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Breakfast Buffet is closed. He's waiting to be seated for the lunch buffet.
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Benny Boy is still at the breakfast buffet.
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Another reliever about to come off the board and Benny is sitting on his thumb.
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Another reliever comes off the boards. I don't like Capps, but the once crowded field of relievers is starting to look a little thin. Earth to Ben, we have no bullpen... none, zilch, nada. Do something!!
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If the Sox have any thought of KRod in their pen, they had better look into it quickly, because he'll be a Brewer if he accepts arbitration today.
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Start printing the playoff tickets!!
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That's exactly what happened. The stupid pick mania. He had no market outside of the Sox. They lost all negotiating leverage by offering him arbitration, because he knows that he will be locked in for $14 or $15 million in 2012. He'll never accept 2/$18, not even 2/$20. If they had declined to offer him arbitration, they would have had him signed up for 2/$18 if not cheaper. These idiots let the tail (picks) wafg the dog.
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Ortiz shouldn't be holding up things. They should know that they will be paying him about $14 million in 2012, and move on to execute the rest of your plan. There is really very little uncertainty with Ortiz at this point. By accepting arbitration, he is Red Sox property in 2012. He can't shop himself to other teams.
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Not for that elbow.:thumbdown
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Ortiz really isn't the problem. He will hit 25-30 HRs knock in around 100 runs with around a .900 OPS. He'll help anchor a very productive lineup. The problem is that Theo messed up this teams financial payroll so bad that we can't fill our other needs.
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Nah, that was the beginning of August and it was obvious with all our injuries that the 2006 team was going into a spiral. If you remember, they opened that 5 game series with a day night doubleheader and The Ulimate Loser Jason Johnson started game 1. I believe that he still has the worst career W-L record of any starting pitcher. The 2006 series was painful, but it essentially happened in the middle of the season. I don't think it would crack my top 5.
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Izzy is brutal. He cannot pitch back to back nights without blowing up.
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If they get budget conscious after last season, I think they'll be making a mistake. The stench from last year will carry over to 2012 unless they come out of the box strong in April.
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Can he sign elsewhere if he accepts arbitration?
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He has a good shot of getting $15 million for 2012. Unless he falls flat on his face or gets injured, he'll do better than $5 miilon for 2013.. Hell we pay Jenks more than that. There is no way 2/$20 million gets it done.
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I don't think Bailey's price will be that high. He is arbitration eligible and he is a TJ ticking time bomb. Getting him would be very risky.
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What do you think it would take to get Gio Gonzalez and Bailey from the A's?
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If Bard moves to the rotation, KRod is a possibility for closer. His still just 29 years old. He turns 30 in January. The problem is that he probably will not be much cheaper than Papelbon.
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That is some serious dough.
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Bill Buckner will return to Boston as a coach?
a700hitter replied to SCM33's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Every one is entitled to their own opinion on this, but losing night after night for a month and feeling hopeless every night losing a 9 game lead was worse for me. The Buckner thing was like finding out that a loved one had died suddenly, but 2011 was like watching them die slowly. I literally had a headache for the whole month of September starting at around 5 pm every night until I went to bed.
