I couldn't either and kudos to Nick for writing, what, 1000 words and never being able to convey any sort of conclusion to his piece. That's actually a pretty good skill. I literally have no idea whether Rodriguez will be okay after the All-Star Break, will be on the DL for 15 days or will miss the regular season. Because the way Cafardo wrote it, it sounds like all three are possibilities.I can't decide whether to be in the "every time that a Sox manager says someone is a little hurt he ends up being a LOT hurt" camp or the "Nick is full of shit and this is just a minor injury" camp.
Most injuries, period, are freak things. It's always incredible to me when people, both media and fans, get worked about a player having an "injury problem". Unless the guy is preternaturally clumsy or something, injuries are next to impossible to control. Sure sometimes things become chronic, like a knee or a back, but because a guy hurts his knee one year, then his ankle another, then his wrist another, that doesn't make him an injury concern. It makes him unlucky.And the cherry on top is how Wilbur is "frustrated" by Rodriguez' injuries and wonders whether this should be a concern. I think that most of his injuries have been freak things, no?
He's trying to save his legs for his next run at the Mendoza line.Don't worry, Nick will mentally bend himself into a pretzel coming up with reasons why Sanchez jogged out of the batter's box.
He was wearing the wrong cleats for the Rays' artificial surface.Don't worry, Nick will mentally bend himself into a pretzel coming up with reasons why Sanchez jogged out of the batter's box.
Sanchez is too classy to run hard-- that would be showing up the other team. Red Sox players would probably run hard, because they don't have the classyness of Yankee players, who always Respect The Game.
Shifts are killing the game!Don't worry, Nick will mentally bend himself into a pretzel coming up with reasons why Sanchez jogged out of the batter's box.
Ohhhhhh! That's a good one.Shifts are killing the game!
Given that he lobbied for duquette's job but said very little about the manager means even he's given up on ol' BuckBetter put Nick on suicide watch after Severino's forth straight lousy start
Or don't. The misery could be far more interesting than his "articles".Better put Nick on suicide watch after Severino's forth straight lousy start
Oh goody..Devers going on the DL will mean Nick will spit out yet another mailed in column of trade possibilities.Or don't. The misery could be far more interesting than his "articles".
Frazier....Donaldson....Bautista.....Oh goody..Devers going on the DL will mean Nick will spit out yet another mailed in column of trade possibilities.
Maybe the better team won.All things considered, a 15-7 win against the Yankees on a night when Johnson had to replace Sale was a pretty sweet ending. Maybe it was the team rallying behind the loss of Sale to support Johnson. Who knows what psychology was at play in this 19-hit barrage that had Red Sox fans singing, partying and shouting their favorite chant very early in this one, like during the fourth inning when the offense put up eight runs to break it open.
Check....check......check.Frazier....Donaldson....Bautista.....
So Cora is part of the recent trend? The old trend? A great hybrid? Nope. Just an indecipherable lead-in to why roenicke should get a manager's job.The recent trend has been to hire younger managers who can better relate to players, communicate better with them. That is why we have Alex Cora in Boston and Aaron Boone in New York.
Not long ago, being a bench coach for a winning team really meant something. That guy was always coveted when a team was searching for a new manager. Cora, in fact, was that bench coach with the World Series champion Astros, and so Red Sox president of baseball operationsDave Dombrowski figured Cora might be worth exploring. Dombrowski did, and he hired Cora.
Both have been mediocre at best for their new teams.The Red Sox have been searching for bullpen help. They tried to acquire Zach Britton and Kelvin Herrera at the trade deadline.
In all fairness half the board wanted him all winter...and Moreland gets a bump on the knee....geez, he's done, better get Lucas Duda!
Not just you. Every time he does it I get an eye twitch, because Eric Wilbur's been banned from any mention on this board.Just a quick and quirky note John.. Every time you refer to Nick Cafardo as Wilbur I reflexatively think you are talking about Eric Wilbur who has his own problems as a writer. Probably just me though.
Sorry about that, I'm talking about Wilbur from Mary Worth. As you can see here, he's a dead ringer for everyone's least favorite baseball writer.Just a quick and quirky note John.. Every time you refer to Nick Cafardo as Wilbur I reflexatively think you are talking about Eric Wilbur who has his own problems as a writer. Probably just me though.
It's the dead, yet still sad, eyes.Holy shit. I saw the first panel and wondered who was so obsessed with Nick Cafardo that they drew him in a cartoon. That is dead-ringer territory.
Plus he asks four questions in those panels! (And I doubt he came up with any answers.)It's the dead, yet still sad, eyes.
Personally I think they really capture his essence best in the panel where he's shamefully stuffing a cookie into his mouth.