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  1. SoxSport
    For all you dopes out there who don't read posts and are quick with inane criticism. :harhar:
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    On the subject of no-hitters, the saber types say once a batter hits a ball, there is no predicting where it will go. That means unless a pitcher strikes out 27 guys, he's got to be damn lucky to pitch a no-hitter since every hitter has hit the ball at a fielder--unless he has struck out. Think about it. It's like rolling dice. You got to be lucky to pitch a no hitter. Remember that perfect game Larsen pitched in the World Series? And, was it Halladay, later on? That's the ultimate luck. No walks, in addition to no balls hit at fielders, is some accomplishment--considering the subjective aspect of calling strikes. The laws of probability say these things will happen--but not very often.
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    Joe Teshi's. That's the place to go in the North End.
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    Could be they are just biding their time to sort out the options--figuring what's the cheapest option. They must have known they would go over the cap when they offered Ortiz arbitration.
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    I think you're right. But the cheap depth always seems to be the hard part for the FO. Plus a sprinkling of bad FA signings. Melancon was a good start. I think Edwin Jackson on the cheap would be good, too. Or Gio G. for the farm. And Andruw Jones. Jones is a nice platoon option for RF and DH if needed.
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    Chris Young doesn't strike me as a guy the FO would be interested in. But then CC didn't look that way, either. The hotter rumor would be Andruw Jones--who can hit LHP and play RF. Also some insurance protection for Ortiz. The Yankees probably have first dibs on him, but they have to get DH at bats for Montero. Pitching-wise, the safer bet for them is to add a starter. With Bard and Melancon, they are in better shape closing than starting. Bard is a bigger questionmark as a starter.Oswalt will want >$10 mil for one year, and that's pricey for a guy in decline. Gio might be worth blowing the farm system for, since he's protected. Edwin Jackson should be considered. Or perhaps a trade for another #4 starter. I mean somebody decent--not the crap they threw out there last year to replace Buchholz.
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    I think Oswalt is in decline, and I would steer away from him. You'd be paying for past accomplishments. I would look to the younger pitchers. The question is whether they get another starter or a closer. They can go either way. Gio G has upside, but he's coming out of a pitchers park, and his WHIP is so-so, 1.3x. Plus they don't seem to be willing to give up Middlebrook. Bard can probably be a good #4 starter, so they can get a closer if he starts. Maybe a Cordero. Bailey has arm issues, so you don't want to give up too much for him. It's a tough call, and even tougher with Ortiz holding them hostage on how much they can spend without exceeding the cap. They fumbled the ball there.
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    I feel your pain. Honest I do. The Tex thing was piss-poor, the way Henry went down there thinking there was a deal. Boras is a shark, and you have to be a shark to deal with him. He is a power player who even has his own finishing school for his clients. Can't trust him. As for Damon, the Sox made a deliberate decision not to sign him. They knew they could get Crisp, and Damon wouldn't last in CF beyond 2 years, and they didn't want him for LF or DH. He had much better value on the Yankees. They played him in CF a year or so, then shifted him to LF--and finally DH. They got more production out of him with their short RF porch. So it was a good sign for NY--even though they overpaid for him. What the Sox missed on Damon was his competitiveness and clubhouse chemistry. They undervalued that. And they still undervalue these intangibles that don't show up on stat sheets. That's the weakness of having a stats-obsessed FO. And that's why they've sucked the last two years--in part. The other part is bad pitching--and bad handling of pitching.
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    The Red Sox have been moved out of the Yankee division to the National League with the new realignment. As a result, they've announced they are cutting their budget and ticket prices 25%. Note how this doesn't cost them anything--since they don't have any money to spend--as per Henry. And Santa, contrary to folklore, does not come free.
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    There are exceptions to every rule. The extension ARod just got from the Yankees is even worse. And Steinbrenner was doing it when Hicks was in school.
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    I think Nick has an in with Lucchino. Abraham is a former Yankee beat writer. I don't know if the writers know any more baseball than the well-informed fan, but they do have access to more inside information. Cafardo has been on the money recently.
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    The Red Sox have a history of dealing with Boras, even if he is an SOB. He and Steinbrenner are the two most responsible for salary inflation since the advent of free agency. The bar has always been set by Boras and Steinbrenner signings. How the biggest market, NY, got to set the bar for every other team is a question MLB has never answered. The team that won't deal with Boras is the Phillies. He is hated in Philly after steering Drew away from the Phillies to the Cardinals in the draft. It has gone unsaid in the media, but that's why the Phillies owners reneged on the Madson deal approved by their GM--who wasn't around for the Drew situation. But the owners were. And Madson made the mistake of being a Boras client--which was a ticket out of Philly. The Red Sox will deal with Boras--they are one of his good customers. Ellsbury has to show last year was not a fluke, however. As Braun recently showed, you never know what is going on in baseball. It's still the wild, wild west.
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    The kid came up with a splash last year--hitting 2 HRs and looking surprisingly good behind the plate. Then Tito foolishly batted him cleanup the next game. A sign of how badly the Sox needed a RHd power hitter--with Youks out. Sometimes these kids surprise when they hit the majors--they raise their intensity level. I'd like to see the Sox give their prospects more of a shot--sooner. Kalish, for example, should have been playing RF last year, but he was blocked by two over-the-hill guys, and you know what happened to him in Pawtucket. You need a blend of the old and the new to be successful. Look at Motte and Freese on the Cardinals. They may have done well unloading Pujols. The Red Sox have lost some of that, focussing on older expensive players.
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    Ha. Hey, it's Miami. Big City. Lots of intrigue and political payoffs, if you read the story. I owned in Miami Beach, and I can tell you it's a depression down there. Foreclosures. Property values are down to nothing. City cutting expenses, etc. What is happening with the Marlins, and also the NBA's Heat, doesn't make a lot of sense for such a depressed area. I guess there must still be money down there. The other thing is the big TV revenues. That's what keeps these sports alive and thriving. South Florida is one of the biggest TV markets--with NY and LA.
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    Their .500 record with Salty catching last year is disturbing.
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    The Cardinals have some Pujols money to spend. Let them spend it on Beltran, while the Sox spend on pitching. It was either Ortiz or Beltran. That's been settled.
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    Papi takes a pay cut for the team--so they can sign another starter or closer without going over the cap.
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    And the Sox will see all of those lefthanders--at every opportunity.
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