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Everything posted by Bellhorn04

  1. Bellhorn04
    "Could have", indeed.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Yes, you're right. The thing is we don't really have much better than Cooper at the moment. Wong would be the exception, but they probably thought he needed a rest day.
  3. Bellhorn04
    We did Betts a favor too. We're in the business of helping others.
  4. Bellhorn04
    DD parachuted into an even better gig.
  5. Bellhorn04
    But you're the guy who wanted him gone long ago.
  6. Bellhorn04
    You mis-spelled lefty.
  7. Bellhorn04
    ??? I thought you were a believer in Cooper turning it around. What's the better alternative?
  8. Bellhorn04
    Probably because their projections show a higher profit with a $200 million payroll than with a $250 million payroll, which probably hinges on the premise that fans will still keep feeding the cash cow even if the team is mediocre.
  9. Bellhorn04
    No, that's me, actually. I'm 68 years old and still working because I have to support my wife, daughter and grandson. I love to travel but man is it pricey. A lot of the fun in my life comes from this forum. That should tell you everything.
  10. Bellhorn04
    It was all one big package deal in Henry's head - DD goes, Betts goes, payroll gets cut, Bloom does the Tampa Bay North thing.
  11. Bellhorn04
    But there was a significant time gap in between, and maybe DD became more "set in his ways" as time went on. Plus we don't know that much about the inner workings of the Sox FO, just that there seem to be a lot of people in it. It's getting audited right now, in fact.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Cora said he was unavailable, didn't say why. Edit: Gonzalez has a hamstring issue and is going on the IL. There's almost always an explanation.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Yes, that seems to be the story and it's a plausible one. I also think it says a lot about Henry's ego that he thought he could just cut loose DD (and Betts), go in a whole new cheaper direction and continue to succeed at the same level.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Lucky world traveling buggers.
  15. Bellhorn04
    And Grissom responds by getting injured again. Talk about not being able to catch a break.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Link please.
  17. Bellhorn04
    That's the goal, right? If you win as many as you lose, you're competitive.
  18. Bellhorn04
    I think it's to time to find something better than Tommy John surgery. Just start sawing arms off and replacing with robotic ones.
  19. Bellhorn04
    That and the fact that they were dispatched after great runs of success ending in 1918 and then 2018. The 2021 team did do a lot better than the 1921 team, so there's that.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Really hard to say. Bailey seems to be pretty elite at what he does. But he's not a miracle-worker, either. A lot of this might just be Houck reaching maturity and being 100% healthy.
  21. Bellhorn04
    As a still-superstitious Sox fan I find the historic parallels between the losses of Ruth and Betts to be a tad freaky. Mainly talking about the 'century apart' thing.
  22. Bellhorn04
    I'm sure they had high hopes. I think that would apply to most of their moves and non-moves. Houck has been fantastic, that much is indisputable, and I'm sure Bailey and the rest of the pitching brain trust get a lot of credit for that.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Kennedy also said this BTW: "we’ve suffered the loss of guys like Trevor (Story) and Triston (Casas) and Tyler O’Neill now going down. So, that’s not an excuse. It’s on us to stay healthy. That’s part of competing." Every time he talks he breaks new ground in stupidity.
  24. Bellhorn04
    That's true, but I don't know how they were supposed to see this coming, either. The last couple of years he hasn't been that good or that durable. These are not easy calls to make.
  25. Bellhorn04
    He's an ornery, stubborn prick, there can't be much doubt about it any more.
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