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Post by Jonathan Singer on Sept 13, 2012 6:16:35 GMT -5
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Post by marti427 on Sept 13, 2012 7:11:51 GMT -5
Will be there tonight, looking forward to it
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Post by jonasi on Sept 13, 2012 7:41:19 GMT -5
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Sept 13, 2012 10:37:53 GMT -5
Will be there tonight, looking forward to it So IF the Pawsox hang on and win the Governor's Cup, what is to be made of it? The team is sort of cobbled together out of career minor leaguers or shuttlers, a few late callups, a few guys obtained in recent trades, and a few bonafide prospects who have been around most or all the season. I guess a team always feels a sense of accomplishment at winning a championship of any kind, but it's sort of as if the squad is just "passing through." A lot of them may feel like guests at the playoff party. I suspect that in AAA though, this type of "championship ballclub" is a common occurrence.
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Post by Matt Huegel on Sept 13, 2012 10:59:26 GMT -5
So IF the Pawsox hang on and win the Governor's Cup, what is to be made of it? The team is sort of cobbled together out of career minor leaguers or shuttlers, a few late callups, a few guys obtained in recent trades, and a few bonafide prospects who have been around most or all the season. This really isn't true. I don't think it changes anything with their prospect status, but on offense the biggest contributors have been Brentz, Linares, and Butler (last night). The pitching is a little more veteran, but Stewart, Wright, and Hernandez have been the major starting contributors and they're under team control for several more years and not exactly old. Same with the bullpen, which has been lights out and is made up of guys who are 24-26 with options, like Wilson, Beato, De La Torre, Fields, and Huntzinger. None of these guys are really MiLB FA veteran types.
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 13, 2012 20:25:19 GMT -5
Brentz has cooled off. 0-4 with 4 K's. But PawSox 9 outs from the Governor's Cup, leading 4-1.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Sept 13, 2012 20:32:00 GMT -5
Is the crowd chanting; "We want the Cup!"
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Post by amfox1 on Sept 13, 2012 21:07:48 GMT -5
Fields on in the 9th to close it out. Still 4-1.
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 13, 2012 21:07:50 GMT -5
1 out away
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Post by amfox1 on Sept 13, 2012 21:09:41 GMT -5
PawSox win the Cup!!
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Sept 13, 2012 21:14:03 GMT -5
Can you believe it? What do we have here in Mr. Fields?
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Post by steveofbradenton on Sept 14, 2012 7:10:59 GMT -5
Great accomplishment by the Paw Sox. Got to give Arnie Beyeler tremendous credit!!
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Post by sibbysisti on Sept 14, 2012 7:21:26 GMT -5
Congrats to Beyeler and the PawSox. Great season. And, they developed a few good prospects along the way. When's the parade?
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Post by elguapo on Sept 14, 2012 10:10:27 GMT -5
Good on the PawSox!
We caught Game 3 of the Sally League championship last night - Tyler Anderson (Rockies #1 pick in 2011) spun a gem, lots of weak contact, to lead the Asheville Tourists to a 9-0 win. We bonded a little bit with Mike Devereaux, the former major leaguer, who's the Asheville hitting coach this year and was coaching first base.
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Post by GyIantosca on Sept 14, 2012 16:46:10 GMT -5
Dont the Paw Sox play the winner of the PCL on September 18th a one game winner take all?
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Post by sibbysisti on Sept 14, 2012 19:28:02 GMT -5
Dont the Paw Sox play the winner of the PCL on September 18th a one game winner take all? That's right. Governor's Cup winner PawSox play for the IL championship at Durham (home of the Bulls). on Tuesday.
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Post by jt44 on Sept 14, 2012 22:25:40 GMT -5
It's too bad the game wasn't tonight. Hate for this team to cool off.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 15, 2012 7:04:25 GMT -5
Just a fantastic end of the season run. Congrats all around. Great job. Never knew about the Governor's cup...maybe because we have not had many opportunities. Winning that would indeed be icing.
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Post by Matt Huegel on Sept 15, 2012 10:06:51 GMT -5
I just want to point out the PawSox have already won the IL championship and the Governors' Cup. The one game left is for the "Triple-A Championship," which honestly sounds more like an exhibition game to me. It wouldn't be a one-game series if anyone cared too much about the outcome.
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Post by amfox1 on Sept 15, 2012 11:33:10 GMT -5
I just want to point out the PawSox have already won the IL championship and the Governors' Cup. The one game left is for the "Triple-A Championship," which honestly sounds more like an exhibition game to me. It wouldn't be a one-game series if anyone cared too much about the outcome. The game will be nationally televised on the NBC Sports Network (cable channel) beginning at 7pm ET on Tuesday night.
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