Red Foreman

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stba2.shtml AL New York [vs St. Louis] 15 09-28-1911 NL New York [vs Pittsburgh] 17 05-23-1890

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It's rumored that Scutaro is a great defensive SS.

You know what is embarrassing Joe? Umpires that look like this: http://blog.nj.com/mets_main/2008/08/large_metsbucs.jpg

He didn't hide his thumb injury. http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2009/12/21/lowell-clarifies-thumb-situation/ “I was in constant and open communication about my thumb situation from the moment it happened to every week after,” he said, pointing to a foul ball against Cleveland starter Jeremy Sowers as the cause for what is now diagnosed as a strain of the radial collateral ligament in his right thumb. Lowell said that he was asked by the Red Sox to take an MRI on Dec. 7 after being put in a splint at the suggestion of Red Sox trainer Mike Reinold, who had visited Lowell in Miami on Nov. 25. “I’ve had very open and honest communication with the training and medical staff,” Lowell added. “The day this thing happened it was X-rayed and I told them about the pain, which was Oct. 2. That’s why I didn’t play the other two games [in the regular season]. We taped it up in a way that we thought would help me in the postseason. They thought it might be a strain or a bone bruise. I don’t want to lay blame on anybody because in ‘07 my other thumb got hurt and they thought it was a strain as well and it ended up being that way and everything settled down nice and easy. “I was in constant contact with the training staff and I told them at the two-week [mark] I didn’t feel a difference with my thumb and at the four-week mark it was the same thing and then at the seven-week mark Mike Reinold flew down to Miami to check it out and that’s when they decided to put me in the splint and keep it immobilized for a month. That’s when the thinking was that it might be something more than it was originally thought to be. The first day of the winter meetings was when I was ordered to get an MRI.

Agreed.

I'm with you, I just get the disdain.

"Another championship for the best franchise in the history of organized sports." You might want to change that sig. Maybe Men's sports? I don't know, word it however you want but a team that has 27 championships since 1947 trumps the Yankees: http://brakettes.com/history/ "Recognized as the greatest organized women’s sports franchise of all time, the Brakettes’ 27 National Championships are unparalleled, and only approached by Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees’ 26 World Series victories. The Raybestos Brakettes won eight straight titles from 1971 through 1978, a mark comparable to the Boston Celtics’ domination in the 1960's or UCLA basketball from 1964-73."* *This info needs to add one for the Yankees but the point stands.

So how do you know they will fail? How do you know he will succeed? Past performance says different.

Nomar, followed closely by Manny. Favorite current player Pedroia, followed closely by Papi and Drew.

Throwing a knuckle ball is one thing, can she get to a bunt and gun a runner out? I think her defense has to be considered too.

Beltran is said to be next on the list.

You are basing this whole argument on one year of Matsui being better. If Papi returns to anywhere near his former self in 2010 you'll need to away your Matsui comparison and if he puts up the line mentioned above he is worth MUCH more than a guy with no knees.

Iglesias and Lowrie? I didn't realize our catching depth was THAT bad.

Welcome aboard, thanks for the insight! Don't be surprised if Jackson boils a rabbit in your kitchen, he seems to have a bit of a man-crush on you.

No.

You might get a kick out of this, I run one of these at work and e-mailed the company that I'd be around and to let me know if they wanted in. A new hire e-mailed me right back stating he loved these pools and wanted four squares. When I brought him the sheet he suggested it was a scam and said he wouldn't be buying any squares until the numbers were picked.

I don't think Drew is a question mark, unless you are expecting a 162 game season out of him he shouldn't be a question mark if he does play 162, it is a good thing. I agree about Cameron's age but he'd have to fall a cliff to be considered a question mark. His past three years suggest no drop off so far and as you say yourself, you expect him to put up close to his numbers so why question him? *puncuation correction

Heard Terry on XM MLB, Papi is down 15 pounds, maybe he'll get some added bat speed combined with a heathier wrist to make better contact and widen his zone a bit. Even if he suffers some power loss from the second half of '09 he could still manage similar HR totals with a considerably higher average.

Cite please.

Not a bad post but really, on what planet do you think Gonzalez can ask $20M before he's dealt?

I like this one also.

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