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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Out Gate C, left on Lansdowne St., right on Brookline to the middle of the David Ortiz Bridge, jump off onto a flatbed heading west on the Mass Pike.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If only he wasn't working in a country where the lies will keep him prisoner.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yoshida's career stolen base success rate is better than those of Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock and Ty Cobb.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I totally understand -- he's a bad fit: Masa can hit but a last-place team last in every batting category doesn't need a hitter. They don't call themselves the Boston Run Preventers for nothing.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Last year teams were challenging the rookie more with hittable pitches and he wasn't quite yet the media messiah he'd become all winter and especially after the WBC. Obviously, Junior has shown a ton more power so far, and here's where I personally don't view OPS as the end-all be-all stat: I don't care if Anthony draws more walks, because I want my young star swinging more... not at benders in the dirt but at first-pitch fastballs down the middle. That's why I hated him as leadoff, where the responsibility isn't just to get on base, but to work pitchers and let teammates see tonight's arsenal. I want my best hitter going up there looking to do one thing: DAMAGE.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Anthony turns 22 this week. Read an article somewhere comparing Roman to Junior Caminero, who is also 22. Junior has 10 home runs so far and last year cranked 45. He is exactly who Boston fans want Anthony to be -- because the front office and media expects Anthony to be a guy like that. Somehow, Caminero was able to overcome all the hype and pressure he got in... Tampa Bay? Florida?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Masa may just take his converted money and go home, but I can still see him delivering key pinch hits for a true contender that goes deep into October some day (like the A's the year Reggie blew out his hammy).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pretty obvious what the Red Sox org feels about Yoshida at this point. Just wondering about certain Asst. VPs in the front office who scouted and pushed for him during the Bloom days and how they all escaped the wrath of Michael Corleone settling all family business two weeks ago.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Devers wasn't owed a kajillion dollars, he'd be exactly the kind of midseason bat that could actually help a team that is last in the league in slugging. I'm not talking specifically about Raffy, but the typical all-or-nothing whiffer who hits the ball out of the park more times than others when he does make contact. Those types always hang around past their primes because of one elite skillset, since the longball can be an instant game-changer and is a luxury true contenders can afford to carry. There are even non-quantifiable factors of the positive effects he can have on the entire batting order, with the added stressors to opponents on how he is pitched to and game-planned. Of course, the Giants would have to eat more spinach than Popeye to get someone to take the Big Puppy off their hands -- and you'll notice I never once typed the name of his ex-club as a true contender in this post.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why would a team that hits like crap want a guy in the batting order with the highest batting average on the club since he joined in 2023? Oh, that's right -- he's a bad fit.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the Red Sox have one guy in their bullpen where his own coaches tell the manager don't let this guy beat you. So I'm here today to apologize to all the posters who I disagreed with when they told me all winter the Boston offense is better than I think. Because last night I realized it would be -- if our hitters got to swing against Weissert, like all the other clubs in the bigs. Facing the worst pitcher with inherited baserunners in The Show -- the past two years -- would certainly help the Sox' batting average with men in scoring position. And yet I implore the Boston braintrust: please don't let him beat us again.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In his final will and testament, he gives every team a Grand Torino.
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    WHYssert
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    AJ was at fault for not sending Antonio Perkins to the showers earlier so none of the crap happened.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good guess.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox fans who don't care about budgets have seen their favorite players leave over and over since 2018. But it's hard not to read or hear about how much money those guys make, so it's logical that's where their perceptions of Henry comes from. And he refused to pay market value to his best homegrown player from this century. That's not a misperception. They also remember when Bloom told fans that if we kept Mookie then we wouldn't have Garrett Richards. Even they/we can see the idiocy behind the cost-cutting plan of paying too many Klubers instead of just keeping one Eovaldi or paying a Paxton or Giolito for two years when they only pitch one... or Sandoval when he pitches none.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're right, but you also have to appreciate casual fans or even diehards who know nothing about nor care to know the budget numbers. They/we only see their favorite stars jettisoned from Boston over and over since the last title. For all they/we know, Dombrowski was fired because he wanted to pay Mookie what he was worth, and Bloom was hired to trade Mookie. And then Story was signed so they didn't have to pay Xander, and Raffy was signed just to shut up fans... .... but Breslow was permitted to sign Bregman for big money and an opt out -- knowing one thing and hoping another: 1. it would piss off Devers enough he'd rebel and allow them to dump his contract; 2. Boras and Bregman would opt out, and it would only cost Henry $40 million to get out of paying Raffy $300 mil.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hinch was in no hurry to relieve Framber, especially since the Tigers' bullpen was toast from choking the night before. Valdez knew there was only one way he could get off that mound. Hinch's afterwords also showed no support whatsoever for that cowardly act. Imagine if he drilled someone instead of a composed pro like Story... Contreras didn't get plunked but still almost tried to kill him. Detroit's gonna have to eat a lot of dough to get rid of this pestilence.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But Anthony... built like a Roman god, invincible 21-year old with 101 MLB games under his eight-pack belt -- hurt three times already by merely doing the one athletic motion that is supposed to elevate him to superduperstardom? What in the name of Tris Houses is going on with the Red Sox young studs? Is this just a bad trend or a reflection of a part of the organization that Breslow forgot to fire? Will the Italian Rapscallion ever be able to swing as hard as he can again for an entire season in the decade he's expected to dominate? Hopefully, no Red Sox historian will ever write a book someday called The Curse of the Gambino.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Isn't that a t-shirt? Like the definition of... And your second line should be -- edited: Change will Set you FREE
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You may be one of the only posters to agree that players' stats for one team and home park against division rivals may be different than for/in/vs. other teams, ballparks and foes. "We dodged a bullet not signing that guy!" can only ever be just an assumption. Even if he gets hurt elsewhere.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tolle's calling Joey Chestnut: https://www.oscarmayer.com/products/00044700000632-classic-wieners-hot-dogs
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's face it, the real problem isn't that Durbin wasn't anything like the front office or media projected -- "he pulls in the air; he's gonna hit 20+ homers at Fenway!" As you point out, Durbin has a fatal case of sophomoreyetis (what we blamed as the reason we couldn't get any good girls freshman year... though we couldn't wait until we were sophomores). But it still could've worked out if Anthony didn't catch it, too. He didn't have to be a superstar, but just repeat his half of a rookie year over a full season. If you believe hitting is contagious and there are valid reasons it's a saying, then maybe a couple of the guys who delivered last night will stay hot, and Roman can relax, see some crushable pitches and heat up himself. If he can stay on the field like an indestructible 21-year old male...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You made me look up Breslow's career splits: Lifetime record 23-30, 3.45 in 576 games. Ok, serviceable MLB reliever... ... but ERA in his Wins and Losses: 0.63 and... 14.26 -- for his career. And zero HRs vs. 12 HRs. Might he be one of those ex-pros who fondly remembers success and totally forgets his failures? After all, relievers are programmed to immediately flush any bad experiences and be ready for the next opportunity.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They knew better. They analyze so many metrics for expected outcomes that it's hard not to accept that all those guys aren't really stars. Decent players, but ideally supplements on a good roster. Anthony's a different man this season -- as a kid anointed The Face of the Franchise -- and suddenly the oblique of the franchise, the shoulder of the franchise, and the wrist of the franchise. Breslow pivoted to a starting rotation to keep him in most games, but all those established pitchers are hurt -- except Bello (as far as we know). Luckily, the top mound prospects are already here with more on the way. If they don't mind "rushing" a few more that have the stuff to get any human out, then the season could still be interesting.
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