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  1. Bellhorn04
    Good post.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Mookie baby...this kid looks like the real deal.
  3. Bellhorn04
    The Red Sox have demonstrated once again that they're willing to make some fairly aggressive moves in the attempt to improve the product. $70 million plus for Castillo is not chump change. But they need results and fast. 2015 cannot be a losing season. 3 out of 4 losing seasons for a team with their resources really would be an embarrassment.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Kelly was on an 85 pitch count because of the shoulder twinge he had the previous game.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Only 43% of Frank Thomas's career PA's came when he was playing first base. I'd say the DH door has been kicked more than halfway open.
  6. Bellhorn04
    I don't disagree with this, but I don't think it'll happen. Not because of Paps's ability but because of potential clubhouse issues. The Sox probably regret the Pierzynski signing. As we know, Paps can ruffle feathers when he opens his mouth.
  7. Bellhorn04
    I am guessing fatigue is probably the culprit with Koji rather than injury.
  8. Bellhorn04
    I have not posted here much lately, but it's not because I'm not following the team just as closely. I don't think the fact that someone is or isn't posting on a message board necessarily reflects their interest in the team or their dedication or their level of suffering, whatever the case may be. I think message boards are one of those things you should only participate in if you enjoy it. Personally, my problem is not so much that I can't think of anything good to say lately, it's that I can't think of anything interesting. But there's also a disheartened component to it too. Watching all the losses pile up can just take it out of you after a while.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Personally I find the comments about Lester being pissed kind of amusing. Partly for the reasons you mentioned, partly because he knows somebody is going to be paying him $120 million or more starting next year.
  10. Bellhorn04
    But with Lavarnway, the standard knock was that they held him back, or bounced him around too much - the totally opposite criticism of what we're hearing on Bogaerts and Bradley. I think the truth is that Lavarnway was just never good enough.
  11. Bellhorn04
    When did Ben use the building with expensive stars strategy?
  12. Bellhorn04
    Better than McCann's 1.2 and Beltran's -0.1 though.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Fred Lynn, of course, made some fantastic plays in centre. I can still remember a catch he made on a Saturday Game of the Week. He sprinted to the wall, caught the ball over the fence and flipped his glove back in the same motion. They used the play in the highlight clip for Game of the Week for a while.
  14. Bellhorn04
    The Red Sox do have salary constraints though. Even the Yankees have salary constraints. They let their best player walk. I'm not sure people fully realize what a big development in baseball economics it was the day the Yankees decided to say goodbye to Cano.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Webster gave up 3 earned runs in 6 innings. He wasn't great, but he wasn't horrible. Kind of a treading water performance.
  16. Bellhorn04
    But we all know that if Will gets hold of a couple soon we'll be back behind him again. Soon would be good.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Don't forget Tommy Night Train Layne.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Depends if we see Good Clay or Bad Clay the rest of the way. He's auditioning too. Actually, unless he sucks, I'm sure he'll be back. They obviously like the guy a lot. Not a single bad word about him through all his ups and downs.
  19. Bellhorn04
    'See the ball, miss the ball' is not an effective approach, that's for sure.
  20. Bellhorn04
    I will offer one rebuttal on this: Bradley is also breaking into the majors in a pitching dominated era. In 1965 the average AL team scored 3.94 runs per game, and this was before the DH. In 2014, the average AL team is scoring 4.24 runs per game. I do agree that Bradley's lack of power numbers adds to the concern that the kid might not ever be an ML hitter.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Better keep him. One thing we don't have in abundant supply is good late inning relievers.
  22. Bellhorn04
    DLID - Designated Late Inning Defender
  23. Bellhorn04
    Ah, but last year his BABIP was .338 at home and .397 on the road.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Now hold it right there (big Napoli fan here) - Mike's road OPS is higher than his home OPS since joining the Sox.
  25. Bellhorn04
    The solution to the JBJ problem is staring us in the face. Just make him our Designated Late Inning Defender. It's the same role that Coco Crisp performed brilliantly in the 2007 playoffs after being benched for Ellsbury, and JBJ has clearly shown the merit of this maneuver a few times in recent games. The DLID slot could even acquire the same type of prestige now bestowed on closers...though not paid nearly as well.
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