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When should the Bard experiment end?
a700hitter replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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When should the Bard experiment end?
a700hitter replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'd sign Oswalt, and while he is getting ready to pitch, I'd let Bard continue to start. Maybe in that time he gets his s*** together and Buchholz doesn't, or maybe someone gets injured. -
As we continue to debate the irrelevant, i.e., Hansen.
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Why are you guys seizing on the Craig Hansen remark? Is that really the issue?
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All the non-issues, e.g. Punto, Byrd, Nava, DMac and Bard on and on add up to being a last place team.
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By engaging in this experiment, they did run the risk of ruining him. Hopefully, he can find himself in the bullpen.
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He has a good fastball and curve, and his best pitch is his change up. That should be good enough to pitch well.
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Peter A's article about this today. I agree with him that if Bard is going to be a fringe type starter, Dice K can do that and Bard can go back to being a good bullpen guy. The problem is that Dice K may not be close to returning, so we don't know how long we'll have to endure this amateur show by Bard.
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How much longer do you stick with him? I'd sign Oswalt, and while he is getting ready to pitch, I'd let Bard continue to start. Maybe in that time he gets his s*** together and Buchholz doesn't, or maybe someone gets injured.
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I agree with this^. Here is what I posted in the game thread, but it is more appropriate here. Bard's first inning was like amateur hour. It was an embarrassment. He knocked his team right out of the game. As a starter, he has not been impressive at all. He has had way too many walks and base runners. He balks like he has had no instruction in how to pitch with runners on base. The biggest thing of all is that as a starter he has had no put away pitch and his blazing fastball is no longer in his arsenal as a major weapon. Frankly, he is just no where near seasoned enough as a starting pitcher to get by without his 97-98 mph heater. He is dog meat throwing 92-93. Time to get him back to the pen where he can be dominating. This is not a reaction to one bad inning tonight. It's my observation after almost one-quarter of the season. He has not been impressive in any of his starts. Even in his starts that he won, he wasn't impressive. He was just okay.
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There has been a lot of misinformation about Oswalt's situation since last year.
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Just get him in a Red Sox uniform. He's better than 3 of the 5 starters if he pitches lousy for Oswalt. If he is healthy, he can outpitch Beckett and Lester too. Get Bard back in the pen where he can be useful. And send Dice K back to Japan. He's useless to the Red Sox.
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Kevin Millwood with a 2 hit shutout of Colorado tonight.
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Bard's first inning was like amateur hour. It was an embarrassment. He knocked his team right out of the game. As a starter, he has not been impressive at all. He has had way too many walks and base runners. He balks like he has had no instruction in how to pitch with runners on base. The biggest thing of all is that as a starter he has had no put away pitch and his blazing fastball is no longer in his arsenal as a major weapon. Frankly, he is just no where near seasoned enough as a starting pitcher to get by without his 97-98 mph heater. He is dog meat throwing 92-93. Time to get him back to the pen where he can be dominating. This is not a reaction to one bad inning tonight. It's my observation after almost one-quarter of the season. He has not been impressive in any of his starts. Even in his starts that he won, he wasn't impressive. He was just okay.
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It was like a solid bowel movement-- that first year.
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f*** him. He's a high paid executive with zero business training. He didn't win a single game for the Sox and now he is presiding over a last place team is the shittiest division in baseball. Good riddance. That being said, I would still buy him a drink firing Forest Gump the day after the 2003 World Series was concluded.
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It felt damn good. Let me add that I am sick of interleague play. I am sick of a schedule that puts our best hitter on the bench, because the 2 leagues play by different rules. Enough already.
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I am not saying that poduction stinks. It is pretty damn good, but 25 HRs is not worth $22 million/year for a first baseman. He is falling short of what people thought he would do at Fenway. There's no way I would have taken a bet at the beginning of last year that he would hit less than 35 HRs. This year I am willing to take SFF's sig bet if the HR amount is 35. I am not complaining about Gonzo. I love guys that hit .300 with .900 OPS. I am criticizing Theo for spending money the wrong way.
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So much for Gonzo playing RF. f*** this stupid lineup, and f*** Theo for getting a guy that knocks our best hitter out of the lineup when we play in an NL park. *******! All the worst in Chicago, dumbbell! Oh that's right, he has the Cubbies in last place doing worse than last year. Poor Cubs fans. They should have hired Dan Duquette to build the team and brought Theo in later to take the credit.
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To pay the a first baseman the kind of money paid to Gonzo, IMO he should be the best of the best. He is not. For half his price, I'll take Konerko and use the money saved on a higher premium position.
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It looks like the State of Rhode Island can't get enough of Curt Schilling's underhanded business practices:
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^ Fixed
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Expecting him to come back and be effective is unrealistic IMO. Never mind that he is rehabbing from injury, he hasn't been good for two yeas prior to his elbow injury.
