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I don't believe that DD is done for one second. Maybe perhaps good old common sense is being used here. I think that JH will want to win each year just as much as he has every other year. Signing older players to long term contracts doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. The fact that a lot of money has not just been thrown around might even mean that it isn't a good idea just to waste it. Our team as is really isn't that bad folks. If you believe that DD isn't going to sign anyone else, I think that you are deluding yourselves. It might even be Kimbrel at a reasonable contract rate. None of us know.
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Look what you started.
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And all this time I thought that WAPM was native American currency.
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Is that a Stanley Steamer by any chance? I am a little curious actually - I wonder how many different websites there are out there from which we can get the same data?
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I wasn't suggesting that you grow the game at the AAA level at all. I agree with you entirely or maybe not. If young kids are going and want to keep going to minor league games at any level, then I guess I would say that you are growing the game. I'm pretty sure that you know as well as I do what some of the obstacles are that baseball growth faces today. I'm not sure that many of these obstacles can even be overcome. It is a dramatically different world today.
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I agree with you on this but my favorite kind of ice cream is vanilla - no nuts, no swirls, no nothing.
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I loved Nomar as did most Red Sox fans but I never thought he was the type of player who handled the routine play - the ones that need to be made every time - very well. You have to have those types of players especially up the middle. It isn't about the spectacular plays so much as just being very consistent.
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No of course not. I'm pretty sure that some people really do want too see some good entertainment though. Normally a consistent loser doesn't produce much in the way of entertainment for most folk. For the record, i'm not opposed to any of these signings. I don't even know who this guy is but I still think that there is great value in going after low cost players who might possibly recapture some pat magic. I was actually being a little serious though - attendance is down and I think that the "real" baseball fan is becoming a thing of the past in a way. I do not think that the way to grow the game is to add teams. Also - i'm still that guy that sees that we don't have an abundance of talent in the system but i do see some talent - some with really good potential. I'm anxious to see how it works out for them.
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Hey I think that it is a good idea. We need to grow the game without adding more teams. Being able to shag all those home run balls is one way to get the kids interested.
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It is just a matter of time. These types of recent signings certainly don't hurt. It is what a good GM should do but I also think that sooner or later we will see another significant sign.
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Indeed and of course it goes without saying that although I am not a follower of his, I say nothing particularly nasty about Ben.
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I would be very surprised if Castillo was not good enough from a talent perspective to play in the bigs. It really is a bizarre situalion. For the last couple of years he has produced well enough for sure to at least get a chance somewhere.
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There he goes again - that damned Dombrowski! lol
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It had to have been Larry - wasn't it somehow him with respect to any of the crappy moves made while he was anywhere in New England. woo hoo Ben !! You go Ben.
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I will be so happy when the day comes that any discussion of the pros and cons of Dave Dombrowski do not prompt an immediate reply with regards to Ben Cherington. I wonder if anyone else sees what I see here. News flash - some might not like it obviously but Ben is gone and Dave is here.
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ok - Please don't make Ben Cherington out to be some sort of genius with respect to anything. Ben had a job. Ben did a job as well as he could. He deserves credit for that but everything that DD has done can not be directly traced to what Ben Cherington did. DD is DD and Ben is Ben. DD has the job and he has done it well. When I compliment him, it really has nothing to do with Ben. I am very pleased with the job that DD has done and I am glad that it seems as though he will be leading us in the future. Now - me saying that really isn't saying anything negative about Ben Cherington.
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I'm a little bored right now too Moon and more than likely I'm going to try to stir up a little trouble.
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Great post here Nick. Everybody here probably knows that it is the way I view the whole show. Now, what I am also pretty sure that you realize is that there are also people who post here who actually believe that if we had not traded for whoever etc. and had not signed Martinez we still would have had great shot at still winning. Things are going to get tougher moving forward but I'm not buying the gloom and doom and unrest predicted by the pro cliff pro window crowd. Great moves were made to win a world series and I suspect more of the same as we move forward but once again I have been labeled as unrealistic. Oh well!
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Sandy Leon likely is a better catcher receiver than Vasquez. We have two damn good backup catchers. that is what they are. I still don't see it as a position of great need. It ain't broke!
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I think that in 2020, you could still sneak Eovaldi into that blank space.
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I agree with you but I am becoming somewhat influenced by people here trying to make predictions about how JH is going to spend his money. I just think that these contracts have become somewhat insane. I am a good old slap happy card carrying capitalist too.
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Overall I agree with what you are saying. I just would not use the phrase - we have no farm system. I like some of those kids and think that they stand as good if not a better chance than they guys we traded at someday becoming influential ml players. It is a confusing time for sure. Even I can see all of the obstacles that need to be dealt with I just think that we have a chance to do that. I also am not sure that DD thinks that Rick Porcello, regardless of how dependable he has been for us, is the kind of starting pitcher you pay big for. As much as I love Mookie too - I'm starting to question whether a long term commitment of hundreds of millions of dollars is going to be seen as sensible. Hey - If JH is able to get 25 mil for his 19 bathroom Florida mansion maybe he will sign Porcello to a one year contract. lol
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Of course it would impact the team. What I am reading here is that you might be thinking that our owner and management cannot possibly overcome the loss of any of these guys? You don't agree with the information coming from the front office I guess. My choice is to wait and see. I'm going to remain positive. You might think that my thinking is unrealistic. I am ok with that but I'll just keep on keeping on. Every time I read a doomsday forecast of the future of this franchise, I will continue to respond.
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Everyone realizes that the Red Sox will not be able to retain all of our beloved (maybe even a little over rated) players when the times come. I liked what Dombrowski said in addition to this. The part that maybe needs to also be paid attention to. The core of your successful team changes - it always does, That does not mean that the team necessarily goes into any type of dry spell with respect to winning. It is just the way it goes.
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Im on board with everything you posted here.