The nice thing about the writers is they are easily avoided. (Or you can read only the ones you like/respect.) It's up to each of us how much we want to be exposed to them, but 0% is possible.
I have never found that to be the case.0% is possible.
We note that he's back to that in today's column:At least he's not using the "we" bullshit, but I suppose he shifts to "I" when he particularly wants to take credit.
We understand it’s tough to fire the players. And that in the process of attempting to change the culture of the clubhouse, most of the same players were brought back in the hopes that the new manager could do that. And it’s true, Valentine needs to do that.
For some reason, that makes my blood boil more than anything else that he does. That an editor allows it is mind-blowing.We note that he's back to that in today's column:
Cafardo is, of course, only the latter.Consider another volatile personality, Roscoe Conkling, who served as senator from New York after the Civil War. In 1877, Conkling objected to how the new president, Rutherford B. Hayes, overused the word we, and The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reported his rejoinder: “Yes, I have noticed there are three classes of people who always say ‘we’ instead of ‘I.’ They are emperors, editors and men with a tapeworm.”
Bard has said his future is “not for me to decide. I feel I’ve done my job as a starter. They’re trying to address a need and whether or not I can completely turn everything around down there is to be determined.’’
And now that he’s made a successful return?
“I’m not reading too much into it right now,’’ he said. “I know I can start. I know my value to this team in throwing 150-200 innings a year rather than 65-70 out of the pen.’’
Not sure any of us agree.
I considered that, but decided that he wouldn't agree with thoseWhat if he's talking for all the voices in his head?
You were misinformed.I heard he did a great job with Don last night.
You can open them up through a link on MLB Trade Rumors. But, be sure to transform them immediately into a single page.The Sunday Notes appear to be subscription only now.
So is heBTW, the Sunday Notes is the only column I ever ready by Nick Cafardo, so I'm thankfully out-of-touch
He mumbled, went on meaninglessly without taking much of a position on anything. In Chat we described listening to him as bad as choking down white bread without water.I heard he did a great job with Don last night.
Suddenly, Valentine isn’t wearing a dunce cap. If he were doing this at Fenway, the knee-jerk, fair-weather fans who booed him would probably be keeping their yaps shut.
The Daniel Bard-to-closer talk has died down.
There’s no cry for Jose Iglesias’s defense over Mike Aviles’s offense.
You never hear about Ryan Lavarnway replacing Jarrod Saltalamacchia or Kelly Shoppach.
And although Carl Crawford might be out three months with an ulnar collateral ligament sprain, it feels less ominous to a team that’s already missing Jacoby Ellsbury, because Cody Ross, who knocked in two more runs Friday night and now has 17 RBIs on the season, is driving in big runs, and Ryan Sweeney is hitting .383.
The Marlon Byrd acquisition from the Cubs has created some energy.
Is it perfect? Surely not. There will likely be more tweaking since the Red Sox can’t possibly allow Aaron Cook to escape May 1 without bringing him up.
Wait... What? I thought Cafardo was the one who kept harping on Bard needs to close, Igelsias needs to start with the big club, etc. Maybe I'm missing the point.Nick with a nice piece of pot calling the kettle black today, or is this his way of saying he's a knee-jerk, fair-weather fan?:
Of course, he later writes:
I believe that is the point.Wait... What? I thought Cafardo was the one who kept harping on Bard needs to close, Igelsias needs to start with the big club, etc. Maybe I'm missing the point.
Downright Orwellian.Nick with a nice piece of pot calling the kettle black today, or is this his way of saying he's a knee-jerk, fair-weather fan?:
Of course, he later writes:
Ah! That's what having a newborn can do to the brain.I believe that is the point.
Very cute. He sorta kinda admits he was wrong, while keeping the I-told-ya-so door ajar.Mike Aviles has made everyone forget about Jose Iglesias....for now.
They don't have the single page option anymore, but I was able to open his column via MLB Trade Rumors and read each page.You can open them up through a link on MLB Trade Rumors. But, be sure to transform them immediately into a single page.
