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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not sure he can ever bat lefty again -- at least, swing with youthful impunity for the fences... unless, preventative measures against recurrence force Casas to became an inside-out Green Monster hunter, and he becomes a modern-day Boggsian master of oppo doubles and big-guy pop-fly dingers.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fenway has the highest wall. Most likely to clear it -- born in Tennessee, like Mookie, schooled at Georgia Tech, like Tek and Nomar, nicknamed Barry Bonds by his more-hyped teammates: Earl Kristian Campbell!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who was the reliever we drafted who was hyped to step right out the college world series and into the big leagues by mid-summer? Felton something? Not the 99 chick from Get Smart -- she didn't even work at 99 (definitely not Hooters)...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Wink and Criz will be better than any pitchers we can trade for," said Mister President Sam Kandidly.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    DS also said Cora is out of here at the end of the year, because there's no way Henry pays someone $40 million to manage the Red Sox (which is what the Cubs gave Counsell, without the resume of AC).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The talking heads of Felger, Tomase, Shaughnessey and ALEX SPEIER that cover the Red Sox just gave their consensus on the upcoming trade deadline: despite Boston's upstart playoff aspirations, there's absolutely no way Henry lets the front office veer from THE PLAN -- which is NO PLAN to do anything to actually improve this year's roster. No matter what posters think about certain professionals who cover the Sox for a living, the most chilling comments may have come from the well-respected Speier, who said Breslow is all about the odds -- and those will determine which lane he chooses to follow. Has Brez been out of uniform that long? Here's a guy who was traded, himself, on the last day of July, 2012, to a franchise that nobody predicted would win it all the next season -- but had the heart and the guts and the cojones to beat the odds...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Again, if we're talking about the average avid Sox fan -- and that would exclude most of this entire board or any forum where fanatics post 365 days per year -- then I'd say: ... at the time, one hundred percent. ... at this time, one kajillion percent.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The average avid baseball fan -- follows a team regularly, knows most names on the roster, and best players on most opposing clubs -- may not care about budgets and luxury taxes, or even signing big name free agents (unless division rivals keep signing them all). But when it comes to spending, loyal fans are adamant that their franchise pays market value to keep their favorites in the laundry they root for. Continuity matters to fans. Most would probably say they'd prefer their team has a winning record, even if it means entire roster turnover with line-ups rife with no-name players every couple years. To others it may be more fun - though more difficult to admit - cheering for familiar favorites throughout their primes, if they only win some and lose some...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even if the Sox drop a few games out of a wild card spot in July, it may be hard for Breslow to define his first year as CBO by selling off legitimate big leaguers. Breslow knows exactly what picking this particular lane will mean to the team, coaching staff, fandom and media: surrender. When Chaim Bloom dumped Cristian Vazquez a few summers ago, he got a couple decent prospects for a veteran catcher in decline. But it disrupted the parent team's clubhouse and seemingly cued the survivors to go through the motions down the stretch. Breslow can't risk that happening in Boston for the third straight year -- not when actual Red Sox fans are buying tickets again. Trades will be made, but look for minor leaguers to be moved -- especially guys who may be vulnerable to the next Rule V draft.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The old Camden Yards was like that -- and then they moved back the LF fence... (because fans would rather watch pitchers' duels instead of slugfests?) Since we're talking baseball, any conversation reverts back to Willie Mays: MVP noting how the dumb additions to Fenway made it a worse home run park... reminds me of when the Giants moved to San Francisco. Not only did Mays have to leave the Polo Grounds, where the left field fence was only 279 feet down the line, but his new home field was on an oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The prevailing sea breeze at Candlestick Park (there was a reason it wasn't named CandleLIT Park) blew hard from left to right. According to teammate Orlando Cepeda, such conditions cost Mays hundreds of homers. However, Willie -- who won the NL HR crown as a NY Giant in 1955 with 51 longballs -- was great enough to adjust his swing accordingly, and won three more HR crowns as a SF Giant, including a career-high 52 in 1965.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's not forget an astute businessman like Henry was talked into going against his better judgement more than once and signing Over-30 pitchers who were humungous busts in Boston. Now that he's not falling for it -- except for Giolito (the lastest phantom signing) -- maybe he just should overpay Cora to stay and keep winning with rosters full of bargain guys.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless you're a righty who pulls a lot of high fly balls. Tony C, Boomer (at least in '77), Esasky and Jason Bay for one year, Fisk... Rico was listed at 175 pounds, Pedroia 170 (both supposedly less than Mookie -- 180 pounds of body by bowling ball!). Alonso is listed at 245 lbs. Wonder what his career spray chart looks like, super-imposed on Fenway dimensions...