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  1. Dojji
    I think I'll stick to the somewhat more conventional FB-LD-GB ratio
  2. Dojji
    I'd say its only rteal practical use is as an indicator that a guy who's struggling is still hitting the ball with enough authority that the hits will eventually come.
  3. Dojji
    Ahh. Missed that in his wall o'text.
  4. Dojji
    Cervelli's a pretty good catcher. Not sure what you post has to do with the post you're responding to.
  5. Dojji
    Jonathan papelbon, 12 saves. 2.89 ERA. He's clearly lost some of his putaway power but he's just as clearly improved his command and control to make up for it. You know, like a really good pitcher figures out how to do as he starts heading down the back 9
  6. Dojji
    Daniel bard was falling apart before they ever tried him in the rotation -- did you see his numbers in August and September of 2011? There's a reason the team couoldn't hold a lead that September if their life depended on it, and Bard was a big part of that. my personal opinion is that they tried Bard in the rotation because they suspected he was already cooked and they had nothing to lose. Although Bard does spring to mind -- as a reason why you trade power relivers if you think the stock is high enough to fetch a return. These guys come and go like mayflies. Never, ever, ever fall in love with a relief prospect. Nearly all the great closers that really endured the test of time were starters in the minors
  7. Dojji
    OK let me clarify: It's better than any version of buchholz we're ever seeing again.
  8. Dojji
    But at least he has had that one flash of brilliance. If I have to have one of the two guys vying with Matt Clement for worst Red Sox starter in recent memory to stay in the bottom of the rotation, I'll take the guy that shows the most sign of improving. Right now that guy is not Clay Buchholz. For the record -- Clement got 12 games, Buchholz? Got 10 games. The hook is pretty consistent here. If a guy is providing nothing by the 1/3 waypoint, a team's got to seriously explore its options. I still think Kelly's going to finish the year somewhere other than in our rotation as well, I really do still feel that a trade for Ervin Santana or someone like him will eventually happen. Our top 3 isn't bad, and anyway we're not getting that TOTR guy that people lust after because the budget in talent and salary won't allow it, but we do really need one more durable mid rotation guy to protect against injury.
  9. Dojji
    Yes was actually part of the trade that brought Curt Schilling to Boston unless I misremember. And Jorge de la Rosa has had a decent if unimpressive career as an inconsistent but roughly average lefthanded starter. Pretty mich rich Hill's Mexican clone. ERA+ of 98 over 12 seasonsis a reasonable#4 guy. Heck that's better than Buchholz. If the Rockies waive him, and the team thinks they can fix him, he might be on the list as a depth guy to put in the minors and see if he can get his mojo back (not like he hasn't done it before after a horrible season)
  10. Dojji
    Nope. It's already been made clear that our favorite former adventurer is going to be replacing Buchholz in the rotation. Kelly's not good but he's not a disaster as a 5th starter and he still does have that tantalizing upside. Meanwhile, Buchholz has pitched his way out of the rotation. This is not an arbitrary decision, it's something Clay Buchholz has thoroughly earned as a result of his own performance, and they gave him about 1/3 of a season's worth of rope which if anything is very generous.
  11. Dojji
    So 1/3 of the season has gone by, we're getting into the warmer weather, and Steven Wright is somehow still our best SP. If you look at the guy on paper, not only do most of his numbers look very impressive, but at lot of them look like normal healthy progression -- HR/9 is an obvious fluke, but he's basically just striking out a few more guys than he did last year. Anyone starting to feel like Wright may just finish the season more or less like this, finish with an ERA in the low 3's and help carry the team into the playoffs? We're running out of SSS excuse with the guy.
  12. Dojji
    What are the chances that Buchholz would clear waivers?
  13. Dojji
    You murdered the hit streak!
  14. Dojji
    El Presidente been mentioned yet?
  15. Dojji
    Yastrzemski, Mientkiewicz, Saltalamacchia, now Stankiewicz.
  16. Dojji
    Even tougher when you knoiw fans are going to shorten it to Stanky.
  17. Dojji
    In kind to responses you knew, or should have known, your post would generate. Let's be accurate
  18. Dojji
    you are not helping.
  19. Dojji
    Exactly what reaction would you expect someone making that point to receive? I've noticed that TBSF isn't quite a troll, but definitely a bit of a provocateur. Not that there's a real problem with that but when you see the post in context the resulting response was so obvious that you almost have to point out that TBSF had to have seen it coming.
  20. Dojji
    I keep making that mistake, and I'm going to keep making that mistake because that ALCS felt more like a World Series atmosphere than any World Series game I've ever watched.
  21. Dojji
    He was, just as Torre was for you. doesn't mean he won't get nicknamed.
  22. Dojji
    OP talks about Boggs coming in with a World Series ring on he won while playing for NYY and trying to provoke a reaction. This was a Red Sox-Yankees pissing contest from minute 1. That pretty much was the thread topic, "oh hey look, Boston legend had a Yankee ring on." I don't mind playing that game, it can be fun, and I'm pretty sure there's nothing against it in the forum rules -- but let's not even pretend that that wasn't the intention all along.
  23. Dojji
    Why? We all remember Tito Francoma. Disparaging managerial nicknames are a tradition in this part of the world, and I mean Boston and New York both
  24. Dojji
    It would have infuriated me. I never understood why Torre didn't bunt. This is the World Series. This is professional baseball at its very highest level. You do EVERYTHING you can to try and win. I mean I can understand why the middle of the order guys would swing away, but Jeter and Cairo absolutely should have bunted. At the very least it would have forced Mueller and Millar to play in to try to take pressure off Schilling, and open up the lines for some dinks and dunks.
  25. Dojji
    Good times, good times
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