a700hitter
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I don't like this lineup. I am a strong believer that your strongest offensive players should get stacked at the top of the lineup. When Crawford gets on track, the lineup should be: 1. Crawford 2. Pedroia 3. AGon 4. Youkilis 5. Ortiz 6. Drew/Cameron 7. Lowrie 8. Salty 9. Ellsbury Ellsbury doesn't crack the top 5 on this team. Putting him at the top of the lineup in front of the big boppers would weaken the lineup.
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Varitek was far superior defensively, regardless of stats. He had better tools behind the plate. He was just a better all around athlete.
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Possible trade bait for King Felix.
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You can't compare Salty to the situation with Crawford or Dice K or 2009/2010 Ortiz. They are all proven ML performers. Salty is not. Other than the fact that he is large, I don't think he has any major tools. Also, he has terrible instincts. I don't think you can teach or learn that. We might survove the season with him at catcher, but why take the chance if there are better alternatives.
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BTW, not all Yankee fans are scumbags. You certainly are not, and as much as we like to abuse him Jackson isn't either. He's just a major ass at times, but who am I to cast a stone.
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I like your style.
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White Sox bullpen has 6 blown saves already this season. Wow!!!
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When he goes to the Mayo Clinic and gets a diagnosis like Gehrig did.
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Jeter has no range and he broke back initially. That was embarrassing to say the least.
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Posada sucks as DH.
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He also seems to be brainless on top of everything else.
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Many good and great pitchers have had their personal catchers. Carlton had McCarver. Maddux had anyone other than Javy Lopez. More than one Yankee pitcher throughout the years did not want to throw to Posada. There must be something to it. All I know is that each of Varitek's three extended DL stints during his career coincided with collapses by our starting pitching. You can attribute lots of other factors to those collapses, but each of them started the day Tek hit the DL. One time when Pedro was on the DL, he stated that the staff fell apart when Tek went down. If that's what Pedro thought, it is good enough for me. Salty is a disaster on every front. He can't be salvaged or mentored to become useful. They need to move on from him quickly.
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Expecting Salty to be able to handle the job on a team with a $175 Million payroll was just foolish. It was extremely poor judgment.
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If he misses all of 2011, it would really hurt his chance of being a starting OF in 2012. They were hoping for some refinement of his skills and good production at AAA and maybe some ML time to fill in for injured players. Without it, I doubt that he is a full time ML OFer in 2012. He's more likely to be a platoon or bench player.
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Swinging the bat much better.
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We don't need either of you whores giving him mono or TB.
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Excellent outing from Dice K. Two in a row. Maybe he has turned a corner.
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Has he turned a corner?
