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  1. Bellhorn04
    Got it. Great book.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Have you read the Clockwork Orange book by Anthony Burgess?
  3. Bellhorn04
    Not his best. But overall I'm a huge fan of his stuff.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Calling a Kubrick movie cheesy? Sacrilege.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Sounds like something my girl would say too.
  6. Bellhorn04
    My first guess would be someone Ted spoke unkindly to. He was known to be rather contemptuous of the "knights of the keyboard".
  7. Bellhorn04
    But it's kind of an accidental honor. It's not like anyone can cast a vote for unanimous...
  8. Bellhorn04
    The unanimous thing is questionable but doesn't mean all that much IMHO. Some of the voters do dumb things.
  9. Bellhorn04
    BTW there is a crazy spread between Rivera's bWAR and his fWAR, 56 vs. 39. He's not the only one with a big spread like that. Rick Porcello is another one.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Seriously, that coach made himself an all-time joke with those statements.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Take a look at Rivera's postseason game log. He had a huge number of outings that were more than an inning. A pile of 2 inning outings. He was the farthest thing from a 9th inning only guy.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Closers might be overrated, but a good one is still nice to have. The leverage thing does matter, of course. One of the things that made Rivera great was that when needed he could give you the 8th AND the 9th.
  13. Bellhorn04
    That argument would be quite a rabbit hole. Of course we've climbed down those many times before.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, I think the plan was all of a piece - slash payroll and get a CBO from the Rays organization who knows how to get more out of less. The best laid plans of mice and men and John Henry.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Yes, I have read that, and it's really bad reporting. They don't tell us what was said directly before that quote from Betts.
  16. Bellhorn04
    From what we have observed about this Red Sox organization, I think that if it was Betts who was the instigator behind the trade, they would have very gladly leaked the story.
  17. Bellhorn04
    OK but you're going as far as saying Betts encouraged the team to trade him.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Scott said nearly. I would assume that means $280-$290 million. It's a lot of money. But I can understand Betts thinking it was not enough.
  19. Bellhorn04
    OK I'm nit-picking a bit about the $300 million number. It's just that Betts said there was no $300 million offer and Scott backed him up by saying it was nearly $300 million without saying how nearly.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Looks like this was "rounded off" if Betts and Scott are telling the truth.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Understood. My position is that there's no evidence that Mookie wanted out or asked to be traded. That's all speculation. As far as I know no one in the organization has ever said this was the case. The simple fact is that the Red Sox traded him.
  22. Bellhorn04
    It's kind of a quality vs. quantity argument.
  23. Bellhorn04
    A reliever that averages 2.0 WAR per season is Mariano Rivera. A first baseman that averages 2.0 WAR I'll guess gives you about 20 HR and 70 RBI.
  24. Bellhorn04
    I'm turning into Bill Freaking Parcells...all that seems important to me anymore is the team's W-L record.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Well, a lot of this stuff is pretty subjective. But would you rather have a reliever that averages 1.8 WAR per 60 innings or a first baseman that averages 1.9 WAR per full season? One guy is among the elite at his position and the other is mediocre.
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