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Also let's not forget what Yaz did in September 1967 when he put the team on his back with the best stretch drive that any player has ever had.

I don't think the home town fans have ever ruined its team's season. The Red Sox almost always have a significantly better home record. And I also think that clutch is just the absence of choke in big spots.

I agree.

Just like the concept of "Clutch"

Like Tennis and Golf

It makes me chuckle that the same people who vehemently argue against the existence of "clutch" players also believe that an entire teams' performance can be crushed by their home fans. Inconsistent and absurd.

Give me 7 Papi's and 2 Ricky Hendersons and you would win 100 games every year with me pitching.

The fans are to blame!!

Ridiculously absurd. Do you watch or go to games. The fans have always been extremely supportive of Red Sox players with rare exceptions. The press and media can be tough for players, but they shouldn't be confused with the fan-base. Also, for someone who argues against the existence of clutch players, it is funny to me that you are making the argument that fan sentiment has the possibility of ruining the season for an entire team. That notion is absurd.

There is no Jose bird.

"Rise above the fans" How absurd.

Pablo wants first crack at the buffets.

Trading prospects is also a cost.

If the market will not bear $30 million for ace pitchers, then Price will not opt out.

I already addressed this, and said that I disagree that the $30 million "would go a long way in replacing him, a closer and another high need area", and I disagree with that. I am not sure that it would even replace the ace. I accept that you meant it in context with the Luxury cap discussion so that would add another $30 million. but that context was not in that post at all. And I did not take anything out of context or misread what you wrote. As usual, I was spot on.

Well, if Groome will be the new ace in 2 years to replace Price -- a big IF, the $30 million would be redeployed for other need, but that is not what Moon said.

I replied directly to what you said. You need to state what you mean more clearly if you meant something else.

I read your words, and i disagree with them. You referred to Price and his $30 million annual salary without any other context in the post. I don't think that $30 will go a long way toward replacing an ace starter, a closer and another need. I think you would be lucky to get an ace starter for the $30 million, never mind two other needs.

You are going to replace Price with an ace, a closer and another need for $30 million/year? Good luck.

Haiti really is Hell on earth.

Cherington was an errand boy. He never gave any indication that he could even conceptualize such a massive deal. It was Henry all along.

It sounds like there little hope short of a full blown revolution.

Yep, enough is enough. Arguing over which overpaid substandard businessman did a better or worse job can bore one to tears. There has been plenty of good news for the Red Sox this offseason. Getting Sale in a trade is one of those blockbusters that you see once in a decade or more for the Red Sox and people are still bitching and moaning.

I predict that we will get nothing out of Kendrick. He was once mediocre, but no longer. He is shot.

[h=2]Yordano Ventura Dies In Car Crash[/h]By Connor Byrne | January 22, 2017 at 10:01am CDT Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic on Sunday morning. This was a separate crash from the one that took the life of Andy Marte in the Dominican on Sunday. Ventura was 25 years old. Tragically, Ventura is the second major league pitcher who has died over the past five months. Former Marlins ace Jose Fernandez passed away after a boating accident on Sept. 25. Like Fernandez, Ventura was an exceptional, hard-throwing talent who emerged as a key long-term building block for his franchise. Ventura signed with the Royals for a meager $28K as an international free agent in 2008. After climbing up the minor league ladder, Ventura ranked as Baseball America’s 26th-best prospect at the conclusion of the 2013 campaign. He debuted in the majors that year and then became a full-time big leaguer in 2014. Ventura was a standout as a rookie, as he pitched to a 3.20 ERA over 183 innings to help the Royals clinch their first playoff berth since 1985. His top performance that postseason came under awful circumstances in Kansas City’s in a Game 6 victory over the Giants in the World Series. After learning two days earlier that his friend, fellow Dominican and former Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras died (also in a car crash), Ventura fired seven shutout innings and surrendered just three hits to force a Game 7. The Royals went on to lose the series, but they returned to the Fall Classic in 2015 to defeat the Mets and end a 30-year championship drought. Prior to the 2015 campaign, Ventura inked a five-year, $23MM extension with the Royals that could have been worth $45MM and kept him with the team through the 2021 season.