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  1. notin
    Verdugo was the main piece acquired for a future Hall of Famer. It would be more accurate to call Jeff Bagwell “a prospect worth only a journeyman middle reliever in a trade”…
  2. notin
    1. Only the red ones. Just like Boston did with Sox. 2. If we can learn nothing else from CFL football, and we can’t, we at least know it’s not a big deal when two teams have the same name. Even when it’s as uncommon as Rough Riders…
  3. notin
    “What? Me worry about being a defunct pop culture reference only recognized by hexagenarians?”
  4. notin
    I think my issue with Dalbec is the Sox seem to be trying to turn him into Ryan Fitzgerald. Normally this wouldn’t be a questionable thing, but it is because we actually have Ryan Fitzgerald…
  5. notin
    0 for 17 in August of ‘54…
  6. notin
    The thing is, now Grizzlies just feels like one of those “fierce animal” mascots, like Lions. Or Hawks. Or Blue Jays. Jazz only makes sense as a moniker if it’s part of the city culture. I get Jazz, Grizzlies and Lakers all began in cities where those names made regional sense. But Grizzlies actually works anywhere. Now if there is a city that should not let the names travel with the team, it’s Buffalo. I mean, Buffalo Bills is just a bad pun and possibly the worst moniker in professional sports. But that city also has a minor league baseball team called the Bison. That’s just annoying. But to make matters worse, their hockey team is called the Sabres. I mean, come on! “WINGS” is RIGHT THERE!! And it’s a legit hockey term!! I can picture the uniforms as orange, while the helmets get painted to look like blue cheese. And maybe green sticks. Your NHL Buffalo Wings! It should have already happened. What’s wrong with those Snow Belt Freaks?!?
  7. notin
    You can’t compare his velocity as a second baseman to his velocity as a shortstop. He’s throwing from a much closer part of the infield and not having to throw hard nearly as many times…
  8. notin
    I don’t think they will be going with a family unfriendly name. Might as well suggest Las Vegas Gangsters…
  9. notin
    Are there fewer Grizzlies in Memphis than there are Lions (or Tigers) in Detroit?
  10. notin
    You’re unlucky because you keep using the correct date…
  11. notin
    Probably very icky. Sorry for using all that confusing medical jargon…
  12. notin
    I keep reading that Story has no arm strength left and now throws like a kindergartener using his wrong arm. And while his arm strength is certainly down from where it was, it’s still stronger than 2022 Gold Glover Dansby Swanson and Sox fan favorite Jose Iglesias…
  13. notin
    What do you mean?
  14. notin
    True, but most of these guys have 30-40IP. At 35 IP, each earned run add 0.26 to a pitcher’s ERA. Hopefully they can get those down as IP goes up…
  15. notin
    I don’t think the problem is McGuire. Wong is certainly the better defensive catcher, but that doesn’t make McGuire the problem…
  16. notin
    I suppose this is meant to target the pitching. Although sometimes we score 3 or less and lose, like the 1-0 loss to Tampa. The issue that day wasn’t pitching. Their SP has been pretty weak. But it’s also actually improving. We started the season with 3 SP on the IL; next week (hopefully) another comes back. Sale has improved nicely, something that was anticipated by those who understood pitchers cannot simply pick the ball up after a multiyear hiatus and continue as if nothing happened. Even Kluber looks better recently, although looking worse should result in a DFA. I won’t call this starting pitching “good” and yes, it’s the big weakness. But it is slowly improving and might someday reach the level of “adequate”…
  17. notin
    Las Vegas Pedestrian Fatalities? Las Vegas 120 Degrees Days?
  18. notin
    Well they started with the name “Athletics” in Philadelphia and kept it in Kansas City and eventually Oakland. It would be a shame to drop it at this point. Also they won’t go to “Aces”, as good as that is, simply to eschew any connection to gambling…
  19. notin
    Or unicorn lunch boxes! Back when those things were made of sheet metal and came with a thermos that was essentially a 4” PVC pipe but with only a 1/2” hole down the middle for your shot of chocolate milk, those things were wieldy weapons in the right hands…
  20. notin
    I can promise you every single one of those children just ate those box contents themselves, unable to find even a single unicorn to feed that lunch to…
  21. notin
    Of course a lot of this should be overshadowed by the fact that the Sox only scored one run anyway…
  22. notin
    Littell or Bernardino…
  23. notin
    What’s up with all the “unicorn” references for things that don’t exist anymore? “Unicorns” are for things that never were. (Because unicorns never existed.) Dinosaurs, dodo birds, slubber doffers - those are for things that existed once but not anymore…
  24. notin
    But you could promote Van Belle, who’s already 26 and doesn’t have the highest ceiling anyway…
  25. notin
    Most of the guys in the WOO bullpen have already been released by other teams at some point. But I think that’s probably true of most AAA bullpens…
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