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Post by FenwayFanatic on Sept 1, 2013 15:54:46 GMT -5
Have you bought your pink Drew jersey yet? I guess this post got such a positive response the first time you've decided to make it your catchphrase. I'm not sure what you're trying to imply exactly. Is it that people who don't want to immediately bench Drew for Bogaerts aren't serious Red Sox fans? Or are you insulting their masculinity in some way? And do you think you'll succeed in changing anyone's mind by doing this? Bogaerts was one of the reasons we one last night. To say he is not ready for prime time is laughable. Drew is good against righties. Also pretty bad against lefties. That is pretty much fact at this point. Its not that I dislike Drew. He is a very good option against righties. He has delivered surplus value on his contract. But to defend Farrell playing him against lefties and then come on here and say bogaerts isnt ready for prime time after he played a huge role in last nights win is just a head scratcher. I'm not a huge advocate of Xander playing 3rd or against righties... Just wondering why the heck they would bring him up and sit him against a lefty when Drew is awful against them. Drew is also likely gone after this year... They're not gonna dump 40 million on him. |
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Post by jmei on Sept 1, 2013 15:57:58 GMT -5
Have you still not realized that the initial comment was sarcastic?
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Sept 1, 2013 16:01:37 GMT -5
Have you still not realized that the initial comment was sarcastic? Woops, my internet sarcasm detector must have been off! |
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Sept 1, 2013 16:05:23 GMT -5
I guess this post got such a positive response the first time you've decided to make it your catchphrase. I'm not sure what you're trying to imply exactly. Is it that people who don't want to immediately bench Drew for Bogaerts aren't serious Red Sox fans? Or are you insulting their masculinity in some way? And do you think you'll succeed in changing anyone's mind by doing this? Bogaerts was one of the reasons we one last night. To say he is not ready for prime time is laughable. Drew is good against righties. Also pretty bad against lefties. That is pretty much fact at this point. Its not that I dislike Drew. He is a very good option against righties. He has delivered surplus value on his contract. But to defend Farrell playing him against lefties and then come on here and say bogaerts isnt ready for prime time after he played a huge role in last nights win is just a head scratcher. I'm not a huge advocate of Xander playing 3rd or against righties... Just wondering why the heck they would bring him up and sit him against a lefty when Drew is awful against them. Drew is also likely gone after this year... They're not gonna dump 40 million on him. My question was about pink shirts. I wasn't asking for a response to another poster's (sarcastic) comments on Bogaerts. |
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Sept 1, 2013 16:08:14 GMT -5
Guy can't find the strike zone and Drew swings at the first pitch.
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Post by ray88h66 on Sept 1, 2013 16:09:44 GMT -5
I guess this post got such a positive response the first time you've decided to make it your catchphrase. I'm not sure what you're trying to imply exactly. Is it that people who don't want to immediately bench Drew for Bogaerts aren't serious Red Sox fans? Or are you insulting their masculinity in some way? And do you think you'll succeed in changing anyone's mind by doing this? Bogaerts was one of the reasons we one last night. To say he is not ready for prime time is laughable. Drew is good against righties. Also pretty bad against lefties. That is pretty much fact at this point. Its not that I dislike Drew. He is a very good option against righties. He has delivered surplus value on his contract. But to defend Farrell playing him against lefties and then come on here and say bogaerts isnt ready for prime time after he played a huge role in last nights win is just a head scratcher. I'm not a huge advocate of Xander playing 3rd or against righties... Just wondering why the heck they would bring him up and sit him against a lefty when Drew is awful against them. Drew is also likely gone after this year... They're not gonna dump 40 million on him. Posts like this lead me to believe you're not a troll but a big Xander fan. But every one here is a big Xander fan. I agree with you he should be getting some of Drew's ab's against lefties. Not sure why you get so riled up about the debate though. |
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Post by nationinthesouth on Sept 1, 2013 16:11:21 GMT -5
Guy can't find the strike zone and Drew swings at the first pitch. If your manager makes a horrible tactical decision to not PH for the lefty on lefty, you have to at least take a strike from a guy that just walked them loaded. |
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Sept 1, 2013 16:24:24 GMT -5
Bogaerts was one of the reasons we one last night. To say he is not ready for prime time is laughable. Drew is good against righties. Also pretty bad against lefties. That is pretty much fact at this point. Its not that I dislike Drew. He is a very good option against righties. He has delivered surplus value on his contract. But to defend Farrell playing him against lefties and then come on here and say bogaerts isnt ready for prime time after he played a huge role in last nights win is just a head scratcher. I'm not a huge advocate of Xander playing 3rd or against righties... Just wondering why the heck they would bring him up and sit him against a lefty when Drew is awful against them. Drew is also likely gone after this year... They're not gonna dump 40 million on him. Posts like this lead me to believe you're not a troll but a big Xander fan. But every one here is a big Xander fan. I agree with you he should be getting some of Drew's ab's against lefties. Not sure why you get so riled up about the debate though. I'm not a troll or even a huge Xander fan (yet). Call me crazy, but I think it would be best to use Xander against lefties, Drew vs righties. Drew is bad against lefties and Xander is very good against them. Carp is also good against righties. Pretty straightforward. |
