Question of the week: Should Raffy agree to play first?

[Old Red]

9 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Ewww, that's like the 6th worst position to hit according to the metrics. 

Judge has gone back, and forth this year between 2&3.

[notin]

14 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Judge has gone back, and forth this year between 2&3.

Well if Aaron Boone sets his lineup that way, the math is clearly wrong…

[notin]

30 minutes ago, dgalehouse said:

At this time, there is no reason whatsoever to move Devers from DH to play first base. There is no logic to that at all.

Not with Toro looking like Wade Boggs minus the chicken, adultery, pornstache, and movie resume.

But it doesn’t change that it was an immature and selfish move by Devers.

Of course, if Anthony starts hitting and Toro continues, will you feel the same when Abreu comes back to reclaim RF and Anthony gets banished to Worcester?

[Old Red]

12 minutes ago, notin said:

Well if Aaron Boone sets his lineup that way, the math is clearly wrong…

4 out of the top 5 in RBI leaders in MLB this this have mostly batted 2&3.

[Old Red]

10 minutes ago, notin said:

Not with Toro looking like Wade Boggs minus the chicken, adultery, pornstache, and movie resume.

But it doesn’t change that it was an immature and selfish move by Devers.

Of course, if Anthony starts hitting and Toro continues, will you feel the same when Abreu comes back to reclaim RF and Anthony gets banished to Worcester?

Childish, and immature behavior is calling Raffy all kinds of names, because so many others think they no what’s best for the team, and because Raffy, and Cora don’t agree on what’s best for the team, and is doing something different. To you Raffy moving to 1B is the only answer to get, or keep Anthony on the team. Once again Raffy is the BEST DH on the team. Raffy is the worst defender on the team. Being the DH after he was told to do so is NOT an immature, and selfish move like name calling is. Whine all day, and cry all night, but Raffy at DH is what’s best, and right.

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, Old Red said:

Last year, and this year are two different years. Next year he could bat 3rd. 

Except, you said "never held" and was responding to the "long held" opinion point.

"Long held" is April '25, to you?

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

7 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

He was just talking about Devers at DH.  Try to stay on topic.

Well, devers refusing to play first had caused a hole at 1B, which was part of their broken record.

So it was on topic, try to follow along instead of always trying to troll my posts.

[Bellhorn04]

25 minutes ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Well, devers refusing to play first had caused a hole at 1B, which was part of their broken record.

So it was on topic, try to follow along instead of always trying to troll my posts.

Right, like you don't troll plenty of other people's posts.  You just get touchy when anyone fires back at you.  So sensitive.            

[Old Red]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Except, you said "never held" and was responding to the "long held" opinion point.

"Long held" is April '25, to you?

What you think I responded to, and what I actually responded to could be entirely two different things. As usual just when you think you know the answer I change the question. BAZINGA.🤓

 

[moonslav59]

17 minutes ago, Old Red said:

What you think I responded to, and what I actually responded to could be entirely two different things. As usual just when you think you know the answer I change the question. BAZINGA.🤓

Oh, we know all to well, you reserve the right to not follow along and divert the conversation, when exposed.

 

[Old Red]

8 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Oh, we know all to well, you reserve the right to not follow along and divert the conversation, when exposed.

 

Being so called exposed by you is like getting so called arrested by Deputy Dawg.😜

[Hugh2]

17 hours ago, Old Red said:

So the main purpose of putting a bad, bad fielding Raffy back into the field was to get Anthony in the lineup, and moving a bad, bad fielder to 1B has pretty much been the only option of many on here, and the media. The Red Sox are solid at 1B without Raffy there.

Look, the Raffy to 1B ship has obviously sailed but I would like to critique this to some degree. 

Most 1B in MLB would be below average to just awful fielders at other positions.  There's a reason why most players move to 1B in the first place.  

So again again, the ship has sailed, but in an alternate universe where Raffy wanted to play 1st and jumped with joy when the opportunity presented itself, he might easily become an average to better defensive 1B. 

[Old Red]

47 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

Look, the Raffy to 1B ship has obviously sailed but I would like to critique this to some degree. 

Most 1B in MLB would be below average to just awful fielders at other positions.  There's a reason why most players move to 1B in the first place.  

So again again, the ship has sailed, but in an alternate universe where Raffy wanted to play 1st and jumped with joy when the opportunity presented itself, he might easily become an average to better defensive 1B. 

In the real world I think Raffy is happy right where he is. I get many 1B are moved there from other positions, but just as easily as Raffy could become an average to better 1B he could just as easily be just as bad at 1B as he was at 3B. Once again he the best DH on the team.

[mvp 78]

4 minutes ago, Old Red said:

In the real world I think Raffy is happy right where he is. I get many 1B are moved there from other positions, but just as easily as Raffy could become an average to better 1B he could just as easily be just as bad at 1B as he was at 3B. Once again he the best DH on the team.

He could be WORSE at 1B. We don't know! 

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, Old Red said:

Being so called exposed by you is like getting so called arrested by Deputy Dawg.😜

Are denying you held that position on Devers for a long time?

(I don't expect an answer to the actual question.)

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

11 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Right, like you don't troll plenty of other people's posts.  You just get touchy when anyone fires back at you.  So sensitive.            

Hardly sensitive.

Just calling you out as a liar. You claim "it's not personal" yet you visit my profile daily and constantly troll my posts when you don't do that to any other poster.

