Bellhorn04
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Maybe not. But I figured nobody's going to tag themselves a miserable grouch.
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Sometimes the traffic is lighter here than you would expect. It's an excellent forum though. I also post on the BDC forum. That place is completely insane.
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This is meant to be kind of a catchall discussion for people who are brave enough to try to analyze themselves as fans. Or to just shoot off about what it means to be a fan. As for the poll, please note that what it's asking is NOT how positive or negative you feel about the 2013 team specifically. It's about how positive or negative you think you are as a Sox fan, IN GENERAL. If you select 1 you consider yourself a true wearer of the rose-colored glasses. If you select 10 you consider yourself very pessimistic, skeptical, etc. I am guessing most people don't want to put themselves in one of those extreme categories. I'm selecting a 3 for myself. I try to be objective but I know I'm always looking for the positive spin on things.
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It's expected that the Red Sox will have Bard start the year in Pawtucket, and Mortensen will get the last spot in the pen for now. Hanrahan Uehara Bailey Miller Tazawa Aceves Mortensen When Breslow gets healthy he will take one of those spots. Morales will also be part of the picture when he gets healthy.
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2 scoreless innings for Jose De La Torre, who reportedly pitched well for PR in the WBC. It would be hilarious if De La Torre ends up as a useful pitcher. He's the guy we traded Lillibridge for and is what we have left for Youkilis.
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5 scoreless for Aceves today against a good Jays lineup. Promising for him as #6 starter.
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With the new wild card it's pretty unlikely they'll be that far out of it at the deadline. Last July 31 they were 53-51, but only a couple of games out of the second wild card spot.
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Red Sox starters in spring training (counting Lackey against Puerto Rico): 78.2 IP, 57 H, 22 R, 22 ER, 20 BB, 60 K. 2.52 ERA
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(SSS alert) Lackey's spring ERA is now 5.40. And if you count the 3 innings against Puerto Rico it's 4.29.
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That was a nightmarish moment before the umps fixed it. I was cringing when Tito brought Arroyo in for the 8th. It was a gutsy move, really. Arroyo was about the only reliever who wasn't totally gassed that night. Makes you realize what an awesome job it was by Schilling to go 7. The bottom of the 9th in Game 6 was no picnic to watch either. Foulke was struggling big time. I believe I was in another room when Clark struck out to end it.
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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.
