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I am so happy to see Vazquez swinging an acceptable and sometimes better than that bat. It just adds to a position that I think we are reasonably well off in.
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Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
cp176 replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Agree here too but I am really happy that we have Kimbrel. There is a lot of hind sighting and second guessing going on here with respect to the moves that DD has made all of which I have agreed with to some extent .(I just never felt good about trading Shaw) Speaking of hindsight, i wonder what type of discussion we would be having right now if Smith and Thornburg had remained healthy? -
Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
cp176 replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Is this a gotcha moment?
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I just think you stick that 4th outfilelder out there and let him go for a game or two. I think that all of these guys should be held accountable. I don't think that it should matter who they or how big a star they might be or think that the might be. There will always be somebody else who wants your job. I know that I'm on a little bit of a rant here but as much as I like the fact that JF supports and defends his players, he comes off as being extremely soft by not aknowledging that mistakes like he has made just can't be tolerated over and over. Doesn't help the player and doesn't help the team.
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even for one of those little fellas (although he actually would dwarf most of the Sox) that is not bad
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I think sitting him down for a game or two due to repetitve mental base running mistakes is a good thing. Helps the team and in the long run (if he isn't stupid) it will help the player. it does no one any good if his ridiculous base running gaffs are overlooked and written off because he is young. Good teams understand the value of eliminating mental mistakes and at times a tougher approach has to be taken. No one is saying that he should lose his job but there is no way that what he has done should be ignored and written off as the result of aggressive baserunning. Aggressive and stupid just aren't the same thing.
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I have got nothing against Benintendi at all Tyler. Sweet swing for a smaller guy. I still no way of defending most of his baserunning or defensive gaffs. Physical errors are going to happen but there is no excuse for the repetitive mental mistakes that he has made. i think that it would be ok to be a little stern with him although i realize that there are some here who might be concerned for potential damage to his fragile ego. My feeling about him so far is that he is either stupid or uncoachable. Stupid i can live with - uncoachable NO.
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Debunking the 3 year window myth -- the Red Sox in 2020
cp176 replied to Fan_since_Boggs's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I don't care how well he hits, if numbnutts McGee continues to run into outs and throw the ball into Nevernever Land from left field, I might jump off that cliff long before the window of expiration. Can't we just use a pinch runner for this kid? Wish I could have been in the dugout lat night when he came in after the latest. I wonder if he was told it was ok to run in to an obvious out because the world has changed. Out with the old and in with the new. -
i sometimes (not really sometimes) think that this cliff or window myth that has been created really is all about someone still trying to defend Ben Cherington's ill fated reign as the club's GM. To some eyes, it would have made no difference who came after. They were still going to be criticized because Cherington just wasn't given a fair shot. Now i get the fact that DD is a little older than Ben but really he does at least try to look young.
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Like I said - you really do come alive after midnight.
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Man - you just come alive after the midnight hour.
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We must not be talking about the same play. on second? groundball hit to your right directly at the ss and you try to advance to third? Is that the same play?
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correcto!
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I was going to ask this question myself. These guys seemingly have come out of nowhere. I just hope we don't start arguing about who the GM was who signed Brentz. lol - for the record - it doesn't matter! Castillo also continues to hit the ball. These guys very well might present viable options as opposed to paying the price for backup high priced veterans. Castillo maybe not so much.
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devers command is commanding too - lol (just folding around)
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you damn well know that Farrell will find some positive spin for horrible base running mistakes. A 2 run game and that idiot does that.
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I'm pretty sure if they sat him down he could figure it out. Nothing works like playing time. I don't care how good he is or thinks he is - he ain't sitting for those mistakes - he ain't gonna stop making them.
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That play would have gotten me benched regardless of how many hits I had gotten. Absolutely stupid attempt on a groundball in front of you.
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One more time for Barfield as well- my oh my. You never know where the real help is going to come from.
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There is no question about this. Trading away what amount to as surplus players who for the most part would never play in Boston, might be questionable I guess if they garnered 0 in return. For the most part, we did ok. We continue even today to have payers stockpiled in our system who could very likely play for some other teams.
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Chavis going deep today as well?
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I do think that you are a die hard Sox fan and I respect what you say. Like reading what you post. I don't really know if I see things differently than anyone else but to me any debate over what any GM has or hasn't done is pointless. They are kind of like principals of a school - far to much credit when things go well - and probably much too much blame when things don't work out. I do honestly feel that if John henry continues to own this team, he will do what is necessary to put people in the seats. i really don't think he worries much about 3-4 year windows or cliffs or whatever. Obviously there will be some obstacles that will need to be dealt with as there have always been but I will be very surprised if monetary issues of any kind will present a stop sign to this franchise under his leadership. For what it is worth, if Pomeranz continues to do what he has done, I would be very surprised if they don't try to reup him. It is all good here though Moon - you have been good for this forum and give us plenty of material to comment on.
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and what bothers some posters ( i might be the only one ) is that this whole idea of a "3 year window" has been even a created concept. I do not believe that there is nor will there be any such thing. Before you force feed ( don't take that personally) me your stats that you and some think might prove your point, let it suffice to say that I am not buying it. I do not see DD's moves as going for broke. i do not see them as panic or desperation moves and I do not think that he left our system bankrupt. It is all in what you believe and quite possibly what you want to see. I might be the only one here who thinks this way and that is ok too. I see his moves as being calculated and rational with a healthy dose of common sense added in to the mix.
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Hope I'm not wrong about this one Slasher. I'm going to have to go read the rule.