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  1. Bellhorn04
    Quite true. Message board fodder, that's all.
  2. Bellhorn04
    And now, sir, you've done it. These comparisons of great players are often fundamentally absurd, but we are compelled to do them anyway for some reason. Orr was a defenseman and Gretzky was a center. What about goalies? Maybe Marty Brodeur deserves consideration as the best hockey player. How come the lists of great football players don't include any defenders (kudos to the mention here of Lawrence Taylor)? How do we compare Bill Russell with Michael Jordan? Etc.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Sounds like your analysis of him came up with much different results from the Sox brain trust's.
  4. Bellhorn04
    He'll be the X Factor.
  5. Bellhorn04
    I think it's pretty plausible that a position switch can affect a player's hitting. It's just very hard to measure some of this stuff. sk7326 just commented a few days ago about Lavarnway's hitting suffering when he tried to concentrate more on his defense.
  6. Bellhorn04
    USC, Bills.
  7. Bellhorn04
    And don't get mad at me if I sometimes misinterpret what you meant in one of your posts. Internet posts are a very imperfect form of communication.
  8. Bellhorn04
    I hate to admit it, but my favorite football player at one time was a running back who is now better known as a murderer.
  9. Bellhorn04
    But what if the new Fenway looked almost exactly like the old Fenway? The Yankees did it. Their new stadium looks like the old one except for the porch being even a little closer and all the empty $2,500 seats behind home plate.
  10. Bellhorn04
    It has to retain a lot of the features of the old Fenway, including the Monster, naturally. Like the Yankees did it.
  11. Bellhorn04
    It's all good now, because Fred posted this on the Offseason thread: Well that means I can't bitch and moan now that I've made that prediction. I wanted to be the first one to do it but just couldn't bring myself to do it, so my pal Elk set the tone. And if they go South, I've changed my mind.....I won't bitch and moan........just tell everyone how disappointed I am. Then we'll all be. Now get over your shock. Carved in stone.
  12. Bellhorn04
    He's right though. The 'I told you so' wars on message boards are the worst.
  13. Bellhorn04
    AKA the Rocket. I've only seen him on tape. He was an awesome skater and goal-scorer. But I would submit that he was one-dimensional in that his sole talent was scoring. Much the same as Bobby Hull, who was my hockey idol before he turned out to be such an ******* (jumping leagues and beating up his wife). Another guy who deserves mention is Mario Lemieux. In one of the international hockey series Lemieux played on a line with Gretzky. They put on an incredible show.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Agreed.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Gretzky was a scoring machine, no doubt about it. Orr gets the nod from most people because he was the greater all-around player. He was dominant at both ends of the rink. Orr led the NHL in points scored twice as a defenceman.
  16. Bellhorn04
    It's the time for optimism for both Red Sox and Yankee fans. There is room for upticks everywhere you look.
  17. Bellhorn04
    But both Ellsbury and Gardner had an OPS+ almost identical to the previous year. Some of the decline was in line with league-wide offensive decline, and Ellsbury was also affected by Park Factor. There's no basis in metrics for them having off-years last year.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Don't.
  19. Bellhorn04
    I see your point there. I'm just trying to think along with the Sox FO. They don't seem too high on older pitchers these days. And $50 million is not chump change, when you factor in the luxury tax implications and flexibility for 2016.
  20. Bellhorn04
    I thought Johnson was considered a decent pitching prospect.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Fair point.
  22. Bellhorn04
    I can't see how a trade for Lee would appeal to them more than signing Shields. Assuming Lee is healthy you get 2 years for $50 million. The delta between that and Shields's contract is 2 years and $25 million. Shields was younger with no injury ? and didn't cost any prospects.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Now picture Ruth on roids.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Ruth, Jordan, Orr and Jim Brown Hockey is: 1 Orr 2 Howe 3 Gretzky
  25. Bellhorn04
    It's a WWF tag-team match.
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