mvp 78

Pablo sucks.

Dewey had his renaissance under Hriniak.

At first blush, I'd say Mookie is in the 2nd list, only because that Grady Sizemore comp really stands out to me. Grady was a beast before his injuries.

DFA Chris Young

How often has he been on the bench when a LHP has started?

goat

He was great 84-86. He dropped off really quick though after he fractured his cheekbone in the 86 offseason and he was never really the same again.

And if you never attempt it, or at least it's very rare, opponents will get an advantage by not worrying about the runner at 1st.

Rich Gedman!

Also, Neverett and Castiglione split play by play on a per inning basis. My guess is that Clemens will just be doing color.

At least it's just for the radio broadcast.

Too bad he can't play the field.

So after putting someone on ignore yesterday, he has to still talk about it today? Let's just move on is all I'm saying. s*** shows are more entertaining in the offseason when nothing else is going on.

If you were fine with it, you wouldn't be telling all of us how you have to put him on ignore. Just put him on ignore and stop talking about it.

That post is 10 months old. Please stop reposting and just get over it.

2013 was just a fluky random occurrence! It had nothing to do with Napoli playing out of his mind in April while Ortiz was injured. It had nothing to do with Buchholz pitching unbelievably for half a season. It had nothing to do with Koji being absolutely dominant for the whole season. It had nothing to do with Victorino playing the best RF since Dewey. It had nothing to do with a resurgent season from Lackey. It had nothing to do with Lester being the ace of the staff. The first few games of the WS seemed to expose Farrell as being slow to react. A few of the games really got away from him. At the end of the day though, they won and he earned all the accolades deserving of it. It was an older team that was unsustainable in the long run. They dumped Lester and Lackey in 2014 and I can't blame Farrell for that year. 2015 was a really young team with no staff ace. I'm not sure I can entirely blame Farrell for that either. To me, 2016 is a bigger indication of how good of a manager Farrell is. If they miss the postseason this year, he should be fired.

Maybe. The best way for a manager to develop is for them to go to a new team (Francona, Torre, Showalter, etc.). It's the same advice I give a lot of accountants. The way to grow is to keep moving and keep learning. If you stick around where you are comfortable, you're more likely to just be comfortable in your bubble. Moving on and getting new experiences is a great way to gain experience.

Managers don't matter unless they are really good or bad? So managers matter then?

The ignore feature is great when you need a break from someone. However, touting that you are using it on someone is just douchey.

Sawft

But high school kids are telling me he's a cancer!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nealbl01.shtml I prefer this Blaine.

Not a problem. It's a question that comes up a lot around here and I figured a quick search would help you out!

http://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/17521-Hawaii-to-Boston!!!-First-Time-at-Fenway!!!?highlight=visiting http://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/17180-1st-Fenway-Park-experience-Opening-day?highlight=visiting http://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/16790-First-time-coming-to-Fenway-looking-for-some-advice!!?highlight=visiting http://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/15208-First-timer-Boston-Fenway-advice?highlight=visiting That last one has all the feels...

Bigly.