21 YO Rapheal Devers hits a 3 run HR against Verlander?

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Yep, it is the year for Boston Baseball!

[Tiggeroshii]

1. Make no mistake this will be a dodgers blue wave!

Also... Nice one!!

[SKKY]

12. They clearly don't test for drug use where you work...

...because that is some serious, crack induced nonsense right there!

[Tiggeroshii]

13. It was in jest

I seriously doubted they would pull off a victory in Milwaukee Saturday.

But now I think they will do it...

[underpants]

2. Looked like a long sac fly but it just kept going

Verlander can't be mentioned around here without saying "Goochland's own Justin Verlander"

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3. I never expected this....

I was hoping that we'd go back to Boston with a 2-3 lead. This is awesome.

[Croney]

4. And David Price has redeemed himself.

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5. He has!

Just don't pitch him against the Yanks.

[StevieM]

6. I like Jackie Bradley Jr. but Devers deserved to win the MVP award IMO. (eom)

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7. Interesting....but why?

JBJ only hit .200, but he maximized every one of those hits. Devers is an important part of the RS going forward.

[StevieM]

8. I admit that I prefer to have an MVP that hit 385 than one who hit 200. But there is more.

They both produced 9 runs in the games that the Red Sox won. Runs produced is RBIs plus runs scored minus the number of home runs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runs_produced

In the game that the Sox lost JBJ scored a run. Devers did not play in that game.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32362

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33859

They were comparable in OPS (On base percentage plus slugging). Devers was 1.082. Bradley was 1.067.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=381018118

Bradley had a great series and he definitely produced when they needed him to. Like I said, I like him a lot. He seems like a cool guy. I just prefered Devers.

If Devers has a good World Series than maybe he will win the Babe Ruth Award, which isn't sanctioned by MLB, and goes to the best player in the entire postseason.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth_Award

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9. Lover Dever...he is a huge part of the RS future.

Can you imagine being a 20 YO and in the greatest competition of your life? What he is learning is only going to make him a better player going forward.

I got a pic of the 2018 ACLS banner aboiut 5 minutes after it was put up...go Sox!

It's going to be a coastal series....really big market focus...

[StevieM]

10. Boston vs. L.A. should be a fun series. There's a long rivalry between the two cities in basketball.

But they have never met in the World Series. Or the Stanley Cup finals. Or the Super Bowl.

The Red Sox did play the Dodgers in the 1916 World Series back when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn. And were called the Robins. Babe Ruth was a starting pitcher in that series.

The NL also picked an MVP with a .200 batting average, Cody Bellinger. I'm not thrilled about it. I would have preferred Manny Machado or Chris Taylor. Of course, they were never going to give it to Machado.

I can accept it, though. But if they are going to downgrade the importance of batting average when determining MVP then they better not deny Jacob DeGrom the Cy Young award over his lack of wins.

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11. Did not know!

Looking forward to this series.