Red Sox Acquire Curtis Mead for Connelly Early

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2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

No doubt there was hype. My point was against a poster saying "everyone" when it might not have even been one or two saying or implying these 3 would be great on day one.

Even the T-shirt made no promises for instant greatness. The team had very few big stars, if any, so they went with that marketing ploy. 

I don't recall a single poster saying even 2 of the 3 were going to be stars on day one. Many felt Anthony might or probably would be but nobody I know was certain about anything. Most of us know baseball enough to never speak in absolutes. Only one poster does that.

It's one thing to create a strawman point that nobody made and then argue against it for weeks, but to say "everybody" said it and continue the argument for months gets into absurdity & hogwash territory

Ah The Man Behind The Curtain still talking about his companion again the strawman . Yes No  doubt there was hype, and No doubt there was expectations, and I would say at the very least most were expecting little a to pick up where he left off last year, and after playing in the WBC even expected more. Hell even I expected that. If it bothers you saying everyone did then so be it. Like when you keep saying you’re not defending someone, which you do often even when you are. Now that is a good example of absurdity, and hogwash. If little a had picked up where he left off from last year, and lived up to his hype, and expectations you most likely would say I knew it all along, but you’re stuck, because he didn’t. As always pay no attention to The Man Behind The Curtain.

[moonslav59]

Man. Fractured wrist in first game.

Snake bite!