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Unless you work for the team, it's "they". Hell, I still feel weird saying "we" at work because I'm not in management or any revenue generating arm of the company. "We" is just incredibly entitled sounding. The only ones who feel anything tangible from games are those who play in them; luckily enough you can get on with your life if you try hard enough.

From what I've heard, Terry's going to reveal that Drew is the Eggman.

I wish 2090 was around so I tell him to shove that up his ass.

You're welcome. I wish I could have done a better job on the video, but I only had 30 seconds to work with, and I was trying to get that on the internet ASAP.

Oh please, before David Eckstein was David Eckstein, scouts loathed him as well. At best he was an underdog story which had some pulling for him. There's a reason teams, while scouting is very important, are replacing scouts with computers is because of idiotic comments and views like that. The only thing Eckstein has over Pedroia is speed, that's it. Anyone who has watched Pedroia play knows he's fundamentally sound at everything he does, has much more pop than Eckstein, a better eye, and can give him a run for his money defensively. The only thing Pedroia's stint this past September proved is that sometimes when you make contact, the ball sometimes finds fielders more than it should. I've seen some people react like he had a Shoppach-esque strikeout fest where he was absolutely owned, when it wasn't. Pedroia took some time to adjust in his first stint at AAA as well, he came back the next season and put up a line that Red Sox fans would die for from 2nd base.

Cordero pitched in Yellowstone Park and allowed 13 home runs, Gonzalez, for all his effectiveness, walked a ridiculous 5+ batters per nine innings. Gonzalez isn't going anywhere. I don't see why people look at the Braves (after trading Adam Laroche) and see 3 relievers and figure, "hey, they must need to trade one of them". Good bullpens have three good relievers. It's happened before. Hell, some bullpens have 4 good relievers. I'm sure they're perfectly aware that Wickman could very well be their 3rd best option at this point, and could implode at any time, regardless. Cordero is the only quality closer available out there, but even he has a ton of question marks (awful HR rate, lackluster K rate), and is an NL closer to boot. That's even before factoring in that you'd need a king's ransom for him. The Red Sox made an offer to a closer on the market with 190 career saves in the AL, a team postseason hero, who unfortunately would rather play for less money elsewhere because he was run out of town by nitwits while struggling/recovering from injuries. If Foulke does well in Cleveland while someone else flounders in Boston, that's clearly on the shoulders of the douches that made his life a living hell as a clear sign of ingratitude after he nearly ended his career bringing a championship to Boston. There was no sure-thing on the market this winter, and regardless, teams who throw s*** up against the wall are just as likely to find a reliable closer than those who have overpaid for question marks.

I think people are dismissing Pineiro as a reliever a bit too soon. Relieving is a completely different ballgame, and likely better suited for someone with Pineiro's stuff. If you look at the top 10 in saves in the AL last season, you have: Rodriguez-LAA Jenks-CHW Ryan-TOR Jones-DET Street-OAK Nathan-MIN Putz-SEA Papelbon-BOS Rivera-NYY Ray-BAL Francisco Rodriguez' final minor league season as a starter, 2001 in A ball, 5.38 ERA over 113 2/3 innings. Bobby Jenks, career minor league ERA of 4.77, 77 of his 115 appearances were starts. BJ Ryan has always been a reliever, as has Huston Street. Todd Jones flamed out (no pun intended) as a starter in the minors before making a successful conversion to a reliever. Joe Nathan sports a career 4.93 ERA in the minors on account of 93 minor league starts, he was just as lackluster in the majors. JJ Putz, Chris Ray and Jonathan Papelbon both have been successful in both roles. Mariano Rivera had a pretty rough go of things as a Yankee starter in his rookie season. Bottom line is good relievers tend to be failed starters. Look for a second at Latroy Hawkins' numbers through a similar point in his career to Joel Pineiro. Assuming Pineiro is healthy, his stuff combined with his ability to induce groundballs should make him a good candidate as any to close games. Contrary to what some might think, closers do come out of nowhere. I'd say 75 percent of them hit a roadblock before finding their niche in the bullpen.

They use blue screen technology quite a bit in commercials. That's in a studio in Japan. That's not a Photoshop job.

