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I only ocassionally view UN's posts -- when I am bored out of my skull. His latest was just pure stupidity.
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Fair enough, but we can only judge them on results. We don't know the behind the scenes stuff.
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Who is laughing about brain injuries?
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Here's where we differ. I don't agree they made the best choices within those constraints. Starting Pitching has been the problem on this team for 2 seasons. They added Dempster to replace Beckett. I don't think they did nearly enough. I know that you think othat our starting depth is 7 or 8 deep, but I disagree. It was our achilles heel last year, and I think it will continue to be a problem this year unless Lester and Buch have incredible seasons.
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Pal, I thought that we were on the same page on this? I am on record about what I would have done. Using your choices above, I would have gone with #2, but I would have done it much differently than has been done. I like what they did in the bullpen, but I would have focused more on building the starting pitching -- the back end of the rotation, because aces were not available. I would have preferred to add two inning eating starters and my first choice would not have been Dempster. I also would have made different choices in the OF. This is another weak spot for the team. I would not have blocked Iggy or Lavs. This was the type of team where I thought they could give them their opportunity.
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@ everyone losing their minds over me saying that Drew has an "egg shell skull." I am not criticizing him for it. He took a glancing shot off the helmet and he has been dizzy for weeks. Some guys get hit flush and play the next day. Drew apparently has a "glass jaw. " Some guys can take a hit. Others can't. Go ahead lose your minds over that fact.
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Doji, this is a 4th place team, possibly a last place team with Drew. I have questioned the imprudent use of payroll all offseason long. Think what you want, but don't tell me what I have been thinking and saying. Try actually staying up with what I say rather than what you think I think. Facts are better.
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Get it all out, Doji. Do you feel better? My wanting to give Iggy a shot has nothing to do with his recent progress at the plate. That's in your head. After last season, it was obvious to me that this team was not going to be strongly competitive in 2013. I have been opposed to spending $160 - 170 million on a team that will probably get steamrolled and have been beating the drum to give the kids a chance to see what they have-- Iggy and Lavs. Unfortunately Lavs bombed out in camp, but I still would have raded Salty before the start of camp and let Lavs sink or swim this year. He's 25. It's now or never. The same goes for Iggy. While younger than Lavs, he has Bogaerts and Marrero coming up quickly behind him.
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I don't think we needed a stopgap guy for a team that will have a hard time being competitive.
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I am glad that he is sitting, not complaining. I don't think we should have gotten him. I see no sense in this 1 year deal for a team going nowhere. I'd rather see what we have with Iggy.
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He's a Drew. They are brittle all over. I hope Drew stays dizzy for a while and gives Iggy a good shot at proving himself. I never understood the Drew signing. IMO, it was a waste of $9 million.
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It's also not his fault that he has an 'egg shell skull', so what is your point?
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If he weren't in a contract year, I would be a bit surprised if Ells missed a couple of months with this bad heel. Even so, I will not be surprised if he misses a couple of weeks. I wonder when the hell "egg shell skull" Drew makes it back to the lineup. I hope Iggy hits the s*** out of the ball and makes Drew irrelelvant. One Drew was enough for this Red Sox fan. At least JD was a top performer when he played. Ortiz can sit back and work on being health for his 2014 contract year. No rush. Here's a tip for Sox fans. Make sure that you have a big jar of lube ready for Youkilis's and Overbay's ABs against us next week. It will cut down on the bleeding and soreness.
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In fairness to you, he about 350 more ABs than you have in a Red Sox uniform.
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He stinks. Cut his ass.
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I think Bard has a hard time being objective about his performance. After his last start last season before he was sent down to the minors, he thought he just needed to make some adjustments before his next start. He had completely imploded as a starter, but he thought he just needed some tinkering.
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Bard had a rough outing again today: It looks like the winter off didn't help him reset anything. He's just as lost now as was in September.
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They are in trouble now. I'll say that before the season starts. It's just not a well-constructed team. The strength is its bullpen if it doesn't get overused. The first series in the context of their season is meaningless, but if they lose to a decimated Yankee squad, the fandom will tend to say, "here we go again." If we beat the Yankees, there will be excitement and false hope. I could use some excitement and false hope after the several slow starts we have had in recent years.
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No one said anything close to this.^ I was talking about fan interest, not the team's 2013 chances. Nothing is better at generating interest in the Red Sox than beatng the Yankees, and it is equally demoralizing to lose to them. Fans are already demoralized after last season and the prior September collapse. Only winning will get the fans interest back. A fast start, especially against the Yankees, would get the fans pumped. BTW, whether they start fast or slow, this team's chances at the playoffs are not good. If they start fast, they might get back some fan interest until they eventually fall out of the race.
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They need to come out of the gate fast this season. If they stumble at the start like they have done for the last few seasons, they will lose an opportunity to spark some interest in this otherwise non-compelling, boring group of mid-level players and below. We are getting the Yankees at a very low and weakened point-- no Tex, ARod, Grandy or Jeter. Taking 2 out of 3 or sweeping would go a long way toward generating some excitement. If they let the likes of Youkilis and Overbay beat us, they fans will barely acknowledge that the season has started.
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Just because Loshe is a worse contract than Dempster doesn't convince me that Dempster was a good or helpful acquisition.
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Career minor leaguer. Plays all 4 IF positions poorly-- a utility bum.
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Me too. I hope my wife makes some sausage with the lasagna tonight.
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Very true. Sausage making is not an interesting read. All of us here surely prefer baseball to hot dogs. Since baseball interests us so much, we analyze it more than we analyze the hot dog, so we probably are a better judge of baseball than the hot dog business.