And this week he's back to pissing and moaning about Iglesias not being up!And this morning he can't resist a little hedging:
Very cute. He sorta kinda admits he was wrong, while keeping the I-told-ya-so door ajar.
Sunday Cafardo column (paywall)
Hanrahan is pretty good, but do you really build a team around him?The Pirates could part with Joel Hanrahan, but you’d pay a steep price, because he is someone you can build a team around.
Step 1: Joel HanrahanIf there's one person I'm going to build a team around, it's a 30 year old reliever with a 3.89 career ERA. When you're a superstar you're a superstar.
Such as...You will learn that Cafardo has a lot of good questions, but no good answers.
Nick threw that into the "Apropos of nothing" section but I think it's highly relevant since we're talking about two-thirds of the team's optimum starting outfield. No analysis, no attempts to talk to anyone who might shed some light on the matter, just throwaway rhetorical questions.How long will Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury be on their throwing programs? And after that, will their arms be as weak as they were before they were injured?
It's like Nick has completely forgotten the whole "Sox want him to try rehab, Schilling wanted surgery" drama over the 07-08 offseason. Of course the Sox thought he might be able to pitch in 2008 if he carried out the rehab and the arm responded. To blithely state that everyone knew Schilling couldn't pitch and the Sox were just giving him $8 million for nothing is beyond asinine.They can extend Ortiz for the next two seasons even as a goodwill payment.After all, they picked up Curt Schilling's $8 million option as a going-away gift when they knew he wouldn't be able to pitch.
And kind of makes you wonder why Schilling was so eager to sign a contract so quickly when it was a salary reduction from the prior season. I don't think the Red Sox were in on anything.Actually, they offered Schilling a contract before it was revealed or even known he needed shoulder rehab/surgery. And Schilling signed right away.
Yes, especially considering that when he couldnt pitch the RedSox FO got very upset, and when it was evident that he wouldnt pitch Curt agreed to change the weight incentives in the contract to innings pitched or something like that, which basically indicated that he felt some remorse about the deal and maybe pulled a fast one on the RedSox. Unfortunately, these are details that Nick would have to take 10 minutes to research, think about or try to remember before he were to write his column and I guess that is too much to ask.To blithely state that everyone knew Schilling couldn't pitch and the Sox were just giving him $8 million for nothing is beyond asinine.
Because he doesn't care, Nick.2. A lot of older players - Hideki Matsui, Vladimir Guerrero, Johnny Damon, etc. - have stayed in baseball. J.D. Drew isn't one of them.
In Arizona, Drew, a Boras client, hasn’t played for an eternity. He fractured his ankle last July and remains unable to play.
What a lazy bum.Stephen Drew (ankle) played nine innings in an extended spring training game Saturday.
The D'Backs had hoped that he'd be ready to begin a rehab assignment after one or two extended spring game, but it appears that he's not ready just yet. "He's getting better," manager Kirk Gibson said. "He's still not ready to go out yet (on a rehab assignment)." Drew should return sometime in June.
Source: Arizona Republic
May 27 - 8:36 AM
I live in Indiana, so it's not convenient to buy the paper at a newsstand. For the minimal charge, I find enough of value (as a native New Englander) in the rest of the paper to cancel out the idiocy that is Cafardo and the bile of Shank.Pay wall experiment for Nick already given up on?
Cafardo writes the Notes on a Friday. Do you really expect him to update it if something happens on Saturday? It's Memorial Day weekend, Hitler. Jeez.What a lazy bum.
Would it kill him to justify this assertion somehow? I neither agree nor disagree but I would love to know what his rationale is.Best-managed bullpens in baseball this year: Buck Showalter with the Orioles and Bobby Valentine with the Red Sox.
Would you really?I would love to know what his rationale is.
"They give me info."Would you really?
Not sure if you're just being sarcastic, but Drew got into game action on May 15th. Cafardo's an even lazier bum than I thought.Cafardo writes the Notes on a Friday. Do you really expect him to update it if something happens on Saturday? It's Memorial Day weekend, Hitler. Jeez.