5/6 vs. the Twinkies

[WMB16]

Call me bad for being a hard core Boston fan who hates to lose. I can deal with that. I've got 5 recent rings to soothe my pain.

 

Talking about WMB buddy

[jung]

Call me bad for being a hard core Boston fan who hates to lose. I can deal with that. I've got 5 recent rings to soothe my pain.

 

not buyin' it

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Hanrahan is getting 7 million this year.

 

I was talking about Papelbon in that post. I love him, but not that contract.

[iortiz]

Uehara is an experiment? Do you even watch baseball?

 

I get it, you like Papelbon, but let's not fool ourselves with the idea that he's irreplaceable.

 

The problem is that they have gone after a number of unreliable options while there were good, cheaper options on the market.

 

 

 

I like Uehara, and at this point he seems to be the best option. Nevertheless he is not a closer. He would be another experiment.

 

We have hired and made some experiments at closer spot and neither have worked. That's a fact.

[iortiz]

I see you avoided the main question.

 

Of course he deserved that contract Mike.

 

Again, check out the numbers.

[Bellhorn04]

I was talking about Papelbon in that post. I love him, but not that contract.

 

Of course he's overpaid. But look what we're going through with Bailey and Hanrahan. I don't have the answer but I don't buy it that closer is an easy position to fill.

[MacDaddy]

WOOT WOOT....Clay Mortenensen from the Hanranhan school of "I f***ing suck...please take this game" school

[User Name]

I like Uehara, and at this point he seems to be the best option. Nevertheless he is not a closer. He would be another experiment.

 

We have hired and made some experiments at closer spot and neither have worked. That's a fact.

 

UEHARA HAS CLOSED SUCCESFULY AT THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEVEL. HOW WOULD HE BE AN EXPERIMENT?

 

And about Tazawa, that is failthought. Absolutely every young guy that becomes a closer is an "experiment" at one time. By your logic, neither Rivera nor your beloved Papelbon would have been ever given a crack at the closer's role.

[User Name]

Of course he's overpaid. But look what we're going through with Bailey and Hanrahan. I don't have the answer but I don't buy it that closer is an easy position to fill.

 

Yeah tell that to the A's and Rays. Lol.

[WMB16]

Ciriaco walk off?

[User Name]

Mortensen is getting squeezed hard.

[MacDaddy]

Mortensen is getting squeezed hard.

 

0-2, 4.2 ERA out of the pen....getting squeezed hard is a stretch. Just sayin...

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Of course he deserved that contract Mike.

 

Again, check out the numbers.

 

Trust me I see the numbers, they're great but that contract isn't. There's a solution, sadly Hanrahan isn't. The Phillies are irrelavant anyways so I don't care what Pap does now. They won't even win the wildcard.

 

Of course he's overpaid. But look what we're going through with Bailey and Hanrahan. I don't have the answer but I don't buy it that closer is an easy position to fill.

 

Just cause Hanrahan isn't working, doesn't mean Pap was the answer. We have other options but they haven't been used. No one said it was easy, but he can be replaced. Lets not act like Papelbon is a god.

[Bellhorn04]

Yeah tell that to the A's and Rays. Lol.

 

The Rays are not a good example right now. Rodney blew his second save tonight and his ERA is 5.06.

[User Name]

0-2, 4.2 ERA out of the pen....getting squeezed hard is a stretch. Just sayin...

 

I see reading comprehension is not your forte....

[User Name]

The Rays are not a good example right now. Rodney blew his second save tonight and his ERA is 5.06.

 

What about last year and Farnsworth the year before?

 

Rodney's sucking, but he pitched in winter ball AND the WBC, so no one should be surprised. However, you can bet that if he keeps sucking, by year's end they WILL have a reliable 9th inning guy like they always do.

[Bellhorn04]

Just cause Hanrahan isn't working, doesn't mean Pap was the answer. We have other options but they haven't been used. No one said it was easy, but he can be replaced. Lets not act like Papelbon is a god.

 

I'm not saying he's a god at all. But we have been brutal at closer without him, that's for certain.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Sorry everyone, just got home from work. MacDaddy has been nuked. Please resume your normal gamethreadding.

[User Name]

THANK YOU!

[jung]

Jeez we need to win this thing right here less the whole dame rotation gets pulled into this mess.

[italstallianion]

If there's a time to score the winning run, it's now. Too bad Ciriaco had to come in for Ortiz and screw things up. Hopefully he can redeem thyself.

[Jasonbay44]

Nice play Nap!

[iortiz]

Lets make some runs.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I'm not saying he's a god at all. But we have been brutal at closer without him, that's for certain.

 

Yeah, but I wouldn't count last year and this year we can still fix the closer problem. Name me every closer you think is better than Pap or has potential to be a good closer, and lets compare contracts.

[BornToRun]

Crawford just hit his 5th HR. f***ing tittie baskets.

[kapsis21]

Sorry everyone, just got home from work. MacDaddy has been nuked. Please resume your normal gamethreadding.

 

Woot. Thank you was about to give a shout out to you

[wyo-sox]

Wow just got home from my kids game. Can't believe this is still going.

[jung]

Rodney's sucking, but he pitched in winter ball AND the WBC

 

Pitchers get used something fierce in WBC. Must drive MLB managers totally nuts.

[kapsis21]

Crawford just hit his 5th HR. f***ing tittie baskets.

 

Well but gonzalez has not .. looking at the brighter side

[jung]

Crawford would not have been doin' that s*** here anyway.