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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 14, 2022 6:09:48 GMT -5
Let's not pooh pooh the incentive afforded by salary increases for minor leaguers. Are you kidding? A few years at minor league salary vs a career pilot. If he never makes the MLB, I can easily guess which career he will make more. Yaz, I was being facetious.
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 13, 2022 14:06:01 GMT -5
I like the Diekman move depending on the money but this deal I'm not sure I like. Seems like a waste of money just to upgrade Austin Davis. Strahm in Fenway could be a nightmare on a windy night. For which team....?
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Noah Song
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 12, 2022 16:29:48 GMT -5
Will he be the same pitcher after sitting out two years (or more)…..doubtful. At that point maybe he values becoming a commercial pilot and the almost certain income vs a CHANCE to become a big leaguer. Let's not pooh pooh the incentive afforded by salary increases for minor leaguers.
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 12, 2022 12:39:23 GMT -5
Is Song somehow ensconced in the Cone of Silence? Can't anyone get a word from him...not a peep?!
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 10, 2022 17:41:16 GMT -5
What a turn around for this team and Umm Tatum is legit on his way to MVP status. It isn't just the numbers he is a top defensive player when he puts his mind to it also, which he has lately. Tough to expend that much energy on both ends of the court for an extended period of time. The rest of the team was 6 for 28 from 3 tonight, 21%. His shooting efficiency was thru the roof. Yes....and my first thought was that his efficiency last night was Birdesque. Bird had many games where he shot much over 50% and had a number of Seasons where he shot > 50%! JT has a ways to go there but if can get to that level more often.....
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 5, 2022 11:28:51 GMT -5
Hauser, Ryan, Stauskas...shooters all. Who wouldn't love to see better long range shooting? We are currently 22nd in team 3 point %. So these recent acquisitions sound good on paper as possible 3 ball palliatives.
But will any ever see meaningful light of day with our pronounced (and very successful) defensive focus and the newbies' reputed relative lack of defensive chops? Ime has obviously opted for short rotations and big minutes. Given those factors, I think the playing window and possible impact for the new guys will be short particularly once Brown returns.
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 3, 2022 12:14:12 GMT -5
What a dumb signing that was... I stink at basketball but I'd put down a wad of simoleans to engage Tristan in a game of H-O-R-S-E.
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 1, 2022 21:30:24 GMT -5
Responding to posts above this soxfan, maybe streaks follow streaks in basketball too. Perhaps we are coming down from a collective high of emotional and physical commitment and need a bit to regather. Perhaps other teams are adjusting to us a bit. Perhaps we are neither as bad as we looked early in the season nor as good as we looked for a month or so. The first 6 or so game minutes tonight did look similar to how we had been playing in that good stretch with ferocious defense. After that it seemed air hissed from the balloon. But what is different is that this "version" of the team (meaning in this streak) can turn on the D - like now! Once again I spoke too soon. My post was at half time. I hope there is an egg left in the frig that I am able to coat myself with at game end. Sure would like to see Hauser given a 'shot'.
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Post by sarasoxer on Mar 1, 2022 21:15:18 GMT -5
Responding to posts above this soxfan, maybe streaks follow streaks in basketball too. Perhaps we are coming down from a collective high of emotional and physical commitment and need a bit to regather. Perhaps other teams are adjusting to us a bit. Perhaps we are neither as bad as we looked early in the season nor as good as we looked for a month or so. The first 6 or so game minutes tonight did look similar to how we had been playing in that good stretch with ferocious defense. After that it seemed air hissed from the balloon.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 28, 2022 10:30:48 GMT -5
The Celts' have been playing at a very high level for 3-4 weeks. No team, in any sport, can do that indefinitely. Last night the defensive intensity was palpably short. We looked a step slow and a step away on D. Pacers shot over 50% across the board. It happens. The one constant is Rob. Change the moniker to The Energizer. What a find Danny.
Grant is serviceable coming off the bench, but is likely a detriment starting and last night was a performance downer. 33 minutes played, no buckets, no assists, 2 rebounds..essentially invisible.
