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  1. a700hitter
    Reddick broke out of a long slump last night with 2 Home Runs. He has 31 Homers on the season. That's a pretty good production for his first full season.
  2. a700hitter
    And Cherington's accomplishments?
  3. a700hitter
    That's what Cherington's job description is-- to take the slings and arrows and occasionally he'll get some credit in the pres. Inside the walls, they know who is accountable.
  4. a700hitter
    They are more unwatchable than the 2012 Red Sox. Hard to believe.
  5. a700hitter
    Just all the bad ones after 2007 when Theo was given more independence. He was given enough rope to hang himself.
  6. a700hitter
    I think pitching will be at a premium this off season. Haren will not be cheap, and I don't think the Giants will sell low on Lincecum.
  7. a700hitter
    Neither Theo or his band of brothers, Hoyer and Cherington have demonstrated any aptitude for judging talent. I really feel sorry for Cub fans. Two of those clowns are running their team with a free hand. Maybe with 2 wild cards they will eventually compete for something.
  8. a700hitter
    I agree. We already have a guy like that in Lester and no one trusts him to be a #1 next year. We had two guys like this before Beckett got traded. We should a struggling Lincecum or Haren be such an improvement. These guys are having terribvle seasons with good teams. It's curious how people are willing to take a shot on two guys who are s***ing the bed on good teams and who are probably damaged, but they don't want to touch a young healthy Greinke who is performing well. I just don't get it.
  9. a700hitter
    If the prospects that we got amount to anything, that will be gravy. It's just wishful thinking to believe that this trade was anything other than a salary dump. We had to get something in return for $163 million of ballplayers, otherwise, the Commissioner vetoes the trade. It had to look like wew were getting some value in return. These were not the Dodgers top prospects. Essentially, they are guys for which they had no plans, except De La Rosa who was probably slated for their bulpen. The OFer we got is old for a prospect and he is just a AAAA player. The pitchers will be 4th or 5th starters some day if we are lucky. The guys we got from the Dodgers do not figure prominently into our future plans. If they do, we will be looking at a prolonged period of sucking, because they are not very good.
  10. a700hitter
    He's the manager of a last place team. He's worth very little.
  11. a700hitter
    I can't understand people who take up Cherington's case. He has not done anything to earn anyone's admiration. This off-season will be his defining moment.
  12. a700hitter
    I don't think he will be productive in 3 years.
  13. a700hitter
    No, you are not crazy. You are bored shitless like the rest of us. Who cares about this s***. What's next a press release with the names of the newly hired interns and gofers from Northeastern Univ? We are starved for positive Red Sox news. This just in the Sox will be changing their uniforms to a cotton/silk blend, and the executives will be getting new ergonomic desk chairs to help prevent fatigue and cut down on afternoon naps.
  14. a700hitter
    It wasn't easy. It took several years of incompetence and laziness to get to this point.
  15. a700hitter
    Our team is so bad and pathetic that we consider this news worthy of discussion. That's pathetic.
  16. a700hitter
    He's on a crappy team, yet they win a much higher percentage of his games than the remainder of the team's games, so it enhances his ace status.
  17. a700hitter
    An ace has to give you team a chance to win, even if it is a lousy team. Lee and Hamels are on the same team, yet the Phillies record in Hamels starts is 20-10. Hamels is unquestionably the ace of the staff this season, even though the ERAs are very close.
  18. a700hitter
    You might be right about that, or should I say that I may be right about that. His team is over .500, but it is under .500 in Lee's starts. That is concerning. He has had some off years during his career. We just sent a guy like that to LA. In Lee's favor, he has a very low ERA, but other than ERA, how different from Lester is Lee at this point? Lee had been an ace for several years, but he was not one this season. This will be the first season where he did not pitch a single complete game. I don't think I would give him that label this season, nor would I give that label to Lincecum based on 2012. They might both return to their former status, but why get a guy like that? We already have a former ace who we are hoping rediscovers himself in Lester. Lincecum and Lee -- are they aces? I am not sure. They had been, but so had Lester.
  19. a700hitter
    Lester is just not showing signs of regaining what he had been.
  20. a700hitter
    Ordonez was pretty slick with the glove. I don't know how you have come to this conclusion.
  21. a700hitter
    They should give Tek a shotgun, have him take Bard hunting, and put the guy out of his suffering.
  22. a700hitter
    At the bare minimum a number1 has to put up 200 innings, pitch to an ERA under 4, and his team should win a majority of his starts. Save me the wins is a poor measure argument. He doesn't have to get the win, but he needs to put his team in a position to win a majority of his starts.
  23. a700hitter
    So, basically you are on both sides of the issue. You think that he is not yet a #1 unless he proves himself to be a #1. That's not exactly a bold prediction where you are going out on a limb. Which part of my assessment do you disagree with? I said he was solid, but he wasn't looking like a #1 recently. Here's what I posted that drove you crazy. Notice that I didn't say that he was definitely not a number 1 or 2. I said that "maybe" he is a low 4 ERA guy. How is this so diiferent than what you said? You said that "the jury is out." Again, I don't know what point you were making or where you differed with my assessment. Were you arguing just to argue? What the heck is your point? Do you even know what you were disagreeing about?
  24. a700hitter
    Honestly, I don't even know what the point of your argument was all about. I said that the guy was solid, but not a number 1. You threw out a bunch of stats calling him utterly dominating in the second half. You don't get to pich only half seasons. Is he solid in your opinion, like I said he was, or do you think he is utterly dominant? Now, you are saying that you said he was utterly dominant for only a stretch. Which is Buchholz in your opinion-- solid or "utterly dominant"? I am not sure where you stand.
  25. a700hitter
    Gagging
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