You guys are missing the point. The entire motivation behind both arguments was the same:
To ballwash a reliable source.
Mission accomplished, I'd say.
To ballwash a reliable source.
Mission accomplished, I'd say.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2017/03/18/nick-cafardo-theo-epstein-and-questions-surrounding-cubs-chances-repeat/LvopupQM8bcOIsXQQ5xgPO/story.htmlCalderon introduced me to cockfighting, which, so gruesome and bloody, left me unable to eat chicken for years. But he was an interesting guy. Sadly, he was murdered in 2003 at age 41, when two mobsters executed him at a bar in Loiza, Puerto Rico.
Thank God Nick can eat chicken againYeah. When I started reading that piece on Calderon I wasn't expecting it to end quite like it did. Wtf?
This is the story, word for word, he told at the Boston Baseball Writers Dinner! And yes, it was one of many that ended, "Sadly, X died tragically soon after. Anyway..."
That's good practice for his next gig on the Globe Santa beat.This is the story, word for word, he told at the Boston Baseball Writers Dinner! And yes, it was one of many that ended, "Sadly, X died tragically soon after. Anyway..."
So, did Thornburg blow off the offseason program he was asked to do on his shoulder? Or did he misinterpret the memo describing suggested shoulder exercises? Or does Nicky simply think the Sox program is unnecessary and therefore led to injury? Or is this simply a matter of Thornburg not being "Boston tested" like Koji was?[/quote]Dave Dombrowski unloaded some pretty good prospects for Thornburg, who was really impressive for the 73-win Brewers last season. But Thornburg didn’t take well to the Red Sox’ shoulder strengthening program; apparently, Milwaukee’s shoulder program isn’t as extensive. Thornburg misinterpreted the offseason training requirements and has suffered from soreness this spring.
[/QUOTE]I challenge someone, anyone, to translate this latest version of Cafardo-speak:
So, did Thornburg blow off the offseason program he was asked to do on his shoulder? Or did he misinterpret the memo describing suggested shoulder exercises? Or does Nicky simply think the Sox program is unnecessary and therefore led to injury? Or is this simply a matter of Thornburg not being "Boston tested" like Koji was?
Another solid piece of research by Nick - Moncada was sent down on March 21, 4 days ago.The Red Sox traded them Yoan Moncada, who could make the White Sox out of the gate
Is there any precedence for this massive a trade this close to the season? I can't think of one and Cafardo unsurprisingly offers no insight here. I'd feel comfortable rating this as a 0% possibility of happening.According to one major league source, the main name out there who could be traded before Opening Day is White Sox lefthander Jose Quintana. “Could be” is the key phrase because the White Sox are not backing down from their demands of getting a quality package not much different than the one they acquired from the Red Sox for Chris Sale.
Devers better show some grit and toughness soon or Nick won't care how good his eye is. You'd think the guy with the whose chin looks like it's filled with memory foam would come with a gentler critique than calling the guy flabby.2. I really like Red Sox third base prospect Rafael Devers’s bat speed and eye at the plate, but he really needs to be careful about his body. The hope is as he matures so will his body, which can get a tad flabby.
And yet it is clear that Devers is hungry. So many conflicting intangibles.Devers better show some grit and toughness soon or Nick won't care how good his eye is. You'd think the guy with the whose chin looks like it's filled with memory foam would come with a gentler critique than calling the guy flabby.
What a jerk...Why didn’t Red Sox players get flu shots? It’s like with everyone else. You’re offered one, but it’s up to you whether you want to get one. You can’t make players get flu shots. When you’re young and a pro athlete, the last thing you think about is getting the flu. Maybe now players will reconsider when the shots are offered next spring.
I haven't had the flu since I started taking the shots over 15 years ago. QED. It is so wrong to call what these guys have the flu when it's clearly a norovirus or similar. The symptoms don't line up with influenza. That this guy pretends to be some kind of journalist and sounds off without doing any research---well, I guess it's par for the course for most "sports" writers.I suspect that the Sox don't actually have the flu. If they are all puking then what they have is a norovirus, which is often confused with the flu.
