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  1. a700hitter
    With the new wild card alignment and the 1 game elimination finishing second will greatly diminish a teams chances of winning the World Championship. Our owners have been aiming for second place most seasons and relying on the relative parity afforded the wild card team. That will no longer be the case.
  2. a700hitter
    As solely a first baseman, 3/$39 million is an overpay for Napoli.
  3. a700hitter
    of course that's what was meant.
  4. a700hitter
    I agree with you completely. IMO the Red Sox Marketing department is where all the talent resides in the organization. The baseball operations is full of duds.
  5. a700hitter
    I don't get the point of this Napoli negotiation. If the guy has a physical condition that is concerning, move on. That's why they have the physicals. You either take him "as is" or move on. This ridiculous negotiation is like some new form of Dumpster Diving. it's like shopping at the Dollar Store where odd lots goods and irregulars sell for way below the normal retail price. If Napoli drops his price or agrees to only 2 years, big whoop. He's still damaged goods.
  6. a700hitter
    Oh come on Fred, us entitled spoiled Red Sox fans expect too much. This great ownership group and FO has finished first once in its 11 year tenure. Thank goodness for the wild card. That's the same number of times that they finished first in the 11 years prior to 2002. From 1980-90 they finished first 3 times. As Red Sox fans, we should be more thankful for the wild card than JH and his band of carpetbaggers.
  7. a700hitter
    Agreed.
  8. a700hitter
    Red sox fans around the world hope that you are right on this one.
  9. a700hitter
    I liked the idea of Brian Wilson. When healthy, he is better than Hanrahan.
  10. a700hitter
    Stumblebum. You don't hear that one much anymore. Was that a New York term? It's a colorful term.
  11. a700hitter
    I agree that Dempster could eat innings if he can get people out in the AL. The same goes for Lackey if he doesn't hit any bumps in the road coming ack from TJS.
  12. a700hitter
    No matter how good a bullpen is if your starters need the bullpen for 3 -4 innings 5-6 times a week, the pen will be in tatters by the middle of August. Our rotation just doesn't have inning eating starters.
  13. a700hitter
    I agree. One is the back up plan for the other. Either of these guys could blow up.
  14. a700hitter
    No one mentions Carlos Lee, but he is an available first baseman with right handed power.
  15. a700hitter
    I didn't say that. As between Doubront and Morales, I would give Doubront the decided edge. Edit: I think people underestimate the magnitude of suck in giving up 8 Homers in two games. I didn't check the NL, but not a single other pitcher gave up 4 bombs in a game twice. He managed to do this in only 9 starts, so I don't think it should be minimized as some sort of blip.
  16. a700hitter
    Yes, it was a minor move compared to the others, but Minky was a very athletic first baseman.
  17. a700hitter
    I disagree. Youkilis set records for error-less games, but I would not put him in a class with Minky, or Boomer, or Keith, or Mattingly. It's not just stats. Those other guys were spectacular and acrobatic for lack of a better term. You are free to disagree.
  18. a700hitter
    True, and I am hoping that it was fatigue, but I suspect that the league was figuring him out. As for Morales, I had high hopes for him. He looked great until he faced the Yanks. Blowing up once could be considered a blip, but twice. 8 homers later and my confidence in him was pretty much gone. I'd still give the edge to Doubront. Either way, the loser of that competition would be a good depth option.
  19. a700hitter
    He got traded this off season to the Mariners for Vargas.
  20. a700hitter
    I agree that Boomer and Keith were spectacular with the glove, but I think you underestimate Minky's glove work. I don't know if you are going by your recollection or by stats. My recollection is that Minky was a special fielder.
  21. a700hitter
    They wanted Offy to play 1B, because he was an atrocious second baseman.
  22. a700hitter
    Minky was a special fielder-- one of the best that I have seen play the position. He was speculation. Kotchman was a good glove man, but not of the same ilk.
  23. a700hitter
    I remember Kotchman as a zero for us.
  24. a700hitter
    LaRoche is pretty good with the glove. Kotchman is not so much better as to justify the difference in offense.
  25. a700hitter
    I don't believe in enabling prima Dona's.. We had him. He's a professional. He plays in the role assigned.
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