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i'm really ok with this. it really has to do with our opinions and of course in my case, my memory. i think that Beni is going to be fine and productive going forward. i just don't see how anyone can really compare him to Fred Lynn. both outfielders - yes for sure. i watched Freddie for the years he was with us. i like Beni but really comparing him to Lynn? whatever floats your boat I guess.

yaz - easy for me. i remember him when he made it to the big club. Obviously, his 1967 year had a deep impact on me. i used to carry a radio with me so i could listen to the day games regardless of where i was. it was an unprecedented year for all of us living where i lived. something we just weren't used to i guess. A young team led by a left fielder who just did things that we had not seen before. As the years progressed, so did he. i don't know where people place captain Carl with respect to their personal greatest evers but for me it really is kind of easy. you can't compare eras i get that. Ted Williams will continue to be the greatest hitter that really I have ever seen - David Ortiz (don't need to say anything about what he meant to us all) - but yup - Yaz - for me there is and probably never will be a question. In all honesty, maybe it is due primarily to what he did during that 67 season. So be it - I'm happy that I was alive to see it. thank you for asking and being interested. i love threads like this.

if Ben had us here to help him ( not all of us because believe or not some of us really didn't like him) we would just be f---ing fantastic by now. It's History!

you sign who you want to sign - Fultz ok . You sign Heyward - you trade for who you really want. right now it is pretty obvious that as long as you have just one ball to play with that the c's are heading toward guard heavy haven. That is where the trade comes from and that will be a tough call. If it was me, as much as i like Bradley, he might be the odd guy out. some say smart but I like his toughness and his real potential as a defensive player. They will be close but thinking that any 19 or 20 year od kid is going to step on to the court and be an immediate impact player on this team might be a dream unless he is 6'7" plus can defend, pass, and stick it from beyond the arc. A few other thoughts though - We have a tough assed GM and one of the better coaches in all of bb land. Plus, don't forget about a couple of international draft picks that were made last year. We are in for a decades worth of very good celtic's bb.

I'm working from memory obviously but I absolutely believe that big people help little people win games more than the other way around. i'm one of the little guys also. I truly hope that you and all others are right about Benintendi. I like him too and hope that he becomes the best ever. As for now - it's Fred Lynn for me - 0 comparison.

i doubt that very much. I hope that you are right but I will just say it again - Freddie Lynn he ain't. he may in fact put those numbers up on occasion but if he did it on a regular basis i would be pleasantly stunned.

My grandfather was a very very good player back in the 20's and 30's when towns had teams - very good teams. Pomfret CT. my family moved to Maine in the 40's and my Mom stuck a Sox hat on my head in 1955 - I was 4- Red Sox for lifer. We spent our summers in Ct. where my Aunt (Hebron Ct.) and Grandparents attempted to civilize us. My first and only trip to Fenway until the 70's came in 1960. I did get to see Ted play. My most cherished memories are of listening to afternoon games with my Gramps on summer afternoons in the barn before he went out to do the chores. Life was really a lot simpler then and maybe even better.

Benintendi will be a nice little player for our team. He is going to hit . I do not think though that going forward his is going to give us what it looks like we need the most - power. He is cut from the mold of most of the current players that we have - potentially very good hitters just not power hitters.

Since i saw Pomeranz pitch against Detroit last summer, i have tried hard to support him. After I saw him in an interview last week, not so much. if he was really any good, we might see a little fire and a little of "I'm pissed of at the way i have been pitching" attitude out of him. i haven't seen it. he's been cut. His card should have a picture of Owens on the back of it.

With Travis heating up and Devers continuing to pound the ball, i'm ready for them both. Moreland looks more and more like a good option coming off the bench - a damn slow one but still an option. If we are going to struggle to score runs anyway, i would much prefer to see it be with a youth movement.

Now that is the kicker isn't it. Without Kimbrel we would suck even worse but if you are going to be a .500 team does it make any difference whether we have him or not? if we are or were going to be any good, it does for sure. It would look like a great deal. If we are going to just suck, then what the hell it would be better to suck and still have all or our prspects and maybe even another draft pick that we could potentially screw up. lol

Olynkyk was an offensive star last night for sure. he does have some amazing offensive skils. He is a definite defensive liability for sure though. i like Smart. He is tougher than hell and can guard just about anyone. Actually Crowder and Smart are players that most teams would love to have. The best have players like Beal, who if you have any kind of lapse on the defensive end they will score. The Celtics are still a ways away from being the best but they are heading in that direction.

too many 3 balls fired and too many turnovers for me but i'm watching. i do like the intensity and the physicality the Celtics have. not enough to beat the Cavs but to be one of the last 4 standing is a good thing.

i just cannot help but think what our current situation might look like without the acquisitions made by DD. What he has done is of course debatable but having a farm system loaded with players that might not ever be significant ml ready guys, as opposed to having the Sales and Kimbrels, would not make me happy. Some of his moves of course look questionable right now primarily because some of them look like damaged goods. One of my concerns is that not one of our younger players who were here when DD arrived seem to show one lick of the leadership skills that we need right now. Betts ? maybe - the rest not so much. It is a piece of the puzzle that is lacking. People can question the significance of good leadership to i guess. I don't.

I have been a supporter of his as I was for those other two guys before him when they held the same job he holds. I like the fact that we have Kimbrel and I like the fact that we have Sale. other than that ... What have you done for me lately? One of my biggest gripes and concerns has and will continue to be that they didn't add the power bat to accompany what we have and to help make up for what we lost. I've been willing to give Moreland a shot but I am really less than impressed with him. If Napoli had been resigned, i would have been just as happy. We have a number of good contact hitters but outside of Mookie and Ramirez (when he is able to play) it really doesn't look like there is enough pop in our lineup. Most of our players actually look like what they are - contact hitters. It is very disappointing for sure and I'm not anymore of a happy camper than anyone else with the product that we are seeing out there. DD is the boss and he gets to take the bulk of the blame.

I think our team is more ready than Devers is.

i'm done defending DD for the Pomeranz trade although I still think that there is a chance that he could help us going forward. Saw an interview with Pomeranz yesterday and I was less than impressed. i like athletes to have some emotion. He looks and sounds like he has none. i'll add that what bothers me most about the trade at this time is not the fact that we lost Espinoza but that we possibly could and probably should have gotten more than Pomeranz in the trade. Even with all of his potential, the fact that we traded an 18 year old pitcher who really hasn't done much yet (I know - he is just a teenager)and who is currently injured and unable to pitch means nothing to me. The fact remains though that he could very well have brought us more and right now the trade looks terrible.

ya lets see - did any of our current players actually play for us before DD was hired?- thought so. I wonder which group might be under performing the most? it is ridiculous to blame any one person for this big bag of suck that we have playing for us currently. A poorly coached bunch of little punch and judy players.

it is a damn good thing that we made the trade for Kimbrel. it at least gives us a chance when Sale pitches and when somone else might be having a good day.

he never was and never will be a cleanup hitter in the traditional sense. he will hit. i'm pretty sure of that but he is not by any means the second coming of Freddie Lynn.

The way this team is playing I would save Kimbrel for days that Sale pitches. If we are going to score just a couple of runs per, these two guys deserve to get them.

any chance farrell might have said throw the f ing ball over the f ing plate

My grandchildren will be in college by the time this inning is over

I think I tend to see it the way you do. I think the trade was worth it and without this guy this year, many fewer people would be following the Sox.

For the record - not me.