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Good job - ^ this is me!

God Bless you my boy. #3 for me as well. On this particular team though, it might not make much difference. They are almost all about the same.

I post here for fun. Personally, that is the beauty of athletics in general for me. I'm a middle grounder and I truly do not want to even read any more of this angry crap than I have to. The beat goes on.

TY sir

I agree - footwork and probably overall technique but with that arm, i still like him there. I really liked listening to both Remy and Eck last night. They know the game as well they should. I was impressed with the amount of work Remy says that they put in on just these types of things. Benintendi's footwork looked good out there. As much crap as brian Butterfield takes for his third base coaching job, there probably are very few people in the game more qualified and more willing to work with players like Devers with respect to overall infield play.

I have to admit though - a part of me still likes Hanley. Even though he basically has looked bad we still need that potential big bat in there. Some here have compared him to Manny. Not me. Manny was certainly a better hitter but not someone I could ever really warm up to. I kind of like Hanley. Not sure I like him in a Red Sox uniform though.

I think that the majority of people who post here understand appreciate and like fast athletic players who are aggressive on the base paths. One size does not fit all though. Athletes still have to have a grasp of their limitations. They even have to be aware of the situation that they are in. There is a big difference between stupid and aggressive. No one seems to be to wound up over aggressive. It is the stupid that seems to be bothering some of us. Makes no difference whether you win or lose if you run stupidly. Being nice here I might call stupid baselining an example of poor fundamentals. I hate watching this type of baseball. I love aggressive but I hate stupid. Now, you might ask, how do I recognize stupid and I would respond that I am pretty sure that I know it when I see it. I feel sorry for people who can't.

When Hanley Ramirez is thrown out by a half a football field no amount of ya buts is going to make it ok. I hope he went on his own. He probably did.

After having posted here for a few years now, i would absolutely expect that someone could come up with some type of statistic to indicate that he has fielding deficiencies. I use my eyes and he looks ok to me. I love his arm and his quickness which I am a little surprised at.

Not too long and certainly not too much. In other words - I don't know. I would just like to see him stick around.

I would extend this big young lefty yesterday. Pitching is at too much of a premium. he is big, he is young, and he has a hell of a hook.

a real treat for me = these three guys announcing this game!

Nunez might be my new hero

I understand how you feel but I'm still not sure that I would do it.

and there you have it - got to be Larry all the way. it has been said. Bad = Larry Good = Ben We all get it don't we?

I would not move Devers off third base. Given a little time, i think that he will be special. A much better fielder I think here than people think or have projected. Give him time.

I've decided that it is pretty much a matter of personal perspective. I was (still am kind of) a coach. It does not matter to me at all if we make foolish mental mistakes whether we win or lose. They are never ok or acceptable. As a coach it has to be or at least should be embarrassing if your teams makes stupid mental mistakes and it should be an embarrassment whether you win or lose. If it does not embarrass you than you suck as a coach. i think that it has to bother Farrell.

yes I have noticed this as well. he really looks like he should be slower than hell but he isn't. It's who he is and so far so good. I would not consider moving him off third base at all. He has good quickness and a gun for an arm. Leave him alone I say.

Wait now - If you are hot and winning going into the playoffs, aren't you due to start losing because it just has to happen - it is inevitable? if you are in the midst of losing games when the playoffs start, aren't you due to start winning? It is once again inevitable. The facts (stats) say it has to be. Since I have never let the facts alter my opinions, I'll go with the winning streak just like you old-timer. lol

Come on - You know the answer to this one. Every bad signing during Ben Cherington's reign can be directly attributed to Larry Lucchino. Cherington = all things good - Lucchino = all things bad. How do we know this? Because we have been told! ******** - lol

long time for Pom to sit. Let's see what he's got.

ty - It's da old coach in me. I used to use expressions like wins and losses take care of themselves. Whatever the hell that means. What it meant to me was that it was my job to prepare my team as well as they could be prepared for every game. Even though kids will still make mental mistakes, they are never acceptable. Doesn't matter how good or how valuable the player is who makes them - still unacceptable! You accept them long enough and you will suck. Got to take care of the little controllable things. it just seems as though this team makes too many little mental mistakes. Either they are stupid or there are in fact some coaching issues. I'm still enjoying the ride though.

I've also obviously been following this lengthy debate/discussion. To be honest, it isn't really about what the numerous mental mistakes both on the field and base paths equate to in terms of wins and losses for me. It has more to do with having to watch bad baseball whether we win or lose. Teams that continually make mental mistakes deserve to lose. We have survived. maybe it is all about the quality of baseball that we are seeing in general.

it isn't so much the lack of homeruns as opposed to the simple lack of runs in general. They clearly do need some more real bats in that lineup moving in to 2018.

You very well might be right but I also think that with that big bat and leader out of the lineup, any number of weaknesses have been exposed. I think that overall this year these guys have worked their nuts off to get where they are right now. Sale, Pomeranz, Fister, Kimbrel, Nunez, Devers - these guys have been able to breathe some life into the organization and have helped win more games than I felt they could after watching them for a while. I don't agree with the folks who claim that all of our regulars except for one are having off years. I think that they have been over rated. That being said though, I won't be the one who predicts that any team will handle them easily in a series. I probably shouldn't be admitting this here, but I can't stay up very late to watch them anymore so when someone other than Sale or Fister is pitching, I'm normally out by 9:30. Now, I have fallen asleep a number of times this season when they have been really behind only to wake up the next morning to find out that they won the goddam game. I think that they need help but I think that with all of the stupid base running and fielding blunders that they have made it is amazing that this bunch is where they are in the standings. You just never know.