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  1. redsox2020

    Wherefore art thou, Blake?

    As bad as I feel for Blake, he hasn't earned any playing time. Guys hitting .138 don't get to make demands. Best thing he can do is start raking in his part time role and force the issue.
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    Hanley DFA'd (5/25 Update)

    I know these aren't the sexiest stats (plus the SSS thing), but Hanley's 15 RBI are tied for the MLB lead and his .362 AVG is 5th best in the majors. It's safe to say he's off to a good start.
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    Who is your all-star line up

    CF Johnny Damon 3B Wade Boggs DH David Ortiz LF Manny Ramirez 1B Mo Vaughn SS Nomar Garciaparra RF Mookie Betts C Carlton Fisk 2B Dustin Pedroia
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    Who is your All Star pitching Staff

    Pedro Martinez Roger Clemens Jon Lester Josh Beckett Curt Schilling Jonathan Papelbon Koji Uehara Keith Foulke Daniel Bard Bob Stanley Mike Timlin Hideki Okajima Rich Garces
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    The 2017 Lineup

    Injuries aside, Dustin Pedroia's having a good year, so I was surprised to see him go hitless in 9 at bats on Friday. That got me thinking, what's the MLB record for oh-fers in a single game? The most I could find is 0-11 by Charlie Pick (1920) and Don Mincher (1971). And coincidentally...
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    Outs at Home 2017

    It's easy to play Monday morning quarterback with our running game, but expecting perfection isn't realistic. And just saying you don't wanna see bad plays isn't helpful either. Nobody does. But how aggressive do you think we should be? How often should we run? How successful should we be...
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    Tyrone wants to fire Farrell

    In hindsight, it's easy to criticize poor performances and praise positive ones. And as a player, it's arguably beneficial to adopt this mindset. That doesn't necessarily make the analysis true, though.
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    Tyrone wants to fire Farrell

    People truly believe the team is underperforming because Farrell isn't giving enough rah rah speeches or intimidating players into being All Stars? Sure that works great in the movies, but let's not overestimate the real world impact. And if we're gonna make these kind of claims, can we at least...
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    Shank aka CHB calls out David Price calling out Eck

    I find this extremely hard to believe. No way a guy with his cred is that fragile. And if he is, dude really needs to get it together. Sticks and stones and whatnot.
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    Who's on Third? I don't know

    I was looking at Todd Frazier's stats and his Home / Away splits have been crazy this year. Can we draw any kind of conclusions from this or do we just write if off as small sample size variance? 2017 G PA HR RBI BA OBP SLG...
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    Who's on Third? I don't know

    Oh, I wasn't criticizing Farrell. I just thought it was very telling of how little faith he has in Sandoval. He knew the spot it would put him in but chose to do it anyway.
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    Who's on Third? I don't know

    So Farrell just pinch hit for Panda, knowing he'd have to put Christian Vazquez at third base for an inning. Last time Vazquez played a professional inning at third base? As an 18 year old with the Lowell Spinners.
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    Who's on Third? I don't know

    Not a big fan of Moustakas. Throw out his magical 2015 when the Royals won it all and he's left with a career .689 OPS. I get that he's better than our current black hole at 3B and can keep the seat warm for Devers, but he's a fan favorite in KC and I have a feeling they're gonna want the...
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    Green Fields of the Mind

    The losing was definitely hard to watch, but hopefully we can look back on this in a few years & think of it as the necessary growing pains in a successful youth movement.  A lot of kids made a lot of strides this season.
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    Sox sign Rusney Castillo to 7-year/$72.5M deal (2014-2020)

    Jason Bay could hit, but it never occurred to me to call him exciting or toolsy.
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    Sox sign Rusney Castillo to 7-year/$72.5M deal (2014-2020)

    I miss Ellsbury & JBJ had a disappointing year, but Mookie Betts looks like he could be a better CF than either of them.  Let's not leave him out of that conversation.   With Castillo, Cespedes & likely Betts, I can't wait to see a full year of these guys next season.  When was the last time we...
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    Getting to Know Yoenis Cespedes

    Cute response, but Craig's still on the DL & Cespedes has still never played an inning of RF in MLB.  I'm having difficulty understanding how this issue is the least bit controversial.  Or even why it matters.
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    Getting to Know Yoenis Cespedes

    I'm fairly confident that Cespedes would already be playing RF regularly if Allen Craig were healthy.  But since that's not the case, I don't see any harm in leaving him in his comfort zone in left while he learns one of the tougher right fields in the game.  We're not in a position where we...
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    Indiana Jones and the Acquisition of Giancarlo Stanton

    Would it be possible to talk about Stanton somewhere else?  I'd really like to know more about this Cespedes fellow.
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    Nava Back up 5/24/14

    Small sample size, of course, but Nava's put up an .862 OPS in 40 PAs so far this month.  Nice to see him doing well again after his early season struggles.