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  1. a700hitter
    In the poll, I voted that they would still go all the way. I still think they have a very good shot at that, if they survive the regular season. If they don't survive and miss by a game or two, Theo gets a big part of the blame for not reinforcing the team. Tito gets some of the blame for games that he gave away with terrible managerial decision such as the damn 7 run rule and sticking with Bard in these last couple of games when he clearly did not have it. He never should have let Bard lose those games. If we lose by 1 or 2 games, it will be a long depressing off season thinking about what might have been.
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    You can thank me later for in person mojo.
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    People look at the devastating injuries and rationalize that they couldn't be foreseen and even if foreseen they couldn't do anything to prepare for them. I think this is a faulty rationalization, because if the Sox miss the playoffs they will only miss it by a game or 2. The FO didn't need to do a lot. They needed to provide some depth, not a total equal replacement. The fact is that Millwood might have been that depth-- that insurance, but they released him and never took the opportunity to see what he had. He only needed to be good enough to win 1 or 2 of those games that were sacrificed by sending Wakefield and Weiland to the mound. That's it. He didn't have to win 10 games or pitch to a 3.50 ERA. They let Millwood go and they signed a guy with a bad knee. They essentially did nothing to provide insurance or depth. You don't replace an injured player with another injured player. Theo screwed up. He takes part of the blame.
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  5. a700hitter
    Explain.
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    He might if Weiland pitched for them.
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    If that happens, I'll be making tomorrow's GT and my mojo will run the table to the end of the season.
  8. a700hitter
    You are going to need some strong mojo to overcome tonight's pitching matchup. If you can't pull them through tonight, I'll do tomorrow's GT. I haven't done one all season. I've been saving up and conserving my mojo for the big games.
  9. a700hitter
    I think you are using the Red Sox to do double duty for you. You are looking to cover yourself for a Christmas present and an Anniversary gift. What's up with that?
  10. a700hitter
    ^ I can vouch for his restaurant recommendations as far as Europe.
  11. a700hitter
    I'm predicting a sell out crowd
  12. a700hitter
    Why? Look at the idiot in your avatar.
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    We need Hellickson to come down with a case of intestinal turmoil.
  14. a700hitter
    How do you know? There were no computers, but maybe she did it on paper.
  15. a700hitter
    The numbers don't overwhelmingly support going with a lefty or a righty. I still don't like going with a kid with 2 major league starts under his belt to start the first game of the biggest series of the season. Miller doesn't have a load of experience either. The two options are really bad. There is no good choice. I'd probably still go with Miler, because when he is on he has demonstrated some ability to dominate. Bad options. Kevin Millwood would have been a much better option.
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    What is Francona's explanation for going with Weiland tonight instead of Miller? I thought he'd want the lefty because the Rays have few lefties: Damon, Joyce, Kotchman, Brignac and Jaso. I have to say that this gives me flashbacks to 1978 when Zimmer started rookie call up Bobby Sprowl in the crucial Yankee series.
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    Then they too would be misunderstanding what I had said.
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    I didn't imply that you had used career data. I stated flat out that's what I thought you were using. It was my misunderstanding. It usually happens when I am posting on my blackberry on the train. When you clarified for me that you were using 2011 data, I still took issue with it for the reasons that i have already stated.
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    No I didn't. Edit: But I wouldn't expect you to be able to understand that because you engage in the tactic that I "soap boxed" about more than most posters. If you had understood how ineffective it is, I assume that you would have stopped engaging in it. So, i am not surprised that you don't even understand the point that i made.
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    Some posters tend to take the analysis by another poster and apply it to a different set of facts in another situation then conclude that the analsis is faulty, because the conclusions in that analysis didn't hold true in that other situation. It's a faulty way to argue and it proves nothing. I agree with you about Romero. He has been very good this season. The fact that the Sox have had success against him in past years doesn't translate to a higher probability of success this season. From year to year, the Red Sox line up has changed significantly, so it doesn't translate from year to year.
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