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  1. cp176
    this makes me chuckle!!!
  2. cp176
    You just have to remember that last year this year's hitting coach of the year Chili Davis just sucked in the eyes of some. Brian Butterfield's(arguably their best on field guy) ass was on the line as well. When the players actually play most of their coaches look a pant load better. if this pitching staff all of a sudden starts to look better so will the pitching coach. I also think that DD is going to make a move - a good one.
  3. cp176
    I could be that grandpa!
  4. cp176
    I'm fortunate to have experienced a lot of different activities or sports if you will at some pretty intense levels. I don't criticize them simply because I appreciate how hard it is to excel at anything. My guess is that regardless of the sport, if you want to be among the best, not only do you have to have a little talent, you also have to be willing to do the work. None of us gets to decide what the criteria is - for me it was could I run a marathon in under 2:40. How many pull-ups or dips could I do before someone stopped me. How long could I keep moving up and down the court after the fat guys sat down. What is my resting pulse rate? I'm pretty sure that depending upon the criteria you choose to use, you could prove that there are a lot of professional athletes in s*** shape for sure. Some of them might not even be particularly "athletic".
  5. cp176
    Every game that Swihart did not catch made him less attractive as a potential catcher for any team that might have been interested in him.
  6. cp176
    Leon is more than capable of getting the job done. he is another one who if he could only hit...
  7. cp176
    I believe this as well. He is not stupid enough to try to temporarily plug the leak by giving up future players for possibly future has beens. I'm guessing that when he deals, he will deal big. Moving Swihart to left was an experiment they could afford to try because they had plenty of hitting in general. Maybe it would have worked long term maybe not. Maybe it still will. Young was and still is the better option in left field at present. It is still possible that the feeling was that Swihart was never going to be the catcher that he was projected to be long term. Whatever, i don't think he is going anywhere now. Hope he heals and develops.
  8. cp176
    Apples to oranges - There is no real sport that if someone takes preparation seriously that won't wear down a body. Injuries because of constant collision might be more realized in some sports as opposed to others but really the harder you work the more likely you are to get hurt. All about what you put into it and makes n difference whether you are an amateur or professional.
  9. cp176
    The longer the hold off by winning the better. I would hate to see them give anything for a rental of an old arm. They aren't in panic mode and probably will not be. I still believe that a deal will be made eventually but I think that it will be a big one when it gets done.
  10. cp176
    What? No love for Russ here? Sadly, because of my youthful dislike of the man, i would take Wilt over any of the so-called big men playing the game today. He was at least as good from the lime as any of them and he could outrun them all.
  11. cp176
    He has proven to be horribly inconsistent. Said he did not see this move back to AAA coming. Guess he should have looked over his shoulder before he started the game. If he could throw the ball over the plate a little more often, maybe he could help us in the pen, maybe not. I am looking forward to the day that we have 2 other options to look forward to as opposed to Kelly and Buch. My personal timeline for waiting for them to become something I don't think that they will ever become has expired.
  12. cp176
    Kind of like buying a car. You want that beemer you won't be paying something less. Out of the gate. depreciation begins.
  13. cp176
    "Not too shabby"
  14. cp176
    I think that it is a club that being a member of we fondly share. The memories of watching some of these kids play today will be talked about the same way we talk about our past favorites. They just play the game the right way. As an aside here I have to tell you that I really want to see Swihart get it done and stick out there in left.
  15. cp176
    LaHoud now even! I'll take you boys back - Lou Clinton!
  16. cp176
    Griffin was another one who had just started to blossom. I was sick when he got plunked. Never the same.
  17. cp176
    Oh boy! The great thing about it was that Tartabull didn't really have much of an arm. That play is on instant replay in my mind. Didn't it happen yesterday.
  18. cp176
    I have to say I do remember Rice being a work in progress in left but I don't recall considering him bad. Don't ruin my memories with statistical analysis please. Manny I certainly would consider borderline bad (c-). Just from memory though.
  19. cp176
    We will have to wait and see about this one. At the present time, Swihart is doing it and Benintendi might be able to some day.
  20. cp176
    I agree with you and you know me - I'll never try to justify any opinion with quantifiable statistical evidence. Takes too long to look up. I'd rather fix divots in my spare time. If Rice had not been injured in '75, we would not have had to wait so long for our modern ws win. Same could be said about Coniglaro's injury in '67.
  21. cp176
    These kids are certainly fun to watch but not even close at this point in time to matching Yaz/Rice - Lynn - Evans. Not close. Maybe someday - not yet.
  22. cp176
    Yes - yesterday even
  23. cp176
    I can see why you might hesitate to spell out his name but I agree. You just never know. There are some questions that will need to be answered and he still might be in the mix. If you take the high road here - he literally works his ass off and comes back better than ever and he plays third base with Shaw moving over to first if Papi retires. Just like with these prospects, you never know. None of the predictors using everything they had to use would have predicted the upside we have seen in Shaw and Betts for sure. I assume that you know that by saying anything loosely interpreted as being positive about PS, you have waded into troubled waters.
  24. cp176
    I've watched Hernandez play since he came to the Sox organization. Very few people have known much about him very similar to Shaw in that respect. I'm not nuts about him being at third base. He is a shortstop/second baseman. People who think that he winds up simply being a utility player I think are wrong. Unlike some of those that you have listed ahead of him, he is major league ready. He could wind up being included in a trade or he could someday wind up playing second base in Boston. I tend to get more excited about the Hernandez's, Shaw's, Travis's, and Bett's simply because they don't come carrying the baggage of being a can't miss prospect. They can all miss.
  25. cp176
    He was very close to playing at the major league level. Possibly even being a special player. He will be back and if he stays in the Sox organization, I think that he will force himself into their lineup.
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