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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From Yale's webpage: "The major in Classics is primarily a liberal arts major, with enormous potential for the pursuit of interdisciplinary interests. Students attain proficiency in Greek and Latin, and are trained to develop powers of critical analysis in studying the important periods and major authors of Greek and Roman literature. Ancient art, history, and culture are studied both as an end in themselves, and as a key to understanding later developments in Western history and civilization. Students are encouraged to take a wide range of courses in neighboring fields such as history, philosophy, and comparative literature."
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Woltz awakes... discovers blood on his pajamas... all over the sheets... lifts the blanket... EEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "rebuilding for half a decade,” Bloom told the angry crowd. “That’s not acceptable. That’s not acceptable to you guys; that can’t happen in Boston.”
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A dead horse in Bloom's headless rotation is better than no horse.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nobody as ill-informed as me could ever make such an outlandish judgement. Maybe the experts at Baseball America can, since it's their job to evaluate minor leaguers. Betts was once named Offensive Player of the Year and Breakout Player of the Year in Boston's minor league system, and a minor league All-Star by Baseball America... the same publication that named Rafaela the 2022 Red Sox Minor League Player of the Year.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Portland coaches need to get him ready for how we do it when he gets to Boston. If he had three hits, bench him the next game.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Last winter that cost seemed higher than now... to fans like us of a club that sometimes seems to overrate its prospects. Although one guy not overhyped was Mookie, who came out of nowhere and moved fast through the minors... just like Ceddanne did last season.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe to make a killing on the difference for his purchase price? Don't ask me, I'd rather watch my garden grow than 22 runners chasing a ball for an hour of no scoring.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You get real. Even though we post about it daily, baseball hasn't been the national pastime for decades. The list of most profitable sports teams is being discussed right now on a Boston sports talkshow, and the Top 10 is entirely NFL, NBA and European Soccer. Dallas Cowboys are #1, the Patriots are second, and Henry and Warner's Liverpool team is 12th. That's their money-maker.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Likewise... but I'm a lot less confident I'll still be here in 2033.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    OmygoodnessgraciousRogerClemens!
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mine is just that for some reason, the forum won't let me log in until mid-morning every day.
  13. 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).
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... sure, except for all those posters, media and vocal fans who said this year is make or break for Bloom.
  17. 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...
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Weirdness is a kind way to describe our Bloom thing too.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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