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  1. a700hitter
    Another weak ground out to SS by Jeter to go 1 for 4.
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    It seems foolish and dangerous to be jerking this guy around.
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    The Jets are ahead of the Colts 14-7.
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    And he strikes out looking.
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    Well, apparently Theo agrees with us. Let's hope the medical staff agrees, but the kid seems psyched to go back to starting.:dunno:
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    From today's Globe, Theo tells Edes that if it were not for health concerns he would be inclined to leave him in the closer's role. This makes perfect sense, because the kid established himself as a big time major league closer. He could set the standard for closers for the next 10 years like Mo did for the last 10. There is no guarantee that he will be a dominant starter.
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    http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2006/10/01/clemens_named_in_affidavit/ It's something that I have expected for a long time. I always thought it was strange that he went from looking like the Pillsbury dough boy body complete with man-breasts to the Mr. Universe Physique that he was sporting by the time he got to Toronto. He also had more giddy-up on the fastball.
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    If Pedro's medical condition was known to the Red Sox, then they should have let him walk regardless of draft picks, but what about Lowe and Johnny Damon. By the time Bucholz cracks anyones rotation as a top of the rotation or #3 starter, Lowe will have about 75 major league wins under his belt from the time he left the Red Sox. That's a lot of major league wins that the Sox are having great difficulty in replacing as they are waiting for Bucholz.
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    I'm not arguing for Trot to be the starting RF. I'd prefer that they pick up a starting RF whether through a trade or FA, because I think Wily Mo will continue to be dominated by above average pitchers. The team doesn't need more help hitting bums. It needs guys that can hit quality pitcher. Against those guys, he just waves at 3 pitches and takes a seat. It's very frustrating.
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    Replacing Pedro/Lowe withe Clement/Wells. I am gagging. I don't think anyone felt good about that even before the injuries. The FO totally mispent the savings for letting Lowe and Pedro walk and they got a couple of Lottert tickets for it. Letting Pedro go looks like the right move because the medical staff probably knew about the condition of his shoulder, but letting rubber-armed Lowe walk for draft choices and clement or wells is just plain silly. And we are seeing how well it has turned out. No $ savings, injured Clement, injured Wells, injured Pedro, Lowe playoff bound. I realize that we got Hansen with this extra pick, which was lucky if you loook at the guys picked before and after him, but he is a long, long, long way from being the quality major leaguer that would justify letting Lowe walk. Successful teams don't let their stars walk for nothing. If you are going to let your stars walk, do it the way Florida does it. Lert them go a year earlier by trading them for top prospects in the minors. Minor league success is a much higher barometer for Major league success than high school or college.
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    He strikes out 1 of every 3 ABs. He has n't improved in that area or with regard to his patience at the plate where he has consistently walked about 6.5% of the time throughout his short career. I don't think we will be seeing any marked improvement in those areas next year either. If he is given the full time RF job and he stays healthy, we can expect him to be chasing 200 K's.
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    Kushi, I am calling in our bet. On August 16th, I made the following post prior to the 5 games against the Yankees: You called me a quitter, but I was just calling it the way I saw it. I don't always call them right, but unfortunately I called this one right. As I said previously, I would have been glad to have been proved wrong. As for your new title, let's go with "Cockeyed Naive Optimist." That's not too bad.
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    Yeah, that makes a big difference, especially considering that the draft is a very inexact science and somewhat of a crapshoot. The Yankees have picked up some pretty good young players outside of the draft, e.g. Cano and Wang. Here's a link of first round draft choices since 2000. It demonstrates just what a crapshoot the draft is. These are first round picks and not that many guys make it to the majors, and very few become stars. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/draft/index.jsp?feature=decade2000s Here are the first round picks from the 90's http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/draft/index.jsp?feature=decade1990s Letting established stars walk to get draft picks is not much better than getting a lottery ticket in return, and if the picks aren't in the first round the odds are way worse.
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    Great D didn't help this year's team very much. We have a DH. Maybe Soriano can play 1B.
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    This will be the futhest the Red Sox have finished out of first place since the finished 13 1/2 games behind the Yankees in 2001, and it will be the first time that they haven't finished in second place since 1997.
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    Al,most 90 ABs for Pedroia and he is hitting .191. Is he out of his slump? Maybe the Sox should consider getting Soriano for second base.
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    Manny once again reminding us why he is one of the greatest RH hitters that we will ever see in a Red Sox uniform.
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