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  1. a700hitter
    35 dingers and 100 plus RBI makes sense.
  2. a700hitter
    I looked up the definition and like many words, "slob" has more than one meaning. I was using the second definition of "slob": "an ordinary person
  3. a700hitter
    We got a Cuban born player for $72 million!!
  4. a700hitter
    Even the most optimistic projections of Dice K did not have him as a #1. That hype was just that... hype. I heard an interview Bobby Valentine of was familiar with him from managing in Japan. The interview was before the Red Sox won the bid. His evaluation was dead on. He projected him as a number 3 to the back end of a rotation. He said that while he might be able to hit 95 on the gun, that he couldn't live there and that he would have to pitch off of his secondary pitches. And he was right as Dice K was a big nibbler. He never came right at hitters.
  5. a700hitter
    He was expected to be a #3 guy, not a #1.
  6. a700hitter
    Thanks Uncle Ben's.
  7. a700hitter
    Pablo chose Boston over SF, because Ben was dumb enough not to put a weight clause in his contract.
  8. a700hitter
    He was a keeper.
  9. a700hitter
    Does anyone else remember him giving up a game winning grand slam in his debut, or am I, in the words of Roger Clemens, misremembering?
  10. a700hitter
    Didn't Meredith debut by giving up a game-winning grand slam?
  11. a700hitter
    Ken Rosenthal provides zero useful information, and he get almost everything wrong. Sometimes he is so wrong that I think his sources are punking him.
  12. a700hitter
    I don't know if I would make a connection between Puritans and Red Sox fans, but I think that the roots for the Sunday Blue Laws and Bars closing at midnight on weekdays can be traced to the Puritans,
  13. a700hitter
    Character assassin!
  14. a700hitter
    There is nothing to be passionate about if your team loses all the time. Have people noticed that Yankee fans are tolerable when they are not contenders?
  15. a700hitter
    [h=2]Yankees Release Nathan Eovaldi, Two Others[/h]By Jeff Todd | November 28, 2016 at 4:34pm CDT The Yankees have released veteran right-hander Nathan Eovaldi, per a club announcement. Also cut loose were southpaw Joe Mantiply and righty Nick Rumbelow. All three pitchers were designated for assignment ten days ago, and obviously no trades or claims were in the offing.
  16. a700hitter
    Replace Quintana with Sale and drop Robertson and I think you have a very equal trade.
  17. a700hitter
    And I never said that he was lazy or didn't care. And for the record, I never called him a "fat lazy slob" just a fat slob. I never impugned his character, just his weight which directly affects his performance. You need to stop attributing to me your own preconceived prejudices about being fat. I don't agree with any of them.
  18. a700hitter
    It is an attack on his appearance, not his character. Is it insulting? Yes. And that is how I meant it. If he was slow, I would call him a turtle or a snail. There are all sorts of insults that abound for poor performance. I usually just stick with "he stinks", but Pablo's under-performance is related to his weight, hence I call him a fat slob. He broke his belt for crying out loud. Go find a safe space on some other Sports Forum if you can't handle it.
  19. a700hitter
    I implied no such thing about his self-control. The person/people who sought to paint him as an addict are implying that he has no self control. I myself am "big-boned" That is neither a character issue (in this or any context) nor is it a result of a "complete lack of self control." Read what I write and stop processing what you think I mean. It makes communicating with you impossible.
  20. a700hitter
    Show me where I attacked his character. I said that he was fat and can't play at that weight. I explicitly said that I did not think being fat is a character flaw. If being fat is a character flaw, that is news to me. Your reply misses the mark by a mile.
  21. a700hitter
    I never brought up the issue of an eating disorder. I only accused him of being fat and unable to perform up to his contract. Others have sought to give him an excuse by positing that maybe he has an eating disorder. Whether he does or not, is no excuse as far as I am concerned. And yes, I did say that I don't give addicts of any kind a pass for being addicts. They themselves are accountable, and any addict that doesn't take responsibility will always be an addict. That is probably part of their 12 step programs, and if not , it should be. I used no metaphors. Get the facts straight, Notin.
  22. a700hitter
    This is realistic. I would jump at it if I were the ChiSox.
  23. a700hitter
    If being a fat slob and accountability for being a fat slob is an attack on one's character, that is news to me. Holding someone accountable for their failure is not an attack on their character.
  24. a700hitter
    To summarize: I said that Pablo's eating himself out of a $90 million profession is his responsibility and that he has no excuses. That was met with an unresponsive "down the rabbit hole" post about the way America criminalizes drug addiction. I responded by sarcastically drawing a contrast to the way China and the Philippines deal with it. That is the story, Hugh. You should really hold your "sicko" accusations until you understand what is going on. Do you have enough cognitive skills to manage that?
  25. a700hitter
    Comparatively, the U.S. looks pretty good right? That is what I was aiming at, but the sarcasm and satire didn't translate through the internet.
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