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We would welcome you to Maine. Just remember, it will be 20 plus years before you are eligible to apply for your Maine card. If you need a sponsor to help you cross the border, let me know. I would be glad to help you out. All kidding aside, it has been an absolutely beautiful place to grow up in in and to raise a family in. I don't ski anymore plus I don't work anymore so I am not nuts about the winter thus a few months in the sunny south at least for now. 1967 season and series featured things that I will remember for the rest of my life.
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You and I might be the only two on here who felt as though the Sandoval signing made sense. Hind sight might indicate otherwise but maybe not. We shall see.
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This time you do have it right. Please please don't come to Maine. You folks stay down there in the big city. We have nothing up here that you would ever be interested in. Tax rate is too high - too cold - you stay down there.
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Hey - there can't be any cretins in Sanford (lol) I was teaching. Went to bed when they fell behind late. Some of the boys stayed up. No sleeping after Carbo connected. Those two teams were literally loaded with talent top to bottom. Sparky gave the Reds an advantage. Great series featuring lots of future Hall of famers!
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Although it looked pretty clear that Bench made the tag in time, can you imagine how many times they would have looked at Foster's throw if video review had been in effect. We might still be waiting today for them to finish that series!
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It is an absolute no brainer. The but is that it is no more of a no brainer than it was last year. Their inability or reluctance to go after one last year, made no sense either. A quick show of hands - Did we all think that either Buchholz or Porcello was going to become that person? Their needs have not changed - only upper management. Imagine that!
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And that is why it is great to know that there other trading partners with outstanding young pitchers who are possibly available.
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Anniversary year for one of the best series of all time. Watched some video today. Just for remembering sake, everyone should watch the catch Evans made that evening. If you were a alive and a Sox fan at this time, you probably remember game 6 as well as any that you can recall. The crowd when Tiant left the game. Lynn's early homer. The throw by Foster. Carlton Fisk of course and last but certainly not least BERNIE CARBO!
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I've mellowed. One of my first gloves was a George Thomas model. I'm sure everybody remembers him. Go Mets!
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Yes it has been discussed and I cannot think of anyone on the site who said yes to trading Betts or Bogaerts for anyone. It might not be a unanimous vote but pretty close to it. They would be a little to tough to replace. Swihart on the other hand might create some possibilities. All depends. Plenty of people don't like that idea so much either. That would be a move I could live with if the package brought back a young top of the rotation guy.
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I'm guessing that it will never happen with a pitcher particularly in Boston. If you think that my choice of words might support your position it is all good. I can only speak here for myself but I see no parallels between signing a proven top of the rotation pitcher to what our Red Sox did this year.
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It could have a very positive impact. We have no way of knowing.
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He really might not want to be a GM. It is also possible that even though he is young, he knows what his limitations are. He has a lot to offer with respect to the game, maybe not as a general manager. Nothing wrong with that. It is kind of like someone who thinks that they want to be a principal and then finds out that education is really about being in the classroom and working directly with the kids. Being General Manager sounds great - maybe it is not so much.
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I agree with you. This organization has wasted more money on bad contracts than some teams have to allocate to contracts in general. Nothing they spend now will have a negative impact on what they do 5 plus years out. The only way they could hurt themselves might be by a failure to lock up a few rising stars if they get the chance.
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I agree with much of what you said. In the last few (4 or 5), Ramirez has had trouble saying healthy. Wherever he is next year, the Sox will pay for it. He probably will hit if healthy, but the buts and what ifs are there with him. He represents a bad risk if you have to pay for it.
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I am in the minority camp of thinking that they have and will have all of the money that they need to get the players that will help them win. I am sure that they have numbers that they don't want ti exceed. Call it a budget if you like, I don't. I am much more concerned with them wasting contracts on players that will remain on the team for X number of years due to the nature of guaranteed contracts. If they are going to block a younger better player by hiring a slob then they need to eat the contracts or do some trading. I was not totally opposed to extending Porcello. I just think that they gave him too much. Hind sight makes Sandoval's contract look bad. The Ramirez signing came with questions from day one. Their "budget" won't be the cause of them not being successful. Their success or lack thereof will be determined by who they want on the field every year. I really hope they can make some decisions that at least look really good from the beginning. I don't think that it will have anything to do with how much money we think they do or don't have. They have the money.
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It is also possible that he has realized that being the GM is just not a job for him. There isn't much worse during your working life than doing a job you just don't enjoy doing.
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I guess the answer is obvious. Most of the people posting here are realists.
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Is there someone on here who truly thinks that we can work a trade for an ace without moving at least one of our big four - Betts, Bogaerts, E-Rod, or Swihart? If there is someone who feels this way, I guess I missed their postings. I think most know that to get you have to give. The trick is to move the pieces that can be replaced without causing major problems. My bet=Swihart.
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Package up Owens with Swihart and one other and you get a pretty good possible swap group with somebody.
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I agree. Something big has to happen within the next year or two though if the likes of Moncada, Guerra, Devers, Benintendi, and Margot continue to progress. They are young as a group but some of them aren't all that young. I'm really still not sold on JBJ and Castillo long term and as much as I admire Pedroia, what do you do with your top propect in Moncada? All kinds of packages could be put together but I am with you on the Mets probably not dealing with us.
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Trying to deal Swihart in a package excluding Betts, Bogaerts and E-Rod is realistic. Might not happen but it is a possibility.
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If I had to make the choice between signing a free agent like a Price or Grienke long term or trading for a Sale, Gray, or Harvey, as long as my big 3 of Betts, Bogarts, and E-Rod were protected I would trade for the youth yesterday. Thank goodness it isn't either or and that I'm not the one making the decisions!
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If Hanley Ramirez comes back and plays a decent first base and provides some pop in the lineup I will be ecstatically happy. I'm no Hanley hater, I just don't see enough there to get me to excited. He has had some decent seasons for sure but I would not call his career a model of consistency. With him playing any field position the risk of injury seems to be just about as good as Buchholtz's. But, I do think he will be back. I don't think they will release him and I don't think that he will be highly sought after by anyone else. He certainly has the potential to hit. If it is with us, i hope he gets it done.
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Do I get to take a shot at this one. I don't think that it was you he was talking about. It is obvious that we don't all share as much optimism as you do when looking toward the future but you don't express yourself in a mean spirited and nasty way. By the way - 2 new guys at the top and a different look in the bullpen and I'm with you on the 90 win potential.