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  1. notin
    If you say Devers money went to Contreras - a point made by the OP that could be easily contended but for now, let’s roll with it - than the Sox traded Devers for their entire infield during that 32-5 run...
  2. notin
    Better than I expected but I also said he was a solid #2….
  3. notin
    Well, we kinda did take back some salary in the form of Jordan Hicks. But that deal was a bit small abd I was surprised about the inclusions of Harrison and Tibbs…
  4. notin
    So if the Sox had reached for 5th round Tigers’ selection of BC’s Luke Gold over Roman Anthony, you would advocate that because it worked out once before over half a century ago? Atlanta did use a lot of draft picks on local kids some 20 years ago, but beyond that no one bases their scouting on geography and Sox fans are going to need to learn to live with the fact that the occasional local kid will succeed and it does not mean Sox scouting is highly flawed by drafting someone else or that they “never heard of” some local kid. At least this kid was viewed as an actual talent as opposed to the complaints that the Sox missed out on a couple mediocrities from local schools that happened to work out like Cam Schlitter and Ben Rice…
  5. notin
    Specifically to the song “The Fletcher Memorial Home” written by Roger Waters in another cathartic song about growing up without his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, who died in 1944 as a casualty of World War II. Hence the songs repeated allusions to “incurable tyrants and kings”. And the song has absolutely nothing to do with Louise Fletcher…
  6. notin
    So are you implying Mayer and Fabian were not good prospects? Or that you want the Sox to give preferential treatment to players from Boston? Or do you think Bloom never heard of Báez? Or that the Sox should wait for players to make their MLB debut before drafting them? Let’s solve this. Baez was clearly very good at Dexter School in Brookline. But Mayer was at or near the top of everyone’s draft list, and Fabian was top ten on most despite injury and signability concerns. Báez was 54th overall and clearly not the slam dunk on draft day that he proved to be 5 years later…
  7. notin
    I like the Devers trade but I am not so sure he’s declining already at age 29. There’s a difference between declining and having a bad year…
  8. notin
    Hey, maybe she was an obnoxious fan herself. what might surprise people is I’m deathly silent when I attend games. I rarely even clap. So if any of you ever sit next to me, it will not be me who destroys your viewing pleasure. Also bear in mind, I won’t enhance it either. Unless we start talking baseball…
  9. notin
    In Through The Out Door was the title of that last album, which did have Fool in the Rain. It also has a fun and very non-Zeppelin-esque song called Hot Dog.
  10. notin
    If you hit .400 with 50 HRs, you’re likely playing semi-pro ball somewhere because no one in MLB history has ever had a season like that, with the closest one coming in 1921 when Babe Ruth batted .378 with 59 HRs. If your point is elite hitters should never field, you wouldn’t let Willie Mays play the field?
  11. notin
    Illegal…
  12. notin
    It depends on the cutoff between hard hit and medium hit. Maybe one site does 95mph and another uses 93mph and a third uses 97 mph…
  13. notin
    I feel that way about Money for Nothing as not only my least favorite Dire Straits song, but one of the most overrated and utterly horrific rock songs of all time. I consider it proof that aliens walk among us, and they had a clear stranglehold on the brain of Mark Knopfler for the bulk of the Brothers in Arms album. Also - so you dislike Stairway but like The Crunge?
  14. notin
    After never getting injured in the minors, Anthony has had two injuries. His career is clearly over. If the Sox cannot trade him for Vaughn Grissom, he should be put to sleep…
  15. notin
    Rookies have their own award too, so should rookies not be MVP? Whether or not pitchers have their own award is immaterial. The rules for MVP voting explicitly state pitchers are eligible and any writer saying “pitchers shouldn’t be MVP” should have his voting rights stripped…
  16. notin
    Doubtful. I imagine they use trajectory to determine line drives vs fly balls and exit velocity to determine hard hit bs medium hit…
  17. notin
    Yeah but it also basically rules him out and gives Tracy MOTY, despite the other excellent candidates including Venable, Shelton and annual candidate Kevin Cash…
  18. notin
    No. Fangraphs definitely accounts for soft line drives.
  19. notin
    If Roman Anthony replaces Duran, he can succeed right away simply by being an improvement. Story replacing Monasterio will very likely be a downgrade. And that’s saying something given how Monasterio has defended the position…
  20. notin
    As much as I love Led Zeppelin and the untitled fourth album, Led Zeppelin II really was the superior studio album IMO. But this debate has been hotly contested for decades. (Edit: I misread. Apparently we agree on the studio merits of Ramble On and Livin’ Lovin’ Maid.) But what has not been hotly contested for decades is that neither is the greatest studio album of all time, an honor that goes to Who’s Next by The Who, and this fact has been proven time and time again by science…
  21. notin
    Do you think guys facing Skenes were overwhelmed by the rest of the LSU pitching staff? The quality of the league is carried by the floor, not the ceiling. The argument for the overall quality of college baseball does not and cannot rest on a few alumni. Yes, there will be good pitchers fast tracking to MLB in college. Good hitters, too, like Wyatt Langford and Nolan Schanuel, both of whom basically skipped the minors. But while everyone in AA will not play in MLB, everyone in college won’t even come close to AA…
  22. notin
    A lot of things have already happened in history and that doesn’t prevent their recurrence. I mean, you’re talking about the Red Sox signing Rich Hill, an event that has happened so frequently, that not only has Ben Franklin added it to his certainties of life list, he now puts it ahead of taxes and just behind death…
  23. notin
    I assume you mean the next 2018, after this current civilization collapses, a new one arises from its ashes, and they get to the point of enumerating years while hopefully discovering baseball. So after 2,018 years, you’re saying Hill will be ready? I do agree he won’t be retired…
  24. notin
    And that’s why after having an ERA over 8 in 3 of the final 4 months of the 2018 season (including September), Joe Kelly was obviously left off the postseason roster and was never able to put up that ERA of 0.50 across 18 October innings that he actually put up and helped the Sox to a title. Hypothetical situation grammar is tricky…
  25. notin
    Only 3 hours away. Hmmm. I wonder if illinoisoxfan and Tedballgame will get tickets…
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