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  1. FredLynn
    JD was probably due for a day off anyway and instead of catching flack from the media about why he isn't playing tonight he has a phantom injury. JMO.
  2. FredLynn
    Bradley is getting back into some of his old bad habits.
  3. FredLynn
    Not going to turn this into a medical debate about low back pain...but the causes of it include the paragraph below. The most common cause is "idiopathic", ie they don't have a clue why its happening. "A back spasm can occur after any type of strain or injury to the soft tissues—the muscles, tendons or ligaments—in the spine. Following the general treatment guidelines below and the recommendations from your doctor or physical therapist will go a long way in relieving your pain, and your back muscles should calm down in a week or so. The muscles can spasm in response to an underlying anatomic problem If your back spasm does not get better inal problem 1 to 2 weeks, or it comes and goes over time in the same area of your back, you may have an underlying anatomical problem in your spine. Examples of underlying issues that could cause your back to spasm include: Facet joint osteoarthritis Degenerative disc disease Spinal stenosis Pain from a herniated disc"
  4. FredLynn
    Interesting theory, but I don't think anyone really knows what causes back pain (spasms). It is probably multifactorial. Regardless, I think JD has back spasms like Pom has biceps tendonitis.
  5. FredLynn
    I blame Cherington. I have no idea why....he just seems like a convenient target.
  6. FredLynn
    Boyd got squeezed on ball four.
  7. FredLynn
    I think Beeks should be kept in Boston to pitch batting practice to the team.
  8. FredLynn
    Nice start for our top pitching prospect.....I will personally buy his ticket out of town.
  9. FredLynn
    This is the best we have?? Get someone up in the pen before the game is out of reach.
  10. FredLynn
    The end for ERod...
  11. FredLynn
    Right......not buying it. We aren't entitled to the truth about Pedroia's condition, and we haven't been given the truth. Someone has arthritis in his knee and had surgery on it....and the pain isn't related to the surgery? Sure.
  12. FredLynn
    I think Pomeranz will end up in the bullpen. I would probably give him one, maybe two, more starts before demoting him, just to be sure. He isn't doing himself any favors in terms of his free agency with his performance this year.
  13. FredLynn
    Exactly. Yes, DD has pretty much leveled our farm system, but on the other hand this team is on a pace to win 112 games. While we aren't likely to win that many games, by any estimation we seem to be a very good position to go deep in the playoffs. Hard to argue with the results so far.
  14. FredLynn
    Props to Wright for a great game and, so far, a great season to date. That said, I do not trust knuckleballers...it seems that when they fall apart and lose control of where there pitches are going its much worse than with traditional pitchers. He had a great first half of last year, but even before his injury he was falling apart, as I recall. I will take whatever he can give us....but I am not expecting anything like consistency from him.
  15. FredLynn
    Good to see Workman back out there...more depth! Edit....wrong thread!
  16. FredLynn
    Yes, but if he wears a hat it won't show I would rather get my bad news from the Red Sox medical staff, as bad as it is.
  17. FredLynn
    There was little room for him anywhere with Ramirez here. I don't think its so much that they "see the value" in him so much as wanting to see what he has...giving him a chance to show management if he is worth keeping. His trade demand probably had something to do with it as well. I have been advocating for him to be given a chance for a long time. If he fails at least we know that he is not worth keeping; if he succeeds then he becomes another cog in the Sox wheel.
  18. FredLynn
    Mike Olt has a career ML OPS of .580 and managed a -0.7 dWAR in 130 games or so in the majors. He is definitely not the answer at 3B.
  19. FredLynn
    Essentially what the procedure involves is poking holes in the bones of the joint to induce bleeding. The resulting scar is loosely called cartilage, but its a very poor form of cartilage. The original cartilage is called articular cartilage and its fibers are much more closely knit than the cartilage formed in microfracture surgery which is called fibrocartilage. Ideally the holes in the bone induce blood carrying stem cells from the marrow so that new articular cartilage is formed, but this almost never happens completely. So eventually that cartilage wears down and again its bone on bone arthritis. Sometimes it works for a few years; sometimes it doesn't work at all. It almost never results in a satisfactory long term result, even for people who are not professional athletes.
  20. FredLynn
    Thats one way to look at it, isn't it. That Devers is slumping is something we can all agree on. On the other hand, the Red Sox have done pretty well with a slumping Devers and have been in first place most of the year despite that fact. How many games ahead of the Yankees will we be once he snaps out of it? Thats another way to look at it.
  21. FredLynn
    Correct: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23677453/boston-red-sox-place-dustin-pedroia-dl-knee-inflammation
  22. FredLynn
    I doubt he will even make much of a contribution THIS year. I hope I'm wrong.....
  23. FredLynn
    Sale seems afraid to throw strikes
  24. FredLynn
    Need a big hit right here
  25. FredLynn
    The last strike to Devers was 96+ on the upper outside corner. NO ONE hits that. I don't like his approach, but I can't blame him there. Lets be fair about it.
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