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Protecting the Shields -- The Nick Cafardo Thread
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I have never found that to be the case.
Edit - Not if you want to keep up with team news, I mean.
For some reason, that makes my blood boil more than anything else that he does. That an editor allows it is mind-blowing.
I love this take down of fools who use it:
Cafardo is, of course, only the latter.
You can open them up through a link on MLB Trade Rumors. But, be sure to transform them immediately into a single page.
Also, if you are lucky and have access to Lexis Nexis Academic, you can pretty much go behind any paywall.
BTW, the Sunday Notes is the only column I ever ready by Nick Cafardo, so I'm thankfully out-of-touch with his views of the team otherwise.
He mumbled, went on meaninglessly without taking much of a position on anything. In Chat we described listening to him as bad as choking down white bread without water.
Nick with a nice piece of pot calling the kettle black today, or is this his way of saying he's a knee-jerk, fair-weather fan?:
Of course, he later writes:
Of course, he later writes:
Wait... What? I thought Cafardo was the one who kept harping on Bard needs to close, Igelsias needs to start with the big club, etc. Maybe I'm missing the point.
Yeah, if he's being self-effacing and chiding his own reactionary ranting, I actually have to give some kudos. And frankly, he was beating those drums so hard, I'm not sure he can possibly be that un-self-aware.
Of course, most of the reports had Bobby wanting Iglesias over Aviles, so he may just be throwing out unconsidered statements. That wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary.
Of course, most of the reports had Bobby wanting Iglesias over Aviles, so he may just be throwing out unconsidered statements. That wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary.
And this morning he can't resist a little hedging:
Sunday Cafardo column (paywall)
Very cute. He sorta kinda admits he was wrong, while keeping the I-told-ya-so door ajar.
Sunday Cafardo column (paywall)
They don't have the single page option anymore, but I was able to open his column via MLB Trade Rumors and read each page.
Saturday night he had a 5 minute monologue on where Roy Oswalt would end up.
I hope it's not the Sox, at this point I'm utterly sick of hearing about this guy and all the ass kissing that's apparently required to retain his services.
Nick's paragraph about Joe Maddon/Rays w/regard to traveling lightly was kinda creepy.
I hope it's not the Sox, at this point I'm utterly sick of hearing about this guy and all the ass kissing that's apparently required to retain his services.
Nick's paragraph about Joe Maddon/Rays w/regard to traveling lightly was kinda creepy.
And this week he's back to pissing and moaning about Iglesias not being up!
What the hell was he talking about regarding the Bobby Jenks thing? Because what he's insinuating is that Jenks is a moron who doesn't know how to save his money.
BTW, Mike Aviles is arguably having the best season out of everyone on the Red Sox. What position is he playing? Right, the one that Cafardo is currently bitching about.
And Jakey Peavy is sad about Junior Seau, Nick? Way to delve into that piece of news. And it's actually a bit more topical than 500 words about the Red Sox grounds crew chief, which honestly could have been 2,000 words and could have run in the OFF-FUCKING-SEASON.
BTW, Mike Aviles is arguably having the best season out of everyone on the Red Sox. What position is he playing? Right, the one that Cafardo is currently bitching about.
And Jakey Peavy is sad about Junior Seau, Nick? Way to delve into that piece of news. And it's actually a bit more topical than 500 words about the Red Sox grounds crew chief, which honestly could have been 2,000 words and could have run in the OFF-FUCKING-SEASON.
Sorry, E5, that's what popped up in Nick's "sports column sentence clause generator," found under the "Hey, This Guy is Pretty Good!" tab.
If there's one person I'm going to build a team around, it's a 30 year old reliever with a 3.89 career ERA. When you're a superstar you're a superstar.
Step 1: Joel Hanrahan
Step 2: Adam Kennedy
Step 3: Jose Iglesias
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Profit!
Hanrahan has picked up close to 50 straight saves, so I'm sure that gets Nick's gold bond'd balls-a-tingling.
Unfortunately the time to pick him up was 3-4 seasons ago when he was emerging as a high quality arm. Just like the Angels picking up an under-the-radar arm like Frieri.
Unfortunately the time to pick him up was 3-4 seasons ago when he was emerging as a high quality arm. Just like the Angels picking up an under-the-radar arm like Frieri.
Cafardo actually offered something interesting today:
"3. Daisuke Matsuzaka has been using major league baseballs in his minor league starts. The minor league ball has more pronounced seams and can make it easier to throw a breaking pitch. But when you convert back to the major league ball, you lose the feel for that pitch. So Matsuzaka wants to stick with the ball he eventually will use."
http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/05/19/pitching-decision-try-save-games-save-money/K20VR7VI1qylfxYpdECw6M/story.html
I guess all of the other pitchers in the game use the regular minor league balls.
"3. Daisuke Matsuzaka has been using major league baseballs in his minor league starts. The minor league ball has more pronounced seams and can make it easier to throw a breaking pitch. But when you convert back to the major league ball, you lose the feel for that pitch. So Matsuzaka wants to stick with the ball he eventually will use."
http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/05/19/pitching-decision-try-save-games-save-money/K20VR7VI1qylfxYpdECw6M/story.html
I guess all of the other pitchers in the game use the regular minor league balls.
