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That addresses a big need for their team.

MVP, you need to grab today's game thread. You have the best record and this team owes it to Pedro not to play like a bag of s*** on his big day.

I have no confidence that Ben would make the right choice with the #1.

And there is zero evidence, not even any innuendo from good sources that Porcello's approach has been tinkered with by the Red Sox. His suck is all on him. Blaming the Red Sox is a pure fabrication. Maybe he been trying to step up his game to earn his money and it just hasn't worked out. He might start playing within himself and go back to being a reliable #4 pitcher which is what he is. Even if he rights himself to his career norms, he is still overpaid.

Trading Pedroia would be a bombshell. Although on the downside of his career, he is still an excellent player. The return would have to be enormous as he is signed through 2012 at less than three quarters of the annual rate being paid to POS Porcello. The return would have to include major league talent and a blue chip prospect plus. If our farm system is as well stocked as some people think, do we really need to trade part of the core of the team (one of our few true stars) to add to our farm? If this team's farm system is barren, we may have no choice but to move Pedroia to restock the farm. I am not sure that it would be a move that would have positive consequences for the Red Sox, not even several years down the road as I have zero confidence in Ben's judgment. If they trade Pedroia, I think that will be a strong indicator that the team is going nowhere for 2 to 3 more years. That would make 6 or 7 years of almost continuous suck. For a team with the resources of the Red Sox, that would be astounding. I really can't see this happening, especially if the Red Sox pick up Buch's option for almost what Pedroia makes.

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It would be a pleasure to watch a player of his quality toe the rubber for us after the horrible garbage that we have seen. Plus, we need a big pitcher for next season.

Ortiz gets a bye from me. If others want to rag on him, that is their prerogative, but it is not deserved considering his past contributions.

CFer almost misjudged the ball and let it fall in.

Hamels gets the no-no on a fly out by Bryant. Will his next start be in a Red Sox uniform?

Hamels k's Fowler for the second out and 13th K. He faces Rookie phenom Kris Bryant with 2 outs.

Hamels is about to start the 9th with a no-no intact. He has 12 ks' He is at 112 pitches

Poor execution.

We are waiting for him to stop stinking. Let's have a vigil why we wait.

Beats being called gramps. I havent gotten there yet.

At least he has some use.

You have the power to make him a successful Troll.

Was the coach even thinking about the fact that the strongest OF arm in baseball is playing LF for the other team or that he had a 40 year old big DH on second or that it is a very short throw from LF or that there were no outs? This should have all occurred to him before the ball was hit. He should have decided before the pitch to hold Ortiz at third unless Cespedes fell down and even then only if the ball went behind him. It was colossally stupid for a man who has spent his life in baseball to send Ortiz in that situation.

And I don't care how early Butterball get to the park at Spring training and how hard he works. He stinks as a third base coach.

We have lost way too many runners on the bases this season. Farrell's teams have a history of running into stupid outs. I am sick of it.

So Butterball runs with Ortiz on the strongest OF arm on a ball to short LF in Fenway with no outs? f***ing idiot.

David Ortiz is one of the few reasons to watch this team game in and game out.

He is on the DL. Of course Jacko will enjoy that. And if you let him know that his post got to you, he has even more fun. You have yourselves to thank for that.

We need Pedey to get back in the lineup and get back in the groove. I see that he has been DL'd again. I hope Napoli finds his second half magic and we don't trade him for a bag of balls. Today, we are throwing our knuckler but they are trotting a pig to the mound too. We can win this at Fenway.

I am watching this show on MLB about Randy Johnson. We started to have a discussion about the pitchers in this Hall of Fame class (Pedro, Randy Johnson and Smoltz). I posed the question if you had to win one game or one series, which of the three in his prime you would pick for your team. There was agreement that it would be Pedro -- not even close. Of course, we are Red Sox fans, but I think it is a no-brainer. It would be a really nice problem to have. After Pedro, who would be next? At that point, Big Schill's name came up. He was a contemporary of all three. And I am a biased Red Sox fan, but I would have to go with Big Schill. Remember that he was past his prime when we got him and he was still lights out in the post season. In his prime, I remember feeling more confident with him facing the Yankees than Johnson in 2001. Johnson had the better Series, but they were both fantastic -- Co-MVPs. This question is not a no-brainer like it is with Pedro, but the fact that I think he would be in this debate highlights for me that Schilling deserves to be enshrined with these guys. There is no doubt about that.