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  1. cp176
    If the latest Bill james' projections for our starting pitchers hold true, we are going to be in good shape. His predictions for buccholz and owens (of all people ) look very good. If Porcello pitches as he suspects, he really becomes your number 4 for sure and actually could be a 5 behind - Price, Bucch, Rodriguez, and Owens.
  2. cp176
    i'm not sure that is saying a lot for poor old Otis. What the hell though really - You could be a lot worse off than a rich, loveable town drunk.
  3. cp176
    I'm betting that sooner as opposed to later Farrell winds up somewhere in the front office and not on the field.
  4. cp176
    I'm suggesting that many of those older voters could be learning many of the new analytical ways of looking at things. It is also quite possible that some of the younger voters are not embracing the new metrics . We don't know. We make assumptions based on age. I know a great many old young people. I hope the HOF voters don't limit themselves by pigeon holing themselves into one way of looking at things. Often times we have seen players not voted for or even left off ballots simply because someone just didn't like them.
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    If you mean that people who have not been covering the game of baseball for the past 10 years, I agree. Why should they be in a position to vote for something that they have lost interest in? I don't think that this realization, tells us that these people lost their votes due to not embracing the role analytics play in today's game. They lost interest in covering the game thus they lost their votes. Took quite awhile for it to happen as well. Maybe they did not embrace advanced analytics. I don't think that is what cost them their votes. I don't think any of us really know that. What we do know is that they have not been covering the game for awhile.
  6. cp176
    As good as their defense might be, I think that we will need one of these two guys to hit.
  7. cp176
    I hope that you are right about Dombrowski. If he is healthy, sitting him down would be a power move. I found it interesting, that one of the projections for 2016 that I read the other day, even had Sam Travis getting an opportunity in Boston this year. Travis Shaw is ready to step in at either third or first. They have good contingency plans I think if things turn sour with respect to either first or third. If Hanley can't get the job done at first, we will find out quickly whether of not he wants to stay in Boston at all. Although, i think that we could do better, the potential for him to the dh going forward exists. A lot of this is really up to him.
  8. cp176
    One positive thing that we could have going for us is depth. Now, it might not be great in certain places, we could be at least adequate in just about every position on the field if someone goes down. No pressing need to hurry a player like Pederoia along when he gets hurt. It gets tricky with Ramirez, if he just can't play the position. He is easily replaceable by better first basemen but what do you do with him. If no one wants him that is a huge bad contract to eat. If this scenario plays out, which I hope that it doesn't, we will really find out some things about the whole franchise going forward. So far everybody is speaking the company line. Stay positive - not a big transition - he is working hard as we think spring thoughts.
  9. cp176
    Beginning the New Year, it really is starting to look like the Ramirez at first experiment might be a go. Scares the hell out of me. Not only does the footwork issue come in to play, he also has to pay attention on every pitch. A real experiment. A bigger one than throwing him in the outfield. I realize that he is an infielder. I still have very limited confidence in him being able stay focused on every pitch. If he can't get it done, the Sox will have a major issue right out of the gate. What do you do with him?
  10. cp176
    The yapping has already started! Where are bautista and encarnarcion apt to be in 2017. Many think that Boston will get one or the other. I know - I know - no love here for Hanley. That is one issue for sure for some. My issue is that I am going to have to learn how to say encarnarcion. I can't spell either name but I like how they hit.
  11. cp176
    That is all I'm doing here. It's good to having something to talk about. I don't mind being called older either - had a good run.
  12. cp176
    I'm ok with your opinions.
  13. cp176
    I realize your feelings about what you see as "old school" vs "new school". The impression you give is that of people having to be entrenched in one or the other. Has to be a nice blend of old and new to be successful I think in just about anything. With respect to Varitek, I would imagine that anyone who ever saw him play recognized easily what his strengths were. He was simply outstanding in just about everything a catcher really needs to be outstanding at. He won't be in the HOF because he was not a complete enough player to be there. Red Sox great for sure. HOF candidate - don't think so. Retired Red Sox jersey - yup - right after Dewey.
  14. cp176
    I loved the guy but seriously what criteria would put him in the HOF?
