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Maybe i should have started a thread called - what would Pedroia think?

I was only really interested in tackling things when I played. lol - Perhaps I didn't realize what I was getting into. I'll take it back.

I've wondered about this for awhile now. Is this team tough enough to do what it says they should do "on paper" at least? I think that Pedroia gets it as does Sale I'm pretty sure. It is a tough game and more often then not you need some tough guys to help you win.

ouch trade this bum

tough for me watching the umpire

got squeezed a little there too

me too (prob. all of us) when you aren't scoring though sometimes you try something different

gold glover at third clearly

good play - hernandez got the ball not the bat

play should have been made thats my idea of giving away outs

no sacrifice - steals - hit and runs - feet first slides - Im a dinosaur

i don't know about people giving up on him but a short leash is required . lets go

is he really this bad?

have to make that play

The most rational and for me really the only reason for not sending Sale back out for the ninth was that there was just enough of a delay while they waited for the replay to get finalized that JF felt uncomfortable with Sale sitting in the dugout for any extended time. If this is what really finalized his decision, then it was a good one for him to make. If it was just about playing the numbers game - whether it was Sale's 102 pitches or the fact the Kimbrel has done a very good job - then not so much for me. When you have one of the best pitchers in baseball (sorry not Kimbrel in this instance) pitching against a team that absolutely can not hit him, it has nothing to do with Sale's win loss record or the fact that it is April or that the numbers say how good Kimbrel has been. It has everything to do with winning the game. Sale on the mound gives you a better chance to win then Kimbrel yesterday. That being said, if JF felt that Sale had been sitting around too long, it was an excellent coaches decision and I am sure as hell glad it all worked out. To Sale's credit, I think that he is a lot more interested in the team winning than his win loss record.

A win is a win and I loved what Sale said about it. He gets it. i certainly would have been one of the guys who would have sent him back out for sure. They literally could not hit him and he really hadn't tired. The book says bring Kimbrel in. This is where i think feel has to play a role as opposed to the book. Win is a win and it does give us something to talk about. i guess I just don't like the book all the time.

I still like the big bat in the middle of the lineup. Now I understand that someone is going to post all of the players with all of their homer totals from last year. I get that we can hit. I still hope that not really replacing that big bat in the middle does not come back to haunt us. If our pitching staff was healthy top to bottom, maybe we would be ok. it isn't. old school 3 run homers work for me.

I don't need your tears! whoops lol just kidding

good history stuff and the logical conclusion is even better

Say Hey!!! Remember Willie! He still heads my list of the greatest baseball player of all time. He could do it for sure. He could do it all.

total package i agree. Not to sure I buy that Mookie would be his equal in center though. Maybe, maybe not but there would likely not be much of a let down. They are wonderful to watch together for the time being.

I think correcto when it comes to Bogaerts for sure both offensively and defensively. Not someone we will want to lose. I'm still hoping that we don't really know what JBJ's offensive ceiling is just yet.

You know me when it comes to the budget stuff and the Red Sox. If when the time comes, these two guys are who they want, I think that they sign both.

thanks - makes a little more sense

That was a great grab! He reaches any lower and he is down a deck.