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  1. notin
    Nunez had a player option. He exercised it and the Sox had no choice in the matter. Pedroia is going nowhere. And this isn’t going to change no matter how many unthankful fans throw pennies into water fountains wishing he would retire. Porcello, Moreland, Nunez, and Sandoval’s contract are likely gone, and barring a massive turnaround, Thornburg will go, too. Holt and Leon might be retained since they fill needs and work cheaply. Bradley probably stays, too, mostly because trade interest in him was pretty weak this past off-season and he has yet to do anything to make any team reconsider. There was a time when Edwin Encarnacion and Yasiel Puig were in play for Bradley, but those are the best offers I ever heard. (And the Sox were wise to pass on Puig in particular, as he’s just as streaky offensively but also brings worse outfield defense and a slew of alleged attitude problems.) If the Sox hope to retain Betts, there won’t be much room to bring most free agents back or bring in any high-priced talent...
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    1986 was awful because they were one out away with no one on base and a two run lead. And because right before Carter’s rally-starting single, they televised the scoreboard at Shea Stadium flashing “Congratulations Red Sox. 1986 World Series Champions.” And then it fell apart. Even after Evans started game 7 with a 3-run home run to give the Sox an early lead, the hangover from game 6 made it feel like they still had no chance...
  3. notin
    Or any food, like Cy Pieh or Tyler Salad(ino)...
  4. notin
    And with the Sox winning 99 games - the most many of us had ever seen at the time - and not making the postseason...
  5. notin
    I would have been ok using both methods. It’s not like there’s some rule where you have to do one or the other...
  6. notin
    Hey we did use Scott to get Tom Poquette! Sure he was a rather run-of-the-mill bench outfielder, but he used to murder the Sox. So it helped to stop facing him...
  7. notin
    1978 felt worse because the Sox had a better team and a huge lead most of the season, and because the Bucky Dent game was played in Fenway. In fact, had it been played in Yankee Stadium, Dent’s HR was a routine fly out to left...
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    Chavis

    notin replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    Not enough!! Three hitless games!! That’s only 53 shy of being Joe DiMaggio in reverse!! I need my daughter here to yell “UNACCEPTABLE” in her Lemongrab voice. (It’s a spot on impression.)
  9. notin
    Spend tens of millions on crapshoot free agent relievers with good track records and high mileage or spend next to nothing on low mileage minor league free agents that have a career similar to Ryan Brasier?
  10. notin
    How did this never happen on the “Fun with baseball names” thread?
  11. notin

    Chavis

    notin replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    Demote him!!! Bring up that kid in Portland!!
  12. notin
    The Sox really needed to trade Zimmer. For all the complaints I’ve seen on Sox boards over the years about Williams and Kerrigan and Francona and Farrell, Zimmer has to the much closer to the top for being the worst manager in the Sox in the past 50 years, maybe trailing only Hobson. His poor leadership was masked largely by a roster rife with Hall of Famers...
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    Chavis

    notin replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    He also hasn’t faced any pitcher in multiple starts yet...
  14. notin
    Not so sure. Cooper went on to continue a very good career, but Scott, while older, wasn’t nothing. Lee was dealt for a utility infielder while the Sox were contenders having some of the best seasons in team history. Not to mention he was very capable of shutting down the team’s main rival Yankees. Didn’t Zimmer bench him for those two series against the Yankees for no reason in 1978 (except maybe to punish him)? That entire Bucky Dent game could have been avoided altogether...
  15. notin
    1. So the Sox also got you in the Scott/Harper trade. 2. I believe you mean Bobby Darwin. Danny was a defending NL ERA leader the Sox signed as a free agent in 1991 (?) who was actually a massive disappointment...
  16. notin
    But the Sox got him back (with Carbo) for Cecil Cooper. This wasn’t like dealing Bill Lee for Stan Papi...
  17. notin
    The funny thing is, if you look at a lot of the relievers who got paid heavily this off season like Kelly and Robertson, they’ve been awful. Britton might be having his worst season, but he’s still doing ok. Ottavino - among the lowest paid of the bunch - has been stellar...
  18. notin
    Actually his velocity was up a bit last year..,
  19. notin
    The real problem was Don Zimmer, who did everything he could to have the players he couldn’t control shipped out. That included (I believe) Lee, Carbo, and Jim Willoughby. And probably a couple others...
  20. notin
    But Didn’t we get George Scott back in there somewhere?
  21. notin
    Define “close”. I don’t think he was all that close...
  22. notin
    I’m not entirely sure he was referring to Defense-Independent Pitching Stats...
  23. notin
    I can think of 2 people who might take the other side of that controversy - Keuchel and his agent...
  24. notin
    The Red Sox have $220mill or so divided up among 40 players and 20 of them make less than $1mill. It’s not the expenditure of Sandoval that’s putting financial restraint on this team. It’s that we have 20 players combining for over $200mill...
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    Chavis

    notin replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk

    Middlebrooks was a one trick pony and the rest of MLB figured out the trick...
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