Connelly's Top Ten - Red Sox Done / Bruins Done / Celtics Done / Comes Down to Mac Jones
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1. Red Sox stuff:
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* Worse loss of the year
* Not quite Boggs and Barrett / Red Sox #1 and #2 hitters Sunday Hernandez and Renfroe both hitting under .250
* Is there a reason Nick Pivetta came out of the Toronto game Saturday - 6 innings / 1 hit / 0 runs / 76 pitches?
* Garrett Richards gives up a home run every 6 1/3 innings / John Wasdin with Red Sox HR every 6 1/3 innings
* Back up catcher Kevin Plawecki hitting .327 last two years (58-177)?
* Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, Benedict Arnold, Tom Farrell, Adam Ottavino
* As predicted - Schwarber reinjures himself - big guys with muscle pulls don't recover until off season
* If I was in Vegas - I would bet that the Sox end up in 4th place in their division - Yankees, Tampa, Toronto, Sox, Baltimore
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2. Olympics
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* Glad its over - now we can fly all this whiners home
* French Marathoner Morhad Amdouni knocked over bottles of water to prevent opponents from drinking - and then he grabbed the last bottle
* Jayson Tatum new nickname for himself - "Gold Medal Jay"
* Baseball team - Todd Frazer average in MLB career (.241) / MLB playoffs (.189) / Olympics (.143) 3-21
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3. Around baseball
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* Brock Holt threw a 31 MPH strike Saturday
* Great inning by West Roxbury's Packy Naughton from the Angels against the Dodgers!
* Old-guy-itis alert - MLB Network did a poll on best bat flip of July - Good Grief!
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4. Quarterbacks ranked by Sporting News Stuff
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* Two of the top five quarterbacks might not play this year - Arron Rodgers and DeShaun Watson
* Long way from Joe Gilliam - Six of the top ten quarterbacks are black?
* Cam Newton is ranked 29th of 32 (behind him - Dalton, Lock, Darnold)
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5. On September 28, 1941 - The day Ted Williams hit .406 (6-8 versus Philadelphia A's)
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* Marion Miley women's golf pro from Danvers Massachusetts murdered at Kentucky country club
* Nazi's arrest Czechoslovakian Premier on treason charges
* Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 - game time 1:39
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* 1942 Philco radio console - $79.95 - push button tuning
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6. Red Sox pinch hitting 2021 compared to Rick Miller:
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* 2021.............9 for 39....(.231).....18 k to 7 bb
* Rick Miller...54 for 191 (.283)......35 k to 32 bb
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7. Amazing Stat - Hall of Famer Jack Morris in 1986 versus the Red Sox in four starts:
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* Home Runs allowed 9 in 28 innings (Evans / Baylor = 4 HR)
* ERA 5.14 / Average allowed .281
* Record versus Red Sox 3-1
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8. Old School - Those who saved Pedro wins in 1999 (he was 23-4 w / 5 complete games)
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* Gordon..........5 saves
* Wakefield......2 saves
* Lowe.......... - 2 saves
* Wasdin..........1 save
* Garces..........1 save
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9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Largest number of law enforcement officers killed by year (nationallawenforcementofficers):
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312 killed in 1930
295....2020
285....1974
278....1973
276....1929
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10. Randomocity
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* Steve Van Zandt fans - watch Lillehammer on NetFlix - little bit a character of himself but worth the watch
* Tourists to Boston during Bicentennial in 1975 - 5,100,000 compared to 3,500,000 in 1974
* I don't say this in a flip / casual way - Terry Francona not tracking well for a long life
* What vehicle would win in a race - Foxboro snow plow / Zamboni / bullpen cart
* Imagine Tuukka playing in the days without a mask? Won't be coming to work today - signed Epstein's Mother