[Hugh2]

On 6/10/2025 at 4:03 PM, mvp 78 said:

Ewww, that's like the 6th worst position to hit according to the metrics. 

Doesn't that also make it like the 4th best?

[Hugh2]

I think Raffy should have agreed to move to first base, I think if he was more of a team player he would have.  I have rationalized that's more of a personality thing than him not caring about the team and perhaps saying he's not as much of a team player as I'd like him to be is unfair.  He is who he is and at the end of the day he is mashing.  He's mashing right where they asked him to go, so he's not hurting the team by any means.  That's good enough. I still wish we lived in an alternate universe where Raffy would have been willing to pick up a 1B glove, but I have accepted reality and I am ready to move on.  I propose we put the Raffy to 1B thing to bed

[Hugh2]

22 hours ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Hardly sensitive.

Just calling you out as a liar. You claim "it's not personal" yet you visit my profile daily and constantly troll my posts when you don't do that to any other poster.

I mean you changed your photo, so now I feel like I have to visit your profile because it's so small I can't read it.  I WANT TO READ!!!!

Also, ever so often I do accidently click on someones profile.  Maybe you're not as popular as you think? oR.....maybe Bellhorn is right outside your window, breathing all heavy like.  If you get a phone call and someone immediately hangs up don't panic. 

[Bellhorn04]

23 hours ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Hardly sensitive.

Just calling you out as a liar. You claim "it's not personal" yet you visit my profile daily and constantly troll my posts when you don't do that to any other poster.

I do not visit your profile daily, which obviously means you're the liar.  

You're a Yankee fan who posts a ton of negative stuff about the Sox and has been banned from here multiple times.  I'm a moderator.  So yes, I do keep an eye on your posts and I occasionally reply to them. 

There's a lot of stuff that you just don't seem to get.  Not my problem.

Now, on the truth and lies thing, am I telling the truth when I say you've been banned from here multiple times?

Simple yes or no question.

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

1 hour ago, Hugh2 said:

I mean you changed your photo, so now I feel like I have to visit your profile because it's so small I can't read it.  I WANT TO READ!!!!

Also, ever so often I do accidently click on someones profile.  Maybe you're not as popular as you think? oR.....maybe Bellhorn is right outside your window, breathing all heavy like.  If you get a phone call and someone immediately hangs up don't panic. 

Big difference, he visits my profile almost daily.

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

59 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

I do not visit your profile daily, which obviously means you're the liar.  

You're a Yankee fan who posts a ton of negative stuff about the Sox and has been banned from here multiple times.  I'm a moderator.  So yes, I do keep an eye on your posts and I occasionally reply to them. 

There's a lot of stuff that you just don't seem to get.  Not my problem.

Now, on the truth and lies thing, am I telling the truth when I say you've been banned from here multiple times?

Simple yes or no question.

Again, you're a liar. You claim it isn't "personal" yet you do visit my profile almost every day. It's pretty simple for me to see that when I go to my profile page and it shows the recent visitors. Smh. I have asked you several times to keep your posts baseball related and you fail to do so. Instead, you continually troll my posts. Some "moderator".

[Bellhorn04]

43 minutes ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Big difference, he visits my profile almost daily.

I don't, and what's the big deal if I do?  Maybe you could explain that.

I don't care who visits my profile page.  

Of course I can understand why a multiple banned Yankee fan on a Red Sox board would be a little paranoid.  

[Bellhorn04]

42 minutes ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Again, you're a liar. You claim it isn't "personal" yet you do visit my profile almost every day. It's pretty simple for me to see that when I go to my profile page and it shows the recent visitors. Smh. I have asked you several times to keep your posts baseball related and you fail to do so. Instead, you continually troll my posts. Some "moderator".

Thanks, I knew you wouldn't answer the question.  

 

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

2 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

I don't, and what's the big deal if I do?  Maybe you could explain that.

I don't care who visits my profile page.  

Of course I can understand why a multiple banned Yankee fan on a Red Sox board would be a little paranoid.  

I really don't care and am hardly paranoid.

I only pointed it out to show that you were lying when you claimed "it's not personal".

But, enough about this, stick to baseball.

 

[Bellhorn04]

Just now, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

I really don't care and am hardly paranoid.

I only pointed it out to show that you were lying when you claimed "it's not personal".

But, enough about this, stick to baseball.

 

It's only personal in the sense that posters who have been banned before get some extra attention, because there are good reasons they've been banned.  Very simple.  Sorry you don't get it.  If you want to stick to baseball, you can prove it by not replying to this. 

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

13 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

It's only personal in the sense that posters who have been banned before get some extra attention, because there are good reasons they've been banned.  Very simple.  Sorry you don't get it.  If you want to stick to baseball, you can prove it by not replying to this. 

So it is personal, thanks for admitting it.

Have a great day.

[Bellhorn04]

1 hour ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

So it is personal, thanks for admitting it.

Have a great day.

LOL OK, it's personal when you're a moderator dealing with a multiple banned poster.

You're welcome.

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

20 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

LOL OK, it's personal when you're a moderator dealing with a multiple banned poster.

You're welcome.

As you made your daily visit to my profile. Lol

[Bellhorn04]

3 minutes ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

As you made your daily visit to my profile. Lol

I'm not even sure what you're talking about.  I have put you on ignore and taken you off again, maybe that's what you're seeing.

In any case I have no idea why you're obsessed with this and can't stop talking about it.

As for your claim about daily visits, prove it.