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#151
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I hope that to be the case. I certainly am willing to give him a chance, unlike certain Jays "fans" who want us to be like the Yankees and buy everything in sight(I'm glad we're not like that). They bitch and moan about how he isn't doing anything at all, and how we need to get big named players now, now, NOW!!! Give the guy a chance, people! Sheesh!
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#152
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His sons are running the team differently than George for the last couple of years. Last year no big pitcher was picked up at the deadline. They spend their whole wad in the off-season with CC, AJ & Tex, but had more money come off the books with Abreu, Giambi & Mussina. The sons are not spending like George, and their payroll is going down. TAL |
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#154
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So the Phillies will probably have their eyes on Howard's new contract when it comes to negotiating with Werth at the end of the 2010 season. Either way, hope Werth has a great 2010. |
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C'mon, guys, we all need to pay closer attention. I can't believe you don't know about these BIG-name signings by the Yankees:
Royce Ring, a lefty reliever, to a minor-league contract Reid Gorecki, outfielder, to a minor-league contract David Winfree, outfielder, to a minor-league contract Boone Logan, relief pitcher These are massive signings, future Hall-of-Fame signings!!!! Just ask one of the Steinbrenner assholes. |
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#157
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Tough division
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It's pretty difficult for an AL East team to beat NYY and/or BOS, and any AL team to win the WC. It's those 2 and 2 other teams that have to win their division. I'm glad my team is in The NL. TAL |
#158
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Nah, the Jays have been sniffing around the girl's softball league I used to run, wondering whether they could pass off some of the shorter-haired kids (acquired, of course, for next to nothing), as boys.
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#159
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Of course, that's not saying much. A ball rolling along the ground at 5 mph would garner a strikeout from him. |
#160
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Way can't a girl pitch in the NL or AL?
Even thou i no longer have balls of my own i bet i can still play shortstop very well just don't ask me to hit Jerseygirl Jen |
#161
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All Field And No Bat, Like Juan Castro?
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This is not meant to be insultive or offensive in ANY way. But what kind of answer would you be expecting? TAL |
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I would prefer you to play that position than Johnny Mac. You would both be good defensively, but you are far prettier. |
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Clarification
Don't get me wrong. I wasn't suggesting that girls aren't as good as boys when it comes to playing ball, only that the perception would be that they would be less expensive to sign!
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#164
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Jerseygirl Jen |
#165
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Bah! Have you seen some of the players that actually make gross amounts of cash? Some of them are horrible hitters! I'll bet that you could outhit quite a few of them, Jen. Don't forget, you would have coaches(Major League ones) to help work on your swing. You could do it!
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#166
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JEN: This is not meant to be insultive or offensive in ANY way. It sounds like you couldn't hit the fastball, was that your hitting problem? TAL |
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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
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#168
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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!
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#169
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do too well you can guess why Jerseygirl Jen |
#170
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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.
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#171
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Any Sox Fans
What are The Sox trying to do with Lowell and his $12M after signing Beltre to play 3B for $10M?
Has anybody heard anything? |
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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. |
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Thnx.
Will The Sox have to eat any of that $12M or will TEX pay it all? |
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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.
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#175
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Signs of spring
Everyone has their favorite signs that spring is here, or at least on its way. I like the first robin that shows up in my yard, back from the south. But my favorite one is when pitchers and catchers start reporting for spring training. And today, despite that the official date is next Thursday, Jon Lester and Jonathan Papelbon were throwing the baseball around the field in Fort Meyers. Kevin Youkilis is in town, too, playing catch and having fun.
Go Red Sox! |
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Darn it. I would rather see the robin. |
#177
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SHADOW: Yesterday, they started the local sports show in a snow-covered ballpark here in Philly, while the snow continued to fall. We got 2 2-foot storms in the last week. TAL |
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Spring arrives when the photos reveal the equipment being loaded onto the truck at the ballpark to be shipped to Florida.
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#179
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Yuck! That would have been a pain to dig yourself out of I would imagine!
