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LOL!! Not bad. not bad.
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And what happens if the system malfunctions, e.g. power outage, or a calibration malfunction etc? Baseball doesn't need another reason to have game delays. I am not seeing the burning need for this. If an ump gets injured, they roll another ump out immediately. It would be a nightmare if the system went down mid game.
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Have you ever met any Red Sox players in person?
a700hitter replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I met Yaz at an autograph signing in 1986. He was cordial, but obviously a very withdrawn personality. I met Oil Can Boyd a couple of weeks ago at a Fenway event. He took pictures with us. I met Remy in Fort Myers at the ballpark. He is great with the fans. He would sign autographs for everyone and anyone in between innings of his broadcast. I got Hanley's autograph in Fort Myers in Spring Training of 2004. He looked like a little kid back then. A few minutes after meeting Hanley, El Tiante pulled over in his SUV and signed for a group of fans. -
His half year performance in 2013 was instrumental in jump starting a great season. I think his start may have been the biggest key to the season. I was hoping for something similar this season, but we are well past any chance of that happening.
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And that is not semantics.
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It was medium rare.
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Three of the last five seasons he has been on the DL by the All Star Break. That is often ... too often for him to be relied upon, imo. And yes, you are arguing semantics at this point. You are not establishing or proving anything to me.
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Let me correct you as I have said that we are looking for a replacement pitcher by June or July. I gave you the dates. It has happened in 3 of the last 5 years. Saying always was admittedly hyperbole, but now you take issue with the degree of hyperbole? Really?
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I thought that your point was ...here it comes again... that he is more durable than most people think? He is not more durable than I have thought. And his one good full season (2010) out of the last 6 seasons is not encouraging enough to keep him around. That is what I am saying. I am not underestimating Buchholz's accomplishments or track record. I am fully aware of how he has done. One good full season six years ago is a pattern from which I would deduce that the chance of getting a good full season from him in the future is negligible. A certainty... no, but almost a certainty, yes.
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I don't know who these people are or what they are saying, but the fact is that in his last 5 seasons he couldn't get by the first half of june twice and in another year, he couldn't get passed the All star break. That is not durable, and it is not more durable than I thought. You are splitting the hairs of your own strawman.
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Hyperbole, yes. Illogical, no. There is a pattern and in the other years he has been bad, so it would be more accurate to say that the only certainty that he gives us is that in thos rare years where he is able to pitch past the All Star break he pitches poorly. I am not quite sure what point you are trying to prove. Btw, I corrected your post. See bracketed language. If you are going to argue the accuracy of what I have posted, you need to be accurate about what I posted.
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I had better step up my game.
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Oh okay-- that I get, but tying non-integration to the curse at all lost me, and tying it to most of the length of the curse was not accurate at all. The Yankees integrated only 4 years before the Red Sox and they won a ton of championships. I don't think our lack of integration played much of a roll in our 86 year drought, but I get your point about progress.
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Pretty much he is done by June or July. That is his history -- a fact. In 2011, he was done on June 16th. In 2011, he was done on June 10th and in 2015 he lasted until July 10th. Those are the facts. Denying that pattern is illogical.
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Your numbers have established that he is a half season pitcher most of the time and on the rare occasions when he isn't a half inning pitcher, he sucks. I agree with this, but I don't think this establishes that A) he is more durable than I thought. In fact it supports what I thought about his durability, and it supports my opinion that the red Sox should have moved on from him.
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Tone it down Eddy or f*** off.
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Thank goodness we didn't get him.
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lol!
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No, even using your own numbers, he has only had more than 18 starts in 2 of his last 5 seasons. Also, since when has 18 starts become the threshold for a successful season?
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Yeah. Thanks kimmi's mom.
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it looked bad with regular glasses at the time it was done.
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i don't think Sandoval's mom would argue that his contract was reasonable for the Red Sox. Lol!
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I never said that it was a disaster, just that this money could have been better spent elsewhere-- like on retaining Lester.
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What? LOL!! I am not sure what this means.
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Or his contract will end. In either case, it will be over and that will be a good thing. There was just no bargain in signing him to this deal, not then, not now.
