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  1. Start printing the playoff tickets.
  2. You want to get him now or after 2012?
  3. I wouldn't propose those guys, because it is highly likely that they will be unable to perform due to injury when we suffer an injury to one of the starters. That's not depth that I want. I'd rather sign Saunders as a depth signing and keep him in the pen.
  4. Guys like Harden, Webb and Sheets might not be able to take the ball at all. I don't see the point of pursuing any one of them.
  5. The Yanks never offered him the chance to win the full time job. He knew they were committed to Gardner.
  6. Boy, you guys really know how to have fun.
  7. Too many lefties!
  8. My kids are adults. They cost me nothing. That's a boring conversation. I am going with the Carl Crawford beverage story unless you come up with something more interesting.
  9. Wouldn't Cespedes be a roll of the dice (an expensive one) because he has not faced major or minor league competition? Recently, the Cuban who have defected to come to the US have been disappointments. Jones may be boring but his performance and capabilities are known quantities. Maybe he will whip his butt into shape a bit and step up his production.
  10. Curmudgeons have to have something to talk about on a slow news day. It's better than bitching about our bonuses.
  11. They can do two things at the same time.
  12. I share your concerns about his age and health, but if the Sox sign him, I will be very happy.
  13. Agreed. No matter how hard he works at it, it would be very difficult for a career infielder to develop the proficiency necessary to play RF in anything but emergency situations. Fenway's RF is a very difficult field. Aviles should be used to spell Youk once a week. As you have noted, Youk is getting up there in age and he has had a pattern of wearing/breaking down. I'll wager anything right now that at some point he goes down with back spasms. It happens every year.
  14. The new information about Kalish's unavailability throws a bit of a wrench into things. I think he woulkd have gotten the bulk of PT in RF sharing it with a platoon RH OFer. This forces them to make some OF move, because right now their OF is crawford, Ellsbury, Sweeney and D Mac/ Aviles. That's just horrible. D Mac is terrible. It's great that Aviles is working hard in Winter Ball to learn to play the OF, but RF in Boston requires a top fielding outfield, and I can't see Aviles getting to that level. I don't know much about Cespedes. Andruw Jones is still out there and he is a good RH platoon choice who can play all 3 OF positions. He is still comparatively young despite the gut that he is carrying around. Maybe if he shows that he is in shape, the Sox can give him the opportunity to win the full time job before Kalish comes back.
  15. Let's hope Crawford answers the door.
  16. Me too.
  17. Taking Viagra and Geritol together can have a very bad interactive effect. It's one or the other.
  18. He looked pretty shot last year. I think he is probably through.
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