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Sam Travis continues to hit in the AFL- In the future, first base won't be a problem with him as well as Travis Shaw. The chances of at least one of them making it looks really good. Travis won't give them a lot of power on the corner but it is very likely that he will hit and hit well.
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Amen brother
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They make the talksox world go round. There is no shortage of them here for sure. I think it is safe to say that we all share in the fun.
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I hear you. I worked at a number of factories up here doing many different jobs while going to school. I met and worked beside some of the most honest hardworking people I have ever known. I'm glad I was raised the way I was. You got up and you went to work. You did the job. You didn't get there late and you didn't leave early.
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thank you - every day wasn't great but I think we did what we supposed to be doing in the grand scheme of things. I was lucky. I never saw it as a job. Our school was my home away from home for many years.
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I was told that I was one of the good ones. My wife taught phys. ed. I think that we got the job done. All good.
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I'm good with the fact that he has been recognized for his excellent play this year. If all of the stats say that there are some who performed better in the field, that is ok. I like him for the work that he put in and would hate to see him moved. He probably has a pretty good idea as to what his fielding shortcomes might be. If there any, I bet he attempts to address them this off season. If he is a fixture for us at short, i am a happy guy.
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Great news - Not bad for a kid who a year ago had no range and an inaccurate arm. What a year!
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So - Let me see. my take on this is that I'm cynical and that I might view people who work hard and sacrifice as nothing special. None of that is true but the beauty of a forum is that you get to say what you want to right. Nice take on my words. Now you want to get into a great run your mouth debate that's ok. Here is one for you - I don't think that being GM of a major league baseball franchise carries any more significance than being a good classroom teacher. Judging from your comments, you don't agree. It is pretty clear that you disagree with this. That's ok. It's my opinion. It's your right.
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Like I said just my opinion. Not a question at all about how hard somebody works.
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This is a very true statement. Very very sad but true. Some people just don't seem able to play in the environments that we have created. The intelligent ones, who have a place somewhere else, never come here.
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If he was in fact actually teaching phys. ed on a full time basis in some little school somewhere, he would at least have the satisfaction of knowing that he was making a real positive contribution to society. Being the GM of an organization in the entertainment business doesn't exactly put him on a special pedestal for me. Doesn't matter what kind of job he did or does. Just my opinion though - I feel the same way about most of the professional athletes i cheer for. I will continue to be a fan but they play a game for a living that we pay dearly to watch. Good for them - I'll have a beer in their honor tonight.
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I agree with your post but i still don't know if anyone can guess at what JBJ's ceiling might be. That is and has been part of the allure. A little more full time play for someone (maybe us) and we might really get a clearer picture of who he is. That being said, he resides in an outfield with another one whose ceiling is anybody's best guess too - Castillo. Big question mark here as well. All we really know for sure is that he is more expensive than Bradley.
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I agree - A very good post. Too nice a guy to be beaten to death by the burdens of this particular job.
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You and I won't agree on this one and that's ok. Ben is a good man. As a GM, things really did not work out for him. You are assuming that I don't think that he is capable of being a General Manager. I think that you might want more for him than he wants. We all need to be supported in the things that we love to do. It is a cruel game.
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Thanks for passing this one on. I am not one bit surprised by this. He is a bright young man. A school like Columbia may offer him everything he wants professionlly without the headache of trying to run a major league gig in Boston. I would be surprised to ever see him work as a GM again. Good for him! It is sad when things don't work out well for good people but it no surprise that he landed on his feet.
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One more time - Who here really knows what Ben Cherington wants his future to be? I am not convinced that he wants to be the one in charge. At least not with a team with a huge payroll. I think that he has learned what his strengths as well as his weaknesses are. I'm not sure you could pay the man enough to be the primary target again if things go bad. A high up support roll player might be just what he wants. Ben Cherington in the right role (not GM) can be a tremendous asset to a team. I bet he knows that.
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If it was 3, then I might agree with you to an extent but it isn't three it is two. Some suggest that it is just one starting pitcher that we need. I would like them to go get two. I would take a shot with our 3,4 and 5 guys being as good as anyones right now. We will just have to wait and see what unfolds in the off-season but I don't think there will any shortage of potential trade partners for the Sox. They won't have to go begging for someone to do business with. That to me is clearly a position of strength.
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If what you read, can have any validity, with Boston trying to take the names of Benintendi, Moncada, and Espinoza off the table, it does make you wonder who will be here and who won't next year.
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I am just going to guess that maybe there are some other teams out there that might be interested in trading with the Red Sox other than the Mets. Of course the Mets would love to have Betts - who wouldn't. If the Sox go the trade route to acquire a top of the rotation arm, they definitely have players not named Betts or Bogaerts that could be used to acquire said player. With what they have on the horizon, they are in a very strong position to make deals. Maybe not with the Mets. Tough break for them.
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That is great news for sure.
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Moncada is currently banged up but I am glad to hear that the org. is high on them. It would just be an off the wall guess but I would bet on Moncada and Benintendi for sure. I think that they both might be impact players. Espinoza is still very young.
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You have brought this up a number of times. Most know all about what it would take to get Harvey. No one wants see either Betts or Bogaerts leave Boston just yet. There are other Harvey like talents out their that will not cost the Sox Betts or Bogaerts. The Mets can cover the loss of Harvey much easier than the Red Sox could the loss of either Bogaerts or Betts. It would look like a much better deal for the Mets I'm afraid if they got a package built around either of our two potential stars plus a potentially decent young arm. The Mets might not be interested in Swihart but plenty of others are. The Red Sox are in a position of strength here. Dealing with the Mets might not be the best way to go just yet.
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Oh but the way - I just had a thought. When Mazeroski hit his homer in 1960, I was 9. That game led me on my lifelong journey of disliking the Yankees.