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    NESN on ROKU question

    I want to drop DirectTV. The loss of NESN is the biggest problem. I see I can get a NESN app on roku (you can't get it on youtube tv), but I want to know how it works. If you have that NESN app do you have to watch the game as it happens, or can you start it a bit late or the next morning...
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    What is with NESN taking own the Red Sox?

    I see now that it was supposed to be free. I did open up Apple+ TV on roku and it simply invited me to subscribe or start a free trial.
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    What is with NESN taking own the Red Sox?

    I couldn't believe it when I realized last night that the only place to watch the Red Sox game was Apple TV+. NESN still shows two channels on my cable provider and in previous years they would use the second one when there was a Bruins conflict. It may have been 45 years since it was so hard...
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    Book Review Needed

    Some one just called this to my attention because I wrote Epic Season about the 1948 pennant race. It sounds interesting but I'm confused. What is the purpose of the reviews you are looking for? Thanks. David Kaiser
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    Lou Merloni: Mookie asking price is 12 years, $420 million.

    Well, this morning Dan Shaughnessy (who effectively endorsed trading Betts some months ago when he compared him to Fred Lynn) and Peter Abraham finally saw the light, much too late, about Betts. I don't know if they could have stopped the trade but I wish they had tried harder. My point about...
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    Lou Merloni: Mookie asking price is 12 years, $420 million.

    Certainly for much of his tenure as owner John Henry wanted to win very badly and spent whatever he had to to do so. I'm saying the decision to trade Betts indicates that that era is over. Why, I can only speculate. Henry isn't getting any younger. More importantly, he now owns Liverpool, which...
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    Lou Merloni: Mookie asking price is 12 years, $420 million.

    "David, what were Verdugo and Gonsolin worth last year, and what do you see them worth next year? " Verdugo earned 0.7 WAA in 277 plate appearances which would project out to a little over 1.5 for a full season. Gonsolin wasn't in the majors enough to show meaningful statistics and I have no...
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    Lou Merloni: Mookie asking price is 12 years, $420 million.

    The trade of Mookie Betts, in my opinion, will mean the end of the Red Sox as serious contenders for the foreseeable future. Until now John Henry has always been willing to spend his money to make them as competitive as possible (and in fact has wasted a good deal.) Now he is going to give up...
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    Dan Shaughnessy: Taking a dump in your mouth one column at a time

    Reposting from another forum on the off season. This morning Dan Shaughnessy, whom I usually respect (partly because he answers emails), argues that Mookie Betts isn't any better than Fred Lynn or Nomar Garciaparra and that he should be traded, as they were when they were about his age. He is...
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    2019-20 Offseason Discussion

    Thanks, I'll repost it there.
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    2019-20 Offseason Discussion

    This morning Dan Shaughnessy, whom I usually respect (partly because he answers emails), argues that Mookie Betts isn't any better than Fred Lynn or Nomar Garciaparra and that he should be traded, as they were when they were about his age. He is totally, completely, demonstrably, absolutely...
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    Where the Red Sox have gone wrong

    Moreland so far is a totally average player and Pearce is worse.
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    Where the Red Sox have gone wrong

    Going back to square one after a few weeks: it does look as if the Red Sox had the answer to the second base problem in the minor leagues in Chavis. Don't forget, even an average performance--which he is way ahead of at this point--would mean several more wins than last year. Vazquez is also...
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    Where the Red Sox have gone wrong

    The Red Sox clinched the division in 2018 with 9 games to go. The difference between the 108 games they won and their projected 103 wins is about 50 runs. Thus, if Adrian Dome;s argument is correct, the Red Sox would have scored 50 runs more in their last 9 games, or given up 50 runs less in...
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    Where the Red Sox have gone wrong

    I completely agree with that and I was not reasoning from the start. Indeed I'm sorry I didn't make that whole post before the season started, as I easily could have.
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