Pritchard has been a revelation of late given more playing time. Please make it so.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 27, 2022 18:56:09 GMT -5
It is indeed prime sumo orange season. First couple batches in January were kind of meh (too much acid, not enough sweet, peels too tight—just not enough time aging) but the next couple batches have been great. On a relative basis, they’re pretty expensive ($4.50 a lb here in Boston, more than twice as much as a navel orange), but on an absolute basis, well, there’s worse places to spend your money. My wife loves them and we go through a 5 lb bag a week. A 5 pound bag is like 6 Sumos in my area as they are so delightfully large! There is a bit of variation, but a good many I've had are ambrosia. Again, opt for the softer (more ripe?!) ones. It's always fun to stumble onto some new gastronomic delight.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 27, 2022 11:36:51 GMT -5
Late to the table on this one but I discovered Sumo 'orange' a couple of years ago at Publix grocery in FL. Most people here still walk by the display because Sumo is so unconventional looking. In addition to what others have said, Sumo is seedless and the sections have more integrity that other eating oranges. Separating the pieces doesn't cause juice to spurt everywhere. I've found that the softer ones are sweeter. Price here is $3.99/lb. As an aside, I also came across the SugarBee apple....which was a naturally occuring, fortuitous cross between Honey crisp and an unknown variety. sugarbeeapple.com/the-sugarbee-story/
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 27, 2022 11:33:04 GMT -5
I love the way the team is ascending up the standings and working on - and fixing - some of their early season issues. Fun, fun, fun to watch! It's been a while, which makes it all the more savory. Instead of fearing a late game loss we now anticipate pulling it out. I'm so glad to see more ball movement from all, but particularly Tatum....Return of the historical Celtic art form.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 20, 2022 22:12:27 GMT -5
Agreed on all. Regardless, I don't think that we are near a finished/ultimately competitive product even if fully healthy. I am very encouraged by recent more energized play, commitment to D as our identity and sharing the ball..except in crunch. Assuming that, I hope that we can finally determine whether our relatively recent/retained draft choices can favorably augment the starting 5. My gut tells me that Pritchard is serviceable in stints tho limited by size, length and athleticism..not desire.. and that the jury is in recess re Nesmith. Neither looks, to date, like a major future contributor. Recent redraft articles highlighting 'what could have been' is a bit disheartening. Still the NBA draft is more pig in poke than the nfl draft. We always hope to "get lucky". But I would hope that our draft assessment personnel could also get refurbished in concert with new GM Brad and Coach Ime. Unfortunately our draft larder is bare...squandered? Where is David Copperfield? I think you have it reversed frankly, the NFL draft is much more of a crapshoot. It's just you have more picks and a much bigger team giving many guys more opportunities. I'm nothing but an amateur scout yet my top three for the Nesmith pick were Anthony, Maxey and Bane. I didn't have much time to dive into our first last year before they traded it, yet my first target was Ayo Dosunmu. I love Pritchard, I think at worst he's a high level backup on a really good team. Here's the thing, you won't have any luck developing young talent if Ime plays an eight man rotation all season long. He's done no favors to Pritchard, Nesmith and Hauser. The coach has to be willing to play the young guys and you can’t do that when your coach treats the whole season like it's the playoffs. Only team in the league that won't change a thing come playoff time, you can't shorten the smallest rotation in the NBA. We have a 13 man roster. It could easily be 8-9 in terms of use going forward and barring injury. When we were awful ALL last year and the first half of this, we didn't play the new guys. If not then, when? Now that we are doing well, there is even less likelihood. Pritchard will play a little bit here and there as he has, but Hauser and Nesmith could get sepsis from splinters unless we are up big late in the 4th...This is despite the roster reduction and Brad's professed look toward the future. We are chasing something. Each win counts. I'm afraid that we are going to squeeze the Js, Rob W., Marcus for 35-39 minutes a game and hope they hold up. Bench development will, IMO, sadly continue to take a back seat.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 20, 2022 14:17:46 GMT -5
Too much rain this last year in the Boston area. What plants survived gave us cracked, bland tomatoes. Looking forward to a better season this year. I grew three heirloom varieties among those highlighted in "Epic Tomatoes"..Polish, Brandywine and Cherokee Purple. Soxfansince67 was accorded the right to name Cherokee Purple which has as lore that it was cultivated by the Cherokee indians. The plants will grow 6+ feet tall so need to be staked, but the flavor is that which I remembered and enjoyed from 60 years ago.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 19, 2022 19:47:39 GMT -5
Yeah Brad’s deadline work while managing to stay under the tax made me feel really comfortable with him going forward in his role. I like what he’s done. Just give me more Hauser though plz Ime Agreed on all. Regardless, I don't think that we are near a finished/ultimately competitive product even if fully healthy. I am very encouraged by recent more energized play, commitment to D as our identity and sharing the ball..except in crunch. Assuming that, I hope that we can finally determine whether our relatively recent/retained draft choices can favorably augment the starting 5. My gut tells me that Pritchard is serviceable in stints tho limited by size, length and athleticism..not desire.. and that the jury is in recess re Nesmith. Neither looks, to date, like a major future contributor. Recent redraft articles highlighting 'what could have been' is a bit disheartening. Still the NBA draft is more pig in poke than the nfl draft. We always hope to "get lucky". But I would hope that our draft assessment personnel could also get refurbished in concert with new GM Brad and Coach Ime. Unfortunately our draft larder is bare...squandered? Where is David Copperfield?