  15. cp176
    RIP - When I think of my beginnings in this game, I think of the impact that All-Star Frank Malzone had on us during his time. A real professional. A truly gifted third baseman.
  16. cp176
    I think that Varitek is an obvious logical choice. Boggs is going up but it should not be ahead of the players that we have been discussing. If it had been Tek and not Boggs we would have had one hell of a lot less to talk about.
  17. cp176
    Great discussion by the way. What I am hearing is that there is no one way to assemble a quality team. It isn't black or white, old or new, advanced metrics or personal scouting alone. It takes a combination of all available tools with quite a bit of plain luck involved as well. I think that the current direction looks good. Even looks as though there is a dose of common sense being used as well.
  18. cp176
    Thank you very much for posting this. Good to see that there were a few others around at that time who experienced what we saw and felt about this young gift that we were given for such a short time. I don't know whether or not his jersey should be retired. It doesn't really matter. The discussion began with the idea of Wade Boggs having his jersey retired in Boston. Once again, personally I don't really care. My understanding is that the statistical evidence of a player's greatness presents only one piece of the puzzle that gets put together in this picture. We aren't talking the HOF. For lifelong fans who have experienced this team's real rise to the top, that retired number stands for something very very special. Maybe even something a little tragic. I was too young for either Doer or Cronin, but as for the rest of those numbers, even today thinking about them brings back memories that I hope that I will be able to someday share with my grandchildren. To not appreciate the significant contributions of the greatest from this era, is to not appreciate the history of the franchise.
  19. cp176
    Based on your comments and observations, I am thinking you are confused. It's Tony not his brother Billy. Just a little sarcasm. You are wrong.
  20. cp176
    It is not wrong in any sense of its meaning His accomplishments from 1964 to 1970 had great significance to fans at that time. I'll stand by any statement that I have made. To somehow trivialize his place in Red Sox history is a shot across the bow that most lifelong fans would not take.
  21. cp176
    Forgot to mention the fact that he was a local boy. I might be alone in this one as well but that means something to me.
  22. cp176
    A little over the top I think on your Tony C. negativity. Must have struck a nerve. Tony C. was very very special to those of us who lived through some of the Red Sox most trying seasons. You can beat all you want to about credentials needed to have your number retired. Bottom line - your opinion is no better or worse than anyone elses. My point = Tony Conigliaro represented a hell of a lot more to the history of this team than anything Wade Boggs has ever done. We aren't talking HOF. You see, I remember listening to the game the night he got hit. All of the promise and hope in the world ripped apart by one pitch. For the record, i did not say that i would retire his number. That does not change how I feel about his importance to Red Sox history with respect to Wade Boggs. Simply stated Boggs would be back in the pack for me. Just so I know what I am dealing with - for clarity sake - You are saying that Tony Conigliaro was a flop?
  23. cp176
    I have read so much on here about who was to blame for all of Ben's moves that I sometimes question whether he actually was the GM or not. My guess is that if any of "Browski's" moves turn out to be poor or even questionable, his feet will be held to the fire as probably they should be. I would really like to know how he actually feels about the possibility that the contracts of Ramirez, Sandoval, and Porcello will have to be honored. I would bet quite a bit that if he could have he already would have moved either Sandoval or Ramirez and possibly both of them. So far he has done a good job for us all by trying to make the most out of a bad situation.
  24. cp176
    thanks - Just seems like an arbitrary kind of honor to me. A special one for sure but just for starters - Tony C., Luis T., and Dewey would have their day quite a while before Boggs. Sounds like I don't like him but I do. IMO - the others meant more to the Boston Red Sox than he did. Guess I just don't see him as representing more than some others when it comes to Boston Red Sox history.
  25. cp176
    HOF criteria is fairly definitive. What criteria do the Red Sox use to honor players in this fashion? I'm sure that you must know and I really would like to be enlightened. A pretty good gap between Pesky and Boggs. It is a feel good PR move. Nothing more. It is all good. In your opinion he should have is number retired. Wonderful. My opinion would be without knowing what the specific criteria is that has to be met, there are others that deserve to be honored in this way before Boggs.
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