Recent content by exGloucester

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    ARod’s Shattered Dreams of Joining Boston

    I hated the idea of losing Manny, and spewed bile in that thread. As Stiffy put it, I think later during one of the trade deadline wait-outs, there is but one Manny, and there shall be no equivalencies.
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    Big Yaz Bread: Akin to Bigfoot or REAL?

    I dimly recall a loaf of yaz bread that had a sticker on the end of the loaf with a picture of yaz in his batting stance. You could peel off the sticker and stick it to something else. Very dim memory...
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    Who is the first Red Sox First Baseman you can remember?

    George Scott in 1968. I vaguely recall the 1967 World Series but we lived out of state at the time so the sox weren’t a big cultural happening locally. The Internet says Scott played 112 games at first base in 68 but my first game at Fenway on September 28, 1968, featured Dalton Jones at...
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    I can never be satisfied. Can you?

    I'm mostly satisfied. I followed my team all season and they won the division, and the last two games were great. That's a real good season.
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    Hot take--who's gonna win and by how much?

    Pats by 4, nail-biting, ass-clenching, high-scoring thrill-kill ride. 38-34.
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    War Does Not Determine Who is Right, but Who is Left on Base

    Very nice read, and I feel a little less stupid on the subject now.
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    David Ortiz will retire at end of 2016 season.

    What a great rallying point for a good season and making the playoffs. And when after hitting a walk-off to win the WS he is met by Jesus at home plate and ascends directly to heaven, that will be awesome too.
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    SoSH Baseball is coming.

    I can do some reasonably competent copy editing, and possibly other stuff.