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 17, 2022 13:40:08 GMT -5
I don't care about this loss at all 1. Predictable on a back to back without their two best playmakers and literally starting PG and C. 2. Cade Cunningham is a generational rookie. 3. We lost by 1 on the final possession and Detroit hit some crazy shots and got bounces despite good defense. Plus the night before was a geared up for max physical and emotional effort. A letdown of some sort against a poor team by record is understandable.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 17, 2022 0:15:54 GMT -5
Hah! I have one of his books "Epic Tomatoes"...fantastic compendium of heirloom tomatoes..and have grown three of his 200 cited varieties.
Also SteveofBradenton is a real estate expert on Feng shui...has written 3 books and holds webinars.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 16, 2022 23:36:46 GMT -5
It's funny everyone loves the iso ball when it works against the Sixers and hates it when it doesn't. Ime needs to work on the offense. A large amount of that winning streak was D and guys getting hot. You see flashes, yet never complete games of good ball movement. Agreed. It's if the game is close and down to the last 5 minutes, hero/iso ball resurfaces. Ball movement which was successful, recedes. It's Kobe ball...."I want the glory"...Ugh.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 16, 2022 23:04:06 GMT -5
Bad games happen in the NBA, but losing to that Detroit team is inexplicable. These bozos have been reading their press clippings and forgot they still had a game tonight. Wcp3 I so agree with the totality of your posts. No question that the Celtics are "soft", "weak", "quitters" and "bozos". The fact that they beat the 76s yesterday by 48 points and set a new nba record by scoring more 3s than the 76s had buckets was "fake news" and nothing more than a mirage. Regarding the Cs recent record of 17-6..I further agree with your statement that you were "not impressed". Trade those soft team members for real warriors and fire that SOB incompetent Ime. Further, why not replace Stevens with a real GM. Him trading so much talent for a substandard White was totally inept. Stevens is way in over his head and has no experience. Then and only then can we finally take pride as we raise the next banner!! Carry on.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 15, 2022 21:36:42 GMT -5
This is a statement game, a "wow" game. Just watched Duke barely beat Wake Forest - Bruins are in OT - turning out to be a really entertaining evening. Jaylen and Jason! Boom! This is the opposite of a nightmare. Please don't wake me up.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 13, 2022 22:43:31 GMT -5
Showing mental toughness and winning games they lost pretty much every time earlier this season. They seem to understand Ime’s defensive scheme more. White is so much better than Schroder, even when he goes 2-10 from 3. Offense feels completely different with him out there as opposed to Dennis- the play actually flows This appears true...He is a team first player. That baseline pass to Timelord for the slam was definitely eyes wide open. He has some quickness too...solid player. I thought that in the 4th quarter there was a good deal of one on one or one on two play by the Js reminiscent of earlier in the year and less ball movement than in recent games.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 13, 2022 16:06:20 GMT -5
They are showing some good toughness. Just need to play lock down D in the 4th. Here we go...back to hero ball....
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 13, 2022 15:10:51 GMT -5
Fantastic play...but the Lord looks tired...Without checking, I think he played a lot of first half minutes. Now that we've decided that D is our team forte, Nesmith should get time even if told to limit his offensive opportunities.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 12, 2022 8:38:14 GMT -5
Tie game with 6 min left- Jaylen having a really rough game. He and Jason having a bad shooting night. 4 for 16 for Jaylen. Maybe somebody else should be taking the shots. Their poor shooting has happened uncomfortably often this season...maybe due to defensive energy expended in this case....Grit when it counted tho. This game was a certain loss a month ago. The increased ball movement is exciting to Celtic fans who remember when. And for all the talk of Danny's poor drafting, Timelord is a weighty counter balance.
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