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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yea, it's Sunday, not Darknight. Old accounts of the origins of the game date back to an agrarian society before electric lights. On Sundays the farm boys looked forward to playing some ball.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm a big believer in qualitative data. I can't count how many times I've relied on my eyes when driving, so I won't get stuck on the train tracks like that lady who blindly followed her GPS commands. When the Red Sox decided to focus more on video when scouting potential prospects -- and fired field scouts -- did the front office also consult computers for feedback from players' families, friends, coaches, and most importantly, the kids themselves, in how they respond to learning opportunities for preparation, pressure, adversity, leadership, success and failure?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's more than four hitters, but according to the data on bb-ref, there are four Red Sox starting position players providing sub-.600 OPS: C, 2B, SS, 3B. Not even Red can argue with those stats. Some of those "starters" have been replaced lately by the likes of IKF, Gasper, and Andruw Movinginstero. But even those guys are still sub-.700. And so is the DH/LF spot, whether manned by Anthony, Yoshida or the wildly inconsistent Duran. The team's OPS is sub-.700. But it's a thousand degrees outside, so maybe Sam's "embarrassing and unacceptable" roster will heat up like he once predicted... ... before he said this week, "Let's be honest- " (when people say that, are they admitting they weren't before?) "... we may have to pivot."
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All good questions, but remember I'm not obsessed with Paredes the player -- just that the Red Sox need about four MAJOR LEAGUE bats like his asap if they want to turn this debacle around and contend again, even by the next season (whenever that is). And as I said, I have no problem trading Boston's top four pitching prospects for legitimate big league talent, because realistically, that's what it may take to make the impact changes the Sox need.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I wasn't considering years of control, because the Red Sox have no choice but to extend any decent bats they acquire if they don't want the batting order to keep sinking back into Breslow's Sargashole Sea. Let's face it, there's no immediate big league punch coming from any Boston prospects -- even those recently graduated -- and there's not much available in coming free agency. And I don't care about years of control for young pitchers, since they almost all get hurt and become unreliable. Teams that discover a rare Skenes or Miz will probably extend them anyway -- but even that's a Bello or Crochet risk... I wouldn't sniff a Boras demand for a guy like Skubal, who's been brittle and bitchy since he bailed on his teammates and country in the WBC.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But aren't we a little more sober lately comparing minor league prospects to established big leaguers? Paredes was an MLB All-Star the past two years. Eyanson is a good minor league pitcher... but so was Bryan Bello to some extent. When it comes to pitchers, though, I trust the prospects coming out of D1 and the SEC more than the DR summer league. It may kill Brez to see so many of his traded pitchers succeed elsewhere, but someone as calculated as he must have known he was hoarding prospect capital when drafting all those big arms last summer. Gotta give to get. If the Red Sox really want to turn this debacle around -- by next season -- they need to trade Eyanson, Witherspoon, Phillips and Holobetz for four Paredeseseses.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From kicking himself for re-signing with Paunch and Judy.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How can a CBO described by his own employee as a stiff assemble a batting order so flaccid.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chapman's well-rested. Has rested well. Not gone to the well often. Well, f***ing pitch him!
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never wanted Geno Suarez, and he's a negative WAR this year as a DH with only 5 HRs. But 1. that's more than all but four 2026 Red Sox, and 2. he's a big leaguer who can hit the ball farther than the warning track. I blather, like a lot of posters, but it's really no surprise that current reports from other MLB front office evaluators can't believe Boston is batting a minor league line-up every night. The Sad Sox have no choice to sign or trade for average MAJOR LEAGUE TALENT -- just to get back to mediocrity. (that's not to ignore acquiring future core batters like Tibbs and his 18 AAA homers or even Password, who had 6 dingers in the minors before recent promotion).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Soto is a bust.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox need at least four bats like Alonso's. Then the next time they play the Orioles, he might have to use someone else's.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Drove through a construction site in New Jersey where a sign said, "Fines double." So when my wife got mad at me, she said, "Fine, fine."
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How can someone who doesn't drink watch these Red Sox? Eat? (yes, admitted nobody, I eat crow, eat my words and Eat, Pray, Ugh).
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's it -- this is getaway year.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Temps are too hot. Just wait until it gets colder, then you'll see the Sox suck even hearse.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Another Red Sox loss where opponents scored runs. Another game where Boston pitchers and defenders didn't shutout foes. Yet another complete failure for the Run Preventers...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The worst part is that the Monstah was just a hatchling when first born, scrambling towards a tavern on Lansdowne Street like a baby turtle trying to reach water before getting picked off by a bird -- and Red Sox batters still couldn't hit a ball over its head.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Or backhand. They could toss reverse spins like slow-pitch softballers and save their arms for a season that matters. The least they can do is try out some of those pitches in BP to guys like Durbin and Masa to see if they can reach the wall. It would make everyone feel good about being pro athletes.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Young guys like Casas and Anthony idolized Colon when he played for the Red Sox because he landed on the IL for swinging too hard.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Those 1934 Red Sox actually finished .500 but 24 games out of first place. Here's a list of some of their players who had zero home runs: Dick Porter, Mel Almada, Gordie Hinkle, Lou Legett and Skinny Graham. They even had a guy named Judge with nada HRs. His first name was Joe (rhymes with No). It gets worse. Those '34 Sox had a Hall of Fame catcher named Rick Ferrell who hit one homer. His little brother, Wes, a pitcher for Boston that year, cranked four 4-baggers (and would lead the family with 38 career bombs to bro's 28).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Imagine the thread if any one of us made the majors and hit exactly one home run: But it was off a position player... He was wearing a big league uniform... It still doesn't really count... It's really on my stat page on baseball reference and can never be erased... You're just senile, old and retired. I'm just tired; retired means you're tired again. Baseball old is over 32.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox haven't won more than 3 games in a row all year, but if they can just get hot with one 5-game winning streak, then... they'll only be 5 games below .500!
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Durbin's up to .190, baby! Only 16 points below the Storyline... ... or 18 points below the Duranline... ... or 19 below the Narvaezline. Such batting averages are why the Boston Doormats -- last in the league in runs scored -- can't afford to trade any of the Big Three: because Anthony, Mayer and Campbell are all hitting in the .220s! (KC's even doing it in WOO!). Red Sox fan, fear not the Sophomore Jinx; in another year you'll be renting a tux for the Junior Prom!
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The big mouth fan he knew who lives in his mom's basement.
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