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rice has the best chance in 2 years to get along with goose gossage. even if rice doesn't get in then i believe the veteran's committee will vote him in because they voted in similar players like cepeda and tony perez. as for mattingly i dont even think the veterans committee will vote him in

February 28, 2006 Injections for Foulke By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff Here's the scoop on Keith Foulke as we know it. The reason he's been held back in spring training is because he's been undergoing two weeks of "injections" to his knees. This was confirmed by both Sox GM Theo Epstein and Foulke's agent, Dan Horwitz. Neither would explain what was in the injections due to confidentiality issues, though Horwitz said they were not cortisone. Epstein said the injections were to promote healing of the knees. Foulke had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in July and on his right knee after last season. "He'll be held back while this process is going on, but once it's over he should be fine," Epstein said. Foulke threw off flat ground for about 10 minutes today and showed decent velocity. He was watched by a member of the Sox training staff the whole time. At the end of the session, Foulke was showing the trainer his push-off leg, and then went off into the trainer’s room while the rest of the pitchers and positional players worked out. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/

seattle or st. louis might also be options as well.

First batter, Koby Clemens. First pitch, gone. Homer. "That was just about the best fastball I threw all day," said Roger. "I didn't see it," said Roger. "I kinda stood there," said Koby, "and was afraid he thought I was showing him up." Next Koby Clemens at-bat? The 1-1 pitch buzzed him. The 2-2 pitched painted the outside corner. Sit. "This is nothing new," said the senior Clemens. "I knocked him down and drilled him in father-son games." "It's the expected," said Koby. "This is how I've been brought up."

no surprise here as the red sox are shopping graffanino http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=128353

i would rather have a better defense for our pitching staff than have soriano in the lineup. not a fan of soriano and never will be a fan of a player who has been overrated by many

and his career obp is .320 and he strikeouts a ton and plays shoddy defense. i would pass.

that is one instance. soriano has definitely taken steps back since 2001. he is a very overrated ballplayer and is likely going to get worse not better.

with starks gone and poole on the way out next cornerback or safety should be at the top of belichicks list in the draft and they will most likely use a first round pick to address those needs.

well lets see. never did tony ever hit .300 in a season. only once did he knock in 100 runs. he never won a gold glove. granted he never played as long as puckett but his injury was unfortunate. puckett already had much better stats by the time his eyesight went. they were near hall stats and had his eyesight not gone he was rewarded as a hall of famer since he would have attained the 3000 hits. puckett was a consistent player during his 12 seasons while guys like tony c and mattingly were not. they had bad years due to injury and hung around. had puckett hung around for say 3-4 seasons more and his stats took a significant dip the writers would have looked at him much differently.

griffey is a lock for the hall of fame. he has 500 homers already. its not even a question

poole is a definite goner since he has barely played in the past 2 seasons

both......what he had already done which was a .318 lifetime average and over 2300 hits plus what he would have accomplished in the next 3-4 had he not had an eye injury(3000 hits).

had puckett had his last 4-5 seasons like mattingly had he would not have been in the hall of fame. when he left the game because of his eye problem he was still consistently hitting over .300 each season. mattingly after 1989 had 1 season of .300 plus and that was in the strike shortened season when he hit .304. puckett only needed about 3-4 seasons more to reach 3000 hits if not for his eye problem while when mattingly's back was hurting after the 1989 season he only totaled 1300 hits. had he retired after that he wouldn't even be close to the hall. puckett was closer to the hall when he retired because of injury than mattingly was when frankly his injuries started after 1989.

i believe hall writers want someone with at least 10 seasons in the bigs and had he retired in 1989 that would not have been enough plus he still would not have had stats as good as other hall of fame first baseman. firstbase has and always will be considered a power position with the writers and that is why don mattingly never gets any consideration.

probably at duke snider but what puckett did over a shortened career cannot be taken away from him. say he never went blind and played 4-5 more years. he gets to 3000 hits easily. the hall looks at that and probably put him in for his great play over 12 seasons. .318 lifetime hitter with 2304 hits, 6 gold gloves. they put him in the hall because his career was cut short by his eyesight while don mattingly's last 6 seasons were not impressive at all.

i am saying writers look at first base as a traditional power position while they do not look at centerfield as a traditional position of power.

sugar shane really beat his eye up badly. vargas should have been like rocky and asked his manager to cut him so he could see

the writers look at different positions differently.....he probably should not be in but he is in. mattingly will not get consideration because his position is a power position. foxx mcguire gehrig Killebrew Murray mattingly should never be compared with these players if he were to ever get in. but he will not so its a non-issue

nice saw them play once when they traveled east to play quinnipiac

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks? thats NAU right

BC will likely get higher than a 7 seed.

BC can also beat any of those teams as well on a given night. they already beat both North Carolina and NC State on the road(NC state did blow them out at Conte). they gave the maryland game away. they lost to virginia but on a neutral floor BC would beat them and they played Duke until the end. BC can play with any of those teams in the ACC. they probably won't win the ACC but i don't think they are a first round exit from the ACC tourney either. im not guaranteeing they are an elite 8 team but they are very capable of reaching both the sweet 16 and elite 8.

the 2004 red sox had no chemistry or identity until the end of july and then made the trade and won the series. its never too late unless its september and they are too far out

chemistry happens throughout the year. if the team wins it is a non issue. the team has not even built its identity yet.