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So you would hand the ball to Wright instead of Price? I am a big believer in riding the hot hand, but I don't know if I would do that.
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I am sure that he is trying to fix it. The bad decision was putting reliance in Buch and Kelly to start the season. The problem should have been addressed in the off season.
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Fix Buchholz and the #5 slot and you fix this team. That is right. You are down on every aspect of the team. I guess you will boo Papi if he strikes out over the weekend.
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6/29 @ blow up this stupid stadium
a700hitter replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Which is why post game press conferences are just a waste of time. -
6/28 @ an empty auditorium with some cow bells
a700hitter replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
You are an idiot. My mother as a young girl walked to and from Ebbetts Field -- all 98 fearless lbs of her. That part of Brooklyn became a slum when they knocked down Ebbetts Field and put up the Ebbetts Field houses- the Projects. -
Do you think he will end the season with a 4.74 ERA? If he does, the team will not be in the Wild Card game. Are you more confident that Buch will turn things around than Price? What would you base that on?
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You didn't blame the offense last year for the team not being in first place? You didn't blame the offense today for our June swoon? You don't defend Buch ad nauseum? You didn't jump all over Price for 6 1/3 innings with 4 runs and 10 k's yesterday? You could have fooled me.
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Okay, you have convinced me. Give the ball to Buch in the Wild card game if we get there.
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Who would you hand the ball to?
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He should have aggressively pursued another pitcher in the off season. Once we started the season with this staff, the whining about the cost of adding a pitcher during the season was as predictable as a sunrise.
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We are not going to win every one of his starts. Three of the 8 losses in Price games were by scores of 2-1, 3-2 and 3-2, and Price got the loss in only 2 of those games.
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The problem can be stated so clearly and so simply, but there will be reams of posts that the problem is Price and the offense. Blaming the offense is completely perplexing to me. As for blaming Price, I guess his salary really bothers some people, and his performance could never please them. I still think that Porcello's extension was a budgetary mistake, but you don't see me posting that he is the problem on this roster. I wish that we had 2 clones of Porcello to drop into the rotation. The dogshit problem at the end of the rotation couldn't be any more clear -- unless Papi goes 0-4 today-- then he is to blame. There is no obvious solution to this problem in our system. Waiting and hoping for Buch and Kelly probably will guarantee that we will be fighting the Yankees and the Rays for last place in September. What do you think about stretching out Hembree to see if he can give us some quality starts? He seems to have the stuff.
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Price loses a game when he gives up 4 runs in 6 1/3 innings with 10 k's and you and others are posting negative about him like he blew up on the mound. It really wasn't that terrible of a start. It wasn't up to Price's standards, but let's get a little perspective.
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Maybe sooner for Buch.
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You defend Buchhholz ad nauseum, but you never miss an opportunity to criticize Price. We all realize that he is not pitching to his norms, but he is not the problem with this roster. So you are back to blaming the offense. That argument may be more absurd than it was last year when you blamed the offense for the team not being in first place. The offense in 2015 and this year s the strength of this team. Hitting is cyclical. It is not going to score double digit runs every game or get double digit hits every game. Good teams need to win 3-2 and 4-3 games. That is when the pitching needs to step up. Our pitching did not step up last year. It was either the worst or in the bottom 3 for the season. The offense was at the top. You are a stats person, right? The same pattern is emerging this year. But go ahead blame the offense if it makes you happy. Lat year you blamed Papi. Who is your victim this year?
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Do you watch baseball with a financial spreadsheet of salaries? Here is my view on salaries... they are all overpaid. Price is the best pitcher on our roster for my ticket price. He is not what needs fixing on the 2016 roster.
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The pay is irrelevant to the comparison of their performances for the 2016 team. Is that too difficult for you to understand? Maybe this pop quiz will clear up the issue. Who would you rather have on the mound for the Red Sox in an important game== Price or Buchholz? it is really that simple.
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Showalter never laughs. He is a humorless human being if he is human at all.
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They preach patience for Buch but s*** all over Price before half the season has been completed. Then they will complain about the win it now mentality forcing the FO to make ill advised moves. Their patience is non existent for Price or Kimbrel who are genuine top talents. They deserve a roster full of Craig Hansens and other great Home grown pitchers.
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Well, they can side with the Bambino about Price. The Bambino here just to poke prod and troll. They are on good company.
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Oh Boy Jenks! I saw the last time he went to a major league mound. He couldn't get through his warmups. He got winded. We got less from him than we have gotten from Castillo or Craig.
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Let him get it all out. It's the Internet version of primal screaming. It is cathartic.
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pretty sure you missed the point, because it was my point that you had commented about. The point is that Price is not the problem/ weakness on the Red Sox. He may not perform up to his contract, but this team has some real holes that need to be addressed.
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i don't have to justify his salary. I am glad that you are on the other side of the argument. It puts some of my fellow Talk Sox members in the awkward position of agreeing with you. LOL! Unlike them who I respect, you I can just call a fool if you think Price is the problem for the Red Sox. I am sure that you would rather have your Bronx Dirt Bags face Price instead of Buch or our random #5.
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On a day when the Red Sox scored a big goose egg, Price had an off day giving up 4 runs and striking out 10 in 6 1/3 inning. He had a bit of an off day. He didn't blow up on the mound. On most days for the Red Sox that is a good enough performance to win the game. People are really getting hysterical about the one really solid pitcher on the staff. You all must want to throw yourselves off a roof when Buch and random #5 pitches.
