tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post115713571261523465..comments2024-03-27T21:22:03.495-04:00Comments on Dan Shaughnessy Watch: In which Dan tries to be tactfulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1158788592195583722006-09-20T17:43:00.000-04:002006-09-20T17:43:00.000-04:00the outright gifts of RobertsGetting a good 4th OF...<I>the outright gifts of Roberts</I><BR/><BR/>Getting a good 4th OF and a solid backup IF plus cash for a 4th OF is a not gift, you anything but objective moron.dbvaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313968008498094004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157847770691768912006-09-09T20:22:00.000-04:002006-09-09T20:22:00.000-04:00Whoa!! Now we're defending Dan Duquette?A world t...Whoa!! Now we're defending Dan Duquette?<BR/><BR/>A world title under Duquette/Kerrigan? Never!<BR/><BR/>http://www.duquettesports.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157636474323737022006-09-07T09:41:00.000-04:002006-09-07T09:41:00.000-04:00As for the rest of the ass-clowns you cite, well, ...As for the rest of the ass-clowns you cite, well, last time we saw Derek Lowe he was putting up a 5.42 ERA. Sure, $9m/year sounds good! <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile Pedro has 4.16 ERA against the A.L. since he became a Met and has been on the DL three times in that span. Let's pay him $13m! <BR/><BR/>Meredith bombed in Boston, has pitched well in San Diego. Rudy Seanez bombed in Boston, pitched well in San Diego (and they brought him back, btw). See a pattern here? Easy environment...difficult environment.<BR/><BR/>As my friend Joe notes, Anibal Sanchez this season: 7-2, 2.88, Aaron Sele 1993 - 7-2, 2.74. Someone tell the Hall of Fame to get that plaque ready, stat.<BR/><BR/>Next!mike_b1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03887169120483500989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157635974893460702006-09-07T09:32:00.000-04:002006-09-07T09:32:00.000-04:00Bruce the issue isn't Theo. The issue that Dan con...Bruce the issue isn't Theo. The issue that Dan congratulated management left, right, up, down and on the ass-cheeks for its off-season moves. And now he's acting like that never happened (Have you forgotten how he wanted to give Clemens' 21 to Beckett?).<BR/><BR/>Rookie pitchers who have thrown no-hitters:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Earl Moore, Indians <BR/>Nick Maddox, Pirates <BR/>Jeff Tesreau, Giants <BR/>C. Robertson, W. Sox <BR/>Paul Dean, Cardinals <BR/>Vern Kennedy, W. Sox <BR/>B. McCahan, Athletics <BR/>B. Holloman, Browns <BR/>Sam Jones, Cubs <BR/>Bo Belinsky, Angels <BR/>Don Wilson, Astros <BR/>Vida Blue, Athletics <BR/>Burt Hooton, Cubs <BR/>Jim Bibby, Rangers <BR/>Steve Busby, Royals <BR/>M. Warren, Athletics <BR/>J. Jimenez, Rockies<BR/>B. Smith, Cardinals<BR/>A. Sanchez, Marlins<BR/><BR/>That's a real indicator for career success. What's the Marlins record? 70-69? Yeah, the Sox are really missing out.mike_b1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03887169120483500989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157618312600044782006-09-07T04:38:00.000-04:002006-09-07T04:38:00.000-04:00Whoops. I forgot the Marlins game.Anibal Sanchez. ...Whoops. I forgot the Marlins game.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Anibal Sanchez. No hitter. <BR/><BR/>Hanley Rameriz. GW RBI in no hittiter.<BR/><BR/>Josh (1-5 in Aug/Sept.) Beckett.<BR/><BR/>Is there a record for most All-Rookie team candidates traded away by a single GM in a single year. Or most stupid deals by a GM?<BR/><BR/>But then, Theo is a genius because the Duquette-dominated club he took over won the World's Series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157617537114319322006-09-07T04:25:00.000-04:002006-09-07T04:25:00.000-04:00Oh, and Chief, Cla Meridith just got an extra-inni...Oh, and Chief, Cla Meridith just got an extra-innings win in a pennant race. Pitched the final inning and two-thirds in game that entered the 11th scoreless, with his team teertering between 1.5 and 1 game out for the division title. Doesn't that top a walk-off homer for an also-ran?<BR/><BR/>And BTW, Derek Lowe pitched a n 8-inning, 79 pitch, one-run masterpiece with a fabulous sinker that was absolutely dropping off the table.