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  1. Bellhorn04
    He had a .455 OBP in September though. He was getting walked a ton. I think maybe the expectations of the guy are a little too high sometimes. He's a great hitter.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, it was the pitching staff that s*** the bed last September.
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    Good: Okajima...and now, maybe, Tazawa.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Tazawa is a sight for sore eyes.
  6. Bellhorn04
    700 hitter, what do you think of the White Sox 9-run rule?
  7. Bellhorn04
    You said it with conviction and you nailed it...well done.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Yes, the threshold is going to increase to $189 million but the penalties for going over the threshold will be so steep that it will be close to being a salary cap.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Here are the numbers I have for the 2012 payroll for luxury tax purposes. This is before the Marlon Byrd transaction. The benefits and bonuses numbers come from Alex Speier of WEEI. According to these numbers we are about $9 million over the $178 million luxury tax threshold. 1 Gonzalez 22.00 2 Crawford 20.29 3 Beckett 17.00 4 Lackey 16.50 5 Ortiz 14.58 6 Youkilis 10.31 7 Matsuzaka 8.67 8 Ellsbury 8.05 9 Buchholz 7.38 10 Pedroia 6.80 11 Lester 6.00 12 Jenks 6.00 13 Bailey 3.90 14 Ross 3.00 15 Salty 2.50 16 Iglesias 2.06 17 Sweeney 1.75 18 Bard 1.61 19 Punto 1.50 20 Shoppach 1.35 21 Aceves 1.28 22 Aviles 1.20 23 Albers 1.05 24 Miller 1.04 25 Morales 0.85 25 man total 166.67 26-40 man total 8.00 Benefits 10.50 Bonuses 2.00 Total 187.17
  10. Bellhorn04
    Keith Foulke is a good example of a move that's hard to judge. He was a huge part of winning it in 2004, then a washout after that. So it was not a good value deal, but was it a move that you would make again? I think most Sox fans would say yes.
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  12. Bellhorn04
    I don't disagree with that, but how does the failure rate for closers compare to the failure rate for starting pitchers?
  13. Bellhorn04
    I agree. Closer is different. To argue otherwise you would have to believe that there is no such thing as the psychological factor in sport. I think there is a huge fear factor in being a closer. Fear that you're going to blow the game and be the humiliated goat. It's a justifiable fear. Nobody ever forgets blown saves in pivotal games. Nobody ever forgets Schiraldi.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Interesting. I like it, obviously.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I'll be feeling much better about tonight if Shoppach is behind the plate again. Pitching staff's numbers this year by catcher: Salty 88 IP 7.36 ERA .942 OPS against Shopp 54 IP 4.50 ERA .687 OPS
  16. Bellhorn04
    I think Salty is definitely part of the problem.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Anybody like to know the team's record in games started by Saltalamacchia since he joined the team? Going into tonight's game, 49 wins 61 losses
  18. Bellhorn04
    Hmm, interesting question. This is kind of like pondering which form of gruesome death scares me the most. Personally I've decided that of all our array of lethal problems, the bullpen is the biggest. Since two relief pitchers are roughly equivalent to one everyday player, I'll go with Andrew Bailey and Mark Melon Balls. I'm afraid that neither one of these guys are going to pitch a quality inning for us this year. Which would not only be terrible for our chances, but would mean we'll be subjected to an endless parade of stories pointing out how Cherington flopped with his offseason moves.
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    I think Saltalamacchia may have a role too. I don't think it's a coincidence guys keep getting lit up with Salty behind the plate.
  21. Bellhorn04
    After today it's clear to me that the bullpen is easily the biggest problem with this team. It's a disaster of epic proportions.
  22. Bellhorn04
    The way this bullpen is going, it might end up being one of the worst in baseball history. Seriously. There is no way you can manage around that. They bring in Bailey and Melancon and both are instant toast. It's just a disastrous situation.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Valentine came into a tenuous and difficult situation, no doubt. I think he could have gotten the players behind him though. But after we won the first 3 games of the home stand he decides to make the remark about Youkilis, leading to Pedroia giving him a verbal beatdown. Then he makes a questionable decision leaving Bard in the game. Since then the team has looked like total crap again and you get the fans chanting that they want Tito back.
  24. Bellhorn04
    B is the obvious choice, but my hopes that Valentine can accomplish something with this team are fading fast. He may have already failed.
  25. Bellhorn04
    A battle of the bullpens would not bode well for the Red Sox, considering that their bullpen has been the worst in the league.
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