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It will help, but Lackey puts far too many balls in play for those upgrades to make much of a difference. It will also not defend against 4 -5 walks that Doubs gives up per game and the 5 wlaks per 9 innings by Hanrahan. We gave up the 4th most walks in the league in 2012. The Defense can't do anything about that or the fact that we gave up the 3rd most HRs.
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Holt is an inferior fielder and not a big offensive guy either. We are all waiting on this kid Bogaerts to see if he will be a bona fide star. A slick fielding SS with a barely adequate ML stick (i.e Iggy) is not something that I would call "riches". The other guys are so far away from making a run at the ML club that we really don't know what they are. People have to get excited about something I guess when there is so little that is interesting about this team.
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The Japanese National Treasure has turned out to be fools gold and his gyroball was merely a myth.
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So, you can't go on record for yourself, but you can go on record for what I will think in a year. Such an arrogant twit, especially since I am on record saying not to burn a year of eligibility when this team is going nowhere. Isn't that what you are advocating... that they don't burn a year of control?
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So, you are on record that you think this is a blunder? I think it is somewhat foolish, because this team doesn't have a chance in 2013. Why screw up a year of control for nothing. However, if the Sox finish last again in 2013, Cherries will be gone long before 2019.
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Thank goodness that went longer have Beckett. Wells used to beat the tar out of Beckett whether Wells was having a good or bad year.
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The players are accountable on the spot. They get a hit, make an out, make an error, etc. How much more accountable can they be held? Unless they are simply not trying, there is no reason to give them accountability beyond their stats. IMO, the players try their best. Sometimes the players aren't good enough. That's really not their fault. They are limited by their talent which the FO and the scouts are paid to evaluate.
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The best players in the World are not at the tournament, so the title is meaningless. The DR can celebrate all they want. Bragging rights only mean something if the people you are bragging to give a s***.
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That's the beauty of baseball. The fans can hold the suits responsible. The sell out streak isn't stopping because of chicken and beer or Bobby V. It's going to stop because the fans don't like the quality of the product being fielded. The 2013 team will have to win right out of the gate to drive their ticket sales, because they don't have compelling stars or personalities.
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"Luck is the residue of design." Branch Rickey Good organizations seem to experience more good luck than inferior organizations. Bad organizations and their fans whine about bad luck. A 162 game season evens out the breaks. Bad luck is the most pathetic loser's lament.
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I guess it must be the fault of the fans for putting too much pressure on them.
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Ballwashing pollyanna to miserable grouch.
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The statement as not viewing him as a left fielder was just a stupid and unecessary remark.
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He's a 27 year old bush leaguer. There is not a chance that he makes the team as a ball boy nevermind as a useful pitcher.
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They are banking on Dempster and turnarounds by Lester and Buchholz. Cherries is out on a limb. We are in agreement for 2 years that he should have bolstered the pitching.
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We were new to winning, and didn't quite know how to handle it. Many Sox fans thought that they should be gracious toward Yankee fans thinking the Yankee fans would return the favor when they were back on top. I think most Sox fans have since realized that Yankee fans will always be despicable winners.
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My son and I watched game 4 together. He left early the next morning to go back to college. We spent most of the next 3 games on the phone while watching the games. He was watching on cable and I was watching on satelite which is 10 -15 seconds slower. In Game 6, I almost had a heart attack on the ARod dribbler. My son was giving me the play by play before I was seeing the action. When he told me that the ball was rolling around in right field and Jeter had scored, my heart sank. When the umps huddled and reversed the call (the second reversed call of the night), that was the first time that I really thought we would win the series. The Yankees never had calls reversed against them. In game 7, I was still nervous in the last inning after having lived through heartbreak on many prior ocassions. My son brought me to my senses on the other end of the phone when he asked me how big of a lead I would have to have to feel comfortable. With that, I realized that a 7 run lead in the 9th inning was plenty and I started to enjoy it.
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If I had read the script of the Yankee series before it happened, I would have said that it was too unrealistic to be a good fictional story.
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My Dad (who was age 86 at the time) called me immediately after the last out. He was so happy. He lived to see the second championship in 2007. He was the best buddy I ever had.
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I think the best we can hope for would be 2010 Lackey, and many fans did not think that was very good.
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Ciriaco is the forgotten man this Spring. When I was in Fort Myers, he was playing and hitting well. He was doing all the things he showed last season. He hasn't gotten much playing time or attention. I think that he is a very useful utility type guy.
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I read that the Sox would be making additional cuts on Wednesday, but I have not been able to find anything about those cuts this morning. Does anyone have any information on that?
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A good arm too. Very smooth player-- makes things look easy.
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If I was interested in a discussion where people only agreed with me, I would have to start talking to myself.
