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  1. FredLynn
    Its almost as if the Red Sox just lost all the wind in their sails after witnessing Daniel Bard laying an egg. The look flat as hell. They better get it back together for the next series.
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    Punto bumm... On the subject of DiceK: he can get more ready at Fenway Park. We can no longer afford Daniel Bard in the rotation. We will still need another SP to replace Doubront when he reaches his innings limit, and I don't really want to see Cook in that role. Someone of higher quality perhaps.
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    I guess my point is that we will probably finish in the top three in runs scored and OPS this year. I don't think there will be any shortage of runs for the Red Sox this year, just like the last two years. If we want the results of 2010 and 2011 to be different in 2012 that difference has to be in pitching, especially in starting pitching. There is lots of room to improve over the performances of our last two years. If we discard the first several weeks of the season and finish in the top five in the AL in ERA we should be fine in terms of making the playoffs. Below that, we are in trouble, just like the past two years.
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    Hey-at least we won the series against the Jays. Thats what we really needed to accomplish here. Lets do it against the Orioles too...keep winning series.
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    I hope you are right SFF. This just cannot continue. And the DL is a good place to start trying to regain his form. Lets hope he is not another Joba case.
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    Nick, we both know that our FO is too stubborn and too stupid to see what is now clear to every single poster here today. The chance of Bard returning home to the pen is near zero.
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    I was not accusing you of trying to use injuries as an excuse. Some here have done that, but I never bought that. In fact, I am really not disagreeing with what you wrote about that. I think that you CAN almost bash your way into the playoffs, but you need SOME pitching too. Last year is an example. We led the AL in runs scored and OPS, but still missed the playoffs because of mediocre to poor pitching. The year before we were second in OPS and runs scored, but again, our pitching sucked and we missed the playoffs.Its out pitching that will determine if we make the playoffs or not this year, once again.
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    Well, the game is now over. I am calling it. Its really a no brainer. Maybe a game like this is what is needed to force the FO to take Bard out of the rotation. Frankly, I think it is going to be a while before he is going to be effective again, if he ever is.
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    Pointless. The game is just about over. Let Bard stay in there until the sixth inning. Thats what he wanted, right?
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    I am talking about experiencing failure and losing your confidence. I think he has the mental toughness of silly putty. And I am talking about what happened to Chamberlain in NY. You remember that fiasco, right? In 2008 he was a very good RP with an ERA of 2.60. The next year they made him a SP and he sucked; ERA: 4.75. So they put him back in the pen in 2010 and he still sucked: ERA: 4.40. That could easily happen to Barf....I mean Bard.
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    Its really not predictable. Even odds.
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    How much longer is Cherries going to allow Bard to embarass himself as a SP? Its gotta end soon you would think. He had his chance; he blew it.
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    Bard shits his pants. This is no starting pitcher. Good thing this game is gravy if we win it.
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    Bard about to walk the bases loaded. And he wonders why V takes him out of games so soon.
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    MotorMouth Danny.
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    Bard had to open his big mouth about wanting to be left in games longer-then he walks the first guy he faces. All talk Bard.
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    There is not a single team in baseball that is completely healthy. And the majority of our injuries have been to position players this year. Lackey and DiceK, whatever value you assign them, were hurt last year and were not part of this year's starting team. Fortunately, our starting five have remained fairly healthy. Their health is the key to any success our team has this year. We all saw what happened last year when we had to use our 7th and 8th SP options excessively. Regardless, injuries should never be used as an excuse for failure. They are part of the game, a part the Red Sox do seem not to play well.
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    All in all, I would rather be UP two games than DOWN two games. We keep playing like this and we will be IN first place very soon. The Orioles do have a function this weekend: beat the Damn Rays.
  24. FredLynn
    A win tomorrow would be gravy. Lets do it.
  25. FredLynn
    Always with the bitching from you...
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