Some here would poo poo that accomplishment since the season started so early this year....
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Some here would poo poo that accomplishment since the season started so early this year....
Well, that's a fair point, but it's really not what we should be debating. The Indians are having a fantastic start, whether it's statistically their best start ever or not. Let's talk about that.
Let's talk about the Royals and Marlins as well, who are also off to fast starts.
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If there were such a thing as Royals or Marlin fans on these boards that would be willing to post that content, we would listen. In the meantime, you'll have to suffer through my Indians cheering.
I stated before that I think it's great that the INDIANS have had a great start. But I try not to to bring up MARLINS hoopla TOO fast because I know it's a long season AND the question of attendance ALWAYS gets thrown in the as a jab of some sort. And the same explanation is given and the same "aw that's bullsh**" sentiment is relayed.... so I stick to a quick blurb and move on.
It seems like 1997 all over again. Deja vu perhaps? Maybe this is the year my Indians get their revenge from that World Series debacle?
PS. The fans here aren't exactly setting the world on fire with attendance either. Reason being? It's not that we're fair weather fans, because we have showed up in the past. (In the mid-'90s, we sold out 455 straight; a record of the time, the Cavs, despite having a lousy team this year had one of the highest attendance numbers in the league and I can't remember the last time the Browns did not sell out). The reason why these fans are hesitant to jump back on board? These past few years, the Indians owner has jaded the fans, ripped our hearts out and stomped on them by trading our favorite player Victor Martinez and two Cy Young winners in CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee. We're like a girl who has gotten dumped one too many times. We've built an emotional barrier around us in order not to get hurt again. We are reluctant to let anyone get close to us again in fear of the hurt that might be inevitable.
Me? F* it. I'm in no matter what. I've been hurt before just like the rest. I'll enjoy the good times for they will trump the bad ones in the end!
Seven strong innings from Lester tonight. One run, eleven strikeouts. The Angels will be 0 and 6against the Red Sox after they lose tonight, compared to 16-6 versus the rest of the league. Go figure.
I read that Wakefield has endured seven blown saves in the last two years, yet surprisingly, none were by Paplebon.
Notoriously slow starting David Ortiz is hitting .286 and projects to 22 homers and 90 RBI. The Sox have a $12 million option on him for next year. I suspect they will not exercise it.
I read that Wakefield has endured seven blown saves in the last two years, yet surprisingly, none were by Paplebon.
Notoriously slow starting David Ortiz is hitting .286 and projects to 22 homers and 90 RBI. The Sox have a $12 million option on him for next year. I suspect they will not exercise it.
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It seems like 1997 all over again. Deja vu perhaps? Maybe this is the year my Indians get their revenge from that World Series debacle?
PS. The fans here aren't exactly setting the world on fire with attendance either. Reason being? It's not that we're fair weather fans, because we have showed up in the past. (In the mid-'90s, we sold out 455 straight; a record of the time, the Cavs, despite having a lousy team this year had one of the highest attendance numbers in the league and I can't remember the last time the Browns did not sell out). The reason why these fans are hesitant to jump back on board? These past few years, the Indians owner has jaded the fans, ripped our hearts out and stomped on them by trading our favorite player Victor Martinez and two Cy Young winners in CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee. We're like a girl who has gotten dumped one too many times. We've built an emotional barrier around us in order not to get hurt again. We are reluctant to let anyone get close to us again in fear of the hurt that might be inevitable.
Me? F* it. I'm in no matter what. I've been hurt before just like the rest. I'll enjoy the good times for they will trump the bad ones in the end!
Translation- the attendance is a result of being a tad cautious after seeing what happened to their better players.
Food for thought: the last 5 teams Orlando Cabrera signed with have made the playoffs the year he arrived. Started in Boston in '04, then Anaheim, Chicago, Minnesota and the Reds last year. Hmmmmmm.
Go Tribe!
Go Tribe!
A gem of a pitching matchup got ruined by a long rain delay last night. Erwin Santana had a no-hitter going and Josh Beckett had only given up one hit when the rains came early in the fifth inning, and neither was able to pitch when the rain stopped a couple hours later.
Both teams blew out their bullpens. Dice K lost the game for the Red Sox in the 14th, meaning that he won't be available to pitch in his regular turn against Minnesota Saturday. I predict that Wakefield, who came in to pitch in the ninth inning after Okajima had put runners on first and third, will get the spot start. I'm still pulling for him to eventually surpass Clemens and Cy Young to become the Red Sox all-time leader in wins, but realistically, it would take two seasons and lots of bad breaks for the starting rotation to get him enough opportunities.
Both teams blew out their bullpens. Dice K lost the game for the Red Sox in the 14th, meaning that he won't be available to pitch in his regular turn against Minnesota Saturday. I predict that Wakefield, who came in to pitch in the ninth inning after Okajima had put runners on first and third, will get the spot start. I'm still pulling for him to eventually surpass Clemens and Cy Young to become the Red Sox all-time leader in wins, but realistically, it would take two seasons and lots of bad breaks for the starting rotation to get him enough opportunities.
One fifth of a baseball season is 32 games. Multiply the present, cumulative stats of any everyday player by five to extrapolate his season's totals.
The Red Sox are paying $160 milion to produce 4.1 runs a game. Kansas City pays one third that amount to score a run a game more. Red Sox ex-slugger Jack Clark, who, it was revealed during his bankruptcy proceedings, didn't undersand the difference between $3 million a year and infinity. Judging by Carl Crawford's contract, neither does Theo Epstein.
The Red Sox benefitted in 2008 from paying six Lester, Ellsbury, Pedrioa, Papelbon, Bucholz and Okajima less than three and a half million a year. Those discounts are expiring and next year, the four of those players they will be keeping will cost the Red Sox $15 to $20 million more without improving their team.
The Red Sox are paying $160 milion to produce 4.1 runs a game. Kansas City pays one third that amount to score a run a game more. Red Sox ex-slugger Jack Clark, who, it was revealed during his bankruptcy proceedings, didn't undersand the difference between $3 million a year and infinity. Judging by Carl Crawford's contract, neither does Theo Epstein.
The Red Sox benefitted in 2008 from paying six Lester, Ellsbury, Pedrioa, Papelbon, Bucholz and Okajima less than three and a half million a year. Those discounts are expiring and next year, the four of those players they will be keeping will cost the Red Sox $15 to $20 million more without improving their team.
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The players you mentioned from '08 we not eligible for arbitration, so they had no choice but to play for that salary.
Mattingly again showing why he is a better manager than Torre; he will actually fight for his players, argue, and get kicked out of games. And he is letting his starting pitch into the 8th, something else Torre would never let happen
Becket pitches his second successive no-run game with no decision. His ERA is now 1.99 but his record is only 3-3. If there were a way to tabluate the opinions that Red Sox bloggers have posted regarding Beckett over the lastt few years, they'd be about ten-to-one against.
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Becket pitches his second successive no-run game with no decision. His ERA is now 1.99 but his record is only 3-3.
Welcome to the world of the best pitcher no one talks about, Josh Johnson of the Florida Marlins.
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