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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You can debate whatever you want, but I won't disparage your opinion. For instance, if your observation is that two pitchers look similar on TV, I can't tell you you're wrong -- but if I have a different perspective, like standing in the batter's box against each of them, I can add that to the discussion.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yours, too. Hopefully, you'll consider some of what you see on forums as just posters' opinions -- and not always people arguing.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I could say the same for Duvall and Duran in center... (and Masa in left, Raffy at third, no one at second, Houses on first -- who did I miss? oh ya, any pitcher that has to throw to a pizza box)
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But... if everything just went right... we could've played on the waterfront. Insteada being bums.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know -- what's my problem, actually watching the games? I should turn off the TV and just listen to radio broadcasts. Differences between pitchers are easier to detect, based on the pop of the catcher's mitt and crack of the bat.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good point. Eovaldi would've had to pitch to less contact in bEantown, shred a few more ligaments and tendons by midseason, and turn into another Boston bum arm.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mondesi will return after the next trade deadline. And the Sox will predict he'll be just as good as any other Mondesi they could acquire.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But he's great now... while the Red Sox aren't even good.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From watching Nola in the playoffs, I'd stay away from him; his curve could be crushable vs. AL Beasts -- and for the cost, I'd rather the Sox sign Lorenzen (as a #3), who has similar stuff. Montgomery is the prize lefty after Snell... but his price could rise in the World Series.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's hard to appreciate him as a prospect until we actually see him competing; the only consensus is that he's a "pure hitter." And 5'9"... ... soxprospect report: "solid-average raw power with the potential for more as he fills out... average arm, average speed." Sounds like a righty Yoshida.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't forget his best move -- he moved out of his office last month.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You can't say that again... it's not repeatable!
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gammons cried when Lou Gorman gave them Bagwell. I seethed.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good-hitting team signs injury-prone Cy Young starter, but is led instead by Nate Eovaldi... that story we've lived before. At the deadline, trades for Montgomery and Sutton, gets to World Series... that story we suggested, as recently as July. And yet, the Red Sox brass refuses to interview me because of family considerations... (though my kid would be happy if I kept Nate and dealt for Monty!).
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and the Dodgers played him at SS every game in the playoffs -- and lost them all. Kike also played a little CF and 2B, and outhit Betts and Freeman...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of course -- I'm waiting like the rest to see if the Bloom firing was just a facade...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't really care who gets the jobs -- as long as it happens soon after the World Series, and they start changing the roster and culture of suck at the next GM meetings. ... and that doesn't include swapping commons for commons on the playground or flipping doubles against the corner of the school at recess.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was responding to what I thought you referenced that half a team's fans root for the laundry. I only added those that do aren't quite the same diehards that, say, post on team message boards every day during football, basketball, hockey and turkey season.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, the Komodo dragon can reproduce both sexually and asexually... but I'm too dumb to know if that's smart or they just think it's a good idea at the time.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Only the casual fans that jump on the bandwagon when they're in the playoffs.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not too hot for the pitchers, but for the baseballs! As I stated from my own observations, the ball bounces faster on the baked surfaces, and flies further in the dry air. I know there is a lot of debate on fly balls in dry vs humid air. Here's one study that says a home run in Miami that goes 417 feet would travel 458 feet in Phoenix: https://www.daytondailynews.com/weather/does-humidity-lead-more-home-runs-baseball/oP4c9mGNHtBAo1gYDpFODJ/ Put it this way: there has to be some reason they built ballparks with leftfield foul poles 360 away from home plate. Retirees actually move to Arizona because of the climate (well, before it was 115)... it's hot, but a lot less humid. Here's a simple test: try to drive to a restaurant in the Phoenix area on any weekday between 4-5 p.m. It may take you the full hour to get there, because the whole road system is grided and there are stop lights on every block, but also -- nobody old wants to stay home and cook and clean anymore!
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fans sense John Henry isn't all-in on his Red Sox like he once was, because his most recent Chief often didn't spend what it took to land or keep many players viewed as potentially vital to the success of the team. But success doesn't necessarily always entail just winning... ... not if you accept that watching, following and rooting for a sports team is a form of entertainment, an interactive hobby, a not-just-passive pastime. Red Sox fans want star players, but love good guys who try hard and at least look and sound like they care as much as their fans. Since baseball is a young man's game, homegrown prospects are the easiest to grow attached to as they develop into big league regulars (and hopefully All-Stars). There are also veteran warriors who show they have what it takes to thrive in Boston and on a big stage. Those are the guys an owner should always pay to keep or recruit. A core to care about. When fan favorites like Betts, Bogaerts, Schwarber and Eovaldi leave, in lieu of cheaper, revolving replacments, there is a detachment. It's not just about rooting for the laundry.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Eovaldi? He gets hurt too much, too much of an IL risk, not a good longterm investment, because he's too much of a... pitcher. If you sign a starting pitcher who's good now, it might make your team good now, but does that really matter? Even if there's no guarantee there will be another now then, many fans are more concerned about the future (there must be at least two of them). But for this winter, a lot are hoping the Sox spend 10 times what it would've cost to keep Eovaldi to sign other pitchers who have never proven they can succeed in Boston...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So Schwarber's agent told him wrong?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Bloom traded JD and signed Schwarber, it would've made more sense to sign Senga instead of Yoshida. And then maybe not felt the need for any Kluber. These aren't too far-fetched alternate realities, except for thing: no club will swap anything for a large contract with an opt-out, because if they really want a player, they won't want to risk losing him for nothing. So once again -- it's all Dombrowski's damn fault for the opt-out contracts!!!!
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