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  1. Northern Star
    All in favor of Thunder no longer posting lineups?
  2. Northern Star
    That's not limited to Boston.
  3. Northern Star
    Is this a calculus thing? Thunder? A little help here?
  4. Northern Star
    To my knowledge, and I am not going back trawling through pages of posts, all I have said is Miley is ordinary, spent his career to date in the pitcher-friendlier NL, is traded for and IMMEDIATELY signed to an extention when there was NO NEED to do so. You are coming up with this flimsy "well the more they pitch the more expensive" argument which is ridiculous to counter an argument that the Sox should wait 12-15 starts, see how the guy is doing facing another legit bat in the lineup every night. You yourself mention the financial might that the Red Sox boast - yet advocate for them pinching pennies by paying less up front. Now who's talking out of both sides of their mouth? There is no player out there outside the reach of the SOx, pretty much. What is driving their behavior is not players get more expensive, but that they don't want to go beyond four years period. Which isn't a bad idea at all, but it means they will miss out on some top FAs. Meanwhile, you can't name a single reason against waiting half a year on Miley. Your argument won't wash.
  5. Northern Star
    No, I'm saying waiting half a season would not increase his value to exorbitant levels. Look around the league - do you see any other teams regularly trading for middle of the rotation guys and immediately locking them up for a few years as a hedge that they MIGHT improve and increase in value? No, because it's a ridiculous and somewhat dangerous concept. By your logic every player should immediately be extended at least three years at team-friendly terms, just on the off chance. Ridiculous. Also, I think you just like arguing and stirring s*** by sticking to ridiculous points. It's called trolling.
  6. Northern Star
    What kind of speed have you got on your heater?
  7. Northern Star
    Have you always been this annoying or is it a new development?
  8. Northern Star
    http://www.viewfromtheblueridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Remain-Calm.gif
  9. Northern Star
    Not to mention Wade Mileys are a dime a dozen. If he did pitch well enough to be unaffordable - highly dubious for a team with the Sox's deep pockets - you just let him walk and plug in another guy.
  10. Northern Star
    What are you talking about? Ben didn't even give him one start before extending him! I'm the one advocating for even half a year. So every team should immediately extend a guy for 3-4 years before he's thrown a pitch? Is that what you're advocating? Switching leagues DOES have an impact for some lesser pitchers who boosted their stats striking out the pitcher twice every game. How more expensive do you suppose Miley would be in the middle of this year? You seriously think he would become ace material? You're dreaming.
  11. Northern Star
    So far they've DFA'd Varvaro and Mujica and fired the pitching coach. Not sure if any of those moves address the problems with the pitching, since it's the starters that are more of a problem than a taxed bullpen pitching poorly. Nieves couldn't get anything out of Bucholz and Masterson - can anyone else? Can someone else get Miley to keep the ball down and not fall apart if he loses his tempo?
  12. Northern Star
    I nominate Kimmi for next pitching coach.
  13. Northern Star
    I know Miley's deal isn't much money all things considered, but my God, Ben, what's the rush? The dude was middle of the pack facing a pitcher every night, at least give him half a season of facing the DH before extending him.
  14. Northern Star
    Masterson and Miley are questionable acquisitions, and turning a Lester rental into Porcello doesn't particularly impress me. I felt at the time that decimating the rotation last year was somewhat rash, especially when he left arguably the worst piece of it, Blowholz, on the roster. I have yet to hear of another team blowing up their rotation in one season to the extent that Ben did.
  15. Northern Star
    Pal mojo sucks.
  16. Northern Star
    Yankees lost, at least.
  17. Northern Star
    Time for Nava to leave the organization.
  18. Northern Star
    Well, that's that.
  19. Northern Star
    f***. Needed to come away with the lead.
  20. Northern Star
    Wasn't talking about Porcello. I was talking about the pitchers that Kimmi mentioned.
  21. Northern Star
    Jepsen is Red Sox Player of the Game.
  22. Northern Star
    I seriously do not watch tv - get my movies and shows from Netflix, no ads, no ********.
  23. Northern Star
    Wow, strike 3 and 4. Thanks, ump.
  24. Northern Star
    #MookieMadness
  25. Northern Star
    I was waiting in the dentist's office once and there was some monstrosity on the tv called The Talk - some cut-rate version of The View. The absolute banality of the hosts' babbling was sickening.
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