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Post by ray88h66 on Sept 1, 2013 16:27:45 GMT -5
Posts like this lead me to believe you're not a troll but a big Xander fan. But every one here is a big Xander fan. I agree with you he should be getting some of Drew's ab's against lefties. Not sure why you get so riled up about the debate though. I'm not a troll or even a huge Xander fan (yet). Call me crazy, but I think it would be best to use Xander against lefties, Drew vs righties. Drew is bad against lefties and Xander is very good against them. Carp is also good against righties. Pretty straightforward. Fair enough, but what's the pink shirt stuff about? I don't like to read intent when I can't hear tone or look someone in the eye, but it comes across as some kind of slur. |
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Post by Don Caballero on Sept 1, 2013 16:35:09 GMT -5
Koji is the man.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Sept 1, 2013 16:42:00 GMT -5
I'm not a troll or even a huge Xander fan (yet). Call me crazy, but I think it would be best to use Xander against lefties, Drew vs righties. Drew is bad against lefties and Xander is very good against them. Carp is also good against righties. Pretty straightforward. Fair enough, but what's the pink shirt stuff about? I don't like to read intent when I can't hear tone or look someone in the eye, but it comes across as some kind of slur. It comes from the Diamondbacks series. If you seriously want to look me in the eye or hear me tell the story I have a skype account. |
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Post by johnsilver52 on Sept 1, 2013 16:49:58 GMT -5
I get all the Pawsox want to win the playoffs stuff, but really.. Berry has rarely ever (if ever last year with detroit) played the OF at Fenway and Boston is needing every single win. He was flanked by Nava, playing RF, his worst position and Gomes in left meaning he was going to have loads of ground to cover.. Not the task for someone barely (if not at all) acquainted with the angles and corners of CF at Fenway, even if possibly for 1 inning in a tight game and Victorino injuries, Ells leaving early again with another injury.
Bradley needs to be called up, it's that simple. The slightest chance of 1 person causing a loss, from not being called up is worth more than the ire of the Pawsox FO. Call up more Portland players.. Give them Hissey, Cecchini even to help the offense. But there is no excuse for not having JBJ already and today's Chisox game proved it.
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Post by ray88h66 on Sept 1, 2013 17:00:16 GMT -5
Fair enough, but what's the pink shirt stuff about? I don't like to read intent when I can't hear tone or look someone in the eye, but it comes across as some kind of slur. It comes from the Diamondbacks series. If you seriously want to look me in the eye or hear me tell the story I have a skype account. I don't know anything about Skype. I'll talk to you off the board though. I'll send you a PM. |
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Post by johnsilver52 on Sept 1, 2013 17:13:22 GMT -5
Probably should drop the pink hats. It has multiple meanings and some are definitely derogatory.
It was a term used many years ago against a certain lifestyle as one example.
Might be something mods want to remove traces of.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Sept 1, 2013 17:20:33 GMT -5
Probably should drop the pink hats. It has multiple meanings and some are definitely derogatory. It was a term used many years ago against a certain lifestyle as one example. Might be something mods want to remove traces of. Yeah but I guess calling me an idiot is fine... Send me a personal message. |
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Post by jmei on Sept 1, 2013 17:29:52 GMT -5
We had all better appreciate Koji Uehara while we can. He's as good as it gets.
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Post by jmei on Sept 1, 2013 17:34:03 GMT -5
And I will start liberally deleting posts if the same tired "why isn't Xander/Carp starting" arguments keep popping up. Seriously, we get it, you want Xander to play. No need to keep posting about it every time he doesn't.
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 1, 2013 17:48:55 GMT -5
Yeah, for relevant discussion, Oak leads TB 3-1 with on more at bat for the Rays.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Sept 1, 2013 18:03:52 GMT -5
Yeah, for relevant discussion, Oak leads TB 3-1 with on more at bat for the Rays. Now 5-1 in the top of the 9th. And the Orioles blew out NY relief pitching in the 7th to score 7 and win that game 7-3. So everyone who matters (right now) has lost ground with their weekend series. Good start to September. |
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Sept 1, 2013 18:06:59 GMT -5
Rays lose.
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 1, 2013 18:08:49 GMT -5
Since June 10: 37 IP, 11 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 49 SO. Opponents .091 / .113 / .140. Since August 10, 9 IP, 1 H (2B to Overbay), 0 BB, 9 SO. Now retired 18 straight batters. |
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Post by pedroelgrande on Sept 1, 2013 18:11:05 GMT -5
Do the th Red Sox have a west coast swing in their schedule? This one is really hurting the Rays to the point they are closer to missing the playoffs than winning the division.
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Post by grandsalami on Sept 1, 2013 18:14:03 GMT -5
Do the th Red Sox have a west coast swing in their schedule? This one is really hurting the Rays to the point they are closer to missing the playoffs than winning the division. I think COL is it? |
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Post by ray88h66 on Sept 1, 2013 18:14:41 GMT -5
This is one of the best runs ever by a closer and yes I know who big Mo is.
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Post by mredsox89 on Sept 1, 2013 18:26:10 GMT -5
Tampa has dropped 7 of 8, now 5.5 back of the Sox. Sox have gained a full 5 games over the last 10
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