Jesus Christ DD41 will you stop owing Merlot!!!, if you continue he will just call on big, bad, anon_vlad for back up again.:lol:
Our National Pastime: 2015 Baseball Thread
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Fact- Boston now is the second worst team in the AL and the 25th worst in all of all baseball
, also the Red Sox were last in the big leagues with 79 runs scored in May.:yield:
, also the Red Sox were last in the big leagues with 79 runs scored in May.:yield:
They lost?? I took a quick glance to see how the Jays were doing and the Tex/hose game was right next to the Jays and saw the hosers were winning 3-2 in the 7th i think so i figured they had a win, who blew it, that kuhera guy?
Fact- Boston now is the second worst team in the AL and the 25th worst in all of all baseball
Yup, blew it in the ninth in a walk off win for the Rangers, they decided to pitch to the red hot Josh Hamilton, I think that Doc may be right, Farrell just may be the worst manager in baseball.
Yup, blew it in the ninth in a walk off win for the Rangers, they decided to pitch to the red hot Josh Hamilton, I think that Doc may be right, Farrell just may be the worst manager in baseball.
This was really a lose / lose situation for Farrell and I can't blame him for this. Pitch to the hottest batter in the league in Prince Fielder or walk him and pitch to Hamilton who's just returned to the majors? Had he pitched to Fielder and he ended the game then everyone would say he's an asshole for not walking him. Lol. Most of the blame actually falls on Sandoval for flubbing the easy 1st out of the inning and allowing the tying / lead off batter on base.
How'd the B0mbers do in their series finale against the woeful Oakland A's?
Real fans,
The same monotonous drone every time someone fails, as with every Joe.t guarantee that fails every time. Same absence of honesty, same great laugh. :lol:
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story...edroia-boston-red-sox-undergoes-wrist-surgery
In order for an "objective assessment" key factors have to be accounted for. I mentioned Pedroia's long term injury which changes everything, you dismissed this critical factor that had affected him since 2013 starting with a previous injury. The team called it a "first dorsal compartment release and a tenosynovectomy of his left wrist" but did not give a timetable for his return to baseball activities. "The tendon that was repaired, there was some scar tissue that had built up in there," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "There was also some inflammation. So to me, it sounds like there was some release of that tendon. How they did that procedure, I'm not sure of. But it created more range of motion and instant relief. Pedroia said it has been an ongoing issue that he started dealing with during the home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers, when he landed badly on his left wrist when upended on a double play relay. At the time, Pedroia was still rehabbing from offseason thumb surgery that was delayed until November as a result of the Red Sox's World Series run.
So it was an injury on top of an unhealed old injury, making last year very different form this and thus irrelevant. ANYONE can see that by comparing last year's stats with this year and seeing all stats are way up including 7 home runs this year before June when he only had 7 all of last year. That he played so long in 2014 is a tribute to his guts and stunning dedication. The simple fact is Farrell or anyone would practically have to shoot through the middle of him with a canon to get him to sit out.
BTW - The boys kissing up to you...does that please you? At least anon_vlad and SK are their own persons and all of us stand on our own feet alone.
I've heard there was a chance you two would meet. Too bad it won't happen...for now. Really Too Bad. It would be wonderful for you two to share drinks and have a face to face chat. Why not arrange that and reach an understanding. End the bad blood?
Cheers,
Merlot
The same monotonous drone every time someone fails, as with every Joe.t guarantee that fails every time. Same absence of honesty, same great laugh. :lol:
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story...edroia-boston-red-sox-undergoes-wrist-surgery
In order for an "objective assessment" key factors have to be accounted for. I mentioned Pedroia's long term injury which changes everything, you dismissed this critical factor that had affected him since 2013 starting with a previous injury. The team called it a "first dorsal compartment release and a tenosynovectomy of his left wrist" but did not give a timetable for his return to baseball activities. "The tendon that was repaired, there was some scar tissue that had built up in there," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "There was also some inflammation. So to me, it sounds like there was some release of that tendon. How they did that procedure, I'm not sure of. But it created more range of motion and instant relief. Pedroia said it has been an ongoing issue that he started dealing with during the home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers, when he landed badly on his left wrist when upended on a double play relay. At the time, Pedroia was still rehabbing from offseason thumb surgery that was delayed until November as a result of the Red Sox's World Series run.
