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    Fred Cusick stuck around a long time. I remember him doing Bruins games in the late Seventies. He had one of those classic voices. Ken Coleman was the classic Red Sox radio voice, I think.
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    This is no ********, I was following the game on my transistor radio when Luis Aparicio fell rounding third base in Detroit in 1972. I can still remember it clearly, because it was my first Red Sox 'WTF just happened?' moment.
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    I read something semi-interesting by SI's Verducci today. He suggested that with the expanded interleague play starting next year, the two leagues are going to have to decide to either use the DH in both leagues or eliminate it. And he thinks that it's more likely that the NL will adopt the DH, because the players union will make a big push for it (more jobs available).
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    LOL
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    You might see a few pitch counts into the 120's but I don't think you'll see it with any consistency. Verlander is one of the few guys a manager would be comfortable doing that with. Sabathia had 3 pitch counts of 120 and over last year, but the first wasn't until August 30. I do agree that Valentine will try to increase a bit from Tito's limits.
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    How did Buchholz look?
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    Agreed that there's plenty of concern about him being effective. There seems to be another concern out there about Bard getting messed up to the point he's useless in either role, because of what happened with Joba. But I can't think of too many cases like Joba's.
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    One guy that doesn't get talked about much who could be a good asset for this year's bullpen is Atchison. He pitched well last year. 2.64 ERA and .96 WHIP in Pawtucket, 3.26 ERA and 1.22 WHIP in Boston-30.1 innings.
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    Correct. My props are limited to his evaluations of prospects...I do like it when somebody gets out ahead of the crowd on one of our prospects and turns out to be right. Fred also mentioned Swihart, I have heard good things about him and also Bogearts...this franchise could really use some young stars coming up.
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    Fred's been touting Lavarnway for a couple of years now, since before too much was known about him, so if Lavarnway does turn out to be the real deal I'll have to give him props on that one.
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    Meanwhile Ryan Lavarnway just crushed a home run off Scott Baker in the first inning of the first spring game.
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    A lot of star athletes from other sports have had dreams of becoming pro golfers. Only one has ever succeeded-former NFL quarterback John Brodie, who qualified for the senior tour and won a tournament.
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    The fact there are no defenders doesn't mean it isn't difficult. If you want to do an apples-to-apples comparison of hitting a baseball to directly comparable activities, the problem is that there aren't very many. One of the other difficult activities mentioned in the survey was pole vaulting. No defenders there either.
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    I believe it's reaction time that is tipping the scales in favor of hitting the baseball. And that's fine. I accept that it's an extremely difficult thing to do. But on the other hand, all you are attempting to do is hit something. Can you compare this to other difficult sport tasks that require skill and accuracy? Such as hitting the green on a 250-yard par 3 or nailing a 50-yard field goal? Apples to oranges maybe.
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    What convinced me Shaughnessy was a douche was his unrelenting insults toward Schilling. Now I know Schilling is a guy who could rub people the wrong way, but Shaughnessy would call him the Blogboy, or the Big Blowhard, in every freaking thing he wrote about him.
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    Unfortunately statements like that are just waiting to get picked apart. I might be able to hit a 90 MPH fastball once out of 50 swings. But I could probably never kick a 40-yard field goal. I'm not trying to be a smartass but like I say statements like that can usually be picked apart.
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    On the offensive side, Salty and Shoppach could be a very good platoon. Salty was 247/304/481 against RH with 11 HR and 18 2B in 243 AB. Shoppach was 241/344/444 against LH with 7 HR in 108 AB.
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    We could use some extra help with all those dumpster boys.
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    Cafardo has a pretty interesting piece this morning about some of the changes Valentine is instituting in the spring training programs.
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