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  1. cp176
    You get some credit points for being able to accept that you can be wrong too sometimes. We had some fun with the Pomeranz debate didn't we? No one knows how he will ultimately turn out but for the time being it still looks like like a decent deal for us. I think a true fan is the one who is really happy sometimes when it looks like they are wrong. It has worked a lot like that for me. I've been just medium warm for Benintendi and Vazquez all year but right now I would not think about letting them go anywhere!
  2. cp176
    and there you have it
  3. cp176
    My kind of post! JBJ says this team has GRIT. I'm thinking that whatever it is, it exists. This isn't randomness, or a game of statistics dictating outcomes. This is a game of one team wanting something real bad. Addison Reed's comments this morning are worth the read. They have become a very interesting team to watch.
  4. cp176
    Now I'm not sure what I would have done with E-Rod yesterday but one thing to at least give some thought to is that we have a crapload of pitchers in the bullpen right now. Being the traditionalist that I am, i am against roster expansion but you might just as well take advantage of it. JF has lots of options to use. Might not like them all but they do have more available arms out there.
  5. cp176
    Once those rosters get expanded, there are so many goddam pitchers sitting around down there, a fresh arm is never a bad thing.
  6. cp176
    and there you have it jbj
  7. cp176
    ty - we are on the same page. I think that most of us are.
  8. cp176
    Porcello earned a little bit last night too. lol fun to watch!
  9. cp176
    If you have been on the sidelines as a coach, you should know the difference between boneheaded and aggressive. In general, you might be right but actually being in the contest might give someone a different perspective on what they are seeing. It is just my opinion understand and people get to choose what they see as boneheaded or aggressive. It would make no difference to me whether a player completed a play successfully or not. Boneheaded, as we tend to define it, just doesn't work. While I say this though, I will freely admit, that on occasion my teams were being aggressive in my way of looking at things, but fans and parents sometimes thought that i was a bonehead. I would never have argued with them about that. Go figure - most of the time you are never all right or all wrong.
  10. cp176
    It is the beauty of the games we play isn't it. While we are on the subject how about Salty's comments about analytics last night. Just another professional athlete who doesn't know what he is talking about. Into ghosts too!
  11. cp176
    It kind of looks to me as though the cliff exists for those who really don't like Dombrowski's philosophy (whatever they think it is) or seriously questioned every move that he made at the time they were made. If you really liked the way Ben Cherington did business and the way he ran a program, the cliff probably exists. It's obvious that I like DD and for the most part have not questioned seriously any of the moves he has made - for the good or the bad. As it always has, every year presents a fresh set of challenges. This cliff concept doesn't exist for me.
  12. cp176
    Like I have said many times, I'm not a big Farrell fan but this team (his team) does not quit. I do not think that our everyday players are anything special. I'm sure that someone can show the stats that prove otherwise but I honestly believe that I have seen many Red Sox teams with more talent than we have here. They just don't quit. If I were a playoff team, they would be one of the teams that I really would not look forward to playing not so much because of their talent but because they won't go away. I really like teams like this.
  13. cp176
    One of their big plusses is that they do not quit. On occasion they do make some seemingly silly mistakes, but you still are going to have to beat them. They don't hang their heads. They are giving us all some good entertainment. I know by now how we all feel about Farrell and he puzzles me too but his team plays hard. Someone is doing something right here in addition to the players. With the injuries to their pitching staff that they have dealt with this year, I tend to think that they have over achieved. In a perfect case scenario, we would have had Sale, Price (the good one), Porcello (at least sort of close to last year Porcello), Pomeranz, E-Rod, Wright (remember him), with Smith and Thornburg. My hindsight meter says that we would have been out of Yankee reach by now if things had worked out the way we hoped they would.
  14. cp176
    In a perfect world, umpires decisions should not cost teams games but they do. Are those mental mistakes acceptable? I hope not. That is the reality though. Essentially it doesn't matter how much importance we place on the stupid mental mistakes any team makes that we have seen. It is quite possible that they have cost us a game or games. One game lost to a foolish mental mistake is one game lost too many. A primary purpose of having a coach is to have someone who wants his team to play a pefect game even though we all know that that is impossible. A stupid error early in a game certainly could lead to a loss. That is just the way it is. Whether it is an umpires mistake, a coaches gaff, or something a player does, if they just get accepted as the way things go because there 27 outs in a game, then someone just isn't doing a very good job.
  15. cp176
    I think that you are right. Also, most of this discussion has revolved around really bad mental mistakes not the normal ebb and flow of the game types of occurrences. There are all kinds of things that happen over the course of any game that can shape its' outcome but eliminating the truly stupid mistakes certainly gives your team a better chance to win.
  16. cp176
    offense?
  17. cp176
    With this team it could go either way - an unquestionably stupid gaff could cause us big time or the very same move could turn to gold big time. They are fairly unpridictable that way. Interesting team!
  18. cp176
    We have a pretty good variety of potential utility players to choose from going forward. Lin, Hernandez etc. I appreciate everything that Holt has done for us too but I do think that it might be time to walk away from that one one way or another. One of the issues I guess is how many different positions do you want your utility guys able to play? One of Holt's claims to fame has been that he can play them all but the question is really how well has he played them? I don't think that it has to be written somewhere that your utility guys have to be able to play both in the infield and the outfield. Lin and Hernandez are infielders. We also have some possible utility outfielders in our system right now who might be able to hit the ball over the left field wall. If they are going to be used in utility roles, I guess I would like to give them a chance before to much of a look outside is given.
  19. cp176
    i knew that I would get a response from you on this one. Good for you! I've had my share of guys that I have supported over the years who really had not been given much of a chance. Some worked out and some didn't. I am one of the few who liked the Pomeranz trade when it happened and like it more today. Hernandez is also a guy who i really think just needs to stay healthy and get a chance. I also am not as sure as some that Swihart is just done. Too much talent there. I also really thought that marrero when he was signed was going to be our next very good shortstop. As for Lin, I agree that his glove is big league. I actually don't disagree with anything that you said, i have been following his progress for a couple of years now and I just don't see the bat developing like you do. i think that he might be just a slight upgrade over marrero. I wouldn't mind being wrong about him though.
  20. cp176
    I still love the fact that we have two very capable catchers but there is not much question in my mind that Vazquez is the better of the two. There is nothing that I don't like about him.
  21. cp176
    If it was a choice between Nunez and the rest of the guys mentioned, it really wouldn't be much of choice for me. nunez all the way - deficiencies and all no question. he can hit, he can run, and he is tough. Hernandez still gets a like for me but still just not sure. Lin - good glove 0 bat. Travis - maybe but need some power. Holt - thank you for what you have done for us. Swihart ?- perhaps - we just don't know.
  22. cp176
    I'm giving Valentin a pass because i liked him as a player.
  23. cp176
    seconded ! does that make me insensitive?
  24. cp176
    your day doesn't start until you get home.
  25. cp176
    wasn't that what the offer to Betts was?
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