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Ditto, but wow, you set things off now. The FO made plenty of money on the team's success. They don't need adulation too. It's not like they worry about popularity with fans. Unlike players, there is no market for their autographs and memorabilia.

I read an article where the author researched how hitters do after disastrous seasons like Craig had. In a few rare instances the guy bounced back, but generally they were toast. Bradley probably has a better chance than Craig, because he is still learning. He could find something that will help him.

I hate k's with a man on 3rd with less than 2 out or a man on 2nd and no one out. Shorten up and put the ball in freakin play. It's part of the strategy of the game for goodness sakes. It drives me crazy, and it does matter, especially in the post steroid age. Scoring is down. There aren't many 40 HR guys like there were before. 25 HR guys who swing for the fences all the time and strike out 140 times annoy me.

Me too. Craig looked like he had been stuck blind last season. I don't know if hitters recover from a season like that.

Fair enough. Your feelings about him have been made clear, and I will not give you any guff when you do, because I have no affinity for FO personnel ever.

What is the anectdotal evidence? Isn't what you are calling anectodal evidence also rumor/opinion and not fact. Also, based on your postings at TS you have professed a dislike/bias against LL.

LOL! But that will slow up his Home Run trot, thus lengthening games.

It's just silly to lay it all at Lucchino's doorstep. People are desperate to find a fallguy so they can absolve the rest. The fish rots from the head.

I like that he speaks out. I find rehearsed Politically Correct answers to be interminably boring. I have no interest in reading or hearing interviews where the player repeats old cliches and essentially says nothing about what they really think. Papi is always authentic.

Yes, I am counting the days to Fort Myers.

I'm away on business, In the middle of the second martini, things become clear. Our staff is a collection of medicrity and "ifs". It is a long shot that this turns out well. That slim chance rests in the narrow shoulders of Buch. Without a big year from him, third place at best.

I don't have a source, but a friend of mine said that heard that Moncado is MLB ready. Has anyone read or heard this?

Speier makes it sound like the Red Sox made the purchase at some sort of "going out of business" sale.

I can't disagree with this. I hope that XB improves enough so that the bottom 3 is substantially better than Caditillo, Vasquez, Marrerro.

I don't want to put words in your mouth, but quite possiby they will remain in Pawtucket after a couple of years of dealing with every crooked politician and pain in the ass special interest group.

I was enjuoying this development until this. ^

You don't think he that could at least be as good of a lineup black hole as XB was last year?

We do have Marrerro waiting in the wings at SS. He is a plus fielding SS.

With the $30 million penalty, the bonus turns out to be $60 million. I don't know if - would call that a steal fo a 19 year old. Even if he is the real deal, that is pretty sizeable.

Interesting. I wonder where he will start off in our system, and how many years he is away from the majors.

Weren't we debating what FO's should do? Not what fans think.

They have done it so successfully that it has become conventional wisdom in many ways.

I think we would all sign up for that.

I think my Dad had a fair bit of knowledge regarding metallurgy. For several years he worked for a business that did electroplating.

And when I see real scientists debating the issue, I will listen. My daughter is a scientist too and so is my niece. Unfortunately, science is not as pure as it should be. Outcomes are not always the result of pure methods because scientists have to eat too. Sometimes the person or entity cutting the check has an agenda. Until now, I have not seen real scientists debating the topic with hard evidence. All of the the dire projections are based on models, and the reliability of models can be debated in the scientific community. All of the public discussion that I see and hear comes from politicians or people with business interests. They don't persuade me as they are professional manipulators and propagandists. That doesn't make me a denier. Not trusting politicians just means that I am not a fool. What year did Al Gore start predicting that the oceans would be dead in 10 years? That was 20+ years ago. It reminds me of the old comedians joke about a doctor giving his patient 6 months to live. The patient didn't have the money to pay the doctor's bill so the doctor gave him another 6 months.