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I hope Big Dick Rick shows up tonight.

I agree that it is unlikely. It's a shame really. However, recently Farrell said that Mererro had altered his approach for MLB and that sometimes players can do that and have better success in MLB than in the minors. I think that Farrell was just putting a wishful thinking spin on his 3rd base plight. In the same interview he seemed to dis the other three guys who have failed there this year. I found that weird.

That is an excellent question and idea. His arm is WAY off this year.

Itoadaso. Now all he has to do is put up a .300-.330 OBP and he has the job.

Post of the day.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!1!11!!

Ainge is a smart cookie. Now trade the pick.

JBJ sucks. lol

I agree. Also, I don't like Harper because he is a snotty little pampered punk. Trout is always the best player.

I bet you remember me receiving a lot of s*** for calling Drew Nancy.

lol. Same here.

Marcus!!!!!

I used be really good at Slap Jack and Fish. Lot of good that did me!!!

lol Hence my old tittle as the nicest person on the internet and The Saint of Talksox. Hahahahahahahahahaha!11!11!

Yup.

Has anyone ever stated that AB is a finished product? Certainly not me. His instincts in the OF have a way to go. His arm is not as bad as say, Ellsbury or Crisp. He has more strength than those two, I believe. He has come a long way in playing balls off the wall in Fenway. And his throws to second in those situations have improved as well. Of course you can not tell that by gluing your eyes to Baseball Reference or Google searches. We were talking about his bat. His bat is why he blew through College and MiLb ball. His bat is special. Even old gray haired f***s like myself can see that.

Bob Gibson was death. That is all.

In 1966 my parents moved us from Louisville, Ky to Newton, Ma so my Dad could teach Biology at Boston College. I was 10 and had never touched a baseball! My first glove, ball, and bat were Al Kaline models. 1967 was a magical year. Games were on TV 38. I would sit in the basement watching fuzzy images on an old GE black and white TV fitted with a UHF converter. I became hooked. Yaz was my favorite player followed closely by the best 1st baseman evah the Boomer, George Scott. I was a huge Harman Killebrew fan for some reason. My first game at Fenway was 1968, I believe. After that I would do chores to get enough money to go to as many games as possible. Usually as much as 30-40 games each year until I was 16 or so. Going to games alone was no big deal for me even though I was yet to eclipse 5 feet. In fact, my small size helped me get 1/2 fare on the trolley from Newton Corner to Kenmore Square. Bleacher seats were $1.00 and after the 3rd inning they would open the gate to right field and charge $.75 to gain access to any unoccupied seat in the park. My favorite experiences at Fenway were smoking cigars with the Baltimore bullpen when I was 13 and 14, having my hair catch on fire while lighting a pipe behind home plate in a season opener with Cleveland, and seeing Vida Blue face Sonny Siebert in a long rain delay game. Of course talking with Rogelio Moret with Carlton Fisk translating was cool too.

Hey don't take what Youk said personally. He has a lot of things going on and has little time to police this place. He is a really cool guy and fair as f***. Keep posting. I love reading your stuff.

We have at least one other Soccer thread here. I find most soccer boring as f***. Odd, since I love baseball!!! You have the best avatar on the interwebs.

Did you count the fact that AB was playing college ball and exposed to good coaching much earlier? And of course there are exceptions. AB is one of them.

lulz

With all due respect to Carter ( I like that guy ) the SL fans are obnoxious twits that think their s*** does not stink. I have a history at Redbirds.com and it is not pretty. f*** the cards and their s*** for brains fans. They can all go choke on gooey butter.

That is probably true.

Wall is one of the best players in the league. But the Celtics prevailed to face Cleveland in the Conference Finals. If Cleveland brings their A Game it's over in 4. Otherwise I see the Celts stealing a game. Next year may be different depending on what Danny does in the off-season.