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    Let's get crazy (risky acquisitions and offseason plans)

    Surreal...
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    Let's get crazy (risky acquisitions and offseason plans)

    Stanton has a no trade clause and reportedly wants to go to a contender and either coast. St. Louis ain't the coast, and San Fran finished last....If I'm the Sox, I offer to take the contract and offer Bradley, EdRod, and a few lower level guys...and see if they (or Stanton makes them) blink...
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    13 years ago today...

    At the start of Game 3, I was returning on a bus from some trip...I want to say a college football game - maybe Army-Navy? Anyways...I was listening to the radio as well as I could and remember being pissed that the Yanks scored in the first...then as we were arriving back to our cars the Sox...
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    David Ortiz will retire at end of 2016 season.

    MLB.com says DD stated he's day to day and walking regularly http://m.redsox.mlb.com/news/article/194877090/david-ortiz-exits-after-injuring-shin/
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    What year is your favorite Red Sox season?

    It has to be 2004.  Although I remember being surprised at how close 2013 came to being the same level of joy - a level that 2007 (though fun) never quite got close to. SO 2004 followed VERY closely by 2013   Then 2007   Then some honorable mentions for me -   1988 - Morgan Magic had a very...
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    Thanksgiving, Red Sox Style: Your Biggest Single SoxGasm Moment

    Hard to pick just one.  Back to Foulke is up there but I was honestly fairly calm at that point and oddly expecting the Sox to win.  After they beat the Yanks and went up 3-0 on St. Louis, I really should have known better but it was just a feeling of inevitability to me.   Damon's slam is...
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    Drew v. 2.0

    http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/80898/source-drew-seeks-opt-out-after-year-1?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter     I wonder if the hangup with the Red Sox is that Boras/Drew want some kind of handshake deal not to offer Drew a QO next year and Cherington is trying to wait...
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    HR and Verducci are out at FOX, Smoltz is in.

    I really thought there was no way they could fuck this up unless they got Morgan out of retirement.   I think this might be the cost of us winning the series...I mean I'll take that every time but fuck...Is there NO one else out there?
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    Bullpen 2014

      This.   I think Workman is considered for rotation plans but if not, he enters RIGHT into the late inning as far as I'm concerned.   Sprowl is for the most part right but I would like to see a flier or two taken on Brian Wilson/Ryan Madson types as I am concerned about Uehara's sustainability.
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    Red Sox Free Agent Prediction Thread: Let's Find Out Who Actually Knows What They're Talking About

    Salty - Contract 2/26 - offer 2/26 - Signed by Red Sox - QO YES Ells - Contract 6/150 - Offer - 5/100 Signed by Texas - QO YES Drew - Contract 3/33 - offer 1/14 - Signed by St. Louis - QO YES Naps - Contract 2/27 (w/mutual 3rd year Option) - offer 2/27  - Signed by Red Sox - QO YES
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    Hot Stove Wishes

    I think you QO Salty, Drew, Napoli, Ells   You keep tabs on Ells - If he prices himself out, kick the tires on Choo (Not as enraptured with Choo as some here - but would still keep an eye on him), Beltran, the Fowler situation (I do like Fowler as well).   You stay put on Salty beyond 2 years...
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    Drew v. 2.0

    I was so happy to see him hit that homer.  I felt bad for the guy who had done nothing but sparkle defensively but couldn't hit the broadside of a barn during the postseason.  It was cathartic to see that.  He seems like genuinely a really good guy. 
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    Let's Talk about the manager -- The John Farrell Thread

    I think at the very least leaving Gomes in was defensible.  Either call Farrell made had it's pros/cons.   BUT I'll say that Gomes smart baserunning was one of those things that became clear to me throughout the course of the season.  He always seemed to make the smart decision even if it was an...
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