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  1. Zupcic Fan

    2023 Offseason MLB News/Rumors Thread

    When I was 9-10 years old in 1955-6, we lived about 25 minutes over the George Washington Bridge From the Polo Grounds. Although we were die hard Dodger fans, my father bought night time partial season tickets to the Giants, where I went and rooted against them every game. But I got to see the...
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    Nadir

    I was at Fenway for game 3. Had a ticket to games 4 and 5. Right near the end of game 3 there were about 10,000 fans left max. We moved down to the boxes near the field. Some gigantic guy sitting right near us screams out very loud" Could you just end this thing so I can leave, walk to my...
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    Czech Your Swing? Manny Ramirez signs to play in Prague

    I love Manny unconditionally. He lived in the same condo complex as my friend VINNIE on Avery Street One day we walk into the lobby and Manny is sitting on the couch waiting for a car. About 10 people in the lobby, and VINNIE announces “Sitting on that couch is one of our greatest Americans”...
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    8/6 I’m mad as hell

    As I watch this team I am wondering whether the Sox are leading the major leagues in two categories, both of which drive me nuts: 1. Batters swinging at pitches out of the strike zone. They clearly would have set some kind of record but they let Arroyo go. If I were managing against them I’d...
  5. Zupcic Fan

    A Modest Proposal

    First, let me state that I'm no longer a hockey fan. I was a pretty big Rangers fan in the late 60's, early 70's, when Bobby Orr beat my team in every important game. The main reason I stopped being a fan is that , to me at least, the regular season lost all meaning. They play a whole year...
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    What about Bobby?

    I agree with Ras. I think the sport has passed me by. Bobby’s walk to strikeout ratio is 5 to 1 lifetime. I’ve never seen anything like that. I mean Gary Sanchez, who seems to strike out every time he is up, has only a 3 to one ratio. Bobby can never be counted on with a runner on third and...
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    Xander Bogaerts has opted out of his contract

    Yes, I know. But Mike Trout would need about 500 more strikeouts to double his walk total. And both Ortiz and Manny weren’t even close to having twice as many strikeouts as walks. I just don’t get it. How can it be a bad thing for these guys to have a better idea of the strike zone. I mean I...
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    Xander Bogaerts has opted out of his contract

    Yeah. You’re probably right. But it’s frustrating to me how he has a pretty poor conception of the strike zone, in my opinion, for someone who people expect to get 30 million dollars a year. Because of that, too many bad at bats against good pitchers when it matters. For 30 million a year, I...
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    Xander Bogaerts has opted out of his contract

    I think this is a classic damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. xander in my opinion is not a great hitter. I looked up players who I used to love watching hit. Rod Carew had about the same number of lifetime walks as strikeouts. Wade Boggs and tony Gwynn had twice as many lifetime...
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    And on this farm he had some prospects B-L-O-O-M

    I find it hysterical that anyone is talking about the pros and cons of signing Aaron Judge. I certainly don’t care as much as I used to about all these things, but my suspicion is that if the Sox want to sign him they will need to offer him ownership of the team. i Can’t conceive of any scenario...
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    Alex Cora-- what do we have here? Perhaps the best manager in baseball.

    to me, the most frustrating thing about the Sox is their lack of quality at bats. They make outs so frequently by hacking away at pitches out of the zone. They seem to think you are required to swing at every 3-1 or 2-0 pitch no matter where it is. if this is the result of an aggressive...
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    Borrowing Trouble....What happens to YOU If Bogaerts and Devers Go the Way of Mookie?

    Interesting discussion. in my case I pretty much just watch the games and hope they have a good season. I won’t ever lose sleep over who they sign and who they don’t. I watch less this year because the whole team frustrates me with their hack away having no idea of the strike zone approaches...
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    How to get back in this thing

    Just a quick thought for anyone who was watching the Cub series and posting stuff like “ Losing two games to this awful team is inexcusable!” Well, it’s all relative. Let’s just look at our main wild card rivals just yesterday: Cleveland lost two to the Tigers, Toronto lost 5-1 to an Oakland...
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    Red Sox ‘22 offense: offensively offensive

    I got a bit sidetracked with JMOH about when it’s ok to blame Bloom. But I most agree with what Baseball Jones just said. In Verdugo, Kike, Story Jd, Devers, and Xander, and even Dalbec, you are definitely not seeing a team where the general manager doesn’t want them to win. For the life of...
  15. Zupcic Fan

    Red Sox ‘22 offense: offensively offensive

    Oops. Sorry. It’s been so long since I posted on here. I wrote a reply to JMOC but it showed up at the bottom of your post.
  16. Zupcic Fan

    Red Sox ‘22 offense: offensively offensive

    I find the notion of blaming Bloom for what’s going on so far a little silly. My guess is that he was hired to build up a farm system while still keeping the team competitive, something he certainly achieved last year and not so far this year. If that continues for another few years, maybe...
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    RIP Tom Seaver

    This one hits hard. the Dodgers left when I was 10. I latched on to the Mets in 62 and suffered through all 120 losses. They stunk for years. And then Seaver arrived He wouldn’t accept losing. It’s almost like he singlehandedly turned the franchise around. A joy to watch. In that glorious 1969...
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    Emotional Rescue: or How I Learned to Love the Sox After They Traded Mookie

    As someone who watches the Celtics with little emotion, couldn’t care less if the Patriots win or lose unless I have a bet on the game, and wouldn’t watch a hockey game if it were played in my living room, I have no choice. I will watch and go to Sox games with or without Mookie. it’s the only...
  19. Zupcic Fan

    2019 Presidents Cup

    I don’t like Patrick Reed for all the obvious reasons. But come on. A drunken idiot with two beers in his hand comes up to him and starts cursing him out from a few feet away. I don’t blame him or his caddy one bit. I blame security.