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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pham: clean-up batter for team that lost the World Series.
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    http://research.sabr.org/journals/is-pitching-75-of-baseball
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    Almost Phamous. It's all happening.
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    I didn't even know what they were when I was a kid -- and my father was a farmer (East Coast) -- but now we eat and see them all the time... thus, that particular shade of green is the wickedest. Plus, I read on the internet that avocados are the healthiest veggie -- so it must be true! Good source of fat, at least... though the missus, who's allergic to everything, has to make sure they're not from Mexico...
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    You misunderstand my point. Of course, Monty helped Texas win rings. But there's no way any realistic fan is expecting him to do the same for the Dread Sox. Not this year. p.s. when I wanted him at last year's deadline, along with another reliever like Stratton (Tex. traded for both) for a stretch run, the Sox still had the pro bats of Turner and Duvall... so more of a chance than this winter's tank.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Snell having a Cy Young year is a guy contenders should pick up at the deadline to put them over the top. Montgomery is a better option for a pretender that needs stability in the rotation. Rebuilds crave consistent veterans to take the ball every week, log innings, and take the pressure off the younger pitchers and batters trying to establish themselves, plus to give the overworked bullpen some rest. Investing in a guy like Monty is never just about one playoff push.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "If you call me a liar, I'll call you a liar," said Sam the Bam Shamogram. "Nikki Mantle, Nikko Kavadis, Andrew Bailey, Bob 'Beetle Juicer' Bailey."
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    Joe C. -- knowing how armed Sox' outdoorsmen were with weapons of self-defense -- got a little too excited with his last call at the end, which he blurted out before anyone actually got knifed.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox should just trade for one of Baltimore's SS prospects and convert him to a pitcher; those guys can play anywhere.
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    Boyd would've started Game Seven, then a rain-out gave Hurst one more day of rest -- and the ball. McNamara, after blowing Game Six by taking out Clemens (and lying about it), didn't dare not pitch his best postseason arm, if available. Boyd admitted once he heard he was replaced, he went straight to a crack house and blew his mind out in the dark. Turns out Hurst on three days rest had five good innings left, before blowing a 3-run lead. Then then bullpen puked all over itself again. My preference that day was to start the Can as planned, and let him go as long as he was effective -- then bring in Hurst to win the ring. The bullpen was already toast and couldn't be trusted no matter what, but Oil Can was a wild card who was whack enough to maybe not let the Game Six debacle bother him. At least in my first guessing...
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    Or that the Orioles get to play all the other easier teams not in the AL East that the Red Sox will play. Hey, and so will the Yankees, Rays and Jays...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some candor from Alex Speier today: "the overall state of farm systems through the AL East suggests that the continuing emergence of a homegrown core won’t necessarily be enough to propel the Sox to a better standing in the division."
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    Lucky it wasn't notin technicolor, because then you'd learn the green villain in the Wizard of Oz was only called the Wicked Witch of the West because that's where they grow avocados.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Or they can just blame the manager of the greatest team in franchise history for transforming in one winter into the worst handler of starting pitchers ever for a defending champion.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fans can never know the extent of strain pitching out of regular routines, starters working in relief, and the high leverage situations that often come in late innings (especially with flags and rings on the line). We also probably might never know whose arm was hanging but ignored the pain and tweaked something more long-lasting -- because who's going to admit that?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Eovaldi, Price, Porcello, and of course Sale -- all had issues in '19. ERod didn't, and he pitched less than the rest in the '18 postseason... (and even recorded less outs than Kelly and Kimbrel). When 80% of the starting rotation of the greatest team in franchise history all hits a wall at the same time, it's probably more than coincidence.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There's a legend in the Far East about a warrior once called Dice-K... oops -- smaller ball.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Posters have been clinging to that once-in-a-franchise hope since I joined this forum after the '19 season. "We" -- as in talksox -- need to move on. Ortiz, Pedroia, Ellsbury and Lester aren't the returning core of any Red Sox team the past five years. If a miracle is to happen in '24 and Boston has a winning record and makes the playoffs, it won't be because of comebacks from rehabbing veterans with something to prove. It will be because of the development of young players establishing themselves into bonafide big leaguers -- and even All-Stars. Whether that's realistic or not -- the front office is telling us that's all we got. So let's root root-root for the HOMEGROWN.
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    Nailed it -- this has all been a subliminal set-up by an ivy-league front office... all leading up to the 20-year anniversary of the 2004 Curse-breakers. Lest anyone forget the enduring image of that '04 World Series: the Red Moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2004_lunar_eclipse
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pitchers and Catchers report to SPRING training in NINE days. Appropriately, for our lovable Red Sox, that's on Valentine's Day. But it may feel more like Halloween... ... because for those who worry the pitching staff is incomplete, Dr. Frankenstein Bailey is infusing new life to last year's dead starters, sewing fresh arms and attitudes onto cadavers in the rotation. So put away those pitchforks and torches... for now.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Without a doubt. The most intense and impactful postseason series are the most indelible on our memories. I still recall details and can see big moments from many Sox' playoffs from this century. I barely remember the actual games from the World Series of '04 and '07. One poster's Top 5 Sox Series this century: 1. '04 ALCS - greatest comeback/payback/choke of all-time. 2. '03 ALCS - worst ending ever, cumulative effect, after '78/'86/'99 etc. 3. '18 WS - hardly a blow-out; Sox won in 5 exciting games helped by three HUGE pinch-hits by Devers, Moreland and Nunez 4. '18 ALCS - highly entertaining offensive and defensive battle between two heavy-weights 5. '18 ALDS - start spreading the news: 16-1 W at the Stadium... but every other game was a total stress-fest Obviously, '18 is the most recent fresh in my mind, but none of those were easy. Honorable mention: '13 ALCS/WS, '07 ALCS, '21 WC, and the underrated '03 ALDS
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    If you think posters here are bitter this winter -- after the last deadline, after the last winter, after the deadline before that, after the... Dombrowski Era -- you should see the comments section of the Boston Globe article about Epstein's return. It has to be about 80% negative, mainly because Theo can't pitch! Forget about any bridges; the Red Sox burned all theirs already -- and used TNT to level all the concrete piles, posts, footings and piers... plus, they stocked the river with crocodiles and piranhas.
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    I noticed you didn't mention Schilling, which is even a hard name to type these days. As far as Fenway flags, both he and Foulke sacrificed careers for rings in Boston. But Price will always be connected with the unforgivable Betts trade.
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    Fans aren't going to buy more tickets just to see Theo waving at them from the owner's box. There has to be the acquisition of an impact player to go with this...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Doubters cite his Hard-hit Rate when he puts his Balls in Play, though he's a zero Win Probability Added for Offensive Posters. If we all met and trouble started, the biggest risk would be measured in Exit Velocity... on our stationary bicycles.
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