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Here is one of my posts from that ST thread. I likened Lester to a John Tudor type, but said that he needed time to develop. Being John Tudor is far from being a bust. This was typical of my other Lester posts that spring. Check the thread. http://www.talksox.com/forum/game-thread-forum/5554-official-2006-spring-training-game-thread-13.html#post124705 You are recalling my more critical posts after he had been called up. I was still not calling him a bust, but his command was atrocious and the bloom was falling off his prospect rose. I thought the Sox should consider moving him from untouchable and trading him. Several other posters were frustrated with him at that time and some were saying that my ST evaluation was spot on. The only reason I qualify my evaluations because of the limited amount of time that I can see these guy is because you can't judge heart, toughness and Baseball IQ unless you follow a player for an extended period. Evaluation of talent level and tools can be done in a short period, and I don't qualify my opinion in that regard. I think my track record in this regard has been pretty good.
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Thanks. I'll be the first to admit when I am wrong, but it would be nice if others could remember accurately what I post and not forget when my evaluations have been correct.
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I saw his first outing against Major Leaguers yesterday. He was poised although he said he was nervous. His command was good, and his stuff was good. Nice velocity. He did very well, but no one wil remember that I said that. I make no predictions about how fast he will progress, but he is a prospect to follow.
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What lesson? In the another thread, I have summarized my record regarding spring evaluations. I think my record is pretty good. I am writing off Littleton. The kid is not going to make the team, and I don't think he will make any positive contribution if he stays i the organization. I am not writing off Ramirez. He throws very hard, but he got pounded yesterday, and that is all I reported. Should I have reported that he did well? I don't think he was happy about his performance. It was probably just a bad day. Hopefully I'll see him pitch again before I leave.
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I didn't sell him down the river. I realize that in a ST game that a pitcher may just be working on 1 pitch in an outing and hitters will realize that and start slamming it. A spring outing is not a good indicator, because he might use a different pitch selection in the regular season. Yesterday, he threw almost exclusively fastballs and I noted that they got hammered. The hits were scoarched. That's not throwing him under the bus. I made no prediction about his regular season performance, so your accusation is completely wrong.
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This kid is overmatched in ST. He's raw with the bat and he's not a good fielder.
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Sox sign Brad Penny and Josh Bard
a700hitter replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/2009_03_03_Not_smooth_sailing_for_Brad_Penny__J_D__Drew/ I think we will be seeing this type of news about Penny throughout the season. This is what you get when you sign damaged goods. Low risk high reward? ********. Low cost, small chance of success. -
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I will never set foot in the new stadium even if the tickets are free. Plus, we were not discussing the election, just the President's policies. I didn't start the discussion, and I wasn't the only one to perpetuate it. Yankee - Red Sox Tickets at the New Stadium don't interest me. Our competition is Tampa, not the Yankees.
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I agree with you. I don't like that. We pay him to pitch now. If he is asked to take the ball, he should take the ball. Last summer, I was pissed at what I perceived from Beckett to be more concern for his next contract than his 2008 performance. If you remember, after his pain was gone and after he had been cleared by the Red Sox medical staff after a clear MRI, he was reluctant to take the ball due to his long term career concerns. He gets paid $10 million a year to pitch now. If he is pain-free and medically cleared, he should take the ball. In the end, he manned up by taking the ball in the post season with an injured oblique, but I suspect that the oblique problem was the result of the negative impact that his voluntary shutdown (due to hypochondria) caused to his condition.
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Keep calling me an old guy and I'll find you and slap you silly.
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Hey, I'm not meddling in politics in the DR, so what is your problem with it.
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Which Plan? The stimulus? I am doubting that the so-called stimulus bill will get the job done, but I do hope that it stimulates the economy. It is his budget porposal with all of the permanent additions to the government budget that I hope fails. It has nothing to do with stimulating the economy. It doesn't even pretend to be aimed at economic growth. It represents a huge and permanent increase in the size and scope of federal government, and it will hinder the effects of the stimulus bill. I don't have to hope for his budget proposal to be a failure. If it gets passed, it will fail as surely as night follows day.
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What the Obama administration will be spending will make the Bush Administration look like the dollar store.
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While his 2008 did not measure up to his outstanding 2007, he was still a valuable and reliable member of the bullpen. It is a good move to keep him around.
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Red Sox Owner Henry Calls for Salary Cap
a700hitter replied to bobby jr's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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The guy is a bust. Why would we want a prospect who washed out? I realize he was a can't miss prospect, but he missed. Most prospects wash out. That is why I don't turn back-flips when we get a draft pick for losing a major league player.
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They already named a park after him? Wow, he must be very good. Probably another Todd Benzinger.
