yeah young talented position players enhance night-to-night watchability and we have oh let me check--zero of those right now
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, identity-wise the red sox' future is kind of cloudy right now, their old franchise players are on the way out and their farm system's taken a step back this year. we've only got pedroia and lester to fill that role right now, maybe buchholz if he's actually figured stuff out.
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i'm struggling to come up with a team that's particularly interesting?
The Giants imo
The Sox had a really nice run with their minor leaguers, but after Ellsbury and Pedroia they've struggled to produce a hitting prospect of note. Suddenly they have an offense filled with the sort of old journeymen that are patently boring to root for. Cameron, Beltre, Hall, Martinez, Scutaro ... not like these are bad dudes, but you're really rooting for laundry when you assemble a bunch of dudes like that, or when you bring up a lot of AAAA guys as injury replacements.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 30 July 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I just read that the Sox inquired about Jim Edmonds, on that note.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 30 July 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
What does the future hold for Mike LOL?
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 30 July 2010 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
they'll probably keep trying to flip him for cheap and get anything back
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Keeping barking, Youk.
― Andy K, Saturday, 31 July 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I basically never watch baseball on TV except for highlights or an inning here and there. I only watch 3-4 hours of TV a week - which is barely one average game!
In person I don't mind the length (given good weather - when it's still 105 at the Ballpark at dusk, time matters), but on TV it's a killer.
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Sunday, 1 August 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
^ agreed, especially when the games start at 7:35 - it's like goodbye dinner, goodbye sex, goodbye 8 hours sleep
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
but i guess that's how you tell the men from the boys
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 13:08 (thirteen years ago) link
they actually played a fast game last night! i watched most of it.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
A game tends to be on whenever games are on -- ideal when the kids are either too loud and/or in need of attention and or napping/sleeping.
If I think I hear Rich Waltz yelling or getting belligerent, I run it back and crank the volume to ear-splitting level, no matter what.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
dinner & sex while game is on TV = classic
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I really hope Delgado's got a couple of years left. I was looking at his career stats today, particularly at his last year with Toronto. I remember how absolutely convinced everyone here had become--management and fans--that it was time for him to move on. He had 32 homers, 99 RBI, and a .535 slugging average that year. Must...go...NOW. We had to clear the way for that special day when we could get our hands on Lyle Overbay.
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 August 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
he was playing really well with NYM in '09 while he was able to play, so i don't see why he might not be able to play well for another year or two.
― ('_') (omar little), Saturday, 7 August 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
That's why I'm hopeful; it's not a case of picking up a guy who's been in steady decline. Health is the only issue. I want him to get to 500; it'll seem like a perfectly legitimate 500, and I'm afraid he'll be bypassed for the HOF without the milestone.
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 August 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
if roster space is tight i'd rather bring in saltalamacchia
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:51 (thirteen years ago) link
he got over the yips?
― sanskrit, Monday, 9 August 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
what was the problem??
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 9 August 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
he couldn't throw back to the pitcher
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 August 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
supposedly he's figured something out
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 August 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
LESTERIFFIC
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
BRILL BARD BAFFLES BOMBERS
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I will say that when JB came in the game (and lester was on some other-type shit yesterday; dude was awesome) everyone in DNYS was like "the game is over." funeral-level quiet. And dude deals in a way that JP doesn't. when papelbon came in and everyone got excited again.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
also, JP is irritating to watch live, whereas JB is clearly interested in going home as soon as possible.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
papelbon looked as good as i've seen him in a long time yesterday
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
when you say JB you mean Daniel Bard right?
his stuff was fuckin SCARY. the YES commentators (ugh) pointed out that at one point he threw what looked for all the world like a 98-mph sinker.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
wow i just saw video of the pitch that struck out swisher
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's the pitch
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
sort of a slide-sinker.. thrown at 98mph
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah bard. I was thinkiing josh bard lol
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
accuscore says 14% chance of making playoffs..
but i do think Francona for AL manager of the year would be deserved.
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
lupica still the best at this kind of thing:
Now Bard, Boston closer of the future, came in to face Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher with the game all around him on the bases. Here is what happens next at the Stadium, like fireworks:
The captain of the Yankees takes a 97 mile per hour fastball for strike one. Fouls a 99 for strike two at the plate. Swings through a 98 he probably heard in Victor Martinez's mitt before he ever saw it. Strike three. No chance. Two outs.
Swisher next. This is how it goes for Swisher against Daniel Bard:
Takes a 98 mph fastball for strike one. Fouls off a 97. Swings underneath a 99 like he's trying to hit the wind. Strike three. Inning over. Maybe there has been another pitching moment like this at Yankee Stadium this season. Name it.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i just watched the vid of that. wow.
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
bill hall is going in
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
wow I hate Lupica
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 August 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
why??? dude makes every moment seem amazing
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Saltys problem of throwing back to the mound a mental or physical thing? Although, i hope he works out well...I think Tek should be a good influence on him.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 12 August 2010 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
he's not the first catcher with this problem but in the other cases i've heard of the catcher was working through an injury that caused a mechanical change and then he psyched himself out. there doesn't seem to have been an injury with salty.
he caught the 9th last night and looked fine.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
he's starting today i read. of course we all know theo has a habit of coveting these guys and they never work out....Lugo, Drew, renteria....
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
salty is more like a hermida (buying low on a guy who was well-regarded at one point and now is having issues) though unlike hermida i think salty is at worst a major-league backup at his position.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
god hermida was an unbelievably shitty outfielder.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
there doesn't seem to have been an injury with salty.
he had shoulder surgery in september.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh really? my bad
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
hermida was shit all around. one of those fucking guys that i drafted every damn yr in fantasy baseball only to be disappointed each and every time.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
wish everyone would shut up about mike lowell...its almost as if people are happy that our best player got hurt since it gave him a spot to play
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 August 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
PAPELBOMB
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
he's almost surely getting non-tendered this winter unless he takes a pay cut, redsox are too smart to pay over $10M for a declining reliever, right? right...?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 August 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link