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  1. notin
    He still does..,
  2. notin
    They were ranked closely, so it doesn’t change anything. Except add Johnny Ray to my still short Pirates list and give the Guardians Bobby Avila, if you don’t like my Joe Gordon decision...
  3. notin
    Probably done too quickly. I counted Joe Gordon as a Yankee, but he had a great start to his career as an Indian. And the Yankees had Willie Randolph and Gil McDougald, whom I didn’t put anywhere because I had my 3 Yankees, with Lazzeri, Gordon and Cano...
  4. notin
    I looked into it objectively. Pete Runnels ranked 61st in fWAR at 2b, and he earned the honor or “third best Sox 2b”, as he was slightly ahead of Goodman. 11 of the original 16 teams had 3 or more second basemen ahead of Runnels since 1903. Only the Braves (0), the Pirates (1 - Mazeroski), the Phillies (1 - Utley), the Guardians (2 - Lajoie, Alomar), and the White Sox (2 - Fox, Durham) had fewer. I tried to use players for the team they are spent a significant portion of their career with only...
  5. notin
    I think any of the original 16 teams can get me a list of at least 3 better than Goodman/Barrett
  6. notin
    Pedroia vs Doerr for best Sox second baseman is a good argument. But who’s the third best second baseman in team history? Marty Barrett? Billy Goodman? It’s really odd how few really good ones there have been in 116 years...
  7. notin
    Tony Romo dropping the snap on a game-winning field goal attempt in the 2006 NFC wild card game against Seattle. Gary Anderson missing a 39 yard field goal that would have put the Vikings in the Super Bowl. It was Anderson’s first missed field goal in two seasons. But Buckner is the one who got remembered...
  8. notin
    I did earlier on this thread...
  9. notin
    He might get the call before that. He is currently on the 40 man roster...
  10. notin
    Pedroia’s obligation can end with an informal retirement and lengthy stint on the 60 day IL, exactly like Prince Fielder. The Sox are very likely done extracting value from that contract. This is not new territory for MLB. Pedroia will not be the last player to see his playing career end due to injury while still under contract...
  11. notin
    We need HG Wells as the GM!!
  12. notin
    Another undeserving scapegoat. The funny thing is, since I’m in Chicago, I did ask numerous Cub fans what they would have done in the same situation. Universally and without hesitation, every single one answered “I would NEVER go for that ball.” Yet in the picture in every newspaper, all the fans around Bartman were doing exactly what he did. Bartman wasn’t the problem. Dusty Baker made every wrong decision...
  13. notin
    I haven’t seen a single person advocate for sending Chavis or Devers back down. And while Pearce and Nunez are struggling, let’s not pretend Marco Hernandez has some sort of background showing himself to be a proven upgrade. He’ll get a chance, but probably without compromising any depth...
  14. notin
    Fans like loyal players who want to play for their team. Until they can’t play and their contract is an issue...
  15. notin
    The MLBPA isn’t a real union. It’s not like they have sympathy strikes to support, say, the UAW. And really, the “labor struggles” in MLB boil down to about a thousand people fighting on how to divide up several billion dollars...
  16. notin
    The amazing thing was Buckner was hardly alone in this type of play, but even with his great career, nothing he did outshined it. Chris Webber isn’t remembered solely for his phantom timeout in the NCAA title game that likely cost Michigan the title. Mariano Rivera isn’t remembered for throwing away Jay Bell’s sacrifice bunt and probably costing the Yankees the 2001 World Series. Tony Fernandez isn’t remembered for his extremely costly error in the 11th inning of game 7 of the 1997 World Series. The closest comp is the aforementioned Scott Norwood’s missed field goal (which was a 47 yard attempt. When did that become a given?)
  17. notin
    It is NEVER time to release even reasonably productive Major Leaguers to clear a path for Marco Hernandez. Marco will have to wait for an injury to another player before he gets another chance to get promoted to MLB and showcase his ability for season-ending injuries...
  18. notin
    Although not unheard of. The Yankees recently did exactly that with Aroldis Chapman...
  19. notin
    Dustin is one of only two players in MLB history to win ROY, MVP, a Gold Glove, and a Silver Slugger all within his first two seasons in MLB. (Ichiro was the other.)
  20. notin
    While the Sox do have spending limits, there are some $225mill spent on non-Pedroia players. And if free agency has taught you nothing else, you should have learned by now that merely spending on a free agent doesn’t always help the team. The list is long and affects nearly every team nearly every year. If it helps, think of spending $14 mill on Pedroia as a preventive measure that will keep DD from wasting it on another player who not only won’t help the team, but also won’t be gone in two years. The whole coach angle, if both sides wasn’t it, isn’t going to affect the luxury tax unless Pedroia willingly gives up about $25mill that the Sox agreed to pay him despite knowing the risks. And considering Pedroia did win an MVP award while making league minimum, I’d say he earned it. Let’s call it overdue backpay...
  21. notin
    And the concerns over why this is a big deal to a lot of people. The Sox can’t do anything like buy him out. If they could, they would have done it with Sandoval. Pedroia isn’t going to play again and will probably spend 2+ years on the 60 day DL, where he takes no 25 man nor 40 man roster spots from anyone. He will get paid because both parties agreed on this years ago and both knew well in advance something like this was possible. We’ve seen the Sox ride out unproductive contracts before. We will again. This is hardly some sort of freakish situation. And the best solution the only one - ride out the deal and stop whining. Why is this one getting so much bizarre attention and so many unique “solution” proposals?
  22. notin
    2012 was the last year of Jenks’ 2 year deal anyway. He signed a 2year $12mill contract. Jenks did sue the hospital where his surgery was performed for $5mill, but I don’t think the Sox paid that amount in lieu of his salary. Likely Jenks collected both. Contract buyouts are common in the NBA, but not in MLB. We’ve all seen the Sox ride out unproductive contracts before, including Crawford, Lansing and Sandoval (If MLB contract buyouts were possible, someone tell me why none of these were.) Not sure why this Pedroia deal requires this much attention...
  23. notin
    So if the first inning is the most important, the Sox need to start employing the “opener” strategy with their best reliever. So mal says the first inning is the most important and galehouse thinks the 9th inning is. I say we spilt the difference and make the fifth inning the most important...
  24. notin
    Suggesting a 30 year commitment to resolve a “problem” that will go away in 2 years isn’t absurd? Maybe the Sox should have signed Sandoval to a 51 year consultant contract as well...
  25. notin
    The Sox aren’t playing Chavis at 2b because having Pedroia prevents them from getting another player; they’re playing Chavis at 2b to get his bat in the lineup and there’s nowhere else to play him on the field. I don’t get all this whining about Pedroia trying to come back repeatedly if he’s done. Let him try. He’ll probably spend 2 1/2 years on the 60 day DL where he takes no roster spots from anyone at any level, and he won’t prevent the Sox from signing Scooter Gennett or whoever among the available players. Let Pedroia try and pay him what both parties agreed he was worth and stop pretending this is the only hamstring contract in MLB. He’s not hurting anyone. Except maybe his own knees...
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