<BR/><BR/>What a rotten year for Theo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157617209699713172006-09-07T04:20:00.000-04:002006-09-07T04:20:00.000-04:00Yes, Carlos Pena is now just one behind the immort...Yes, Carlos Pena is now just one behind the immortal Jim Gosger on the all-time Red Sox walk off homers list. Wonderful. Bet the Rangers, A's and Tiggers are firing people left and right because of this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157424647927122102006-09-04T22:50:00.000-04:002006-09-04T22:50:00.000-04:00Looks like "Carlos Once, Twice, Three Times A Fail...Looks like "Carlos Once, Twice, Three Times A Failure Pena" just won the Sox a ballgame, Brucey boy.mike_b1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03887169120483500989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157314758754970422006-09-03T16:19:00.000-04:002006-09-03T16:19:00.000-04:00You're right; it's not just the park. Other factor...You're right; it's not just the park. Other factors would be pitching against inferior hitters, including other pitchers, and in a much lower pressure environment. <BR/><BR/>Neither of those things were going to happen here.<BR/><BR/>Bronson Arropyo experienced the same changes (park excepted) and saw many of the same results, until the NL got a couple of looks at him and started teeing off.<BR/><BR/>I for one am not ready to induct Cla Meredith to the Hall of Fame -- or even call the trade a mistake -- on the basis of 30 IP. There's little probability he would even have made it back to the big club this year had he remained in Boston.mike_b1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03887169120483500989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157310899527233752006-09-03T15:14:00.000-04:002006-09-03T15:14:00.000-04:00Chief, I love this site, but man, when you misfire...Chief, I love this site, but man, when you misfire, do you misfire. C'mon now. Is Petco a pitcher's park? Yes. But there's no way you can pin all of Meredith's improvements to play in that ballpark. He looked like a deer in the headlights when he was here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157246918129229842006-09-02T21:28:00.000-04:002006-09-02T21:28:00.000-04:00/262368.htmlthats the rest of the URL./262368.html<BR/><BR/>thats the rest of the URL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157235754838338452006-09-02T18:22:00.000-04:002006-09-02T18:22:00.000-04:00Some people are not so quick to call Wells a dump....Some people are not so quick to call Wells a dump.<BR/><BR/>http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/news/262368.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157233664912554222006-09-02T17:47:00.000-04:002006-09-02T17:47:00.000-04:00Bruce, you are getting weak in your old age.Cla Me...Bruce, you are getting weak in your old age.<BR/><BR/>Cla Meredith pitches in the best pitcher's park in baseball and has thrown all of 30 innings. Great; he's a real Cy Young candidate.<BR/><BR/>And here's what The CHB wrote on May 2 this year: "The Red Sox, meanwhile, appear vulnerable, never more than when Josh Bard tries to catch Tim Wakefield's knuckler, as he will tonight." <BR/><BR/>The CHB hated that the Sox let Mirabelli go. He loved the deal for Beckett (wanted to issue him Clemens' number, remember?).<BR/><BR/>He loved all these moves as they were made, then criticized them when they went awry. Let's just give him the Pulitzer Prize right now.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Orlando Cabrera sucks. Except to guys who like playing $8 million a year in exchange for .257/.309/.365/8 HRs.mike_b1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03887169120483500989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157230154675868722006-09-02T16:49:00.000-04:002006-09-02T16:49:00.000-04:00Theo is a leading candidate for Major League Execu...Theo is a leading candidate for Major League Executive of the Year, for all he's done for the San Diego Padres -- the outright gifts of Roberts, Bard and Meredith (brilliant, giving up a .328 hitter and a pitcher with a .194 OBA so an aging knuckleballer can have a personal catcher who frolics beneath the Mendoza Line), followed by the Wells dump. <BR/><BR/>Then there are the breakout years of Hanley Rameriz and Freddy Sanchez (while Beckett is 7-8 against AL teams NOT in last place, Brandon Lyon reached his Red Sox apogee by being traded and Suppan was Cal Koonce-like in his contributions). Or look watch Lowe help pitch a team to the post season at a LOWER annual salary than the Sox pay the pathetic Clement (whose season was IMPROVED by a DL stint) and seeing Lowe do pennant-race-winning things like volunteering to pitch in an extra-inning marathon between starts and winning both the extra-inning game AND the short-rest start which followed. AS for Pedro, the non-baseball related DL stint may be a blessing as he first helps the Mets run away and hide and then is left with many innings left in his arm for the post season.