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    I couldn't be bringing any worse luck. This is brutal.
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    I wonder if Beckett is going to be complaining about his thumb after the game. Personally, I would prefer that this was just a butt kicking by two heavy hitters and that his thumb feels fine. If his performance was affected by the thumb, we may have some bad performances to watch from Beckett this season.
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    Dude, it's the first weekend. We had to face the reigning MVP on Thursday, and the Tigers had two of the best sluggers in the game seeing Beckett's gopher balls today. This is what happens when you have too much optimism about everything. When adversity, comes and it always comes, there is a lot of disappointment. It won't all bee this bad.
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    Fielder and Miggy look like they will be a wrecking crew this season. They might be the most devastating duo since Manny and Papi were doing their thing. I haven't seen Beckett give up this many bombs in a game since 2006. It looks like the 7 run rule has carried over with Bobby V.
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    VA, you gave me a scare by putting this in the "Crawford Setback" thread.
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    Do nothing is a choice.
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    Surprisingly, 65% of the votes in the poll so far are for Cook to be promoted.
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    I'd rate Papelbon over Valverde for the reasons you cited, but just because I would put Papelbon ahead of Valverde doesn't mean that Valverde should get dropped to second tier. Despite the extra basrunners, Valverde has been very consistent at getting the job done over an extended period. It may be ugly at times, but he does get the job done.
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    I think you are straining to help yourself feel better about the fact that we have no closer. You may be able to make yourself feel better in this manner, but it doesn't work for me. Papelbon, with the exception of 2010, was very reliable. The same goes for Valverde. He too had one bad year but he has been very reliable every other season. These guys save 30+ games each year and they lock down around 90% of their save opportunities every year. That's not volatile, and although Valverde is an a--hole but he is not second tier. Brad Lidge, Houston Street and even KRod are volatile. Mo, Papelbon and Valverde are reliable and consistent and not volatile It's a small class of reliable consistent closers. We don't have one at the moment, and I don't feel good about it.
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    Starting clearly is his preference, but that doesn't preclude his success in another role. Goose Gossage came up as a starter and preferred starting too. Things ended up pretty good for him. The same can be said for Eck.
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    But he is on record about his preference to start. That is not in question.
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    I don't think this issue is whether Bard will pitch well in a role he doesn't want. I think the Sox made a commitment to let him win a starting job. He prepared himself and won the job, not by overwhelming acclamation, but he did enough to win the spot. The words and commitments of the FO should mean something. I think they feel committed to letting him prove himself. If he craps all over himself for 3 or 4 starts, they might feel that he blew his chance and put him back in the pen.
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    I like the Uehara idea, but i don't know what it would take to get him, and what about the budgetary restraints.
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    Agreed. As we proved once again today, even frequent disagreement on issues, philosophies etc. doesn't preclude agreement on the next issue. I don't mind the disagreements, because with rare exception, every point of view has at least some merit. There are times when I can't find merit to an argument. I am still having trouble with Doji's position that we started the season 8 starters deep. I can't get close on that one, but that doesn't mean that Doji doesn't make a lot of good points on other issues. Most of us make a lot of good points. Doji, please don't take offense. This is just a recent example of a very rare circumstance.
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    I think a mid-level arm should do the job for now to help the pen settle in. In another month, if that doesn't work out, I'll post another poll.
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    I do like Uehara. He has closer potential too.
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    I am pretty sure that the Sox FO is actively and feverishly considering all of their options. If they are not, they aren't doing their job. They may way wait a week or two to make a move, so they will have a better idea of what they have in their current bullpen, but they are certainly discussing the items. We're going to be discussing the bullpen like crazy here, so I thought it would be interesting to gauge the thinking of people with a poll.
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    IMO, they need to add an arm. I think it is a tremendous risk to wait for Dice K and/or Hill to return. They may not be very effective initially. Relying on Cook and Ohlendorf, doesn't solve the bullpen issue unless you send Bard to the pen, and it seems that he doesn't want to close or the FO doesn't want him closing or both.
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