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  1. Spitball
    Eckersley has said he could no longer have worked through a line-up a second time at the time he was converted to relief. His last few years in Boston he had k/9 rates that where below 5 per 9 innings (Less than 4 one year). It went up a bit in the NL but went to 9 per 9 innings in his peak years with Oakland. Eck was through as a starter at the time he was converted to relief.
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    He hasn't really had it since the Homerun Derby. The same thing happened to Bobby Abreu a few years ago.
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    If Scott Rolen goes down while Cincinnati is contending, I could see the Reds swinging a deal for Youkilis. Rolen is in his last year and the Reds seem serious about making the playoffs through the weak NL Central or through a wild card. I just don't think Youkilis brings back much unless he starts hitting like he did a couple of years ago...and then the Sox should hold onto him.
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    He is a Scott Boras client who got priced out of a job. It seems to happen every year. Left handers OPSed only .574 against him last year but righties pounded him for over .900. He could have a role in someone's pen as a lefty specialist...at the right price.
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    It sounds lke a temporary move, but I would prefer they move him there for at least the rest of this year. He is a good reliever and an okay starter. It is still very, very early, but there have to be some changes made.
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    Acquiring Byrd is not a move to reverse the slide but a much needed band aid to cover a wound. It is a good move. I have watched Byrd for several years and appreciate the guy's attitude and enthusiastic play. In April, the Sox are not going to get an inpact player from anyone else. Everyone else still has some kind of hope. Byrd is exactly the kind of player the Sox need to be looking for. He is struggling to so his cost is only a Bowden but can play center field and should be an improvement over what the Sox have to run out there. In fact, I was at a Rangers versus Yankee game a few years ago, and he hit a walk off homer to beat the dog-ass-Yankees. It was sooo sweet because there were so many obnoxious Yankee fans sitting in our section.
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    I direct a great deal of blame at Epstein. This team has deeper problems than just the wrong manager, a rotation with an ERA over 5.00, and a pathetic bullpen. Because of poor signings by Theo, the Sox are handcuffed by the money wasted on Lackey, Crawford, Matzusaka, et al.
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    Valentine becomes the figurehead of the problem. It runs way, way deeper than that, but having Valentine take the blame is good. It would be problem if the fan-wide blame were directed at Lester, Youkilis, Aceves, or any of the under performing players. I'd give Valentine another two weeks and then bring in someone with a different approach.
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    This is a link on the Sports Illustrated site:
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    Note I said the Boston package would be headed by Salty and Youkilis. They would have to include minor league prospects which Epstein and Hoyer would probably love to have in a system building for the future.
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    Has this from the Chicago Sun Times been posted? I was hoping for Marlon Byrd as part of the compensation package.
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    Those of us old enough to remember the 1978 collapse witnessed absolutely horrible, terrible, stupid managing. By late July of '78, Don Zimmer had the Red Sox in first place by nearly 10 games over the Brewers and 14 over the Yankees...but he almost single-handedly blew it. He refused to rest veterans who ran out of gas going into the dog days of August. He over pitched Bill Campbell. He let an injured Butch Hobson rack up 45 errors at third base. He hated Bill Lee and did not use him properly. For similar reasons, he got rid of Bernie Carbo. And, he opted to start minor leaguer Bobby Sprowl in the final game of the Yankee series known as the Boston Massacre. Why Sprowl when Lee was available? A win to avoid that sweep would have meant sooo much for the team and us fans. Plus, Boston wouldn't have ended the season tied with the Yankees. Don Zimmer made a difference...a negative difference that still bugs the crap out of me.
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    He has played 133 innings at shortstop for the Red Sox since coming over from the Royals. He has made one scored error and two identified mental errors. That does not show evidence that "he does not make [sic] that are right in front of him." Sorry but it absolutely does not.
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    What are you basing this on? he has made one error at shortstop in his time with the Sox.
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    Where were you in Danvers? I'm originally from Topsfield and have missed many people by less than 18".
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    That is true, but they are not homegrown unless they are signed and developed within the system. You can buy green bananas and let them ripen at home, but they are still not homegrown. A player is not homegrown unless he is completely developed within the system.
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    It may be nit-picking, but Pedro was acquired in a trade with Montreal. Papi was released by the Twins before signing with the Sox. Varitek was acquired in a trade with the Mariners. Home grown talent would be players drafted or originally signed by the organization.
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    AL East - Yankees AL Central - Tigers AL West - Angels WC - Red Sox/Rangers (Rangers win playoff) NL East - Phillies NL Central - Cardinals NL West - Diamondbacks WC - Reds/Giants (Giants win playoff) Angels and Diamondbacks in WS Angels will be WS champions
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    Sweeeet! Love the Sox!
  23. Spitball
    Geesh! Three games might be too early for the panic button, but this team's relief pitching is crap. Time to swing a deal.
  24. Spitball
    I've tried aluminum foil on my UHF antenna but channel 38 just isn't coming in.
  25. Spitball
    Have I time warped back to the 1980s?
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