Daily shakeups coming to Red Sox lineup

He'd like to tailor the lineup to the starting pitcher, the bullpen, the opposing manager, whatever it takes for him to have the competitive advantage.

Newsflash - every MLB manager does this.

Lame Boston Globe reporting. Why does it not surprise me that they're owned by the New York Times?

It's goint to be fun to watch how this all plays out this year.

I was waist deep in sippy cups, gerber baby food and diapers on Friday and through the weekend, so I didn't get a chance to comment on baseball's big announcement on Friday.

How awesome are the new rules for the the post season? I really liked the idea of the second wild card team with a one-game play in before, but now intra-divisional rivals can square off in the DSs and in the event of a season tie -- like the Yanks & Red Sox in 2005 -- that results in both teams making the postseason by way of division title and wild card, will be settled on the field instead of using head-to-head outcomes.

This is **** great! I love it. Imagine a scenario in which two teams tie for the 2nd wild card on the last day of the season, the two teams play a play-in game the next day and the winner goes on to play the Wild Card play-in game on the following day. Three days of complete, loser goes home drama.

It's going to be fun to watch how this all plays out this year.

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 08:31 AM ET  03.05 by Hoos Your Daddy

He'd like to tailor the lineup to the starting pitcher, the bullpen, the opposing manager, whatever it takes for him to have the competitive advantage. Newsflash - every MLB manager does this.Lame Boston Globe reporting. Why does it not surprise me that they're owned by the New York Times?

Tomorrow's newsflash. Valentine will use something called a "platoon" in RF.

Tom Verducci has a pretty good article about it. Here's an interesting clip:

There is a possibility that a team could face four games in four cities against four different opponents: in order, Game 162, Game 163 tiebreaker, Wild Card Knockout Game, Division Series Game 1.

I hope it gets crazy this year.

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 08:40 AM ET  03.05 by Hatrunner

Tomorrow's newsflash. Valentine will use something called a "platoon" in RF.

Wow. Will the innovation never stop?

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 08:31 AM ET  03.05 by Hoos Your Daddy

He'd like to tailor the lineup to the starting pitcher, the bullpen, the opposing manager, whatever it takes for him to have the competitive advantage. Newsflash - every MLB manager does this.

He was known as the Ron Popeil of Japanese Baseball. When it came to his lineup, he was all set it and forget it.

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 08:41 AM ET  03.05 by SlinkyRedfoot

Tom Verducci has a pretty good article about it. Here's an interesting clip:There is a possibility that a team could face four games in four cities against four different opponents: in order, Game 162, Game 163 tiebreaker, Wild Card Knockout Game, Division Series Game 1.I hope it gets crazy this year.

It'll be something alright.

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 08:43 AM ET  03.05 by clemtheslowson

Wow. Will the innovation never stop?

No talk of Crawford batting 7th though.

Huh. Next thing, he may take a look at the #5 starter position and have a competition for it.

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Originally posted 08:59 AM ET  03.05 by Senor PK no esta

He may actually use non starting pitchers in relief roles, truly revolutionary

<makes notes of this for future reference>

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 08:39 AM ET  03.05 by SlinkyRedfoot

I was waist deep in sippy cups, gerber baby food and diapers on Friday and through the weekend, so I didn't get a chance to comment on baseball's big announcement on Friday.How awesome are the new rules for the the post season? I really liked the idea of the second wild card team with a one-game play in before, but now intra-divisional rivals can square off in the DSs and in the event of a season tie -- like the Yanks & Red Sox in 2005 -- that results in both teams making the postseason by way of division title and wild card, will be settled on the field instead of using head-to-head outcomes.This is **** great! I love it. Imagine a scenario in which two teams tie for the 2nd wild card on the last day of the season, the two teams play a play-in game the next day and the winner goes on to play the Wild Card play-in game on the following day. Three days of complete, loser goes home drama.

I don't like the idea of the lower seeded team opening the divisional series at home though. It goes against the whole idea of advantages going to the team that performed better in the regular season.

QUOTE(#17):

Originally posted 09:09 AM ET  03.05 by bruins6988

I don't like the idea of the lower seeded team opening the divisional series at home though. It goes against the whole idea of advantages going to the team that performed better in the regular season.

My understanding is that this is for this year only.

QUOTE(#17):

Originally posted 09:09 AM ET  03.05 by bruins6988

I don't like the idea of the lower seeded team opening the divisional series at home though. It goes against the whole idea of advantages going to the team that performed better in the regular season.

What is the point of that?