Hey Joe,
Missed you. Nope...I actually mean it. Hope you are well. Still wrong I see. Ahhhhhh, just like it was yesterday. Feels good.
Best regards,
Merlot
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Hey Joe,
Missed you. Nope...I actually mean it. Hope you are well. Still wrong I see. Ahhhhhh, just like it was yesterday. Feels good.
Best regards,
Merlot
Hi Joe T. Like everone else I missed you. In fact I'll go even further: I also missed your amazing predictions - more please! Hope all is well.
Thank you for the welcome back boys, as you all know life doesn't always go the way you want it to go and sometimes there is a curve ball thrown your way that you are not prepared for and have difficulty accepting, but that's the way life goes, you just have to accept it as it is given to you and try to move on.
Prediction just for you Joel - Leafs will not finish 29th overall in 2010
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Prediction just for you Joel - Leafs will not finish 29th overall in 2010
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Thank you for the welcome back boys, as you all know life doesn't always go the way you want it to go and sometimes there is a curve ball thrown your way that you are not prepared for and have difficulty accepting, but that's the way life goes, you just have to accept it as it is given to you and try to move on.
Prediction just for you Joel - Leafs will not finish 29th overall in 2010
Good philosophy and good prediction - you're still DA MAN. Chin up Joe T.!
I officially concede! The Red Sox fucken suck dirty rotten ass!!!!! After watching this putrid display all week and this weekend I'm completely disgusted! Go RAYS!
Hey SK,
You must be truly dedicated to have believed things would work out after both Youk and Pedroia went down. All of these injuries for the Sox and two pretty healthy teams to chase too. I took the view of just enjoying what I could a while ago. Officially I concede nothing. It is what it is. Maybe we can still bite a big piece out of the Yankees. There is still some fun to look for.
Cheers,
Merlot
wow. i just read about the game. Thats an ugly way to lose. And get swept. With Manny on the other bench. Ouch.
But it looks good on that ass Papelbon.
Trivia - Which pitcher leads the majors in hits allowed this year?, hint, his initials are J.L and he is the biggest free agent bust of 2010 who also played for the Angels last year.
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I actually don't think the injuries mattered as much as i thought they would. The replacements actually did pretty good, in my opinion. I lay the blame at the pitching. Beckett has been one of the worse starters in the majors all season long, Lackie has been a disappointment......Wakefield is no longer a starting pitcher & he looks done. And Papelbon...........no comment.
Let's face it: the Rays & Yankees have been superior teams all season long. Not only healthy, but superior in talent overall. The Sox? Average. Let's just say that a team in a pennant race had no business being swept at home by Manny & the White Sox and the way they got swept is an embarrassment to the state of Massachusetts!
Anyways, you can't blame a team's fortunes on injuries. Injuries are & have always been a part of the game.
(and yes...Papelbon is & always has been an ass!)
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I totally agree with Doc's analysis. If you are a Rays fan, and I presume there are none here, you can argue that the Rays would be blowing away the field if certain of their players were not having sub par seasons. Injuries are an excuse for losing that should not be made by fans who earlier in this thread were boastfully claiming that nobody in baseball can build a deep roster like Theo Epstein. Well if his roster was so well built they should be able to absorb the blow of the injuries, the truth is their pitching has sucked.
Lackey is being paid $18.7 million this year to deliver the performance he has delivered. AJ Burnett has also sucked this year, but at $16.5 million this year, his sorry ass performance is at least a bargain sorry ass performance compared to Lackey's. And Burnett actually has a similar WHIP and lower BAA than Lackey although his ERA is higher and he has 2 less wins.
Last year the Yankees led the Red Sox by 10 games when they called off the dogs, and rested their starters. This year they lead by 10 and there will be no calling off of the dogs. The Red Sox have had 3rd place talent all year and 3rd place is exactly where they would have finished and exactly where they deserve to finish and anyone who thinks otherwise is out of touch with reality. It's true that they could win a number of other divisions in baseball but they are in the AL East and it's tough shooshkums. If they cannot take the heat then they should petition to play in another division.
Papelbon has 7 blown saves this year, while Rivera has had 5 blown saves the last 3 seasons, his blown save totals being 1, 2 and 2. It's true he has not had many save opportunities because the Yankees have been kicking other team's asses with a +183 run differential that is by far the best in the major leagues. But even if he did have more save ops, the way he has been pitching he would not be blowing any more saves. I think one or possibly both of his blown saves this year were very fluky. He is way better at 40 years old than Papelbon will ever be or even dream of being when he is not spreading his butt cheeks wide for Paul Konerko.
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Hey Igs.
Better. Isn't accuracy fun.
Good. Never be on perfect terms with a Yankee fan.
Hugs,
Merlot
Congrats to Alex Rodriguez for becoming the ONLY PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY to have 14 seasons of 100 or more rbi's ...1994-2009*************
Better. Isn't accuracy fun.
Good. Never be on perfect terms with a Yankee fan.