That is interesting... it begs the question, however, why minor league balls are different from major league balls to begin with... but of course Cafardo couldn't take the time to explain to us why.
Such as...
Nick threw that into the "Apropos of nothing" section but I think it's highly relevant since we're talking about two-thirds of the team's optimum starting outfield. No analysis, no attempts to talk to anyone who might shed some light on the matter, just throwaway rhetorical questions.
Exactly.
How long? Who knows? Will they have weak(er) arms? Beats me! All I know is that Johnny Damon and Andy Pettitte are back in the majors and Jeremy Kapstein said hello to me at the Fenway urinal!
How long? Who knows? Will they have weak(er) arms? Beats me! All I know is that Johnny Damon and Andy Pettitte are back in the majors and Jeremy Kapstein said hello to me at the Fenway urinal!
Jesus Tapdancing Christ is Cafardo dumb.
And this is in an article where's he's arguing for the Sox to give Ortiz a two year extension, which I agree with. But goddamn there's no need to simply make stuff up in support of the argument.
It's like Nick has completely forgotten the whole "Sox want him to try rehab, Schilling wanted surgery" drama over the 07-08 offseason. Of course the Sox thought he might be able to pitch in 2008 if he carried out the rehab and the arm responded. To blithely state that everyone knew Schilling couldn't pitch and the Sox were just giving him $8 million for nothing is beyond asinine.
And this is in an article where's he's arguing for the Sox to give Ortiz a two year extension, which I agree with. But goddamn there's no need to simply make stuff up in support of the argument.
Actually, they offered Schilling a contract before it was revealed or even known he needed shoulder rehab/surgery. And Schilling signed right away. Which makes Cafardo's point even more puzzling.
How do you expect Nick Cafardo to remember the in's and out's of the Boston Red Sox when he has to find homes for Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte, Koby Clemens and JP Ricciardi.
That right there is a pretty tough job, so please lighten up!
That right there is a pretty tough job, so please lighten up!
And kind of makes you wonder why Schilling was so eager to sign a contract so quickly when it was a salary reduction from the prior season. I don't think the Red Sox were in on anything.
Yes, especially considering that when he couldnt pitch the RedSox FO got very upset, and when it was evident that he wouldnt pitch Curt agreed to change the weight incentives in the contract to innings pitched or something like that, which basically indicated that he felt some remorse about the deal and maybe pulled a fast one on the RedSox. Unfortunately, these are details that Nick would have to take 10 minutes to research, think about or try to remember before he were to write his column and I guess that is too much to ask.
On a completely different topic, to summarize the article it seems his justification for an Ortiz 2 year extension is to pay for past performance, what Ortiz 'means' to the franchise and 'goodwill'? Doesnt that seem like a very foolish reason to justify a contract, when as Nick admitted Ortiz hit free agency and ultimately decided that the RedSox 1 year offer was the best option on the table for him? It seems foolish when writers suggest that a team should be 'loyal' or 'reward' a guy but then in their next article or breath they critique the teams performance with a payroll of however many million dollars, they just cant have it both ways.
Having it both ways has never stopped Nick.
Didn't the Sox get ripped off to some extent by Trot Nixon (oh, I hurt my back driving to Florida from Arizona before spring training) a couple of years prior? I can see them missing something in an exam, but that's the extent of what I would blame them for.
Didn't the Sox get ripped off to some extent by Trot Nixon (oh, I hurt my back driving to Florida from Arizona before spring training) a couple of years prior? I can see them missing something in an exam, but that's the extent of what I would blame them for.
Xavier Nady, the man Nick Cafardo referred to as Mike Rizzo's best off-season move, has a cool .443 OPS for the Nationals.
On the plus side, old friend Tom Donohoe, who hasn't been doing much of anything since running the Buffalo Bills into nowhere with Bledsoe as QB, just got some sort of consulting or staffing gig with the Eagles. Nick must be ecstatic.
Nick in mid-season form today... pimping Johnny Damon and Buck Showalter, slagging Jacoby Ellsbury, and basically throwing the entire league under the bus on PEDs with no explanation or analysis. Top notch.
Then there was this item:
Then there was this item:
Because he doesn't care, Nick.
I live in Indiana, so it's not convenient to buy the paper at a newsstand. For the minimal charge, I find enough of value (as a native New Englander) in the rest of the paper to cancel out the idiocy that is Cafardo and the bile of Shank.
Nick sure does have some kind of petty vendetta against the Drew family, eh (amongst others)?
Cafardo writes the Notes on a Friday. Do you really expect him to update it if something happens on Saturday? It's Memorial Day weekend, Hitler. Jeez.
Would it kill him to justify this assertion somehow? I neither agree nor disagree but I would love to know what his rationale is.
"They give me info."
Also, just imagine how much better a manager of the bullpen Bobby would be if he made Bard the closer again!
Not sure if you're just being sarcastic, but Drew got into game action on May 15th. Cafardo's an even lazier bum than I thought.
http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120522&content_id=31989228¬ebook_id=31997914&vkey=notebook_ari&c_id=ari
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