he was first drafted (greedy). He's missed a lot of time with injuries during his career (wimpy). He opted out of his LA contract because he knew he could sign for more (greedy). He's quiet, doesn't have a lot of outward displays of emotion (wimpy). He takes a lot of pitches, and has an offensive game that revolves around walks and power (greedy AND wimpy). He never bunts (mortal sin). I don't particularly care about any of these things, but to the self appointed guardians of sports morality, they're apparently a big deal.
"Jonathan Papelbon, not wasting any time, going to his bread and butter there, and that's the
cheese."- Buck Martinez
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Arquimedez Bozo |
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Posts: 8615 09/30/09 10:37 PM Chris Hatfield
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"they should go to soxprospect so that BOZO THE CLOWN and the rest of THE WANTS TO BE will give you some information" - A SoxProspects.com
Legend
"Most people in my country say who the f*ck is dusty Brown and Who are the Pawsox you freak and what does hit 270 mean" - LondonSox |
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Posts: 135 09/30/09 10:49 PM |
"We ignore them (RBIs)." I love you Theo!
Red Sox Offseason: Acquire Adrian Gonzalez, Acquire Felix Hernandez
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Yirmiyahu |
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Posts: 531 09/30/09 11:01 PM |
After hearing Theo say about JD Drew to "look at his runs scored on a rate basis, with the Red Sox or throughout his career," I took his advice and
looked up some stats. Of the 103 active players with at least 5000 PA's, J.D. Drew is 4th in runs per plate appearance. Behind Pujols, A-Rod, and Jeter.
And just ahead of Manny Ramirez.
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muellerkiller |
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Posts: 136 09/30/09 11:05 PM |
Yirmiyahu wrote: How is runs per plate appearance measured?
Red Sox Offseason: Acquire Adrian Gonzalez, Acquire Felix Hernandez
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Yirmiyahu |
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Posts: 532 09/30/09 11:09 PM |
I just went to MLB.com, looked up historical stats, sorted by PA's, and put everyone with at least 5000 PA's in an excel spreadsheet. Then made a
column of (runs / PA), and sorted.
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FenwayTheHardWay |
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Posts: 1546 09/30/09 11:35 PM Veteran Member |
muellerkiller wrote: Oh come on. Is there a single GM in baseball who doesn't understand the (un)importance of RBIs at this point? Not saying anything bad about Theo here, but this is a really low bar to clear.
"Jonathan Papelbon, not wasting any time, going to his bread and butter there, and that's the
cheese."- Buck Martinez
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muellerkiller |
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Posts: 137 09/30/09 11:39 PM |
FenwayTheHardWay wrote:Actually, he did mention the fact that no GM in baseball evaluates a player based on his RBI total. Or I think it was HR-RBI totals. You'll have to go back in the interview to get an exact quote.
Red Sox Offseason: Acquire Adrian Gonzalez, Acquire Felix Hernandez
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