iortiz
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Exactly. This BP would be like the Incredible Hulk, almost indestructible.
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Nobody said that, but could heal several direct and collateral damages
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Plus he is talking about a decline. Last year he posted 38 SV/90% SV% in 70 IP with a 2.44 ERA. This year he has 14 SV and 1.95 ERA through 27 IP. He seems very athletic and unless he is hit by a truck or something, he'll be fine. Plus he has said several times that he has become a better pitcher since arrived to Philly. He has developed his repertory and doesn't depend only in his fastball which still moves a lot and explodes topping 95. If he comes back, this team will be a serious contender.
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I could make the same assessment for Mo by cherry picking his bad moments and that wouldn't mean that NY made wrong giving him that money. Don't fool yourself my friend, Pap's departure was a mistake and is taxing us in so many different ways. That's a fact.
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Sometimes you will play 500 and sometimes 500. That's not the point at all. Point is that you have to go day to day and always aware in which position you are on regardless the month and adjust if something's wrong instead of saying, "don't worry, it's April" or react until September when could be late like happened to us ln recent years. A solid 2011 start could give us the POs. A solid 2012 start could have chenged the perspective, who knows. Accomplish short objectives drives you to make the big ones, so April is as important as September even in the standings; remember, in the end the sum of the W/L columns of each month gives you the final result.
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If the option is open, we should at least explore it, mostly considering that this year we could have good chances to splash after 5 years of failures.
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Agree. I remember in recent years when we had weak starts and everybody said, don't worry, it is April. Don't worry, it is May. Don't worry, it is June, etc. and when September arrived we were eliminated already. A Win count the same in April and September. You always have to worry about the standings. Look at Toronto, seems like they will bounce back
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The other day Ted posted a very interesting article about the money expended in closers and the collateral damages that this team had to deal with since Pap left. It's crazy how his departure has damaged this team, not only in money but in other situations.
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Not sure if this is regarding Pap. But if so, Pap wouldn't be the cause of a debacle SFF or turned this team like the Dodgers or the LAA, and you now it. Just the opposite. On the other hand I have never said that the Tazawa/Koji or whatever experiment won't work it out. Never.
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When Papelbon walked I thought that Bard was the natural replacement too, although at the time I thought that he wasn't ready for the role, but you didn't have another option. Instead they made him SP and the rest is history. Yes Station, this is on them.
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Thing is that all your boys are unproven closers. Notice that I'm not saying that those experiments won't work it out. Point is that you already had the solution. Now, you have a year and a half without results. Hopefully this time work it out for us.
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At this point this matter has turned like the Curse of the Bambino
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That's not my point at all. My point is that all those experiments/acquisitions/trades haven't worked out. You had the solution and let it walk.
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You arguably had the best duo in the last two innings in the majors already. Bard-Papelbon. The first, his career was screwed. The second was released. Whata brilliant move. Now we have a mess in that regard.
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The only thing you had to do was lock out Papelbon. Plain and Simple. Anyways, it is in the past.
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This experiment better work it out. If he shits the bed, will you keep experiment with unproven closers like Koji and Miller? Or would you go and explore other options in the market?
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Let me see, since 2011, what you got? Jenks Aceves Melancon Bailey Hanrahan Plus other inside experiments. A lot attempts -- regardless the money, prospects and mostly Ls they taxed us --, and Zero results in a year and half. Zero. ... And now they about to try with another unproven closer. Is this a magical spot? Naaaahhh but very few can succeed in that role and mostly in environments like Boston. You had the cream of the cream and let him walk. Just like that. Nothing new here, Good things in life cost. You had a gem and wanted to pay like if it was a fake pearl. Some people will never understand this. Anyways, hopefully this new experiment works out.
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Well, I used to root for the Super Sonics when the velocy raptor Shawn Kemp played there and faced Jordan in the finals in a very exciting series. I grew up watching Jordan, Bird, Magic, Barkley, Thomas, Olahuwon, Pippen, Stockton, Malone, Robinson, etc. Honestly since then I lost interest in basketball because the league is not the same IMO. I watched a couple of games of this series and at least was entertaining mostly the 6th game. These days I root the Boston Celtics but I do not follow them that much.
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Was a nice series.
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Not sure whether Valverde is still closing in Detroit or not. He has sucked too this year.
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Fortunately, some like me dropped his ass so many weeks ago
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An ESPN alert in my cell phone popped up saying that Farrell removed Bailey from the closer role. Thanks God we won't see this bum closing in this team again, at least in the short/mid term.
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5? I hadn't noticed. I wouldn't discard them yet. A half-season has to be played.
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Well at least the Yankees lost tonight too and O's didn't play.
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At least I won in my parlay bet, I bet on Red Sox PLB -180 +1.5, thanks God I was covered with a 1.5 R considering this kind of contingencies
