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Yes they are pros and it shouldn’t matter, but the team has been terrible since Chaim flipped them the bird. This happened last season too. It is likely just a coincidence, but we will never know for sure.
 

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Yes they are pros and it shouldn’t matter, but the team has been terrible since Chaim flipped them the bird. This happened last season too. It is likely just a coincidence, but we will never know for sure.
They were the best team in baseball or close to it for awhile, screw them if they needed validation to keep performing.
 

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Yes they are pros and it shouldn’t matter, but the team has been terrible since Chaim flipped them the bird. This happened last season too. It is likely just a coincidence, but we will never know for sure.
They went on a hot streak for a month but this is who they are; a team with a severely flawed roster that will be lucky to finish .500. It had nothing to do with not adding at the deadline. In fact, playing well in July was the worst thing that could’ve happened to this organization.
 

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Random question: Did I make up a memory where Papelbon’s first Major League start happened at a Bash? I recall being in attendance for that but something is also telling me that it was a Bash game and unfortunately many years of weed use may have distorted some stuff.
 

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I would argue if they fall out of contention fast here, It’s up to Chaim to see through the bullshit and sell anyways regardless of the month they had.

For the fire Chaim crowd, fucking up two deadlines in a row is the best argument
 

Doc Zero

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uhh speaking of Papelbon, did dude not realize he was on TV just now when he saw Tito on a replay and said he has “a turkey neck” …?
 

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Meanwhile, Seattle just dropped a 4 spot on LAA in the first tonight. They are going to be hard to hold off even if the Sox get back to playing well. Pissing away that game on Wednesday was a disaster.
 

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Random question: Did I make up a memory where Papelbon’s first Major League start happened at a Bash? I recall being in attendance for that but something is also telling me that it was a Bash game and unfortunately many years of weed use may have distorted some stuff.
His first start was Sunday, 7/31/2005, the day after the bash. Maybe you stayed in town.
 

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He’s trying to do too much. Trying to hit a home run every at bat. Benching him isn’t the answer. Getting Story back should help. Maybe get some other guys that can hit for power in the line up next year.
I would still sit him for a game or two. Give him time to clear his head and hopefully a little break can make Devers be back to who he should be.
 

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Don't look now, but the Royals team that we play after this series just won its eighth seventh game in a row.

But that's baseball.

Edited because I checked their schedule this morning. (That's what I get for trusting a Phillies broadcaster.)
 
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Petagine in a Bottle

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I would still sit him for a game or two. Give him time to clear his head and hopefully a little break can make Devers be back to who he should be.
With Turner hobbled, you’d bench Devers, and play who- Pablo Reyes? In a pivotal series? Seems like an overreaction. He makes a lot of money now, but he’s kinda the guy he’s always been. He’s off to a bad start in August but how easily we forget the guy had a 1057 OPS in July. This team isn’t winning with Devers sitting on the bench.