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  1. a700hitter
    It was fun re-reading this thread. Wow, people thought Fred was too negative and he was predicting a 2nd place finish. One poster would have been a perfect 0- fer 15 if the Sox hadn't finished 5th in runs scored. BTW: Those of you who didn't make predictions are gutless cowards.
  2. a700hitter
    And we bought last place. How stupid is our team that it cost them $174 million? Most teams finish last for a lot less. We seriously overpaid.
  3. a700hitter
    You are starting to get over-enthusiatic very early. Can we wait until Spring Training before we start penciling this guy in the rotation?
  4. a700hitter
    Funny how it turned out.
  5. a700hitter
    Here's the outcome on this bet: White Sox WAR Kevin Youkilis 1.1 Red Sox WAR Zach Stewart -0.7 Lillibridge -0.3 $2 million 1.0 Total WAR 0.0 I win.
  6. a700hitter
    It looks like I won this sig bet. You really need to stay away from sig bets.
  7. a700hitter
    I watched a lot of the Jays games the last two years. His teams were very unsound fundamentally and they ran the bases recklessly. I had heard the same evaluations from our broadcasters and the Yankee broadcasters. We don't need this guy, especially if we have to provide compensation.
  8. a700hitter
    And pass up the opportunity to land Zach Stewart and Brent Lillishit?
  9. a700hitter
    Shoppach sucks. Murphy has made a nice career for himself in Texas. The Gagne trade is a universally acknowleged bust. VMart did a really nice job for the Sox while he was here. Masterson is still looking to find himself. Melancon blows chunks, but Lowrie was never going to be more than a good utility guy because he can't stay on the field. The Bailey trade is looking like it could be just as bad as the Gagne trade. Two trades were really bad. If we reversed all 5, we'd still stink, plus we would have stunk in 2008 and 2009 without VMart. We'd have had 5 lousy years instead of 3.
  10. a700hitter
    They don't pu the fear of god in a pitcher, but the facts are the facts. During the first half, the had the best pitching in the league. In the second half their pitching was 4th in the league. Their hitting was last in runs scored in the first half, but first in the second half. It was the offense that turned that team around in the second half. They were .500 in the first half with the best pitching and worst hitting. In the second half when they had the 4th best pitching and an offense that outscored everyone, they were 26 games over .500. They had guys that could knock the ball out of the park. Reddick hit more than 30 HRs. Their first base platoon hit 37 HRs. Cespedes is a probably their most solid offensive player. I had to look twice at the numbers, because they were very surprising. Last to first in offense from the first half to the second half. That is astounding.
  11. a700hitter
    Piersall had a pretty good career in Boston. The other guys you mentioned did not have personalities suited to Boston. They did not have any mental disorders, except Carl Everett who was a flat out nut. Most players that have an anxiety issues who work thru it to enjoy success don't usually have the problem interfere with their careers again. Greinke is an example. He's been traded twice and thrived. Getting traded and uprooting your life is a high stress life event. Votto is another example, and so is J.J. Hardy. If his personality doesn't fit Boston that would be important to know, but personality has no connection with an anxiety disorder which has obviously been managed and overcome.
  12. a700hitter
    Over the last 2 years the Rangers let Cliff Lee and CJ Wilson walk. They were both aces for the Rangers. They got cut trying to convert Ogando last season and Feliz this season. They suffered an injury to Lewis and it all blew up in their faces.
  13. a700hitter
    Oakland led the league in runs scored after tha All Star break. They were killing it.
  14. a700hitter
    Better now than against the Yanks. He has choked his entire career against them.
  15. a700hitter
    No, those are the ones that they keep. They do a great job at pumping and dumping the rest.
  16. a700hitter
    The AL West was the much tougher division this season. Head to head, they kicked the crap out of the AL East.
  17. a700hitter
    At best, he will be a bull pen piece. The Dodgers have a long history of over-hyping and dumping prospects.
  18. a700hitter
    How would you go about rebuilding the team and what would be your time horizon for getting back to being a playoff team?
  19. a700hitter
    He may lose votes as a backlash for his DWI, but without that, it shouldn't be close. The Triple Crown hasn't been done in 45 years and his team is going to the playoffs. Ted Williams didn't win the MVP when he won the TC, and it was scandalous-- a Red Sox writer left him off the ballot completely. That was retribution for not cooperating with the press. Unless there is a backlash for the DWI, none of the other candidates should come close.
  20. a700hitter
    I believe that Piersall was diagnosed as a manic depressive-- a condition that is much more difficult to manage than an anxiety disorder which may never recur after treatment. He had a fairly extensive career with a fair bit of success, most of it in Boston.
  21. a700hitter
    That's your answer. You said that you would give me an answer. I guess you were just being snarky. What else is new. Here's a question for you. How many players have missed time from baseball due to an anxiety or orther mental disorder who came back to be very successful reliable players for several years who relapsed to miss substantial time years later? Here's another question for you. Do you know how many major league players are under medical treatment for conditions such as ADD, ADHD, OCD, depression etc. ? I know there are enough that their medications are excepted from baseballs banned substance program if they have a prescription for treatment. There are strict privacy laws in place so we would not know. We wouldn't know if any Red Sox have been or are currently treated for any of those conditions.
  22. a700hitter
    Jimmy Piersall.
  23. a700hitter
    Fenway is a small ballpark, very cozy. It shouldn't trigger Greinke's agoraphobia.
  24. a700hitter
    I don't think that Nava is an average major leaguer. Even if he his batting comes to major league averages, his other tools are well below average. He can't run or throw. Getting onbase is the one major league average tool that he has. The rest of his tools are below major league average. Overall, he is not a major league skill player, so your question has no applicability.
  25. a700hitter
    Is there a higher percentage of people that crack up in Boston than in other places? Too much is being made of this fear.
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