S5Dewey
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Of course I know this is all a pipe dream but at least it's MY pipe dream. As someone pointed out earlier, Joe West and his union would never allow it. I was in a labor union for all of my working life and I know the good and the bad they can do.
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Now I have to wonder how many posters here will 'get' that reference. :-)
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Why does something this logical have to come from a Yankees fan?
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The more I think about this, the more doable it is. We already have the technology to identify balls and strikes. A higher percentage of "right" calls should be the goal. Not perfection, but a higher percentage. We also now have replay, so bring that into the equation also. Chart what percentage of each umpire's calls are overturned after review. Combine the two with some kind of a weighting system and, Voila! We have a ranking system!
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I'm not looking for perfection here. As you pointed out, perfection can't be achieved. All I'm saying is to identify the worst ones, make them realize they're the worst ones, and give them some incentive to improve. If they choose not to improve - or they're unable to improve - do what any business should do. Give them a management job!
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The thing I don't understand is that while I'm hearing that the umpires are critiqued frequently they don't seem to be getting any better! That tells me that regardless of what they're being told they're not going to change. A business person would say that this is no longer a training issue, it's a personnel issue. When MLB gets serious about improving the umpiring they'll be somehow penalizing the worst of the umpires. My suggestion (FWIW) would be public ridicule to start with. Develop a rating system and publish a weekly report of where each umpire falls on the rating chart. If these guys have any pride in their work they'll improve. If they don't improve they get moved to Step II, some kind of a penalty.
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I agree that we can, but not now. Sooner or later there's going to be a team that has a TOR pitcher but isn't going anyplace with him. They're going to be willing to part with him for one major league ready player and outstanding prospects. But that time isn't now because right now no team wants to admit that they're not going anyplace. Give it a month, maybe two, and something will develop. Of course when that happens some of us will be wringing our hands about trading away prospects.
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Yes. These are they guys you build a team around. Is it going to be expensive? Yes. But with salaries being what they are nowadays everything is expensive. All three of these guys are "franchise-type" players that every team wishes they had. The Sox simply cannot let them get away without making every best effort to sign them, and the sooner the better.
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I don't think trading JBJ is even a concern. Remember, DD tried to land him when he was in Detroit. Now that he's got him I don't see him trading him away, especially now that he's twice the player he was when DD wanted him before! The other reason I don't think he's tradeable is something touched on in the last sentence of ^^^ post. The only players who could be considered a 'fair trade' for any of the three B's would be a genuine TOR ACE pitcher and nobody is going to give one of those up. IMO the best we can hope for is to find someone who's desperate enough for a catcher that they're willing to part with a .500-ish pitcher, a Ryan Dempster type pitcher, in exchange for Swihart. Or possibly a true #2-#3 in exchange for Swihart and one of our three blue-chip prospects.
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No kidding. I went searching for news about the baby on line this morning and it was the first time I'd noticed that he left the team "a few weeks early" for the birth. A few weeks is significant in a baby's development. This suddenly developed a new sense of concern in my mind. To repeat what MVP said, I hope everything is ok.
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If those are the choices it's a no-brainer. If you liked the idea of this team without JBJ you must have loved last night's game. I saw at least two balls Young didn't get to that JBJ would have caught, both of which led to run(s). In addition, the team played without his OPS >1.00. That's what we're looking at without him.
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Does Anyone Remember Their First Major League Game?
S5Dewey replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I don't remember the specifics of the game but I do remember my first impression of Fenway - how green it was and how small it was. It looks bigger on tv. I was maybe 10 years old. My dad and one of his friends took their sons to Fenway in dad's friend's 1955 Ford sedan (the things we remember, huh? LOL) a trip of about 250 miles each way. It was a Saturday game and we had box seats behind the Red Sox dugout. We had left Friday afternoon and we spent Friday night before the game outside of the city at a relative's home. IIRC the Sox lost and we drove home Saturday evening arriving home after 10:00. -
This post defines exactly why no player should ever Ever EVER sign a "team friendly contract". Most players do it so they can remain with the team for the duration of their career, or at least the duration of their contract, thinking their loyalty will be rewarded by their not being traded. That's not true. As far as the FO and the fan are concerned all the players are is disposable meat. In the end all signing a team friendly contract does is make them even more expendable.
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I liked the 4.11 at first blush. That's about 3 ER in 6 innings which keeps a team in the game. However, that ~$30/year is a major turn-off. No thanks. He can stay in Detroit.
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Nope, got nothing. Follow your intuition. PM's are relatively easy here.
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Ummm...yeah..... Those of us who have a family know what he HASN'T been doing recently (at least I hope he hasn't, but ballplayers do have that reputation! LOL) so let's hope that getting 'back in the saddle' doesn't ruin his focus for baseball. Is that too selfish? LOL
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Well put. Now pardon me while I clean up the coffee I spit all over my keyboard.
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This makes good sense to me. These are they guys I want to trade, the players who are essentially blocked and the prospects. The blocked ones because .... they're blocked! and in the case of Swihart he's too good to be a backup catcher anyway, and the prospects because so many prospects don't pan out. If we can get someone to trade a known quantity, especially with a big upside, for a few prospects I'll usually do it.
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I haven't heard anything this morning, but during last night's game OB said that JBJ was on paternity leave EXPECTING his wife to deliver a baby. He also said that paternity leaves are limited to three games so he'll be back in action on Friday night.
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Are long term, big money contracts worth it?
S5Dewey replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Forgive me, but I keep reminding myself that baseball is first and foremost a business. We fans would like to think otherwise but at the end of the day to the owners it's all about the money. As to whether it's worth it to sign these players to a long term contract, one would think it must be worth it in a financial sense or they wouldn't continue to do it. These guys didn't get rich by making bad investments or by making investments without a cost/benefit analysis. Of course, I think the whole salary thing is skewed to begin with when entertainers of any kind are making more money than someone would if they discovered a foolproof cure for cancer, -
This from Wikipeida. Thanks In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion,[3] often for their own amusement.
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Two serious questions: Practical question: Exactly what is a troll? Or is it like pornography in that you know it when you see it? Philosophical question: Is calling a troll as a troll a violation of the TOS?
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????? With his salary and his upside? Ain't no way that guy's gonna clear waivers!!
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Let's just leave it to everyone else to decide who's honest and who isn't and who's a troll and who isn't. I'll take my chances that way.
