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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good points, and memories. Don't forget in '72 who became the true ace: Looie, who led the AL in ERA. But when it came to pitching, Steinbrenner was just lethal. In '74 NY's team ERA was third, so he signed Cy Young Catfish Hunter. Their team ERA was third again in '75, so he added four more starters to the rotation. In '76 the Yanks had the top ERA and won the pennant, but lost the World Series to Cincy. So George signed Reds' ace, Don Gullet. In '77 New York won it all, but got beat in a game by LA's Tommy John. So George signed him, too. The Yankees' ace reliever Sparky Lyle won the Cy that year, but then another All-Star, Goose Gossage, became a free agent that winter. So George signed him, too... because he could.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Soto was the difference in the Bronx last year for a flawed team that made it to the World Series. The Yankees know they can go sign good free agent corner infielders and another outfielder and even more pitchers, but they won't be as good without Soto. As for pitching, that's one department New York never skimps on spending for -- and it's the main reason the Yanks are always contenders.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tariffic.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think the percent signs are the wrong symbols. It supposed to mean most 63-year olds that post on Red Sox forums favor Boston to sign Soto. The 9-year old for the Mets is the son of a NY coach. Toronto is just being babies about this.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What actually happened in 2020 is that the LA Dodgers had to win more playoff games (13) than any other postseason team in history to earn their rings. How can it be any more legit.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mayer, Arias and Cespedes are three good shortstop prospects, though the latter may move to another position. Sure, we have a lot of middle infield depth that we can deal, but I have to keep one of the best -- either Mayer or Arias (just so we don't have to overpay again for the next Trevor Story). Maybe the front office has identified Mikey Romero as the core SS for the next decade? It's not like the Sox can count on Story as a rock of stability... he may be gritty, but like loose shale on a narrow mountain path.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Buehler -- too many absences for full semester credits, but he did ace his finals.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For me this offseason, the back-up plan has always been to be up front: back up the Brinks truck at the winter meetings and empty it out to make room for a new starting rotation and bullpen.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is why I always try to stay sober before selling any baseball cards or comic books.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    These Sox were never averse to being adverse. Now I'll ad a verse... by the Fab Four (not Ro, Marc, Ky and Kristian): I'm down, I'm really down, Down on the ground, How can you laugh when you know I'm down
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    By then, probably not. I keep planting apple trees in my yard, but within two or three years they opt out.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Alex Speier, a real reporter, had it first. So he's either being used by Boras to panic the other finalists or by the Red Sox, who own the Globe and want fans to know they never gave up. If Soto's camp does agree to one more meeting, I wouldn't mind Theo sitting in for John Henry. If Epstein can seal the deal, his name goes on my lawn sign in 2028...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I predict someone else will predict someone else will give him more.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Someone was blind scouting Yoshida... at least near-sighted. "I know we're sitting behind the backstop, but from here, it looks... he is -- he's pumping iron in the dugout! Masa's throwing around dumbbells like they're inflated with air! Get Boras on the phone now."
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The one-year contract to Chapman to me means they're just trying to cross another bridge year. Not that I want a garage-shooting reliever for multiple seasons -- but where's the investment in pieces needed to complete that core of sustained annual contenders? Wait til next week? And for those who say the Red Sox never beat the Yankees in the bidding for top talent, remember Dice K -- the Yamamoto Sasaki of his day. And then the most-hyped amateur prospect from Cuba, Yoan Moncada... The Sox outbid the Yanks for both, and each helped win World Series (in their own ways). Still can't see the pinstripers letting Soto go to Beantown. They need him more than we do... in the very least, so he's not on our side.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I would say rots in the second half of every season this decade. Red Sox bullpens in the 2020s go like this: a few guys have pretty good first halves, some are even borderline All-Stars... then the utterly embarrassingly-shallow starting rotation gets hurt, whoever's not on the IL can't go five frames, and all the relievers get burned out until their rag arms blow saves in every inning -- even when they're openers -- so notin can complain about blown saves being a meaningful stat, all while we're watching them blow another summer shot at making the playoffs.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The bullpen still rots: replacing old, past-their-prime men looking for retirement with old, rehabbing men looking for second, third or eighth-chances.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A first baseman should have good hands, nimble feet, and an accurate throwing arm -- all basic tools for a professional baseball player. But let's be honest: Raffy has had issues with all three while trying to play third base. That doesn't mean -- with enough practice reps (for a guy set for life, but with enough pride to want to earn it) -- that Devers can't improve and become an acceptable first sacker. Just remember, the transition isn't always smooth. Vlad Jr. definitely isn't, and Miggy was pretty bad over there. Ernie Banks was a Gold Glove shortstop, before he led the NL in range factor his first four seasons as a first baseman. Yaz was ok, but got moved back to the outfield in his late-30s, where he was better. Youk made himself a good first baseman -- but he didn't lead the league in Es for seven years at third like Raffy before that. Boggs played a lot of first as a rookie, then made himself a good third baseman. Bagwell was an All-Star soccer player in high school, so was athletically skilled enough to move around. The current Red Sox sure have plenty of future DHs...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Every time I see one of those commercials I want to parlay a quintana or at least a manaea. But I don't want to get banned for life... .... although when MLB is officially owned by FanDuel in a few years, maybe they'll give me a pardon. Or deport me from deportes.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We are. The loyal diehard fans who fund their favorite teams deserve to have the clubs pay and establish new market prices for top talent.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For decades the Red Sox didn't win it all, but fans always felt the team would try by identifying areas of need and upgrading every offseason. But since the Bloom Era began -- when the org wouldn't pay Mookie Betts half of what they're offering a worse player this winter -- the plan has shifted to just doing what they can to get by: stuff the jerseys with bodies, send them out on the diamond, and field a nine so they can play the games and sell tickets. Fans aren't fools, and after five years of this crap will only believe again if and when Breslow and Co. actually UPGRADE -- and not slide sideways (cough, Wilson, cough Chapman) -- in the starting rotation, in the bullpen, in the batting order, and on defense.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How hard is this? Chapman abused a woman. Bregman abused the rules so he could beat the Yankees and Dodgers.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Sox miss out on Soto -- and right now, every GM, agent and reporter in the industry predicts they will -- but Pivetta and O'Neill get re-upped at longer and larger contracts, and Jansen/Martin morph into Chapman/Hendriks, Sam Kennedy will still say, "Look, we spent -- compared to last year..." And he'll keep a straight face.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The best Mets' hitter ever is Mookie. Networks have been showing just one of his at bats for the past 40 years. Over and over again. Again and again and again. Even though the Red Sox have won four World Series since then, and the Mets zero. As in nothing. None. Zilch. Cipher.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And they signed him for one year? Are we really still going year to year, just trying to get through another season before we actually go for it? I thought, I mean I was told (by the president-derelict) we won't be just fighting for a wild card next year... but a division title!
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