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#180
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Well, the last 10 or so years have been too kind to Philly with winter weather, but it finally caught up to us. Seeing the baseball equipment going to Florida helped a bit. TAL |
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I imagine it would. Not too long now until Spring Training!
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Truck Day
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Not convinced? When the Red Sox play in Tampa Bay, Baltimore, or Toronto, Red Sox fans consistently outnumber fans of the local team. Those are not transplants; those are people who've traveled from Boston! I myself have arranged work-related travel to see Red Sox games elsewhere, or just flat-out driven, or even flown at my own expense, over the years, and have rooted for the Red Sox in Oakland, Kansas City, Detroit, Toronto, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, and elsewhere. I've even done so in Yankee Stadium, and that takes some seriously steel nerves! I went to Truck Day last year, but couldn't change my schedule this year. There are usually a lot of people there to see the trucks off. Kids like it because the Sox mascot, Wally the Green Monster, usually "directs traffic" once the trucks are loaded and ready to head out for the highway. There will surely be up-to-the-minute reports on local Boston TV and radio as the trucks make their way south, too. See what I mean! Now, regarding New England. First of all, the real borders of New England are not the same as the six states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) that officially make up the region. Real New Englanders -- among which I count myself -- know that the western border is not the Connecticut-New York state line but runs down the middle of the Housatonic River. If you look on a map, you will notice that this real border conveniently eliminates the Yankees territory of southwestern Connecticut. Coincidence? I think not. Sure, there are some people in New England who do not root for the Red Sox. But of those I know, they are either transplants from elsewhere, with very thick skins (because it's hard not to fall into the Red Sox mania if you love baseball and come from a "weak" baseball city), Yankees fans who go around boasting (and who get the shit kicked out of them, at least figuratively, on a regular basis), or people who have been brainwashed as part of keeping their "mixed marriages" from ending in the special divorce court set up on Yawkey Way next to Fenway. (Yes, in Red Sox Nation, we refer to a marriage between a Yankees fan and a Red Sox fan as a "mixed marriage.") |
#184
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^ Thanks for the info, smc.
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#185
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I'm not a New England native, so I haven't really bought into Red Sox mania. I'm from Atlanta originally, so I still feel as if I have roots there. But you've got to respect ANY team that has a rivalry with the Yankees. I don't really care to see Boston win so much as I LOVE seeing the Yankees lose.
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#186
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I've always hated those damn Yankees , and what they did to my beloved Phillies in October didn't help the situation. Last edited by dauls; 02-12-2010 at 08:09 PM. |
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It was just a REIGN DELAY!! TAL |
#188
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Amusing. But it still doesn't ease the pain. Those Yankees.
? duals ? Tal, Whilst a friend of mine who shares my birthday refers to me as his twin, there is only one of me. Try dauls NOT duals |
#189
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the big hurt retires
Frank Thomas called it a career
So after 19 yrs and 532 HR and i think around 2000 hits is he a hall of famer? Jerseygirl Jen |
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Sorry, I've been transposing your name without a clue. TAL |
#191
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Pretty good numbers but I don't think they are worthy of the Hall.
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I'm not sure how I would vote, but I am pretty sure the real voters will not select Frank Thomas.
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#194
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'Big Hurt'
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I always thought fans and reporters saw him as a definite future Hall of Famer, especially if he made it to 500 HR. OK his career average fell approx. 20 points to .301 during the 'noughties', but that surely won't count against him when the voters see his name on the ballot. His number is being retired by the White Sox in August. How many players with retired numbers have failed to become Hall of Famers? Big Frank should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. |
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I would be shocked to hear his name being linked to steroids, but I guess stranger things have happened(such as A-Roid finally performing in the Playoffs...unfortunately).
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I listen to WFAN.com in NY and Mike Francesa (big NYY fan), and he says the top 3 teams are The Yankees, Sox & Phillies. I realize you're a Jays fan, but if it came down to those 3 teams, who would you root for? At least, The Phillies have Doc to root for. TAL |
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Thanks. What makes it even funnier is that I've heard almost this exact conversation before.
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#200
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No problem. Glad you liked it.
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