Hugs,
Merlot
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This assessment of the injury riddled Sox borders on the asinine of statements. Seriously, Pedroia (MVP) Youk (MVP Candidate) Victor Martinez, the list went on and on, if you think that those guys wouldn't have mattered to the team because their replacements were adequate then you're out of your fucking mind!! I agree that every team deals with injuries to an extent but this season for the Sox was a plethora of injuries and although I can't say with 100% certaintly, I'm sure things would be different now if the team was healthy throughout.
As for your last comment regarding Papelbon...yes, I agree, he's a f'n jackass!!
Beav,
Welcome back from your hibernation under the rocks, just like clockwork!! Your assessment of the Sox is super typical of what we all expect from the circling vulture that you are. Your comparisons are f'n laughable! Seriously f'n laughable.
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Hello all,
Looking at the injury factor, the injury situation was persistent and decisive, among other critical factors. Every creditable sports source has said the Sox had the worst injury conditions in the majors this year. The team at one point had no more than one starting player in the lineup for over a week, lost an MVP...a third place MVP ballot player...3 starting pitchers...every starting hitter except the DH...and the top two catchers. No team could endure that many injuries and win the toughest division in the MLB regardless of any performance factors.
Regarding any allusion about the Sox in the Eastern AL division...EB you are the biggest ARROGANT BS ARTIST ON ANY BOARD. That's all I have to say on that.
Doc, I do respect your opinion here. But I think if the Sox got the reasonably expected performances out of their players, while facing no worse than the league average kind of injuries in number and type, and the other teams faced the same conditions, I think it's a magnificent three-way race right to the end. Had all players performed to average reasonable expectations the Sox end up being very close through 162 games even despite the injuries and considering the incredible contributions of many heroic substitutes. But as it was, the totality of injuries were decisive.
If reasonable expectations had been achieved such as: Beckett and Lackey with a 13-15 wins each, Delcarmen and Okajima being decent middle relief help, Papelbon being just what he was the year before and we are right there. Remember even with the gross under-performance of Beckett, the decline of and often lousy middle relief, disappointing closing pitching, a catcher who has one of the worst defensive records in the MLB, and an endless slew of injuries...yet we were just 3 games out at one point around the All-Star break.
What do you expect.
Cheers,
Merlot
Hello all,
Looking at the injury factor, the injury situation was persistent and decisive, among other critical factors. Every creditable sports source has said the Sox had the worst injury conditions in the majors this year. The team at one point had no more than one starting player in the lineup for over a week, lost an MVP...a third place MVP ballot player...3 starting pitchers...every starting hitter except the DH...and the top two catchers. No team could endure that many injuries and win the toughest division in the MLB regardless of any performance factors.
Regarding any allusion about the Sox in the Eastern AL division...EB you are the biggest ARROGANT BS ARTIST ON ANY BOARD. That's all I have to say on that.
Doc, I do respect your opinion here. But I think if the Sox got the reasonably expected performances out of their players, while facing no worse than the league average kind of injuries in number and type, and the other teams faced the same conditions, I think it's a magnificent three-way race right to the end. Had all players performed to average reasonable expectations the Sox end up being very close through 162 games even despite the injuries and considering the incredible contributions of many heroic substitutes. But as it was, the totality of injuries were decisive.
If reasonable expectations had been achieved such as: Beckett and Lackey with a 13-15 wins each, Delcarmen and Okajima being decent middle relief help, Papelbon being just what he was the year before and we are right there. Remember even with the gross under-performance of Beckett, the decline of and often lousy middle relief, disappointing closing pitching, a catcher who has one of the worst defensive records in the MLB, and an endless slew of injuries...yet we were just 3 games out at one point around the All-Star break.
What do you expect.
Cheers,
Merlot
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Well said men...
For doing what he did, with what he DID NOT have, Francona deserves serious consideration for manager of the year.
BTW, it ain't over yet.
Have fun,
Jman
The simple fact remains that from April 19 through last Wednesday, despite losing their numbers 1,2,4 and 9 hitters for most of the season, three of their starters for considerable periods and some other injuries, the Sox had the best record in the American League.
Anybody, ie. Beav, who thinks that these losses did not cost the Sox 10-12 games in the standings and who thinks that McDonald, Nava, Cash, et al were suitable replacements is, simply, a dolt.
Anybody, ie. Beav, who thinks that these losses did not cost the Sox 10-12 games in the standings and who thinks that McDonald, Nava, Cash, et al were suitable replacements is, simply, a dolt.
Hmmm,
The best record in the American League for over four months with a team that looks like a mixed minors-majors exhibition prep squad. Yet some pomposity says "the Red Sox have had 3rd place talent all year and 3rd place is exactly where they would have finished and exactly where they deserve to finish and anyone who thinks otherwise is out of touch with reality." Proves one oft-absent pinstripe fan just likes to hear himself talk to pump up his hyper-inflated ego, and who the facts say is really "out of touch with reality".
Puff puff puff,
Merlot
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