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  1. a700hitter
    I sent you the link in a pm.
  2. a700hitter
    Fair enough. We will have to see what Leon has. I doubt he is anywhere close to Vasquez behind the plate. Vaszuez has incredibly quick feet and throwing release.
  3. a700hitter
    Yes he did, but I don't remember who the Cards got for him.
  4. a700hitter
    They had a bunch of mashers on that 1977 team.
  5. a700hitter
    Reggie Smith was traded to the Cards for Rick Wise and Reggie Cleveland. Wise pitched a couple of games in the cold damp Boston April weather and he missed the rest of that year with shoulder trouble.
  6. a700hitter
    I sent you a pm with a link. The draft is Friday at 8 pm.
  7. a700hitter
    I am sorry to learn that. I hope that you feel better. We will miss you as your teams have always been very competitive.
  8. a700hitter
    We are at 8 now iif SFoC stays in. We can proceed with 8. If 2 or more join it will be more challenging.
  9. a700hitter
    Why are you out?
  10. a700hitter
    He's looking very good right now. No grimaces. He seems pain free and in good condition.
  11. a700hitter
    There you go again with that "clone" thing. So, in your opinion, is Vasquez a special defensive talent or do several teams have guys that play defense like Vasquez for which they have no room on their 40 man rosters? If these clone guys are around to be scooped up for carfare, why would you think that there would be a negative impact on our defense from losing Vasquez? It seems to me that you are speaking out of both sides of your mouth.
  12. a700hitter
    Three more needed.
  13. a700hitter
    I know nothing about Leon except he was discarded like tissue paper, so it is pretty safe to assume that he is not at Vasquez's level behind the plate. I'll stand by that. I'll also stand by my opinion that Hanigan is a 80-90 game catcher at best. He is aging and there are signs of decline. I did not trash the defense of either of them, but did not signs of decline by Hanigan. It happens to catchers around their mid-30's. Losing Vaquez is a blow to this team's run prevention ability. On that we both agree. That was the point that I made. Apparently, you didn't like the way I referred to Hanigan and Leon, but the 2015 Red Sox will are not be as good defensively as they would have be with Vasquez catching 120 games and Hanigan catch 30 or 40. I think you have been arguing about style instead of substance as we agree that this is not a good development for team defense.
  14. a700hitter
    Especially since Cooper got traded for George Scott who was on the decline.
  15. a700hitter
    So Friday is okay. Just Sunday is bad?
  16. a700hitter
    Yes, he did play for the Cards in 1967. He was the NL MVP that season.
  17. a700hitter
    Yaz said that Reggie Smith was the strongest player that he knew. The guy was talented and fearless.
  18. a700hitter
    The Mets announced Bartolo Colon as the OD starter and the manager Terry Collins took a big portion of a press conference to explain why Harvey had been passed over.
  19. a700hitter
    I agree. I just thought it was interesting that the same people who touted him as the next Yadier Molina are now saying that losing him is not a big deal. If the Cards had lost Yadier, that would have been a huge deal for them, even before he had learned to hit.
  20. a700hitter
    I think he had 4 wall ball doubles in a game at Fenway that season. He looked crippled on the basebaths. I was at Yankees Stadium on the 4th of July that year for a Red Sox Yankees double header. In the 9th inning of game 1, Cepeda laid down a perfect sac bunt with men on first and second and no one out. Thurman Munson bobbled it 3 or 4 times and then just dropped it to load the bases. It took Cepeda about 8 seconds to get to first base.
  21. a700hitter
    For close to half the teams, opening day is their World Series.
  22. a700hitter
    But many overplayed his importance and value prior to the injury. That is the point I am making. Many of those very same people who cooed about his arm and pitch framing are the ones now saying that his loss is no biggie. I didn't overplay his importance before his injury.
  23. a700hitter
    Yet, pitchers consider it an honor and some get insulted if they don't get the opening day start.
  24. a700hitter
    And we would have been lamenting his loss if the replacement was a guy off the waiver wire with little to no big league experience, because even though XB hasn't accomplished much yet, he is much better than waiver wire dregs. Also, we would be lamenting the loss of a major asset. Whether or not he is our SS, the guy has big value.
  25. a700hitter
    Before Spring Training, people were comparing Vasquez's defense to Pudge Rodriguez and Yadier Molina. Now that he is injured for the season and beyond, People are posting that his loss is no big deal and that he can be replaced with a defensive clone from the waiver wir or another team's junk pile. Not too many guys in the history of the game have played D like Pudge or Yadier. Fickle fans.
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