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I thought you were describing a staring contest. They should have Fear Factor-style negotiations. I want to see Scott Boras eat a bowl of bloodworms.

I'm not sure that's the point of the game Chicken.

Cla Meredith drew a blue duck because he's never seen a blue duck.

And secondly, don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. And for what it's worth, there's no such position as "speedy base stealer". There's a defined role called "major league starting pitcher", which David Wells is for the Boston Red Sox until he's traded. I hope they get actual talent, not some player who happens to be young and would have no future role whatsoever in the future plans of the Boston Red Sox. You need to get Dave Roberts off the brain and realize that having a basestealer on the bench is overrated to say the least. I'm well aware of what is in the Red Sox system, and the relative lack of OF prospects, but Guzman doesn't solve that just because he plays CF. You don't give up talent for someone who doesn't make the team better. The only way Guzman makes the team better is if he's the starting CF, and I see no indication that he could step in and do so next season.

Wells won't retire if he's not traded. You don't trade a quality starter for crap. Wells can make these sorts of statements in an attempt to expedite the process of getting traded, but there's no chance he's going to turn down guaranteed money.

Well, considering Guzman didn't play this season, I doubt you can count on him, though the nature of his injury shouldn't slow him too much. If this team "needs" a speedy young outfield for steals late in games, why wouldn't you just keep Wells and rely on Stern to do so? Why give up a talented pitcher for some hypothetical situation that would probably net a couple of runs over the course of 162 games? If you "need" that sort of guy, why not just sign a Donnie Sadler type for the cost of a contract? Stern is free, is already here, and doesn't cost David Wells to have on the team. I frankly think it doesn't make any sense at all to trade a productive starting pitcher for a bench player that will have minimal impact now, or in the future. The only scenario in which Wells should be traded is if the Red Sox get fair value. Trading Wells for a spare part smacks of making a trade for the sake of making a trade. There's nothing that says he has to be traded.

I hope the Brewers lose every game they ever play with that boob on the bench. It's absolutely amazing that people can say that Grady was judged by "one decision". First off, it wasn't a decision, as that would imply some sort of rational thought. Secondly, like death to a terminal patient, the events of the 2003 ALCS was the brain disease Grady Little had festering in that lobe in his head manifesting itself on the biggest stage of his life. If you didn't notice Grady was an absolute dolt in his two seasons with the Red Sox, you weren't paying attention. I mean, maybe I should relent. Pedro losing command in the seventh (he was barely htiting any of his spots), and getting an emotional weight lifted off his shoulders by being congratulated for having his night ended after seven was on thing, I mean, most who have ever stepped on a mound know how easy it is to getting your adrenaline flowing again after you've felt like you've crossed the finish line, right? Add, to that, never mind his bullpen was lights out the entire postseason, they obviously couldn't get 5 outs without letting up 3 runs (oh, they did that once they came in the game?). I mean, Grady didn't cause Scott Williamson to get the cold sore that Grady used as reasoning to hold him out of game 7. Either way, I'm glad things happened as they did because of the result the following season. No way do the Red Sox win a World Series with that f***stick as manager. I just don't ever think stupidity should ever be forgiven.

A .340 OBP is certainly respectable from a very good defensive CF, though just not out of the leadoff spot.

I wouldn't either, but I pray it doesn't happen. I wish for the sake of Dave Robeerts and Red Sox fans, that the WS was the last moment in a Red Sox uniform. Lest he struggles and has his legend tarnished a bit a la Embree, Bellhorn and Foulke. Do you think the "fans" would be so forgiving if he's hitting like Pokey Reese come July? Actually, speaking of ridiculous fan infatuations, don't answer that one.

He's talking about George Scott. I wouldn't mind a first baseman. He can pick it, and can hit a bit.

And it's just as cheesy as the first time you posted it. It's kind of in poor form to laugh at your own jokes, don't you think? And "schilling", it's alright to remove the stick from your ass, I'm just busting your chops. Maybe I'm a dick, or maybe you're just taking things I post on a board, of which I take very lightly, personally. I find it amazing that people construe my tone as anything but joking or satirical, you've obviously never met me if you read into it that way.

Hey, don't take out the Yankees losing on me.

You must be a Yankee fan.