Baseball

[smc]

Originally Posted by transjen

I think my problem was when it was my turn to bat i'd hear from my own team thats the next out so i'd just go up and swing at anything just three straight swings then sit down once in a blue moon i'd get lucky and mange a hit

When I was coaching, I would bench any player -- even my best player -- for saying something like that, even if it was only whispered to someone else. What an outrage!

[transjen]

Originally Posted by smc

When I was coaching, I would bench any player -- even my best player -- for saying something like that, even if it was only whispered to someone else. What an outrage!

well kids are cruel and unfornatly so are some so called adults plus as a kid i had low selfesteam
do too well you can guess why

Jerseygirl Jen

[shadows]

Originally Posted by transjen

well kids are cruel and unfornatly so are some so called adults plus as a kid i had low selfesteam
do too well you can guess why

Jerseygirl Jen

And they wonder why so many people suffer from low self-esteem any more. I was bullied in school and never really had much desire to play a game where the bullies would be on the same team as me.

[Talvenada]

What are The Sox trying to do with Lowell and his $12M after signing Beltre to play 3B for $10M?


Has anybody heard anything?

[smc]

The conventional wisdom in Red Sox Nation regarding Mike Lowell is that since he has passed the "healthy threshold" in the off-season, once he demonstrates in Spring training that he can still move sufficiently well defensively he will be attractive enough for the Red Sox to secure the trade deal the team was unable to complete with the Rangers.

Beltre is a great acquisition, but Lowell will be sorely missed. He is a fan favorite, a genuinely good guy, and a tremendous clutch performer.

[Talvenada]

Thnx.

Will The Sox have to eat any of that $12M or will TEX pay it all?

[smc]

I should have written "a trade deal, which the team was unable to complete with the Rangers." That deal fell apart; there is no deal within which the Red Sox would have to eat part of Lowell's salary on behalf of the Rangers. I would suspect that they will have to do so with some other team, though. I doubt the Rangers will revive the original trade.