a700hitter
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The context of the conversation was whether Papelbon's contract was reasonable. You were either being disingenuous or obtuse.
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Of course we could see the move coming. We have been critical of the idiots in the FO for 3 years. Just because we can see a stupid decision far down the road doesn't make it right. I don't know how you can't understand that. That was his point. I understood it. You understood what you wanted to think he meant. I'd be honored to share half of iOrtiz's brain as we'd still be twice as smart as everyone else. No, you answered an entirely different question that he didn't ask. How's your other foot taste.
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Only time will tell. As of right now, we are missing a huge piece from our bullpen, but the owners have a few more bucks in their pockets. I hope it makes the FO apologists feel all warm and fuzz. iOrtiz, SCM and I just see a big hole in the bullpen and a FO that can't be trusted with extra money. Let's see what they do with the extra $ and how Papelbon does in Philadelphia. Until then, you can stand on your head and you will not convince me that it is a good move.
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Not at all. I'm not knocking Mo at all, just pointing out that he has blown some big games. In the 9th inning fo as long as he was a Red Sox I liked seeing him on the mound in the 9th inning. I can't say that about any sox closer for such an extended period of time.
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Maybe a different lane, but definitely the same highway.
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Yep, what people don't understand is that this is a market value contract. i guess now the whiners will have to argue that we can't compete with Philly money just like we can't compete with Yankee money. Please!!
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It took 45 years to find one like him. I am sure that Bowden can step into his shoes.
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All of the other bad signings were bad for reasons that don't apply to Papelbon. Cameron was too old Dice K was untested in the US Lackey had a history of arm problems and he was never an ace Jenks is grossly out of shape and has never been durable I don't count Crawford as a bad signing yet. He's young and he has no chronic injury problems.
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I am pretty sure that a monkey could do a better job than most managers, except maybe for the special needs monkeys-- that would be a close call.
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Those who defended the FO for not signing him beat their chest, but the FO said he had shoulder and knee problems. He has had problems with neither since he left the Sox. His sucky performance has been due to a combination of a concussion, a s***** team and a huge pitchers park that has gotten into his head.
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And the Phillies are rumored to be the favorites for Jose Reyes. jackasses!!!
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It will be 8th inning by committee this season which will be only slightly less painful than closer by committee. What fools in Philadelphia!! Those jackasses have been handing out big contracts to the likes of Halladay, Lee, and Howard. They make key long term acquisitions like Hunter Pence. The result of all this foolishness is that they have built a team that routes their division year in and year out. What fools-- a righty-lefty tandem of Papelbon and Bastardo.
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People point to the bad contracts for players that are not the best at their position and ask whether you want to continue with more bad contracts when none of those contracts are analogous to Paplebon's situation.
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E1 will never answer your question. Like a politician he answers his own question which is totally different.
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Of course you would. But I don't remember Papelbon blowing the save in the 7th game of a World Series or a deciding game of an ALCS against his teams arch rival. Rivera is great, but papelbon is pretty great in his own right. IOrtiz's point is that Papelbon has more road ahead of him than Mo does.
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The contract he got was very reasonable and it would have taken him to the creaky old age of 34. Tell me this E1, where are we going to find a lock down 8th inning guy like Bard? Answer, we will not. Add to that the fact that Bard may not have the necessary closer mentality and you might very well have weakened the team in the 8th and 9th innings. You like stats. Check the stats for the Sox for games when they were ahead going into the 8th inning. Until Bard and Papelbon melted down at the tail end of their seasons, the record was phenomenal. That 8th and 9th inning stability will be substantially eroded and that will have a cascading effect to an already weak remainder of the bullpen.
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Ben the Boob obviously had no interest in making an offer to Papelbon, probably because the Sox are so deep in talent that they just need some fine tuning.
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There are a lot of good things going on with this team. We are just this far from being a prominent team. Holds thumb and forefinger an inch apart.
