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  1. a700hitter
    A complete game shutout. It's nice to get one of those once in a while. It helps refresh a tired bullpen.
  2. a700hitter
    We should be beating up this has been.
  3. a700hitter
    You are free to disagree, and my statement was a broad generalization. Nevertheless, none of the pitchers that you mentioned belong in Papelbon's category. Bell never had a season with more than 2 saves until he was age 31. By that time Paps had 262 Saves. Also, by big, I didn't mean fat. Paps is 6'4". Bell is only 6'3". Similarly, Valverde's first big season was at age 29, but that big boy has been pretty durable if not consistent. Francisco Cordero had his first big season at age 28 and he never was Papelbon's equal. He stayed pretty consistent through age 36, so he too is durable. Two of these 3 guys you brought up support my statement that it is hard to wear out the these big boys at the rate of 60 innings a year. It should be pretty easy to come up with a few exceptions to such a broad general statement, but you whiffed on all three like a bad Salty plate appearance.
  4. a700hitter
    Papelbon is as steady as they come and he hasn't had any arm or injury issues since 2006; At the rate of 60 innings a year, it will take a long time to wear out a big boy like Papelbon. Look how long Big Lee Smith lasted.
  5. a700hitter
    I get what you are saying, but I look at it differently. The GM's and FO don't play the games. I don't cheer for them, because they are not on the field. They are not the performers. They like managers will be second guessed and dissected, but that comes with the territory. I wouldn't feel sorry for them. They have pretty sweet jobs and I doubt that they read message boards.
  6. a700hitter
    No one is saying otherwise. It is pretty well accepted that they couldn't sign him because of their massive budgetry mismanagement. No one is crying over spilled milk. I still reminisce about Yaz playing LF and Rice hitting huge HRs and Dewey throwing peas to 3rd. When the great players leave, all you have left is memories and comparisons to their successors. Papelbon was a great Red Sox player. He will not soon be forgotten.
  7. a700hitter
    Just pointing out the facts.
  8. a700hitter
    They didn'thave the budget to sign him, because they mismanaged their payroll horribly paying big bucks to useless slugs. No one is arguing that they could have signed him. The budget mess that they created was a reality. I think he is earning his money in Philadelphia.
  9. a700hitter
    And why would he tell Philly to wait on their offer when he knew the Sox had no interest. It was a great contract, and he was smart not to let the ink dry on it. The Phillies had a big offer out to Ryan Madson and they withdrew it when they went after Papelbon. There was no upside in asking the Sox to match. He knew the answer. Ben was quoted in the paper saying that if Papelbon got a great offer and signed elsewhere, he would understand. Seems like a strong signal.
  10. a700hitter
    When your current employer doesn't contact you in the period when they have exclusive negotiating right before the FA period begins, that speaks volumes. Did the Sox ever indicate that they wished to make an offer or match an offer? No. Some times common sense has to take over. I am not going to suspend logic and make believe that he hated Boston for unspecified reasons. Parking can be a bitch:lol:, but he probably had that covered. If he had moved closer to home or been a Philly native, I could see some logic, but those aren't the facts. The Sox expressed no interest in him and he took the first good offer that he got. Even if all of this make believe stuff that Paps wanted out Boston were true, money has been known to change players minds. Manny hated Boston, never wanted to come here and always wanted to leave, but he was here for 7 1/2 years. It's almost always about the money.
  11. a700hitter
    Of course, you should know by now that you are never right, so don't ask.
  12. a700hitter
    Of course, you would know what he wanted.
  13. a700hitter
    Excellent point.
  14. a700hitter
    Do you really think that he longed to settle in Philadelphia and he had been watching "House Hunters: Philadelphia" in his final year with the Red Sox? or do you think it might have had something to do with the fact that no one from the Sox even made an appointment with him to discuss his future? I think that it might have been the latter. There aren'tmany players that try to escape from Boston to get to Philly. That town sucks.
  15. a700hitter
    And the lack of an adequate 5th starter. That 5th spot has the potential for becoming a black hole in the rotation which will accelerate the demise of an already crippled bullpen.
  16. a700hitter
    The only thing standing between him and being a good closer is doing it on the field-- the biggest hurdle of all.
  17. a700hitter
    Yep, a few of us were right there with you sharing those concerns. I realize that they had no budget to sign himat the time, but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't have an impact. People had the attitude that he was over priced and we had no budget for it so therefore losing him didn't matter. It did matter, and since he left, I have been getting a new ulcer now each time we go to the 9th inning in a save situation.
  18. a700hitter
    ... but only if we eliminate all discussion of Papelbon as that would be unhealthy.
  19. a700hitter
    Are you getting fed up with the late inning roller coaster of disaster of the last few years. A good closer is a very stabilizing force for a team. People that think otherwise don't realize tht teams that go from closer to closer on a year by year basis have inconsistent performances from year to year. They will point to the Rays and say that they have been successful, but with Rodney s***ing the bed 3 out of 4 games and turning back into Rodney, they have lost several games late and they are fighting Toronto for last place. Will they right their ship? Yes, if Rodney rights his ship or they replace him. The Rays rolled the dice and got lucky with pigs like Farnsworth and Rodney for a few years. It's not a good strtategy IMO. Get a good closer without arm trouble and lock him up for a few years.
  20. a700hitter
    Restart your rejuvenated mojo and send us off on a run.
  21. a700hitter
    It may be alarming, but I don't find it surprising. They have played much better than expected up to now.
  22. a700hitter
    I am having fun.
  23. a700hitter
    Such stupidity is unhealthy. That is all.
  24. a700hitter
    How many errors does Middlebrooks have this season?
  25. a700hitter
    The stat at the beginning of the game was that the Red Sox are 11th in the league in fielding. We started off pretty good in that category, but the team has nose-dived in this aspect.
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