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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    article in the star here in toronto .... said it was a panicked hiring ... and that valentine was the owner's choice not the gm's ...

    http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/ ... s-for-jays
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    A long but very good read on how they came to Valentine. I love reading about how front offices work and think.

    http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/baseb ... came-red-s

    Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Obviously I am hoping for him to fail but I could see it going either way. I could see him clashing with players and the front office and I could see it working out and them playing great. I read that when he was manager of the Mets he was more interested in OBP than speed at the top of the lineup when that wasn't the way of thinking. He said speed was pointless at the top since they often score on home runs and was more important further down. Interesting to hear about a manager thinking that way when it wasn't the norm.

    Interesting that his contract is 2 years and will be ending at the same times as Farrell's
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    I Love Bobby V, best thing that could have happened to the Sox! ofcourse the Yankees are still going to kick your ass all year but that's unaviodable.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this- ... y-legs-out

    That is seriously horrible. I would be pretty disgusted with your organization if I were you. Dude was the most successful manager you have ever had and thats how he goes out. Fucking embarrassing.
  • TheShafer
    TheShafer Posts: 81
    booby v is great for the red sox.... now that's just one less team for the rangers to have to worry about.
    The road goes on forever and the party never ends....
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    jimed14 wrote:
    All this off season news means little to me, so wrapped up in the Pats and B's ... but ...

    I still miss Heidi
    Did you see Heidi was back on NESN yesterday at the Bobby V presser?
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    I'm so confused. Is she staying or going jimed?
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    Damn, fellas. You guys are really liking the Yanks 2009 bullpen.
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Damn, fellas. You guys are really liking the Yanks 2009 bullpen.
    Melancon for Tennessee Jed and Scott Weiland? I like it. Honestly I'm not sold on Dan Bard going to the rotation. Good chance he ends up as the closer with Melancon and Fat Alpers as set up.

    Also, love the Shoppach signing. Gonna be sad to see Captek go, but it had to be done. Also, Lavarnway is a great young bat who needs to improve his catching skills before he can assume the role.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Damn, fellas. You guys are really liking the Yanks 2009 bullpen.
    Melancon for Tennessee Jed and Scott Weiland? I like it. Honestly I'm not sold on Dan Bard going to the rotation. Good chance he ends up as the closer with Melancon and Fat Alpers as set up.

    Also, love the Shoppach signing. Gonna be sad to see Captek go, but it had to be done. Also, Lavarnway is a great young bat who needs to improve his catching skills before he can assume the role.

    Yeah, between Melancon and Aceves, loading up on the 2009 yankes bullpen arms. I still hate the fact Aceves is on that team. Yeah, I'm not too sure on Bard going to the rotation. Not sure how that is going to work out. Didn't he start in the minors for a while and did terribly? I could be thinking of someone else.

    Wakefield and "C" are going to be gone. Pretty crazy.
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Aceves is a nice bullpen guy too. I like the bullpen post-Pap if we keep Bard out there. We missed out on Buehrle which would have helped the rotation. I still think Clay Buckles has a big season in 2012.

    edit: I happen to be watching this Derek Jeter Barbra Walters interview here on ESPN and I gotta say he's gone up about 3 notches in my book the last few days with the recent developments of him giving souvenir tote bags of signed shit as a door prize to his conquests. Amazing.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Aceves is a nice bullpen guy too. I like the bullpen post-Pap if we keep Bard out there. We missed out on Buehrle which would have helped the rotation. I still think Clay Buckles has a big season in 2012.

    edit: I happen to be watching this Derek Jeter Barbra Walters interview here on ESPN and I gotta say he's gone up about 3 notches in my book the last few days with the recent developments of him giving souvenir tote bags of signed shit as a door prize to his conquests. Amazing.

    Aceves is the man. Going to be a starter next year as of now, right? Gotta hope the lap top stealer has a big season. You guys need him.

    Yessir :thumbup: As I mentioned in the Yankees thread, that is by far the greatest thing I have ever heard. Just when I thought I couldn't like the guy more, I go and read about him giving signed baseballs to chicks. It does not get better than that. Nope. Case closed, he is an American Hero. How many dads in the NY Metro Area are now looking at their signed Jeter baseballs they got from their daughter for Christmas or Fathers day, wondering where the hell their daugther got it? :lol:
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I see Aceves as the hybrid guy that we need. I think he'll be effective starting or in the pen. And I think even if Theo's expressing interest in Wake, if his back feels ok, he'll be back with the Sox on another one year deal.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,344
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    How many dads in the NY Metro Area are now looking at their signed Jeter baseballs they got from their daughter for Christmas or Fathers day, wondering where the hell their daugther got it? :lol:
    let me add a couple of :lol::lol: of my own.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    Sox spring training tickets went on sale today. Ended up getting cheap seats for 5 games.

    Twins
    Rays
    Orioles
    Cardinals
    Marlins

    All games at the new Fenway South at JetBlue Park. I live about 5 miles from the new stadium, so that's pretty convenient. I'm going to try to score some Sox @ Twins tickets when they go on sale.
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    Wait, what?!?! Their spring training stadium is called jetblue park?!? Haha
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Exit Josh Reddick

    Enter Andrew Bailey
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • AmherstJammer
    AmherstJammer Amherst, Massachusetts Posts: 1,510
    4th place in 2012 :thumbup:
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    And I have my evening reading for tonight

    http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/ ... tells_all/
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    And I have my evening reading for tonight

    http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/ ... tells_all/


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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    Carl Crawford had wrist surgery and will start hitting at some point during spring training, that is if Carl Crawford could actually still hit :lol::lol:

    Oh and nice job countering the Yanks big moves Friday with a big signing of Padilla.

    The Yankees moves were just "eh" though :lol:

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