<BR/><BR/>The rebuttal to this is Carlos "Once, Twice, Three Times A Failure" Pena? Or Coco "Curt Flood Arm" Crisp? Or Eric ".206 vs. RHP" Hinske? Or excuses about the inevitable breakdowns that hit a geriatric pitchig staff? Or that he signed a shortstop after a wasted year when Cabrera was foolishly allowed get away in favor of Renteria (and blowing an extra $2M to ignore old-time baseball people and listen to the stat boys on that one). <BR/><BR/>Raffling off Wells was a concession speech, spare us the nonsense about balancing acts. It was the kind of late season dump made famous by small-market non-contenders. Theo has had a terrible year, the team we see playing out the string is as dull as at any time since Gorman/Hobson, maybe even since Haywood/Houk.<BR/><BR/>In the final analysis, at the trading deadline, the Sox led the Yankees by a half game. The Yankees improved themselves by more than a half game. The Sox stood pat. The Sox went into a free-fall that will be the stuff of legend. Now, with the Rameriz and Sanchez trades, Theo is gun-shy.<BR/><BR/>The GM said, "The buck stops with me." Unfortunately, the GM who said it was J.P. Ricciardi.<BR/><BR/>Theo had an incredibly lousy year and it taking his lumps for it, just as Shaugnessy predicted he would.<BR/><BR/>Looks like he columnist is entitled to a rousing session of I Told You So. Perhaps Mike Port and Bill Lajoie can join in the chorus.<BR/><BR/>And Larry Lucchino makes three.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157205456923760252006-09-02T09:57:00.000-04:002006-09-02T09:57:00.000-04:00So, so many things wrong with this piece. Dell sho...So, so many things wrong with this piece. Dell should sue Shaughnessy for misuse of its PCs.<BR/><BR/>1. "This has been a fold of epic proportions and it's a cop-out to simply blame injuries and bad luck." <BR/><BR/>Actually, it's not. The Red Sox already have lost <BR/><BR/>Coco Crisp - DL<BR/>Mark Loretta - Injured, not on DL<BR/>Ortiz _ Injured, not on DL<BR/>Manny Ramirez - Injured, not on DL<BR/>Trot Nixon - DL<BR/>Jason Varitek - DL<BR/>Mike Lowell<BR/>Kevin Youkilis<BR/>Alex Gonzalez - DL<BR/><BR/>And here was the opening day pitching rotation:<BR/>Curt Schilling<BR/>Tim Wakefield - DL<BR/>Josh Beckett<BR/>Matt Clement - DL<BR/>David Wells - DL<BR/><BR/>That's seven of the nine starting position players and three of the five starting pitchers. Injuries have not only been a factor, they have been a huge one. And can't we ever acknowledge that the Yankees simply have a better team?<BR/><BR/>2. "Last night, Theo was forced to admit he sold off a contract -- someone who could help this year -- in order to get some value for 2007 and beyond." <BR/><BR/>Uh, how about a direct quote, Dan? I'd like to hear exactly what Theo said before taking your word for it. Nothing personal, of course.<BR/><BR/>3. "Go back to the end of the 2004 World Series and list the good moves made by Epstein. It's tough to come up with many. The GM is in a slump reminiscent of the final days of the Lou Gorman regime." <BR/><BR/>It took my friend Joe about 10 seconds to rebut this. The rest of this reply is his doing.<BR/><BR/>"Here's a partial list;<BR/><BR/>Trading a backup catcher for Mark Loretta<BR/>Signing Alex Gonzalez<BR/>Letting Bill Mueller go and Installing Kevin Youkilis as an every day player<BR/>Trading Bronson Arroyo for Wily Mo Pena<BR/>Signing David Wells<BR/>Acquiring Eric Hinske for nothing<BR/>Acquriing Carlos Pena for nothing<BR/>Not Giving Derek Lowe $30 million<BR/>Signing David Ortiz to a long term contract<BR/>Having Back to Back highly rated drafts<BR/>Not overpaying Pedro Martinez (4.17ERA vs. AL since 2004, 3 trips to the DL)<BR/>Trading David Wells for a well regarded minor league catcher<BR/>Acquiring Coco Crisp<BR/>Signing John Olerud<BR/>Trading for Tony Graffanino<BR/>Trading Ramon Vazquez(!) for Alex Cora<BR/><BR/>OK, I'm tired now."mike_b1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03887169120483500989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157142612603399582006-09-01T16:30:00.000-04:002006-09-01T16:30:00.000-04:00Great call-out by Tito towards the Herald and I'm ...Great call-out by Tito towards the Herald and I'm glad that CHB put it in his story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157137941921103322006-09-01T15:12:00.000-04:002006-09-01T15:12:00.000-04:00Actually, Ft. Myers was incorporated in 1886, so y...Actually, Ft. Myers was incorporated in 1886, so yes, it was around in 1912.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17263668.post-1157136905376179282006-09-01T14:55:00.000-04:002006-09-01T14:55:00.000-04:00Jenny, how on Earth do you manage to watch Sox pre...Jenny, how on Earth do you manage to watch Sox press conferences from down here in DC? Share!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com