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For a team bereft of right-handed power in a park tailor-made for right-handed power, acquiring a guy who averages 45 home runs per year shouldn't be looked at as just a two-month rental. This is also a club where all it's most-hyped position player prospects closest to the majors bat left-handed. Even if they all make it and steal 30 bases apiece, a RHH HR DH (once they eat Yoshida's contract) will at least be necessary for a little balance. How rare is a Red Sox righty who even hit 40 homers in a season? In the past half century: JD and Manny, Rice and Tony Armas Senior... and Rico Petrocelli.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How much would you give up for Pete Alsono? He's a right-handed hitting rental, age 29, and averages 45 home runs per 162 -- half of which were never at Fenway Pahk... Before someone complains: "Wherever would we put him?" -- how about right after Rafael Devers in the batting order.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some happy peeps in Central time were already hammered by 4:51.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Silver linings: -- losing Story was bad for the D, but I never wanted to see him batting third in the line-up... instead we have Wong hitting .330 and Hamilton closing in on the league lead in stolen bases. -- losing Giolito allowed Houck to emerge as staff ace and a probable All-Star selection. -- losing Casas depleted the power, but allowed Cora and his staff to rely more on team speed, a key in the Sox' first hot streak of the season. -- Cora "resting" any regulars -- giving a scheduled day off -- drives fans crazy... but it's really just semantics; ballplayers are always banged up, and always play with nagging injuries, but managers are too smart to risk divulging secrets when they grant time off for wounds to heal... even if it's just for swelling to subside for a day.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not early anymore. Solstice was 3:50 PM last night. Boston is as good as Kansas City, Minnesota, and right now, Cleveland, Seattle and New York. The running Red Sox have picked a lane for Craig Breslow. Summer's here and the time is right for racing in the streets.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You must have misread my post. I said all-time great -- like Marcus Betts -- who moved to the middle infield and still led his league in WAR... ... not grate, as in the kind of unpleasant rasping sound the crowd made whenever Kike Hernandez fielded a ball at shortstop for Boston.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's gonna have to be a trade, like this year's Burnes or Cease swaps. Still waiting for Breslow to made that "painful" deal... Forget about signing Burnes next winter; Henry may never approve of big money for a free agent pitcher again -- not after the Giolito fiasco, and Sale's extension, and Price, who both went against his better judgement.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But Moon, remember at the outset of the season that you said all the favorites had flaws of their own (at least, the AL East teams -- all who were favorites to finish ahead of Boston). Kudos to you -- and after the first month, I posted a bunch of stats that showed the juggerNOT Yankees neck-and-dreck with the Red Sox in fielding, whiffing and LOBing. Even Max was amazed. And after watching the first NY series this week, it has to be obvious even to Yankee fans they're going nowhere with a centerfielder named Judge -- who is so valuable, they won't even let him dive for a ball, so he won't risk injury. Boston's D may still blow overall, but I'd take our entire outfield and starting catcher any day over MLB's NUMBER ONE TEAM... and by mid-summer may have a case that our infield is just as mediocre as theirs...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Willie was so talented that he took regular infield practice at shortstop, where his manager said he'd be a starting All-Star if he ever had to move there. Now, what other all-time great in the name of JOHN HENRY can anyone remember actually moving from the outfield to a middle infield position?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How do they calculate any WAR? Old-timers like me can't even fathom WAR formulas for current players. (is that fathom or phatom -- as in phantom stats?) Here's one I get: Mays hit a record 22 home runs in extra innings. If clutch is not repeatable, he was more repetitive than anyone else getting the boys home (or to an establishment) before Last Call...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In the past dozen years, three big leaguers have had single season WAR scores of 10 or higher: Trout twice, Betts and Judge, once each. From 1954-1966, Willie Mays had six years at 10 WAR or higher. Mays led the majors in WAR 10 times in those 13 seasons, when he averaged 9.5 WAR. He won two Most Valuable Player Awards, but could've won 10.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So it's inevitable that every comment now on Yoshida starts with "If injured." "If injured," we just have to pay him, but never have to play him again. "If injured" is not something affecting his status, though... then we have to pay him and watch him roll over to the second baseman.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If you look beyond the metrics and just look, you'd see either line drive base-hits over the infield dropping into the outfield or ground balls through the wide open right side -- where second baseman are leaving holes because they're positioned up the middle. Merloni noted the latter just last night. Until opposing defenses make adjustments, there's no reason Wong won't keep taking what they're giving him.
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