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I'm looking ahead with this deal. Sooner or later Lebron is gone - eventually even if he doesn't leave Cleveland, he has to slow down. I think that this deal sets the Celtics up for years to come. Think I'll just say it - Kyrie is bigger,younger and better than It. Keeping Crowder and IT would not have moved the Cletics closer to the top. I think that this move does - now and in the future. Might even help Cleveland this year and in the long run as well.
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i think that you are probably right here but it is close. If Brown and Tatum come along, i 'm going with us. This is a very very good trade for Celtics IMO. I appreciate what both IT and Crowder gave to us, but it wasn't going to be enough going forward. "Backing up the Brinks" truck for IT just wasn't going to happen and I think Crowder was destined to be a role player. I'm very anxious to see what the Coach Stevens can accomplish with this group. Just another great move for the future for this team!
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Being a duly diagnosed OCD guy all the way myself, i think that I do understand where you are coming from. I'm not sure that I am in the let's get rid of Farrell group to the extent that some are (can i say that without naming names here? am I safe?), but I appreciate the conviction with which you and some others express yourselves. if they continue to play hard for him even though it isn't always prefaced by being smart and they keep winning, I would probably go with keeping him.
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oh nononono! he is just developing into his own person! (that's a joke moon)
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August 20th vs. The New York Yankees
cp176 replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I think that you are pretty much right there. He has always been pretty much a middle of the rotation guy. most of us have hoped for a #2 kind of like Pomeranz is right now but he really has never looked like an ace to most of us. yes - even though he won the cy. i like him and am glad that we have him. he has always struck me as the kind of guy who will get the most out of what he has to give. -
August 20th vs. The New York Yankees
cp176 replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
he made a hell of a play on Gardiner's grounder in the hole! -
From what I have read or heard, i guess I would say that I'm not a big fan of his if this is in reality who Price is. With respect to that though, I do not think that he is some malcontent who is making for a negative clubhouse. Saying that we do not need and could not use a healthy Price is just silly IMO. I want this team to win. They are starting to do the things that I love to see being done on a regular basis. A healthy Price more than puts this team over the top potentially.
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August 20th vs. The New York Yankees
cp176 replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Think i 'm going to like Reed. -
I agree very much with you here.
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I like this post a lot!
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His our boy getting squeezed here or what? Shrink that plate up mf - won't make any difference.
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It is good to see Vazquez hitting for sure but I don't understsand why anyone would want to break up the nice little rotation that this tandem has going right now. They are almost the same guy where it counts - behind the plate. It is a tough job being a catcher. Sharing the job as they have been doing I think tends to keep them both healthy and hungry. They are both good starting catchers and they both serve as good backups to each other.
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At the risk of being banned from this forum, I have to say that I have never hated the Yankees - I just don't hate in general but my strong dislike of the franchise really seemed to take hold in 1960 (I was 9) and Bill Mazeroski's walk off in game 7 for the Pirates. I was elated! I felt the other end of that spectrum when my National favorite team the Giants fell to them. I think that it was McCovey's low liner that Richardson picked off his shoe tops that ended that series and broke my baseball heart. I could go back and check my facts, but I don't care that much about facts and advanced stats - although I did play the advanced version of Strato for quite some time. I just love the game and Richardson was a hell of a ballplayer and it didn't matter what uniform he was in.
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not tall enough
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The Yankees teams that I grew up paying attention to were just so dominating that if you followed baseball at all, you at least were aware of them. I didn't like them much but I sure and hell knew about and respected them. When Maris was trying to break Ruth's record, we couldn't get enough coverage. As far as a rivalry goes - nothing like the Celtics and the Lakers of the 60's. That was a rivalry!
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I think that it is also reasonable to assume that even though he was safe, there are plenty of people who did and would disagree with the move.
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no question - aggressive. Game tied, winning run
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I remember that game by Rohr like it was just yesterday. What I mostly remember was the catch by Yaz to keep the no hitter alive. i was a big Reggie Smith fan too back in the day. i really enjoyed listening to him last night. I actually remember seeing him play a little second base. What I hope everybody heard were the words said about Yaz. His legend was forever cemented during that 67 season. Like Reggie said - he carried that team. Interestingly enough, he talked about how comfortable everyone else was with having Yaz in the lineup and how positively that affected everyone.
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I agree - fans probably care more about the batting order because regardless of where it is on the importance scale if not paying attention to it cost one win, that would be too much .
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I'll add - getting thrown out at third when a groundball is hit to short in front of you is stupid. Getting picked off a base because you aren't paying attention is stupid. Forgetting how many outs there are - yup stupid. Plenty more.
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What do you think though - i bet we could have one hell of a debate on here over what separates stupid from aggressive?
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Seriously - correct me if I'm wrong here- It isn't the compilation of the saves that matter, it is how effective the guy is who is doing the pitching. Total saves might tell us something about a closer but certainly not a real significant way to rate them. Might make some of them some more $ I guess. Logic might say that if a pitcher is leading the league in saves, he might be a decent closer I guess. The batting order is something that is controllable by the manager and although it might not be the most important thing that he does by a long shot, a poorly constructed one might cost a team games. I don't see how there could be an excuse for screwing that one up. In defense of Farrell, I guess I might say that on any given day he might have a variety of choices to fill the key spots in the order. I guess that that is a good thing also.
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It was an aggressive running play on the bases that was the right play. Big difference between stupid and being aggressive. Aggressive includes things like stealing bases and hit and runs as well. Whether you happen to like and appreciate this type of baseball, personally I think it is a must for a team that has hit like ours has. They are going to run into some outs along the way but to not use the speed that we have and wait for more base hits, would be a crime.
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Just did my look back from memory. Prior to Mike Ryan and the acquisition of an older Elston Howard (who we all were very happy to get). I remember Tillman and Nixon very well. I did go back over the 67 roster and Moses did not appear. i could have sworn that he made at least a cameo appearance that year. I wonder if George Thomas was there?
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Max come on - not a fan but a fan of the moves he makes? He must have done something really personal to you or a member of your family. lol