So it was an injury on top of an unhealed old injury, making last year very different form this and thus irrelevant. ANYONE can see that by comparing last year's stats with this year and seeing all stats are way up including 7 home runs this year before June when he only had 7 all of last year. That he played so long in 2014 is a tribute to his guts and stunning dedication. The simple fact is Farrell or anyone would practically have to shoot through the middle of him with a canon to get him to sit out.
BTW - The boys kissing up to you...does that please you? At least anon_vlad and SK are their own persons and all of us stand on our own feet alone.
I've heard there was a chance you two would meet. Too bad it won't happen...for now. Really Too Bad. It would be wonderful for you two to share drinks and have a face to face chat. Why not arrange that and reach an understanding. End the bad blood?
Cheers,
Merlot
A prize at the next great VIP season celebration party to the merb member who can translate the above sentence into understandable English, French, Russian, Spanish, any language that Google can translate that makes any sense at all.
Come on guys ... there are young women here on merb who I know would be willing to donate themselves to the cause duo? trio? etc. etc. ... OMG
what did he say? or mean? :noidea::help:How'd the B0mbers do in their series finale against the woeful Oakland A's?
Oakland won. Didn't you listen to the game over your short wave radio in your closet, K?
A prize at the next great VIP season celebration party to the merb member who can translate the above sentence into understandable English, French, Russian, Spanish, any language that Google can translate that makes any sense at all.
Come on guys ... there are young women here on merb who I know would be willing to donate themselves to the cause duo? trio? etc. etc. ... OMG
Good luck with that, I have been trying to understand his sentences for years to little or no avail and it's getting worse, the man really needs to stay in bed sometimes.
http://giphy.com/gifs/frustrated-morning-squidward-qkX0M9PHpglQA
The Boston Red Sox — after spending $245 million this offseason — have been a massive disappointment
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/red-sox-disappointment-offseason-2015-6#ixzz3bt0TEUKx
Meanwhile Michael severly outdueled Felix the Cat and BigTex went yard, Grand Slammy Style!
:thumb:
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/red-sox-disappointment-offseason-2015-6#ixzz3bt0TEUKx
Meanwhile Michael severly outdueled Felix the Cat and BigTex went yard, Grand Slammy Style!
:thumb:
Great game by Michael Pineda. King Felix had 7 ER's. Michael, 2 ER. I guess the Mariners wish they never made that trade.
Meanwhile, great news for Red Sox fans. The Red Sox rained out so they didn't lose tonight. :lol:
Meanwhile, great news for Red Sox fans. The Red Sox rained out so they didn't lose tonight. :lol:
You have to shake your head & wonder how Cherington manages to keep his job. The way he's foolishly thrown away some of owner John Henry's fortune while getting nothing in return is pure imcompetence! He should be ashamed and resign!
Your habits taking their toll Joe? Explains all of those failed guarantees.
[Daydreamer41;880243]Great game by Michael Pineda. King Felix had 7 ER's. Michael, 2 ER. I guess the Mariners wish they never made that trade.[/QUOTE]
Even Porcello beat King Felix, and without the pine tar help.
Incompetent enough to take a team from last to World Series Champs in his first year. Too bad it galls you and the boys so much Cherrington already has THE BIG PRIZE under his belt. I feel so soooorrry you have to deal with that.
:nod:By your standard I'm surprised Toronto has any teams other than the Raptors. Compare yearly expectations to results and both the Jays and Leafs are in a perpetual loop of failure. How many GMs leading your have FAILED COMPLETELY over the years and not won a thing??? FIFTEEN! Wow.
Cheers,
Merlot
From this very same article....
As Edes points out, however, Boston is still in good position to make the playoffs, which speaks more to how bad the AL East is. They enter June only four games out of first place, despite being seven games under. 500. They recently called up pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, who in his first start allowed three hits with zero runs in seven innings. Boston could also hope that some of their biggest-name players could return to their normal standards while looking at different prospects for call-ups.
Oh and Cy Buchholz pitched an absolute gem against a red hot Twins team tonight! 8 innings 0 runs!
