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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Likewise... but I'm a lot less confident I'll still be here in 2033.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    OmygoodnessgraciousRogerClemens!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mine is just that for some reason, the forum won't let me log in until mid-morning every day.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ...the definition of infanity: keep paying the dumbest prices for tickets, parking, concessions, etc. -- to keep getting hit upside the head (that's the upside Bloom meant).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    34,192 -- yesterday's attendance in crap weather to watch crap defense and inadequate pitching and hitting. Henry has no reason to change anything "because he's shown in the past he'll spend big for a winner." There's absolutely no reason to expect anything more next offseason from Bloom except more one-year contract offers the latest comebacking rehabbing veterans in the twilight of our fandoms.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm with you on that, because I said Bloom wouldn't get canned no matter what happens this season... because my conjecture is that he's still doing what he was hired to do.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... sure, except for all those posters, media and vocal fans who said this year is make or break for Bloom.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's all we do here. Doesn't it sound like Cora is challenging Bloom, when talking about the joke defense yesterday and telling the media, "The roster is the roster." Maybe Cora is drawing a line for ownership to make a choice. He did say recently that he wasn't going to be a manager for much longer, but would like to someday be a GM...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I doubt fans really want more old injury-prone pitchers to worry about. But the few of us who wanted Eovaldi and Wacha back last winter reasoned they proved they could succeed for the Red Sox and liked playing Boston. Neither one of those are ever guaranteed for a new old guy like Kluber. But if the bottom line was Kluber's contract length, and Eovaldi and/or Wacha were feared money risks next year or the one after that, then that tells us all right there that Henry and Bloom never gave a crap -- enough -- about this year.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Strahm was obviously too costly for $15M... over 2 years. So what if he's been better than any lefty reliever in Boston's bullpen this year, and better than Kluber in the Phils' starting rotation. Either way, breaking down his $7.5 AAV doesn't look so bad considering what Bloom blew on Klubes. Strahm deserved to be re-signed just for the fact that he's a baseball card collecting hero on social media.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Weirdness is a kind way to describe our Bloom thing too.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    WAR shows Dr. Who is the best player on his team (for the 8th year in his career), but there's no arguing with detractors that he's too short to be good for very much longer... ... because, we all know that most Red Sox fans don't really care about this season, and are more concerned about the budget and salary tax years from now.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some scorn is deserved -- not so much for acquiring the actual players -- but where they're often awkwardly shoehorned into unnatural positions... to the detriment of the team's W-L record. Franchy isn't a first baseman, Arroyo's not a rightfielder, Marwin wasn't a leftfielder, Duran wasn't a centerfielder last year, and Kike's not a shortstop this year. Contriving versatility isn't a new concept, but past moves that backfired are notorious in Red Sox lore, like Hanley or Swihart in leftfield. Schwarber was tolerable at first base because he was such a threat with the bat... but Dalbec, we're still not sure can stick in the bigs. Bloom and Cora both seem complicit, though the latter may have no choice but to only use the parts provided by the former. If the manager indeed has input and influence on building the monster, then it clouds who is Dr. Frankenstein, and who is Igor.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Last year's OPS from the minors: Casas .889, Rafaela .880, Duran .840. Looks to me that all three were successful -- and comparable. All three struggled at the plate the past month, with Ceddanne still at Double A. When I saw him live at a game he swung at every pitch. I can see how that could be considered a mental issue. Of the three players, though, he's the only one who is considered an above-average defender, and that's why notin suggested promoting him. Swinging and missing at big league pitching can be demoralizing, but making a few spectacular catches and hearing 30,000 fans cheer can be an ego-boost, as well. I want Bloom to trade one of these two outfielders today for an under-30 pitcher with upside. There, back on topic.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... first Superstar of the Seventies. And then SI made Reggie Jackson a "Superduperstar." You know the old say: it's hard to make the majors, but even harder to stay there. It's all about making adjustments. Duran finally successfully adjusted to the pitchers' book on him, but now he's got to adjust to the sequel. Casas is still trying edit his first book... and the Sox are showing proper patience.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pete A wrote this in the Globe today: "The Red Sox are not in a place to make a trade for a pitcher." If LAST place isn't the place to make moves to improve, what is? I don't care about won-loss records or being stuck in the best division in the history of this year... last place is the worst place to be. It's the perfect time to deal prospects for pitching -- which by professional analysis is the weakest of positions at Boston's lower levels. Alex Speier also introduced more Sox big league prospects in another article today. Reading the hype, Boston seems to have another half-a-dozen five toolers on the way. It's one thing to plug the Kikes of the world around the diamond while awaiting for Marcelo Mayers to mature. But there have to be promising young arms to target and stockpile... instead of more Joelys, who get to wear unbuttoned old ERod jerseys.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You really think he'll stress about guys on a mound the same distance away as in the minors, when there'll be so many new choices to adjust to: filet mignon or the crab legs? silk pjs or robe? monogrammed hood ornament or racing stripes on the hot rod?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As a 64-old guy, I'd just like it.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How can a big league promotion ruin Rafaela with instant career improvements: better ballparks with better lighting, bigger crowds, first-class travel and hotels, and an increase in daily meal money from $25 to $117 (real restaurants, no more fastfood). Not to mention, a slight raise in wages -- Double A minimum $27K to MLB minimum $720K -- and the groupies... oh.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale on the IL is as likely as the sky is blue, Kike's shoes are green, and Mookie's last name is Who. I'm sticking to my offseason call: this season (and next) hinges on watching a couple of under-30 pitchers improve and find their groove.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gotta feel bad for the front office, too. Sale was looking like a guy who could actually fetch someone's top 10 prospect at the trade deadline.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What the---? You know better than to question the favorite anagram of talksox: SSS!!!!! (and that doesn't stand for/surf for Silver Surfer Smiled)
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not smart enough to put my billionaire owner's money into a shortstop with an artificial brace implanted in his throwing elbow. Imagine the foresight recruiting a cyborg to play the most important non-battery position on the field! And it's too late for the rest of the majors; Cora said it again last night: Story is his shortstop... when he's uninjured.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    By now, Bloom must be all pity pedals over the pitching flops he brings to Boston that keep getting transformed into Marvel movies by the sorcerers and alchemists in the indomitable Tampa R&D department. How much would it cost to lure a few geniuses up to New England? How about $10 million dollars -- the next time he wants to sign a Kluber for one year, Chaim could instead lock up a real front office difference maker for a decade.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's why skeptics and realists posing as posters warned about it before the season began, during the offseason when GMs are supposed to be assembling. It was obvious to most that the deep but mediocre pitch-to-contact staff was going to need support from authentic fielders at key positions -- and not just versatile athletes that board game and fantasy players can move all over make-believe diamonds. Two quotes from Alex Cora in today's Boston Globe... "We're not a good defensive team." "We have a pitching staff that doesn't have swing and miss stuff." ... tell you all you need to know about making the playoffs.
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