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  1. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I think we all knew it was a massive overpay. Still I was expecting a better player.
  2. Yaz Fan Since 67
    A guy who routinely goes into slumps that last for months can't be counted on. Such a disappointment.
  3. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I tuned in last April just to see the young players, we all knew this was a lost season. I watched in amazement as a team with terrible starting pitching and a lineup full of .220 hitters hovered around .500. I credit Cora for much of that. Then the team started hitting, their centerfielder was the MVP of the All Star game and a player baseball people were talking about. All summer they were playing meaningful games and firmly in the playoff chase. I never expected that. Still extremely pissed at John Henry for what he did to us but for this season I got more than I expected so no real complaints.
  4. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I am for trading Abreu but I'd hate to see Duran including in any package. He was the heart and soul of the team for much of the season and the most exciting player we have seen in a long time. He went from a bad OF who took poor angles to a good OF through hard work, love this guy.
  5. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I can't say I'd be happy with a former All Star hitting .250 but I get your point.
  6. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Well I am among the others, I can't stand how he is running the team over the recent years. I'm now torn on what I want him to do because before he was a great owner that we all loved.
  7. Yaz Fan Since 67
    A poster points out in his/her signature, as you so here, that the Sox have 4 rings to the Yankees 1 since John Henry bought the team. To me that that made John Henry very likeable. Everything changed with the Mookie trade, that was the beginning of the change and something I will never get over. But for a long time JH was a great owner for us and very likeable.
  8. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Yeah I'm in no hurry to trade our best player again, the only star this team has
  9. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I came here honestly expecting more discussion about how one of the best pitchers in basebal is scared to death of our player. Instead I see a lot of discussion defending a career .225 hitter who was below the Mendoza Line 3 of his last 4 seasons. What happened with Cole was one of the highlights of a lost season. I really enjoyed that. Bello's outing was great to see, need to see more of this. I'm not ready to give up on Rafaela yet but predicting he will chase a slider a foot off the plate has become too easy.
  10. Yaz Fan Since 67
    This is the easiest poll answer ever. The correct answer is the greatest hitter of all time, Ted Williams.
  11. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Not sure where to post this so I'll ask it here. Are you happy with the NESN broadcast? Specifically the part where they spend the top of the 4th of every game on split screen as they interview a former player or the Director of the Jimmy Fuind as the game is going on? I have started watching the other team's broadcast, I can't stand watching and hearing that as a 2 run triple is taking place. Those other broadcasters are suprisingly complimentary of our team, nearly all of them.
  12. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I don't see how. "Get this guy out of here", "Chris Frail can't be counted on " and "they should have never signed him to that extension" and then saying "we should have kept him" is what I've been reading and they are obviously completely conflicting opinions.
  13. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I made this point a month or 2 ago and got pushback. I clearly recall nearly every poster wanted him gone years ago.
  14. Yaz Fan Since 67
    This is how I feel and never understood the hate for Alex Cora, I'm glad he was extended. What he did with this team is remarkable, that was one of the worst lineups I have ever seen in May yet he had them around .500 for most of the season. Once the bats improved they are scoring a ton of runs.
  15. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Regarding attendence I think we need to consider how angry the fanbase was and still is at John Henry and this is how they voice that displeasure
  16. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I may actually be fine with Rafaela at SS for the next 8 seasons, Hell I may be fine with Connor Wong as my long term catcher. Which of course creates quite a dilemma with 2 of the big 3. Do we trade talented minor leagues with such upside for starting pitching? Boy that sounds dangerous and the ghost of Jeff Bagwell is screaming in my ear.
  17. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Seems to have worked out the next day 'eh? What a pitching performance we got last night.
  18. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I don't post often but I lurk a lot. Interesting to see the posts after reading years of posters complaining about Sale, the extension the Sox signed him to and all the rest. I don't recall anyone here promoting they keep and extend him regardless of the contract size.
  19. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Those last 2 games were as enjoyable back to back regular season games I can remember in a while.
  20. Yaz Fan Since 67
    The great thing about sports is you never really know what will happen. That 9th inning HR was as improbable as Kirk Gibson's to me. Smith and Yoshida coming through with 2 strikes and 2 outs in the 9th? None of us expected that. I still don't understand how the Yanks were so good early, this is the most out of balance lineup I can remember in a long time and you can't blame it on the injuries, Rizzo has sucked for a while.
  21. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I was working and watched the game on delay. I had a good laugh as I watched that throw hours after making my comment. But 1 throw does not offset what I have seen all season. What a great game that was last night, one of the best of the season.
  22. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Not sure where to put this question but has anyone noticed how bad outfield arms are today? I swear 95% of all throws to home plate are off line and never near the plate. We have scored so many runs on plays where an accurate throw would cut down the runner.
  23. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I tend to agree, we have seen what a good job the coaches have done with a staff that we were all convinced was really going to suck. Bello is obviously just so frustrating and we saw it all in 6 innings last night. The first inning he was terrible and could have given up far more than 1 run. Then he was a totally different pitcher, the one we were kind of hoping for in April.
  24. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Seeing Bello last night was a relief. We all know what he can be but will he? Rafaela continues to improve and I think that contract was a good gamble.
  25. Yaz Fan Since 67
    You can't compare the timeline of college players vs high school players. Then there's the draft position to consider.
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