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  1. cp176
    I love the game but I do think that I loved it a little more back then. Apparicio is in the HOF because he was that good. No one has mentioned him but how good was Burleson back in the day. It almost drove me to the dark side when they let Fisk, lynn, and the Rooster walk.(not really but I wasn't very happy). i also absolutely believe that Lynn would have had a HOF career if he had stayed in Boston. come to think of it, remembering these teams - we have had some absolutely great baseball talent in Boston throughout the years.
  2. cp176
    here's hoping Henry finds the strike zone!
  3. cp176
    As much as I wouldn't mind a trade for young somewhat proven pitching talent, I really would like to see Moncada and Benintendi stay in Boston.
  4. cp176
    I have to calm myself down quite a bit with respect to these prospects. Even so, Moncada and Benintendi really look special. It also is looking like they are starting to address future pitching needs. They need to. when Roger broke onto the scene it was so unique for a Red Sox fan. A rookie pitcher who was big strong and looked like he was destined to just be great. Even when he got hurt early on, you could see that he had the potential to be great. It is and always has been about the pitching.
  5. cp176
    thanks for that. I was pretty sure that it was 0 for 40ish. Still a very vivid memory for me. I think that he was on a couple of All-Star teams while with the Sox. Louis could run pretty much right up to the end as well. Obviously only the old guys here remember those teams of the late 60's and early 70's but they were good.
  6. cp176
    I was there just like you were Spud. I am not going to take the time drinking around to find the specifics but wasn't Louis something like 0 for 43? maybe worse. i don't remember there ever being anyone who ever suggested that he wasn't still one of the best defensive ss in the game right up until the end. Much like the catching position, ss was always one of those positions that if you could find one who kid could hit just a little to go along with the fielding you were damn lucky. Players like Ernie Banks didn't come around everyday. I loved those white Sox teams of the late 50's - Nellie Fox at second and my favorite Louis Apparichio at short. Maybe I liked him so much because I could always pick em I just couldn't hit the goddam thing.
  7. cp176
    I love the kid but I have been saying the very same thing for the past two seasons. I would like to see him pick up the pace with the bat in Pawtucket though.
  8. cp176
    I don't believe that their size (Petrocelli and Valentin) had anything to do with them moving to third. They might have been getting a little slower but basically as I recall two better shortstops just came along.
  9. cp176
    Moncada just picked up his 19th stolen base as well. I totally agree with your feelings about these 3. They really look like they could be very good.
  10. cp176
    I think that you are right but I don't think Swihart provides a solution to either of those potentials. If he provided an elite defensive ability in left maybe but still probably not. Better options are right behind him. I would be very surprised if they saw him as a serious candidate to play left field in Boston. His greatest value is as a catcher once he proves that he is able to field the position. Maybe in Boston and maybe not.
  11. cp176
    Makes no sense unless they really feel that they have a major hurt trying to come up with a future left fielder.
  12. cp176
    well duh ??? really - Actually it isn't a forgone conclusion that Swihart will wind up back in Boston this year. My opinion is "heck yes" both Moncada and Benintendi will outhit Swihart.
  13. cp176
    bagwell for anderson at the time didn't look all that bad. hindsight makes it look ridiculous.
  14. cp176
    this one even sucked at the time
  15. cp176
    I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he can play a decent left field . Will his bat put him ahead of benintendi or moncada?
  16. cp176
    I've read everything that I can find about Swihart. I hope that he becomes the player that everyone thinks that he can. I do not see him ever playing left field in Fenway. He has looked so far to actually be quite a ways away from being an everyday ml catcher. I would feel better about his Fenway future if was currently hitting just a little at the AAA level. Maybe today.
  17. cp176
    Pedroia
  18. cp176
    who's that again? pablo who? On the bright side for Sox ownership - it could be worse - we got a pretty good third baseman out there making a little over 500 thousand.
  19. cp176
    Before my time as well. Read some great books. I did see Ted play in 1960 though.
  20. cp176
    injury - he would have been out there if he could have been
  21. cp176
    I worked half days that summer and tried to get to the golf course some afternoons. I used to carry a little transistor in golf bag so I could listen to the day games. An unbelieable summer.
  22. cp176
    I'm a Williams guy all the way but what Ortiz has brought to the Red Sox in addition to his great play, Ted really wasn't interested in bringing until much later on. Mantle was for sure that good but for watching Mays play was other worldly as a kid. Williams would get my vote as the greatest hitter in the history of the game and #1 Red Sox. Ortiz has move ahead of Yaz for me I say with a heavy heart. In my summer of '67 eyes though, no one had a one year performance like Yaz.
  23. cp176
    If Dom D. had been in center on that day, Pesky wouldn't have had to even think about that classic double clutch.
  24. cp176
    Kelly says he is on the mend and just about ready to get back at it.
  25. cp176
    Kind of like what Ortiz said about his first pitch homer the other night. He had a pretty good idea (70% chance) of what was was going to be thrown. Chill and Vaz were probably figuring on a 100% chance of a fastball coming. No guessing required. Said it was the longest ball he has ever hit.
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