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Man, your synapses are just not firing right lately. First, unlike you, I will admit an error in judgment when proved wrong. Second, why would I back away from an opinion in the same thread before the player even set foot on a field to prove me wrong. The other posts are in the thread. I said that I thought he could be like a John Tudor type, but that Tudor took time to develop. Such condemnation! You don't have to buy anything. But here's the post once again. http://www.talksox.com/forum/game-thread-forum/5554-official-2006-spring-training-game-thread-13.html#post124705 This is from your post where you recollected what I said: As a rational man, does this seem like an accurate recollection of my evaluation? Here's your entire post that started this whole argument: I don't see Penny's name. Do you? You were comparing my reaction to signing 41 year old pitchers. Here's the link to your post, so you can see that I have not edited your words. http://www.talksox.com/forum/389423-post86.html Do me a favor please. Research your recollections about my opinions before you start posting them, because you are having trouble recollecting your own posts.

Originally, I didn't go back to look when you posted the link because I didn't care enough to press the issue. Looks like my memory is correct, not that I ever doubted it, so I will continue to trust it, especially when the alternative is your ability to retroactively tell us what the meaning of "is" is in a previous post. You are cherry-picking my initial post about Lester, which was intentionally provocative to get *******s like JSinger all worked up. Guess-what? It worked. Some people are still worked up over it more than two years later. After all my years and posts on this forum, you haven't caught on that my method of operation is to provoke and then discuss? If you noticed, my initial post was predominantly a report of what I had observed in the game, but my later posts in the thread gave a more fulsome evaluation of Lester as a prospect. In several posts, I said that he was a couple of years away and I likened him to John Tudor. Boy, what criticism! I wasn't recanting anything, but of course you will tell me what I was thinking, because you are all omniscient. I'll admit that I underestimated him. I didn't think that he would become a top of the rotation guy so fast. I thought that he'd still be a #3 or 4. I was right that he needed time to develop. He didn't arrive as a big time pitcher until he learned to aggressively throw strikes last May. Some of us will acknowledge our misjudgments, but not you who is clinging to a ridiculous position that you would rather have Wakefield than Sonnenstine in 2009. In his last 4 post season starts, Wakefield is 0-3 with a 10.80 ERA spanning 4 post seasons. That is pretty disgusting. Sonnenstine has had some degree of success in his one post season. He's 25 and last season's experience should help his development while Wakefield's torn labrum can only get worse. Yeah, I'm sure lots of us would like to see Wakefield taking the ball in a playoff game instead of Sonnenstine (heavy sarcasm). I am sorry, but sticking to your guns on this one makes you look like an irrational ass IMO.

You are too stubborn to admit that I am right on this, but your last paragraph is as close as I'll get. Sonnestine isn't Roy Halladay, but in 3 post-season starts , he is 2-1 with a 4.24 ERA which is a far cry from Wakefield's record of futility in his last 3 starts.

Excellent news. He can throw 95 pitches and give up 5 runs to minor leaguers. Stupendous!!

. Unless you are Penny's or Smolt's doctor, on what would you base your expectation? You have a hope, nothing more.

I am against trading parts from the bullpen which is the strength of this team. I expect that Tazawa will get the call as a reinforcement this season. He was very impressive this Spring. He has excellent command and plus stuff.

That's what I was using in my post.

I am going on record that this twerp will get nailed on his very first drug test.

Who is overreacting? My comment was that if the changeup causes his pitch count to be elevated, I'd recommend that he ditch the pitch. He has plenty of other weapons to attack hitters. I can assure you that I am not on a ledge. I told the Radatz story to illustrate that it is not always a good idea to develop a new pitch. Mo Rivera has done fine with one pitch. He never developed a slider. I have a heart attack when Papelbon throws a slider.