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But on the dark side, 5 of those innings might have to come from the bullpen.
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What the hell is a #1 anyway?
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Hopefully this won't just be Chapter 4 of "When Things Go to s***, They Really Go to s***".
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Our starting pitching has been a lot better than expected so far this year. But anybody who came into the season thinking there were 2 #1's on a staff where the top ERA last year was 4.56, was not grounded in reality. I seriously doubt that half the board said this though.
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Why not just ask the person who said it.
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Miller's out for the year and Ellsbury and Victorino are both day-to-day. Beautiful.
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I think we need a good reliever from somewhere. Our bullpen is on thin ice right now.
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I sort of hate to bring this up again, but what if the Phillies were mainly interested in unloading Papelbon's contract and willing to take a mid-tier prospect only.
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You plunk Trout if you're an Alex Wilson type. I'm not convinced that a 4-run lead vs. the Angels, with the guys they had coming up, is mop-up. Farrell gave Wilson the opportunity to show if he could be relied on in that situation and he f***ed it up royally. Really too bad when Bailey did such a good job.
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To me the obvious question about last night's game is, why not Tazawa for the 9th inning? I assume the answer is that Farrell saw it as opportunity to rest both Uehara and Tazawa. But is a 4-run lead in the 9th really a 'safe' lead, even though it's not a 'save' situation? Debatable I guess. One thing I do know is that Francona used to use Papelbon quite a bit in the same situation. He wasn't much more comfortable with a 4-run lead than he was with a 3-run lead. You get a couple of guys on quick and suddenly things are dicey and you're scrambling to get your closer ready.
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Are Sox players like Salty really any more gassed than comparable players on other teams, or does it just seem that way because we see our players every day? Wieters has played more than Salty. All-Star break is coming up soon.
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Like I say, they don't go away.
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Also, he looks like he is capable of pushing his numbers to healthy levels by the end of the year. If Ellsbury ends up with an OPS of .825 or higher, with all those steals, he should have no problem getting at least $100 million. Recency counts for a lot with many GM's looking to make a splash.
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The Twins' terrible record against the Yankees goes hand in hand with their terrible postseason record, a lot of which is also against the Yankees. Bottom line is, I'm sick and tired of the Twins getting bulldozed by the Yankees every year. -
Sure, agreed. The thing that always amazed me about the Gagne deal, though, was that we had to give up 3 prospects to get one guy who was going to pitch about 20-25 innings for us.
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I would definitely like to see us add a good reliever. To me that's the one area that stands out as a potential weakness. Adding a starter or a bat would be great but it'd be so expensive. I think our offense is pretty damn good as it is. Unfortunately history also shows that deadline deals for relievers can prove to be very costly. Larry Andersen and Eric Gagne come to mind. The Rangers traded Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter to the O's for Uehara. I think they'd like that one back.
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Halfway Point-- Biggest Surprises and Biggest Disappointments
Bellhorn04 replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Fred, when you get a minute please read the thread about the 'Twins under Gardenhire' in the Damn Yankees sub-forum and leave a comment there. I look forward to hearing what you think about the Twins record against the Yanks. -
Pretty hard to ask for a better July 4 at the ballyard than this one.
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Iglesias refuses to drop below .400.
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6 innings 2 runs for Webster.
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For the same reasons any manager has to take some of the blame when a record of failure reaches this magnitude.
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Much of the hyperbole was for comic effect.
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Well, I knew it was bad. But until you pull up the actual numbers you don't realize what a mind-blowing abomination it really is. Some of you may even disbelieve that these are the real numbers. But they are, God help us, they are. (Since 2002) Regular season W-L 21-58 RS-RA 302-443 Postseason W-L 2-12 RS-RA 36-69 Total W-L 23-70 (.247) RS-RA 338-512 (-174) Let it sink in...23 wins and a minus 174 differential in 93 games. Unsurprisingly, the Twins have not won the season series once since 2002, though to be fair they did eke out a 3-3 tie twice. In 2001, the Twins last year under Tom Kelly, the Twins won the season series 4-2. It's an outrage that Gardenhire has been permitted to keep his job through this 12-year nightmare.
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Halfway Point-- Biggest Surprises and Biggest Disappointments
Bellhorn04 replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Three or four girlfriends and enough cigarettes to asphyxiate a small city? Yikes, man, I think you better cut back on the girlfriends. -
Jesus Christ, Will...cut it out with the Singing Frog routine. (Bugs Bunny cartoon reference)
