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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I vote for you, typing all those longass names together in the same post, maybe for the first time in seven seasons!
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Frazier only played 28 games in the outfield, not even half the season. In contrast, Verdugo played 50 games in the OF for Boston. But using stats to nominate finalists brings some credibility back to Gold Glove Awards, which were much more honorable in the 1960s and 70s when peers relied on observation to choose a lot of worthies (and not all repeaters; 25 different OF GGs in the '70s).
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Freddie Freeman? Covid-positive in July, voted by peers as MLB Player of the Year in October... (make that 37% of a year).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe not in '21, but don't be surprised wherever Cora resurfaces that he'll eventually recruit a few guys who once played for and loved him -- whether it's ex-Astros landing here or ex-Red Sox somewhere else.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Didn't he also make a big speech his first day in the clubhouse to inform his new teammates that he was all about winning, and that it was time they were too? Two reasons I don't necessarily disbelieve the Felger quotes: Henry doubting a year ago "whether Mookie wants to play the rest of his career in Boston", and Betts' recent words reflecting on the trade. He was grateful the Red Sox kept him informed throughout the process... almost as if they were trying to accommodate his wishes (LA or SD? hmmm, both in Southern California) after a mutual understanding that he was just not going to re-sign here.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm in on Marisnick, a righty stick in a potentially all-lefty outfield. However, he's a worse hitter than JBJ, and at best a platoon partner for Duran or late-inning defensive replacement. Good glove off the bench. Yankee fans or players named CC can complain all they want about Altuve's HR that ended their 2019 postseason, but I still can't believe Boone didn't pitch around a three-time batting champ to get to Marisnick, who was on deck.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Have to wonder if analytics departments have devised some formula that estimates/calculates all the additional revenue from winning it all, and are then able to correlate it with investments in the championship roster, including the cost of draftees and development, trades (in exchanged for those drafted/developed) or free agent signees. I know the guys who invented WAR put a price tag on each win generated, so there must be greater values assigned to each succeeding postseason win...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good question for the owners. They signed off on it, but also canned the GM who recruited him and hired a new guy to dump him -- while still on the hook for nearly half of their investment. It's not all about winning. Mookie is beloved, Price is belaboring. Was anyone really that surprised after the '18 Series when his buds in the media named a first baseman MVP instead of the pitcher who won two games?
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Put it this way: Mookie's shirt is now the No. 1 seller in the MLB. I never once saw a Red Sox fan wearing a Price shirt.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Another good point -- and being discussed this week by national media in regards to Mookie's contract. All agree that winning multiple titles in the first half will make the back half worth it. His future struggles as he ages won't negate the additional fan enthusiasm generated now when/if rings are won.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is good point, and batspeed looks cool as one word. Remember my Hank Aaron comps with Betts -- Henry in his 20s was an elite baserunner and outfielder (for his era), and evolved into an all-time power hitter as his body thickened...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Look what speed did to Buchholz!
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even my fingers be clunky; they type Cora-Cora-Cora so much I expect an ambush attack by Yankee fans any Sunday... or the Wicked Witch of the West trying to sell me coffee.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Big-bodied power brokers break down. Stanton and Judge are always hurt. Wiry guys juggling bowling balls every winter last longer.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    New Englanders are a lot of things, but no one's ever called me graceful.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, he is from Nashville, a few hours from Memphis, where stands a famous museum with the amiable name of Graceland... It's probably easier playing in front of the rabid fans of LA... like, when do they have time to hammer the players on talk radio -- from their cars while trying to get to Dodger Stadium by the 3rd inning or when they leave the games by the 7th inning every night?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'll always wonder if the climate may have been a factor. Baseball is a warm weather sport, and Boston -- in the Spring moreso than the Fall -- negates the concept, especially at night when most of the games are held. If the money is comparable, why wouldn't an athlete want to play in optimal conditions conducive to a long, productive career; Betts grew up in the South, after all. As far as whether the franchise and/or city is undesirable, I did hear Mookie comment in an interview a year ago on the pressures of the full-court press and fan attention in Beantown as opposed to other places. LA is just so more relaxed in so many ways. But all Red Sox fans should call BS on Betts' latest take on preferring the Dodgers because they're winners. Was he not on a team that finished first three straight years, including a World Series title and best record in club history?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This guy says no: https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/did-red-sox-make-similar-offer-mookie-betts-and-he-simply-wanted-out ... but according to his source, Boston is ok with this guy: https://www.espn.com/boston/ Questions for the board: which is worse -- the perception that a team is too cheap to sign it's best player or the perception that a team is undesirable to play for? And to whom are the answers most damaging -- fans or future free agents?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'll always be a Red Sox fan, but in less than 20 years Mookie's bronze plaque in Cooperstown will be bleeding Dodger blue.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We also hear more music coming from LA. The first three batters in the lineup are classic rockers: Betts, Seager, Turner. That gives the Dodgers the Allman Brothers, Silver Bullet Band, and the Queen of Rock's estranged... What does Tampa have besides a dance song voted the #1 Greatest One-Hit Wonder of All-Time: Arozarena!
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Before he got there, everything about the Dodgers was whining.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fans have been saying this since the beginning of time I'd guess... at least since the beginning of my time, I'm sure. The only things that change are the numbers and place values. Commonfolk just can't handle the idea that some young athlete can make so much more money than the rest of us in our own crappy jobs (nothing personal to anyone; that includes whatever profession you're in that's doesn't entail getting paid for playing a kid's game). People get even more bitter when the lucky jock asks for/demands even higher wages than his own lucky peers. There was never any doubt that Mookie Betts was going to get a contract at the top of his market that he has earned and deserves. Or that fans would complain about it, even as the market constantly re-establishes itself within the very industry they support.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Or enthusiasm (or arrogance), if he's a ball hog... or apathy (or passiveness), if he lets you take all his action... or if he's just a peacenik, not a WARmonger.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Manny was a wingnut... and yet, teammates said he was one of the most focused hitters ever -- so it'd be hard to assess him with clinical DDD (Defensive Deficit Disorder). Though I never saw him swing his glove at an imaginary pitch, thinking of his next at bat (like Ted Williams supposedly did), he definitely lacked daisical out there. But I'd take him over Hanley, who it was said never practiced to improve his outfielding.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When I pointed out outfield assists, it wasn't to imply Beni has the best arm, only that he isn't as inept as a few posters here insist. If a ballplayer leads the league in a positive stat at his position, he's at least doing his job. We also know the eye-test shows us that baserunners stopped running on Dewey Evans or Mookie -- affecting their numbers... or that the Red Sox won rings with true rag arms in center with Damon or Ellsbury. It was only two years ago that Benintendi was chosen by professional observers as a finalist for the AL Gold Glove in left field. He also led the MLB postseason in runs scored in '18 and tied for the AL lead in hits with JD Martinez. But bodies can change quickly (Ozuna won Gold in '17 and now he's a DH). Maybe Andrew's dealing with a recurrent arm or leg injury; we shall see.
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