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    If private discussions prove to be unproductive, yes, I think it is okay.
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    I think this is as plausible explanation as any. I think Cherrington will be under close observation for a while, because it is pretty obvious that Theo made a big mess of things once he was given autonomy.
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    Agreed. If the rationale in letting Papelbon walk was the terms of the contract, it would make no sense to go sign a significantly older closer like Heath Bell to a large 3 year contract.
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    The "stoned" comment was likely a bit of hyperbole-- nothing to spend numerous posts refuting. I regularly refer to Ron Washington as a crackhead-- hyperbole for the purpose of humor. But feel free to get all upset and ask me to prove it.
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    I'll paraphrase Casey Stengel one more time for those of you who missed it previously. There will always be half a dozen players who love the manager and half a dozen who hate the manager. The rest are either indifferent or haven't made up their minds. The secret to good managing is to keep the half dozen players who hate you from talking to those who haven't made up their minds. Managers will always have players that hate them, no matter how good the manager is.
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    The fact that the outcome was anticipated doesn't mean that it makes sense if they had no reasonable contingency plan. You can't divorce the two things-- Papelbon leaving and the succession plan. It should all be part of an integrated strategy. Papelbon was not leaving Boston to be closer to home or some other personal issue. He went for the payday. If the Sox had no reasonable plan to replace him and rebuild the bullpen, the sensible thing would have been to keep him and cut costs by letting Ortiz walk.
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    If the FO has no confidence in Bard as a closer and is still seriously considering him as a starter, then the Papelbon move makes even less sens. Without Bard in the closer or 8th inning role, the bullpen will be in shambles. I don't think Heath Bell can be signed for 2 years when a broken down warhorse like Nathan got 2 years. I don't like giving Bell 3 years, because he is 34. If they do that, why didn't they give a 30 year old Papelbon 4 years. Their plan is very unclear at this point. Their direction should start to take shape in the next couple of weeks. As for the thought of Kalish and Reddick platooning, a lefty-lefty platoon makes little sense. IMO one of these guys will stick and the other will be packaged in a trade.
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    The old stadium is in the run down part of town. It never bothered me. Compared to some of the slums in Brooklyn and the Bronx the Ft. Myers slum was slum-lite. It was mainly low income single family little homes.
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    i was in Ft. Myers in October, but I had to rush back home for a family issue so I didn't get to check out the new site. Where is it located... closer to Hammond field-- the Twins complex?
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    The mods weren't sure that Atwork was Dutchy either.
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    It's him, unless it's you.
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    I don't think they haven't announced the date that Spring Training tickets go on sale. It should be very soon-- a couple of weeks. I'll be down in Ft. Myers March 17th to the 24th. I always look forward to it-- all winter long. I hope you make it down this spring-- new stadium and complex. BTW: I like the Bobby V move.
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    Broxton is terrible. We don't want him.
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    Not really a no-brainer. It's not like they swapped out the cheap Bard for the expensive Papelbon. It's a little more complex than that. When Bard takes the closer spot, he leaves a huge hole in the 7th/8th inning. They lost one-half of the two headed monster they had to close out games. It wasn't an either or proposition. They should still have both of them.
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    It's Papelbon's fault! The FO made every effort to sign him. Yeah, right. They were probably call screening his calls to voice mail.
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    Factoring in the compensation in the same trade makes it really hard to determine what value we get for Theo. I think at this point that we just chalk Theo up as a loss with little or no comp value.
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