Should be interesting to see how CHEESEBURGER and his 567 ERA do later tonight.
King Felix even with his horrible outing against the Yankees last night has a 2.63 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 76 K's in 75 innings pitched and he is 8-2.
But I do agree with you Merlot that Porcello beating Felix Hernandez earlier this year was a complete fluke .... just like the 2013 MLB Season. :nod:
Sure, 4 1/2 games separate the first place NY Yankees to the teams in last place, Toronto and Boston. There really is no dominant team in the AL East.
I heard that the Fenway grounds crew were having to import a few more tons of dirt lately because ever since Panda has arrived there have been DEEP CRATERS around 3rd base. And it seems the ground around third isn't the only thing that is sinking. Panda is BA is a dismal .249
Gentlemen,
The pitching is still shaky. In the last month there have been some terrific performances from some surprising starters like Miley, on the other hand some have continued to be very disappointing/disastrous, and this has been the good news for the team. The hitting and sometimes the fielding has been BAAAD! Buchholz was grrreat last night but anything short of that would have been another loss because few are hitting. It's not just a slump, it's been a season long dearth of run production so far. I don't think I've seen anything like this since I became a fan as a small kid in 1966. It's scary. If the team could average 4.5 to 5 runs per game they would be in 1st place, though due to being in a week to poor division. It's simply disgusting what some are being paid compared to their production. Worse, the average rookie hits better than some $10 to $15 million players. I've always hated ballooned long term contracts, and being so well set financially probably has a something to do with that. Still, the lack of offensive production is stunning.
On WEEI I expect fans to be very negative about all of this, but now I'm hearing the analysts are giving up on players like Ramirez. At the time I found Panda's contract terms a little tough to take, though I thought he would be about 75% to 80% worth the costs. All along I thought the team greatly overvalued Ramirez who has many serious faults, attitude importantly among them. I have to hold my nose at the stink of saying that in today's market he might be worth $5 million a year. He's Pedroia's opposite in every way. Lazy, lousy, and often laughable. I'd be happy to see the Sox give this schmuck away even if they still had to pay 75% of his salary. The shame of it is the Sox out bid other teams for Ramirez by a mile like Joe.t being obsessed with dumb bets and shoveling tons of money at his bookie.
I don't see this team averaging a BA of .260 this year and with all the signings that should have been the minimum to be expected. Some of what has happened could be expected with Ortiz, Napoli, Victorino, but much has just been PATHETIC. It's worse than 2011, which was only bad because of a very late collapse. This year has been poor from start to the present. Thank God for some signs of talent among pitching or it would be a lost season already.
Merlot
The pitching is still shaky. In the last month there have been some terrific performances from some surprising starters like Miley, on the other hand some have continued to be very disappointing/disastrous, and this has been the good news for the team. The hitting and sometimes the fielding has been BAAAD! Buchholz was grrreat last night but anything short of that would have been another loss because few are hitting. It's not just a slump, it's been a season long dearth of run production so far. I don't think I've seen anything like this since I became a fan as a small kid in 1966. It's scary. If the team could average 4.5 to 5 runs per game they would be in 1st place, though due to being in a week to poor division. It's simply disgusting what some are being paid compared to their production. Worse, the average rookie hits better than some $10 to $15 million players. I've always hated ballooned long term contracts, and being so well set financially probably has a something to do with that. Still, the lack of offensive production is stunning.
On WEEI I expect fans to be very negative about all of this, but now I'm hearing the analysts are giving up on players like Ramirez. At the time I found Panda's contract terms a little tough to take, though I thought he would be about 75% to 80% worth the costs. All along I thought the team greatly overvalued Ramirez who has many serious faults, attitude importantly among them. I have to hold my nose at the stink of saying that in today's market he might be worth $5 million a year. He's Pedroia's opposite in every way. Lazy, lousy, and often laughable. I'd be happy to see the Sox give this schmuck away even if they still had to pay 75% of his salary. The shame of it is the Sox out bid other teams for Ramirez by a mile like Joe.t being obsessed with dumb bets and shoveling tons of money at his bookie.
