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Rice and Boggs? They were trashed almost daily on the sports reports I saw toward the end of their Boston careers (This was of course before the ubiquitous talk radio, but I can recall specific phrases criticizing Rice for "dogging it" and a fan lamenting: "We're NEVER going to get to see Cecil Cooper!" [do I have the name right?]). Buckner beloved? That's not the version of the story he tells, having been forced to move away from Boston to protect his kids. I don't recall any negative press for Yaz, except for (was it Montgomery?) criticizing him for trying to pull the ball too much when he was unable to get to the fastball at age 85 or so. Of course, there was THE pop-up ...
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Well, one must remember the history of RS fans. Among those booed and hated: Ted Williams, Boggs, Clemons, Jim Rice, Buckner of course, even Ortiz during his down year. You could field a pretty good team w/ those fans and sports-writers wanted to run out of town.
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A .230 hitter? As Estragon would say: "We're saved!!!"
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Red Sox select SS Jonathan Arauz in Rule V draft
jad replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
"We're saved!!!"-- Estragon -
Calling All Budgies - the Red Sox 2020 payroll thread
jad replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Right. But there's no comparison to, say, those pending free agents who took a long-term contract w/ their home teams, nor any real analysis of the problem: "Suppose player X will perform at Y-level if you resign him; if you let him go, he will perform at Y+1 for someone else. Do you match the other team's offer?" (i.e., is it better to overpay him to play for you, or to let him play for a competitor who will get full value out of him?) I guess this is why the GM's office is full of people scratching their heads hoping they guess right. -
Calling All Budgies - the Red Sox 2020 payroll thread
jad replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28230845/why-signing-free-agents-paying-never-before I love this article. After going through all the figures, and providing minute and very interesting analysis, the one question it seems not to answer is: "Wait ... so ... does this mean we SHOULD re-sign our pending free agents? ... or ..." You know. Like real world questions! -
The RS have an all-star calibre 3bman, under team control, improving steadily in the field (and much better even when he came up than he was given credit for). Why on earth would you move him to a position he hasn't played and which is (or can be) the dumping ground for slow-footed, aging players with few defensive skills, in order to hand 3b to an unproven rookie? Is this an effort to revive the venerable RS tradition of searching futilely for a 3bman to replace the Boggs or Beltre they let get away?
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I listened to/watched every pitch of that post-season (I was on the west coast, so there were no late nights for me) and vowed I would never get so invested in a sports event again! (I can remember the exact intersection I was standing when I came to that decision, but I can't recall what point in the Yankees series we were--maybe after win 1?).
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You meant 3-0, right? At 3-1, they might have said "Oh well. Let it go. It's only a movie."
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Because we remember the five decades before the last two.
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Ha! Because we can end up in last place regardless?
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Neither the union (nor the league office) is ever going to allow teams to use the tactic of acquiring players for inflated salaries, then refusing to pay those (guaranteed) salaries if the player doesn't produce accordingly.
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There is no way the Yankees will make this stick. They have a history (as do the RS) of blaming players for their own offering of bad contracts. The RS, however, also have a history of paying the money they signed on to spend.
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I don't think they got away with their A-rod scam. This will be a slam-dunk for the Union and any arbitrator.
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ESPN reports Yankees are trying not to pay 25million they owe him. Typical s*** from this organization. They make bad contracts, then try not to abide by thtem. E.g., their treatment of A-rod, essentially trying to shame him into retirement. Now they unilaterally declare that J.E.'s contract is non-guaranteed because he got treatment from a non Yankee doctor. I hope the players' union comes down hard on this.
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Maybe he was reliving his glory days as an extra in The Warriors.
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I follow sports to be entertained, not to feel better about myself. I loved the Sox in the 50s and 60s, and I didn't suddenly become a better person or a bad-ass once they finally won a WS. The whole idea of 'championship-or-bust' seems juvenile to me. If you run a marathon, you and the 17,999 others who didn't win aren't 'losers'. Nor is your life better if you break 80 (or 90!) on a golf course. The great thing about MLB is that you can turn the radio on nearly every night and there it is. If things don't go your way, big deal. You can listen tomorrow and hope for the best.
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I don't think Google is that perceptive.
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You must be more woke than I am. All I get are golf videos (I don't play much and NEVER spend any money on it) and ads for nail clippers (is this because of my LA connection?)
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Wasn't this thread supposed to be about Cora? And not about the ravings of Yankee trolls?
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I believe you meant 'over-estimate'.
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Stop trying to introduce facts to the argument! What's important is the courage of one's convictions, passion!, one's refusal to submit or yield (wait ... that's quoting Milton's Satan ...)
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But why? Answer me that? (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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Once the two sides agree to go to arbitration, aren't they bound to accept the decision? (I.e., neither side can refuse to accept the decision).
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We well may. (Alas, we saw a surprising team in 2019 too!)
