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  1. a700hitter
    Yeah, I don't get baseball. It wasn't my plan to build the top of the rotation, because those guys are rarely available. So, tell me smarty pants what we have done this off season to strengthen the rotation other than get Dempster. I have my doubts about his prospects for success. Other than that, what did we do? Put Lackey on weight watchers?
  2. a700hitter
    I wasn't pointing at you or anyone in particular. I was just noting the sentiment that takes over the board right before Spring Training starts. Afterall, we all need hope.
  3. a700hitter
    This is the part of the off season after all of the moves have been made where we try to convince each other that we have a good team.
  4. a700hitter
    I disagree. Their efforts were misdirected. If they wanted to field a competitive team, they needed to strengthen and improve the starting pitching. They did not. This is a 79-84 win team most likely. If everything breaks right, maybe 88 wins. If there are one or two injuries to the starting pitching, it will all unravel again like last year. This team may sniff the second wild card, but it will be an uninteresting team that will have trouble staying over .500.
  5. a700hitter
    Does anyone, with the possible exception of his mother, care about what Steven Wright thinks?
  6. a700hitter
    Winning is every teams goal, but this roster doesn't shape up as a winner.
  7. a700hitter
    None of the guys we got will sell tickets. With the lack of interesting players, they will need to win to sell tickets.
  8. a700hitter
    I can't imagine what moves Henry could have been alluding to. I don't think we will be adding help to the starting pitching. There is little left from which to chose. Plus, Cherries is on record saying that he thinks the starting pitching is much improved.
  9. a700hitter
    Will any of our starters be pitching in the WBC?
  10. a700hitter
    There will be injuries. It just a matter of when. The last time the Red Sox had 5 starters take 30 all of their turns was 2004. Every year since has seen substantial time lost ot injury. Not to worry, we have plenty of depth.
  11. a700hitter
    Donkey?
  12. a700hitter
    Did he lose that stupid horseface along with all the weight?
  13. a700hitter
    Lester needs to find the 3 inches of movement that he lost on his cutter over the last couple of seasons. If he can do that, he'll be 2010 Lester. I don't know how easy that will be to do.
  14. a700hitter
    This last place team is already taking shape.
  15. a700hitter
    But now that he has lost so much weight, he is only hitting 50 pn tjhe gun. LOL!
  16. a700hitter
    And so it begins.
  17. a700hitter
    Low to Mid-70's. Wake's fastball topped out at 72-75.
  18. a700hitter
    I think his stuff is gone.
  19. a700hitter
    ^ We need to send our TalkSox hitman SFF for the frisbee.
  20. a700hitter
    Where there is smoke there is usually fire. It seems like this question is coming up a lot lately.
  21. a700hitter
    Does anyone really see Salty as the Red Sox catcher of the future? If not, why are they wasting time on him? The issue is not whether he is better than Lavarnway. At this point, his game is probably more refined than Lavarnway. However, if Salty is not looked at as the long term solution, I think they should give Lavarnway a chance in a season where we will probably be fighting for last place. At least we will see if he has what it takes.
  22. a700hitter
    This shouldn't surprise people, since it took 2 years/ $26 million to sign a guy like Dempster. Pitching is at a premium. Ace pitching is at an unbelievable premium. A 2 year contract would not strangle the Red Sox, no matter what AAV. I think it would take 3/ $70 million to get him.
  23. a700hitter
    Good riddance. It was torture watching him pitch, even before his injuries started.
  24. a700hitter
    Cynic's response: I wish that he had shot Salty.
  25. a700hitter
    Ah, but Lavarnway cannot pull off a 720 degree clockwise spin followed by a 360 degree counter clockwise spin while the ball is at his feet. As for Varitek, he always took too long to release his throws and he was not the best at fielding balls on the ground in front of the plate, but he did two things extraordinarily well. The guy's back leg was like a concrete post when he was blocking the plate. The other thing was fielding pop ups. No one was better at that. Salty does nothing well at this point. Once in a while he uncorks a beautiful howitzer like throw, but that is way too inconsistent.
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