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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All great lists of albums, but I couldn't find one old hippy with Allman Brothers' At Filmore East. Still one of the all-time best live LPs -- with tye-die video on youtube -- and it didn't even include "One Way Out" or "Trouble No More"... (which are on Eat A Peach; also highly recommended).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why would any club want a local player with a swing tailored for its home ballpark who grew up a fan of the team and was eager to sign with them, when they can instead draft a guy who lives thousands of miles away who'd rather go back to school than agree to get paid to play in one of the best baseball markets in the world? As long as the Red Sox front office always picks the Best Player Available on their draft board, they're covered for ignoring all the other intangibles that used to matter to all the old timey scouts they fired who weren't laptops or tablets. Good thing a draft didn't exist yet when hometown hero Tony Conigliaro signed with Boston. Otherwise, the Sox wouldn't have had a kid hitting home runs at Fenway when he was 19, or leading the league in HRs when he was 20.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's not declining in San Fran; when they ask him to play 1B, he says yes. But if he was only a DH, he'd be reclining... between at bats.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Machine Head -- now there's an all-time rocker overplayed so much in the day (at parties, not radio) that all songs are still memorable half a century later... ... except maybe "Pictures of Home" -- play it! Only 7 songs on the album!
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Arias Watch, Saturday afternoon in WOO: Franklin had a great at bat -- with two outs and a 2-2 count, fouled off 5 consecutive low and outside sweepers... pitcher Richard Gallardo then bounced one, allowing a run to score, then hung one, which Arias ripped up the middle for a well-earned single. The worn-out Gallardo then gave up a double to Eaton, and a walk to Gasper, until Romy drilled a bases-loaded two-run single to put Woo ahead. The entire rally was ignited by Arias, now one of only two minor leaguers with at least a .315 BA and 23 HRs (the other is Zac Veen, 4 years older and 73 pounds heavier).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All that already happened in history. They dug under those big heads on Easter Island and found statue bodies wearing Red Sox uniforms... originally in home whites but turned moldy through the centuries -- the PR dept. still thought it was cool, and now you know where they got the idea for their best-selling green jerseys.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whitlock will be ok. The Sox just flew him back to Transylvania for evaluation by Doctor Ahm Shallcutta.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just remember when Sam Kennedy said, "Roman Anthony coming off the IL from FLA will be better than any Roman Anthony who could've rehabbed in Boston with a sprained ring finger wrist."
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And this is why Rich Hill is ramping it up again. He should be ready to pitch again by October of 2018.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I only mentioned Stairway because a recent article rated it having the greatest guitar solo in rock history. But anyone who grew up in the Seventies hating on it must have never stayed up until midnight, because one popular FM station played it every single night at 11:50 PM -- and that's how we knew what time it was, no matter where we were... Led Zeppelin IV was always the most overplayed, but true fans know that one of the greatest studio albums of all time is still Led Zeppelin II (and moon, I love Physical Graffiti and "Ten Years Gone").
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think he's allowed to play chopsticks with those fingers. But no guitar solo from Stairway to Heaven yet.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's what she said. Then she married me, and now I'm in bed with women she works with all the time... except they're on one of her phones, nonstop texting. But your notion makes sense -- unlike passing on signing Schwarber twice now.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With Whitlock down, Miller and Guerrero just got upped, so they're not Opener options. Weissert -- with nobody on base in the 1st inning -- should open for Bello in the postseason. The Sox won't even need a #4 starter unless they win the Wild Card round of the playoffs anyway (which are Best-of-Three). They could set it up so Bennett has a couple weeks rest before starting Game 4 of the ALDS... or long-relieving...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jake Bennett is listed at 6 foot 6 inches tall, 234 pounds. Here are the 8 AL pitchers with a better ERA: Schlittler, 6-6, 215; Cease 6-2, 200; Messick 6-0, 225; Martinez 6-1, 200; Rasmussen 6-1, 240; Gray 5-10, 190; Burke 6-6, 240; Soriano 6-3, 220.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Valera's still has a couple dozen months to come all the way back from major surgery and prove himself elite again or risk breaking Bryan Mata's record for most years in Sox Prospects Top 10. He is still young enough to do either. Holobetz is ready to get big leaguers out now.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Had to start here early today, after reading NESN's article about the strengthening case of Ceddanne Rafaela for AL MVP!!!!!! (the reporter notes the main obstacle is Yordan Alvarez in his Triple Crown bid). That oughtta stoke more debate about our favorite all-world Gold Glover getting thrown out at 3rd trying to take two bases on a wild pitch and getting thrown out at 2nd trying to stretch a single into a double. But isn't it hard to get mad at a guy who never gets mad?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't worry: if one hand's on an aluminum can, the other's holding a firearm -- for protection! If you don't think those go together on a forum about national pastimes, then why is there a government bureau with Alcohol and Firearms in its name... wait, let me spit (don't need a spittoon in the swamp).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Seven pitchers in the Top 9 -- trade some more! There's only one ball!
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Plus, if they're playing drinking games with the gators, Anthony is less vulnerable because he knows pointing is banned -- under penalty of a guzzle -- though his bad digit is supposedly a ring finger. Whitlock is at a disadvantage with a bum elbow, which we all know is the preferred pointer in drinking games. And that guy could lose an entire arm instead of just a joint or two off an index finger, getting too close to a gator,
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Because Florida's out -- that's where they sent Anthony, and the Sox don't want teammates rehabbing too near each other so they won't fool around, even if they already have longterm contracts and are set for life.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Clubber Lang vs. Old Manfredi from Tulsa. Rut-row...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Italy's closer!!!! Certo... (uncerto?)
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We just live in modern times when MLB batters are all big whiffers. Half a century ago they weren't -- back then it was shameful to strike out. And yet, Rafaela leads a current playoff team with 5.2 WAR. He'll most likely add to that total in the next month and a half. Jim Rice had more than 5.2 WAR four times in his Hall of Fame career. Dwight Evans had more than 5.2 three times. Fred Lynn only did it twice...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was thinking the same thing: evaluators haven't seen the new guys play pro yet, but have seen the pros in the system up until now...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the one returning from the IL will be better than anyone they could've traded for at the deadline... in 2028!
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