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  1. cp176
    David Price does not deserve the crap he gets from the news media as well as some fans. People can believe what they want I guess with respect to what he has done or not done but by all accounts he is an excellent teammate and when he is on the mound he is a pro. whether he is worth what he is being paid, i would simply say that are any of these guys really worth what they are being paid? If the man writing the checks is content then it works for me.
  2. cp176
    Well - maybe if he keeps making plays like that last one, hitting .200 ain't that bad! lol
  3. cp176
    If anyone can find them, it is likely that it will be DD.
  4. cp176
    I understand what you are saying. Everyone wants to hit the ball hard for sure. I might be asking too much also but when you are hitting as poorly as he is, maybe just attempting to make a little contact would be a good thing. Bat control, hitting to the opposite field now and then - those still are good things. I like JBJ very much but if his hard hit balls wind up consistently being caught, maybe he should even try to bunt for a hit. I'm very results oriented and sadly if he does not hit going forward better than he has to date, he very likely will be traded if some team is willing to do business. This won't make me happy but might just be the way it goes.
  5. cp176
    My point was my last sentence.
  6. cp176
    I wish that he had that kind of bat control. It sounds good that he has been making solid contact but at the end of the day if those balls don't find some holes they don't amount to much of anything. If he was a 30-40 homers guy, then sure but he isn't.
  7. cp176
    I don't think that he is apt to trade either one of those guys but I guess you never know. I don't think of either of those guys as prospects though. That being said, if he continues trading chaff and getting wheat in return like he has been doing, I'm all in.
  8. cp176
    think you are right - i've felt this way for awhile now as in a couple of years. He is a more powerful version of Buch for sure but I think that people should keep their expectations of him realistic.
  9. cp176
    I agree - He will do that for sure but only for the right deal.
  10. cp176
    So wait - let me get this straight - it is a good thing when Jackie hits it hard even though it is an out most of the time. I just want him to hit the f***ing ball - f*** the metics.
  11. cp176
    sorry i beat you to it - Not talking a couple of aces out there on the mound tonight.
  12. cp176
    He looked like a pretzel going after that one plus no way in hell I pull the infield in in the second inning with these two guys on the mound!
  13. cp176
    That is for sure a good point but in JBJ's case the issue for the most part is that he just hasn't hit the ball all that often. Kind of seems that he has always swung pretty hard - maybe to hard. If he can continues to hit the ball where the opposition is not playing then he will be fine whether he hits it hard or not.
  14. cp176
    I'm really happy that people here spin a positive out of JBJ's hard contact. I think that that is just wonderful but to me it becomes far more significant when the ball winds up where someone can't catch it. I do agree though that it makes things sound better and probably gives a person hope when someone actually hits the ball . Lately he has been hitting the ball where people aren't consistently playing. If its luck, great. if it isn't, great. Hope he keeps it up.
  15. cp176
    Last night's HR for JBJ was a virtual rocket. Keep it up and keep making those plays you make.
  16. cp176
    I think that you are right on. He really is an incredible athlete.
  17. cp176
    His defense is fine. Using past statistics to prove otherwise is joke like. What is he right now? If anyone wants him, including the Sox, they might just have to pony up a little more. He has played more than half of his games in the outfield and seriously I don't get the folks that think he just sucks so bad out there. If he keeps producing at this pace, and he wants to spend half his time in the outfield, I'm reasonably certain that there will be plenty of teams who will be willing to take a shot at a 32 year guy for a few years. I hope that it is the Sox. Now - Don't get me going about how he should just be a dh! lol
  18. cp176
    Unless he really gets hurt, I don't think he would sign any contract to expressly dh. He seems to be very comfortable doing what he is doing. We want him to stay just the way he is. Hope he stays in Boston for a long time.
  19. cp176
    What I like the most about Martinez is that he just plays the game. Apparently on both sides - offense and defense. He is and has been a student of the game. He also is the type of player that seems to fit with respect to the direction that this team wants to go. I'm not much in to comparisons so I don't get too excited by people in the news trying to compare him to anybody who has been here before. He is who he is and that happens to be one of the very best in the game. I really hope that fans can appreciate what they are seeing in this series. Trout - Betts - Martinez !!!
  20. cp176
    I like your list even though comparing players from different generations really is impossible. Of course I would add John Havlicek to the list.
  21. cp176
    It is clearly generational and if you never saw these guys really play, you have no idea what they could or could not do. For starters, anyone who thinks that Russell could not play on the offensive end, really could not have seen him play. Russell scored when he needed to which really wasn't that often. As much as it pains me to say, Chamberlain certainly has to be included in the conversation. From a simply athletic standpoint, I really have to say that I haven't seen a player yet comparable to him in any generation even though I did not like him.
  22. cp176
    I agree - it really is about who can stay healthy.
  23. cp176
    A nice name although i like Hugo as well. Good luck to you!
  24. cp176
    If he doesn't prove over the rest of the season to be just a little more consistent, I think that he very likely may be the guy traded this winter. I won't like seeing it but it is real possibility this time around. The biggest question I have today is - Is this his scheduled rest day? Will he be in the lineup like he should be? Keep that streak alive.
  25. cp176
    and that is the truth - i don't give a s*** how hard he hits it - just hit it where no one is
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