Bellhorn04
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My wife still likes to tell stories about what a nervous wreck I was. During the games I was chain-smoking cigarettes and I wasn't even a serious smoker at the time. I was still nervous right up until the final out, and then I was in some sort of state of euphoria combined with disbelief. I had been waiting for about 35 years and I had reached the point that I had very little confidence I'd ever see it happen.
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Lackey has given up 6 ER in 6.2 official innings for an ERA of 8.10. But this doesn't include 3 scoreless innings he pitched in the exhibition game against the Puerto Rico WBC team. Based on what I've read he's been throwing the ball pretty well. Tonight's game will tell us more.
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Well, they have sunk quite a bit of time and money into Iggy. The defence light must have come on at some point.
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This sounds simple but in reality it's not. Iglesias is clearly a much better defender than Ciriaco, but you want to play Ciriaco because of past success vs. Yankees with the bat. As for Bradley, starting him in the Yankee series might not be such a great idea. We're talking about a kid who hasn't played above AA ball being thrown into the fire of facing two of the toughest lefties in baseball in the Stadium.
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If you told me in November all they were going to do was sign Dempster I would have been livid. But now that it's a done deal I think I'm OK with it. They're obviously betting huge on Lester and Buchholz having major rebounds. If they bet right they're going to look good. If they bet wrong they're going to look bad and a lot of fans are going to be ripping mad. Me, I get to just watch it play out. It may seem strange but I'm really looking forward to watching this season unfold.
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2013 is a big year for Cherries. Judge him on results.
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I'm really not saying this to poke the bears here, but Nava's OBP for the spring games is up to .424. He's doing what he has to to stick around in some capacity. Or maybe he will get traded at some point.
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LOL look at those numbers. That works out to an average OPS of .700. You have to figure for backup catchers the average OPS is not much more than .650.
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I trust you mean 'see what he can do in the majors'.
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Theo was instrumental in us winning two titles. He inherited a strong team but he made some great additions those first few years. After 2007 he made some moves that turned out to be major mistakes. But the biggest problem was that the farm system ran completely dry. If I ever ran into him in a bar I'd definitely buy him a drink.
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He obviously has some issues. How serious the issues are I'm not sure yet. I'm putting it on Farrell to deal with him. Either get him under control, or tell Ben he has to be traded.
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I'm taking the contrarian viewpoint on this one. I like Aceves. But I think I would let Farrell make the call on whether to keep him or trade him.
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Bard hasn't been perfect this spring but he hasn't been scored on yet.
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Single and triple for Iglesias today.
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The Sox have depth at catching but it's very unclear who will be the #1 going forward. Salty is having a very good spring with the bat so far and Lavarnway is having a poor one on top of his poor numbers last year. Maybe Salty will establish himself this year, who knows. I've been as hard on him as anyone over the CERA stuff, but 2013 is a new year and a big one in his career.
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Eck is good. I had 2 issues with him when he filled in for Remy though. 1) He tended to see everything from a pitcher's viewpoint. 2) The lingo wore a little thin after a while.
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I know we're all trying to forget 2012, but here are the top 5 AB's for outfielders: Ross 476 Ellsbury 303 Nava 267 Sweeney 204 Pods 199 I think the only way a 4th OFer reaches 300 AB's is if there's a long DL stint for one of the first 3.
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Another solid outing by Buchholz. So far so good for him and Lester.
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Yeah, this is great stuff by Webster. And a little unexpected.
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You said 'De La Rosa was brilliant until Farrell started talking about him starting in Portland, or at best, Pawtucket. Then he started sucking. Probably started trying to do too much, overthrowing, etc.' You suggested probable causation, no?
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Looks like it really is gonna be hard to keep this guy down on the farm...
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I had a front row seat for another forum (Sawxheads) blowing up because the 'positives' and the 'negatives' developed such a hate for each other. It got to the point where the posts were much more about people fighting with each other than they were about baseball. It was sort of funny but mostly ridiculous.
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This offseason was different. There was a shortage of talent and a surplus of money. The contract the Rangers gave Berkman indicates they could have been after Ortiz.
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People generally profit from scams. Pretty sure that's not the case with Schilling's video game venture.
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But he's guaranteed $11 million for one year after missing almost the entire 2012 season and talking retirement. It does tend to support User's position that the Rangers would have been willing to pay Ortiz close to what the Sox did.
