a700hitter
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I wasn't referring to the players individually as garbage. Each of them has been at best mediocre, and some are yet to develop enough to get to the Majors. Taken as a whole I do think we gave up a pile of garbage when compared to what we landed-- two elite studs (Kimbrel and Sale). It is a figure of speech.
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Pedroia undergoes microfracture surgery
a700hitter replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
That doesn't sound hopeful for his return. -
7/10 Texas Rangers at Fenway
a700hitter replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I will avoid him in FanDuel. -
Yes, how can we argue that the post season is a crap shoot, but root for 1 Championship for every 3 last place finishes? It is absurd. Let's not forget that those 4 years followed right on the heels of the September 2011 collapse, which might have been the most excruciating month of baseball in my lifetime. The wire to wire last place seasons were only less painful than a prison sentence in solitary. 2003-2008 was great baseball.
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It just doesn't work that way. If Tori Hunter's glove arm is 3 inches longer, there is no championship banner. Give me a post season team most year, and i will take my chances from there. And I will not have to suffer through excruciating 3 summers of last place.
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It was a 4th place team when they broke camp, and they under performed from there.
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7/10 Texas Rangers at Fenway
a700hitter replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I think Pearce has also played the OF. -
7/10 Texas Rangers at Fenway
a700hitter replied to Maxbialystock's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I am curious... and trying to be hopeful. -
Very snarky "I told you so" type post. Unfortunately for him, he didn't tell me anything. I thought your post was snarky and inaccurate which is why I pointed out the inaccuracy. I let you slide for the snark. And there is nowhere in that post where he says that JD is a good RFer. That's why I left out the language. Not to cherry pick. it was extraneous to his point which was that the analytics showed the OF alignment with JD in RF was the best.
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That's right. They aren't mutually exclusive. Spud was being sarcastic. there is no reason to finish last with a $200 million payroll while also restocking the farm.
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I don't think that would dismay cp176, since he never said that. He said:
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My sources are always solid.
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In the words of the immortal Casey Stengel who was asked about "tendering his resignation" to the Yankees after the 1961 season, he replied, "Resigned? Heck no, I was fired." As an employee benefits attorney for 30 years, in response to the notion of Ben not being fired, I'd sarcastically say "yeah right." The diminution of his responsibilities were such that any court would rule that he had been terminated and could invoke his Golden Parachute. The notion that he wasn't fired is ridiculous.
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I agree with you. When camp broke for 2014, it looked like a 4th place team. The holes in that roster were obvious by opening day.
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Is there a CFer or some other OFer with good offense who can be had for Bradley and little else. He just doesn’t seem close to achieving offensive consistency.
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i didn’t use the word injury, because I don’t even want to think about it. He is indispensable to this team.
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I assume that he needs some time to work himself into shape.
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we only know that he got fired. Someone thought he was doing a bad job. He wasn’t an unlikeable guy, and he had certain talents. His time had run out. If he had finished 3rd with his $200 million payrolls in 2 of those last place years, he is probably still here. I think the owners couldn’t fathom consistently finishing last with one of the highest payrolls in baseball. That is a tough act to duplicate.
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i don’t even know how to answer that hypothetical question. Would there be any other option to waiting for them to develop? I would certainly be open to trading them if they were putting up those numbers for us.
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In my experience, working for the guy with the additional pressure never lessened my stress. The shot rolls downhill. Plus, how much pressure is on the GM in Toronto?
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Don’t we have Brandon Phillips for second base?
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The only thing that I would add to your two posts is that Ben also had no eye for identifying pitching prospects. When he left, the pitching at the MLB level was a train wreck and we had no talent in the pipeline at the minor league levels. People will point to Kopech or Espinosa, but 2 prospects is nothing to squawk about. Most pitchers don’t make it. You need much more depth in pitching. Espinosa was a child at the lower levels of the minors. Even without his injury, we would still be waiting for him for 2 years at minimum. Ben has been gone for 3 years already. Kopech is likely a bullpen guy. Our pitching was just awful throughout the organization, and i am still a firm believer that good pitching is the most important ingredient of winning. Ben had no clue on pitching.
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it was incongruous that he could finish last with those payrolls and DDvis still carrying a good deal of those salaries. Take away Panda’s and Hanley’s salaries and where are we?
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Sure, who wouldn’t want an additional boss.
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If Margot and Moncada were here instead of Benintendi and Devers, we wouldn’t be in first place, and I would probably be really upset that they let Benintendi go and in a years or less Obwould be upset about Devers leaving too.