I don't see this team averaging a BA of .260 this year and with all the signings that should have been the minimum to be expected. Some of what has happened could be expected with Ortiz, Napoli, Victorino, but much has just been PATHETIC. It's worse than 2011, which was only bad because of a very late collapse. This year has been poor from start to the present. Thank God for some signs of talent among pitching or it would be a lost season already.
Merlot
Gentlemen,
The pitching is still shaky. In the last month there have been some terrific performances from some surprising starters like Miley, on the other hand some have continued to be very disappointing/disastrous, and this has been the good news for the team. The hitting and sometimes the fielding has been BAAAD! Buchholz was grrreat last night but anything short of that would have been another loss because few are hitting. It's not just a slump, it's been a season long dearth of run production so far. I don't think I've seen anything like this since I became a fan as a small kid in 1966. It's scary. If the team could average 4.5 to 5 runs per game they would be in 1st place, though due to being in a week to poor division. It's simply disgusting what some are being paid compared to their production. Worse, the average rookie hits better than some $10 to $15 million players. I've always hated ballooned long term contracts, and being so well set financially probably has a something to do with that. Still, the lack of offensive production is stunning.
On WEEI I expect fans to be very negative about all of this, but now I'm hearing the analysts are giving up on players like Ramirez. At the time I found Panda's contract terms a little tough to take, though I thought he would be about 75% to 80% worth the costs. All along I thought the team greatly overvalued Ramirez who has many serious faults, attitude importantly among them. I have to hold my nose at the stink of saying that in today's market he might be worth $5 million a year. He's Pedroia's opposite in every way. Lazy, lousy, and often laughable. I'd be happy to see the Sox give this schmuck away even if they still had to pay 75% of his salary. The shame of it is the Sox out bid other teams for Ramirez by a mile like Joe.t being obsessed with dumb bets and shoveling tons of money at his bookie.
I don't see this team averaging a BA of .260 this year and with all the signings that should have been the minimum to be expected. Some of what has happened could be expected with Ortiz, Napoli, Victorino, but much has just been PATHETIC. It's worse than 2011, which was only bad because of a very late collapse. This year has been poor from start to the present. Thank God for some signs of talent among pitching or it would be a lost season already.
Merlot
I don't often say this, but i 100% totally agree with what you just posted, my dear friend. Honestly, i couldn't have said it any better. Much more was expected from the Red Sox this season considering all the money they spent on players they acquired. Sure, looking from the outside i figured Red Sox fans were dreaming about how good their team actually was, but i felt the same thing about the Yankees and their fans.
Yes, the Red Sox are as bad as i expected them to be. And yes, the Yankees are much better than i figured they'd be. But i did point out many times that John Farrell is baseball's worst manager while i have tremendous respect for Joe Girardi's managing abilities. I regard him as a magician considering what he's done over the past two seasons with the roster he's been given by Cashman.
Indeed, i often joke about the likes of Ortiz, Napoli and Buchholz. But i didn't expect Ortiz and Napoli to be struggling as much. As for Buchholz, he's actually pitched better than i expected. He's actually one of only two bright spots on that entire roster, along with the always reliable Dustin Pedroia, whom i'd take on my team anytime.
Sandoval has been hugely disappointing if you consider all the money they're paying him. He'd be very hard to move because of this considering he's considerably overweight and may not have good off-field habits. Bogaerts may develop into the type of player they expected him to become. Pedroia is still a very good player, but his best years are behind him and it may be time to trade him since his value will never again be any higher. Napoli could be traded. He could be a decent DH or first baseman on a team looking for one. A change of scenery may be all he needs. Ortiz may be playing his final year. The team should do the right thing and ask him in July what he wants to do: remain with the team and end his career in Boston, or be dealt to a contending team. They owe him this. As for the outfield, i'd get rid of Hanley Ramirez. Bad team player. Bad attitude. Terrible outfielder. I'd hang on to Mookie Betts and i'd definitely get rid of the oft-injured Shane Victorino.
And yes, i'd try to trade Clay Buchholz. His trade value is currently quite high considering he's actually pitched very well. Plus the fact he's yet to be injured this season. Maybe they should trade him sooner than later for this reason alone.
Let me make a bold prediction: THIS WILL BE JOHN FARRELL'S FINAL SEASON AS RED SOX MANAGER.
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