No shot for that. (Also the fact that flu shots are only about 50% effective.)
First link from Google (directed to Cafardo, not you SJH) -Aren't flu shots usually offered in the fall?
I would love to get the scoop on the last time Nick picked up a bad cold.
Sorry I don't have a link right now, but I saw a report over the weekend that Hanley actually tested positive for influenza. Doesn't mean they all had it, but there is at least one strain of influenza going around. It's entirely possible there are multiple strains going around. A flu shot 4-5 months ago might not be enough to guarantee protection for any and all flu viruses.I suspect that the Sox don't actually have the flu. If they are all puking then what they have is a norovirus, which is often confused with the flu.
No shot for that. (Also the fact that flu shots are only about 50% effective.)
This is my biggest problem with Cafardo. He has germs of really good story ideas but he never follows through with it. Never. He always lands on the same old bullshit that he wrote five years, ten years, 15 years ago. I'm pretty sure he still thinks that there is some sort of weird Moneyball war going on. Having said that, I don't really think he's dumb, even though I say he is many times, but I think he's incredibly lazy and so intellectually uncurious that it's sad in a bunch of ways. He's exhibit A as to why there should be a term limit to beat reporters. You do it for five years and move on.Further, there's actually a pretty good story here he could report out:
Nicely put.This is my biggest problem with Cafardo. He has germs of really good story ideas but he never follows through with it. Never. He always lands on the same old bullshit that he wrote five years, ten years, 15 years ago. I'm pretty sure he still thinks that there is some sort of weird Moneyball war going on. Having said that, I don't really think he's dumb, even though I say he is many times, but I think he's incredibly lazy and so intellectually uncurious that it's sad in a bunch of ways. He's exhibit A as to why there should be a term limit to beat reporters. You do it for five years and move on.
In today's pregame show, while interviewing Dombrowski it came up that it was three separate strains (may be misinformation from their end but thats what was said).Sorry I don't have a link right now, but I saw a report over the weekend that Hanley actually tested positive for influenza. Doesn't mean they all had it, but there is at least one strain of influenza going around. It's entirely possible there are multiple strains going around.
And all the new strains start in Asia, so I'm sure you get some interesting quick-hit flus where you live before the shots come out.There always are a number of strains and the flu shot every year is a combination of those strains based on the predictive skills of clinicians reading data and examples of where and what strains were doing damage in previous parts of the world (ie where it's winter when you're in summer).
They are an educated guess and an attempt to counter as much as possible.
Part article and part press release for the manufacturer.He has an article about that today talking about air purifiers that some teams have in their clubhouses, and those teams have lower numbers of "missed games due to illness".
Not funnier. Furrier.It's even funnier when you realise Reverend only posts in his furry costume.
Gotta be hungry. Starve a cold; feed a fever.A grittier played who wanted it more would have willed those concussions away, Jason!
Don't forget that he executed a hit and run ground ball that advanced a runnerDavid Eckstein once felt a cold coming on a half hour before a game and willed his temperature to 120, burned it out of his body, then brought it right back down 98.6 in time for first pitch. He then legged out 2 infield singles and drew the gutsiest walk of his generation.
It all goes back to Wally Pipp."Legends. Lots of legends," Nick Cafardo recalled during his retirement speech. The Boston Red Sox? No. He was reminiscing about a team he didn't cover, but that he spilled a lot of ink on, the New York Yankees. "Those New York boys, why they never got sick! Never not once! It's true! I remembered old Gary Sanchez once shot a flu virus just for snoring too loud! Them's were the day alright. Them's were the days."
Overrated for not avoiding it altogether!So does that make Lou Gehrig grittier for playing with ALS, or not gritty enough for quitting because of a little degenerative disorder instead of just spitting on it, taping it up, smoking two luckies, taking a shot of whiskey and going back out there?