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That sucks. I like Rivera. I hate the Yankees, but respect the s*** out of their history...I never wish bad upon Jeter or Rivera. A-Rod on the other hand......

Everybody.....jump on board of the Salty train..... There is plenty of room since only myself, E1 and a700 were critical of him last year.

Yeah your night. Last years team had more talent........MUCH more.

Its that time again, get your popcorn!!! Sooo, were a month in..... Beckett and Youkilis are both hurt, shocker.....I wanted both guys packing their bags in the off-season. Last night, we have a guy who can't get a bunt down with no outs, a left fielder that cant catch flyballs (who also strikes out about as much he misplays balls in the OF, which is often), a first baseman who is 0 for his last 17 and has provided zero to no power since the all star break last year and Bard..who instead of picking up his teammates.....grooves pitch after pitch in the 6th inning to lineup which is a disgraceful embarrassment by major league standards. Oakland's #3 hitter is Josh Reddick...enough said. Oh yeah, and they still have a catcher who cant hit or play defense.....and two of the pitchers in the rotation (Beckett and Bard) are SIGNIFICANTLY worse off when he is behind the plate. The bullpen still sucks and there is little they can do at this point to improve them. The best news about the Redsox of late, is that you can actually buy tickets on Redsox.com for face value. They are practically giving them away now.......the sellout streak is such a fraud, and its about time people stopped showing up. They are in the cupcake part of their schedule and they are still 2 games under .500 and just lost 2 outta 3 to a terrible Oakland team. This group of players is more unlikable than last years. The 2001 (yes, 2001) Redsox team is the only team Ive disliked more to this point (the individual players, not the team/organization). Still reactionary? When is it not considered reactionary....the end of the season?

Its not a small sample size any longer, sorry bud. The sample size is September of last year, and April this year....and the results have not been good.

He once did. Mark Wholers lost the ability to throw strikes. The ability returned until he got hurt. Steve Sax couldn't throw a ball to first base. The ability returned.

....because the Sox acted like a poor team this offseason and did nothing to make itself better?

No way man. Every game counts, they even said so on NESN!

You still cant quote. In fact, I cant even quote YOUR posts properly because you keep f***ing it up. Your posts are also painful to read. Please put together sentences if you want to have an argument. The bullpen sucks.

You should be confused. You think the bullpen is good. The bullpen sucks, what are you confused about? Your argument is going to be based on a perfomance from Clayton Mortensen? You must have been one of those guys who thought that Creighton Gubanach was the next Babe Ruth when his first major league hit was a grand slam.

Learn how to properly quote. You talk like shutting down the A's is an accomplishment. I could s*** a ball out my ass and get these clowns out. The embarrassing part is, they are going to lose 2 outta 3 to these guys. Bard gave up 10 baserunners in 5.1 innings to a team that resembles a AA squad.

Oh yeah, thats right. Im winning both of those bets hahahaha.....Im already 1-0 against you.

The good thing, is that Bard looked awesome against the offensive powerhouse Oakland A's, they couldnt touch him, really racked up the K's and had a ton of swings and misses..... He will make teams like the Rangers look like a AAA team.

What was the Cody Ross one I forget...

I am so winning the Agon bet again this year....... this year will be even easier than last!

No rant, this is the Josh Beckett I know. Go get em tough guy!!

No thread anywhere near this created. Something I always wondered, why would he never try to pitch again? He was damn good before he developed Steve Blass disease. He is only 32 now and hasnt thrown a pitch since he was 24 years old. He is floundering as an offensive player.....why not try to pitch again to save his career? When he stopped pitching, he was a hard throwing lefty with a big curveball......its been YEARS since hes attempted to pitch again, maybe his mental block is gone. There is a market for his potential. .....the what ifs and what happened to's always fascinate me.

Under 10.

Bard AND Doubront will not be in the rotation all year. They will be on innings limits. One or both will be in the bullpen by the years end. By the time Dice-K is ready, he may have a spot open for him.