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  1. Agree 100%. Of course, he’d have to be offered a closing role to make it worth his while, but I’m ok with that…
  2. The Sox minors do lack a high upside starter. But then have we had one of those in the minors since Clay Buchholz?
  3. I won’t feel had. Whether he gets traded or not or blossoms or not is completely out of my hands. Of course, yes if Duran exceeds and whoever we get back flops. it would reflect poorly on Bloom. But that goes for trading any player. But what if Duran succeeds but so does the player he was traded for?
  4. Former Patriot WR died in a motorcycle crash.
  5. A two out RBI doesn’t mean his defense is any better. And it doesn’t replace his .578 OPS. My “narrative” on him has always been “BABIP product in A ball and park product in AAA.” His defensive metrics are lackluster, but as you pointed out, one month of data isn’t real useful. I can’t tell by watching TV if he gets good jumps; the camera only pans to him when he’s already in motion. But every scout whose followed him over the last two years seems to arrive at the same consensus - his defense is a work in progress. (Now I can tell by watching TV that throwing will NEVER be a strong point. He’s a lot closer being a Damon than a Jackie Bradley when it comes to throwing. But the goal for him isn’t and should never be “fourth outfielder.” If that’s all he is, send him back down to AAA and let him play every day. He’ll never get any better defensively if he’s on the bench…
  6. Can he finish the season with more saves than wins?
  7. Would it ruin Groome? Probably not. Would it help the Sox? Again, probably not. Would it make his agent’s nipples perk up with delight? Yeah, safe bet…
  8. And the last batter due up against Price that day? Alex Cora! But as Cora batted left-handed, Jed Lowrie pinch hit…
  9. Well, we needed Arroyo at 2b. We settled for Kike there…
  10. But there is empirical evidence that calling up a player too early leads to quicker arbitration years and free agency. And if the early years are spent developing, a team wastes the minimum wage advantage a first through third year player gives them…
  11. Despite losing the series, the 2008 ALCS had one of the most exciting games for a Sox fan. Down 3 games to 1 and trailing 7-0 in the 7th inning of an elimination game, the Sox manage to somehow get the series all the way to game 7. The heroes included Ortiz, JD Drew, Mark Kotsay and Coco Crisp…
  12. Come on. The 2003 ALCS game 7 is NOT the worst defeat in Sox history. Game 6 of the 1986 World Series is the clear worst…
  13. Not only did it rectify everything, but by being the first team ever to come back from a 3-0 deficit and to do so 1) after trailing in the 9th inning of game 4 and 2) to complete the comeback in the Bronx in front of horrified Yankee fans more than made up for a single game 7 loss…
  14. Matt Kemp was a georom target, not softlaw. Softlaw did hate Ellsbury but fawned incessantly over Bradley. But when JBJ struggled early on, softie finally and mercifully just disappeared…
  15. That’s because some of us already knew you were a big phony
  16. And also Bloom is not going to let a single player with both infield and outfield expert at the MLB level sneak past him…
  17. Softlaw also had a Red Sox blog. All he throughout did was praise himself for being right about everything related to the demise of the team. He probably blamed the team for never living up to their demise…
  18. Unless there were a ton of birds to walk through on the course…
  19. I don’t think Hitchcock directed that one…
  20. I think that was the plot of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Lifeboat”…
  21. Renfroe should be the new closer..
  22. Oh. He was drafted here. I came as a free agent…
  23. That’s an interesting question. It’s tough to talk a guy down and then expect an elite return. I suppose Duran trades need case by case evaluation. (warning: cop out alert)..
  24. So the Shih Tzu - one of the most adorable dogs is gross and X-rated, but my joke about Barnes treating a COVID test like a steroid test and trying to beat it by stuffing his nasal cavity with someone else’s snot elicited an “I applaud the effort”?
  25. And there’s you new movie “Air Bud on TalkSox: Full of Shih Tzu”
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