Boston Red Sox - 2006

[GBrushTWood]

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And please, sign Loretta for next year. Pretty please?

Can you explain why you want Loretta back so badly in 2007? I look at him and see a .300/.362/.386 hitter at 2B, which is largely replaceable production. I do not see him as a Bill Mueller, battling, fouling pitches off kind of hitter. He seems to be more of a hacker and doesn't see that many pitches (a hitting tenet of the organization).

Defensively, I like his smooth handwork once he gets to balls, but some have criticized him for his range going to his right. I personally haven't noticed that too much, but it's something to think about. He runs the bases adequately, I suppose, although he has no real speed to talk about. Overall, I see Loretta as a very bland, boring type of player who excels at doing only one thing very well: hitting singles.

Personally, I am ready to start the Dustin Pedroia era because he is ready for the show right now. I would not ****** the development of Pedroia by offering arbitration to a player who primarily gives you singles and adequate defense. I also doubt you will see Loretta offered arbitration in the off season.

[Thrasha]

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Can you explain why you want Loretta back so badly in 2007? I look at him and see a .300/.362/.386 hitter at 2B, which is largely replaceable production. I do not see him as a Bill Mueller, battling, fouling pitches off kind of hitter. He seems to be more of a hacker and doesn't see that many pitches (a hitting tenet of the organization).

Defensively, I like his smooth handwork once he gets to balls, but some have criticized him for his range going to his right. I personally haven't noticed that too much, but it's something to think about. He runs the bases adequately, I suppose, although he has no real speed to talk about. Overall, I see Loretta as a very bland, boring type of player who excels at doing only one thing very well: hitting singles.

Personally, I am ready to start the Dustin Pedroia era because he is ready for the show right now. I would not ****** the development of Pedroia by offering arbitration to a player who primarily gives you singles and adequate defense. I also doubt you will see Loretta offered arbitration in the off season.

Pedroia could play shortstop next year while Loretta plays secondbase. I'm in the group that would like to see Loretta return.

He's a consistent hitter, who plays pretty good defense. I don't know many secondbasemen that are hitting the market that you can sign to a deal that Loretta would probably agree to considering his age.

And it seems the wheels on the bus are falling off...

Francona, meanwhile, clearly seems to be getting frustrated with a club that literally seems to be falling apart. Manny Ramirez (knee) is out of the lineup again today after playing on Saturday night. The Sox also are without Wily Mo Pena (wrist) and Doug Mirabelli (ankle), explaining why bench coach Brad Mills posted a lineup card that looked like it was intended for a spring training game.

When asked if Ramirez could serve as the designated hitter, Francona bristled.

“He said he couldn’t play. What the (expletive) do you want me to do?'’ snarled the manager. “If a guy says he can’t play, he can’t (expletive) play. …Go ask him. He said he can’t (expltive) play.'’

Tito's response to reporters asking him about Manny sitting out tonight.

[Misfit]

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I think the Manager is a little pissed off with Manny right now. Maybe Manny is once again hoping to get dealt in the offseason.

[Misfit]

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I officially declare it football season!!!

Seriously, I don't think I'm going to watch another Sox game this year because they suck and I don't have time.

[GBrushTWood]

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I officially declare it football season!!!

Seriously, I don't think I'm going to watch another Sox game this year because they suck and I don't have time.

Cool. Fairweather fans rawk. How bout dem saaaaawwwxx~~!

I'll keep watching intermittently as I usually do. I'm interested to see if Ortiz can hit 50+ HR. I'm also interested in seeing how or if Dustin Pedroia progresses. Also Papelbon.

[Dispatch]

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Im still watching, it's just harder since there on the west coast and play at 10:00.

Lester isn't pitching tonight because of a sore back. Gabbard is taking his spot.... I'll count it as an loss but I'll still put it on.

And does anyone know how Hansen has done in AAA?

[Stu]

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Im still watching, it's just harder since there on the west coast and play at 10:00.

Lester isn't pitching tonight because of a sore back. Gabbard is taking his spot.... I'll count it as an loss but I'll still put it on.

And does anyone know how Hansen has done in AAA?

Same here. I won't be watching them every day like I normally do but I'm still watching.

Hansen has pitched 2 innings, 0 runs and 4 hits in 1 minor league appearance:

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Craig%20Hansen&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=475022

[RockyTop1]

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worst record in the majors in August, nice job guys

[Misfit]

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Cool. Fairweather fans rawk. How bout dem saaaaawwwxx~~!

I'll keep watching intermittently as I usually do. I'm interested to see if Ortiz can hit 50+ HR. I'm also interested in seeing how or if Dustin Pedroia progresses. Also Papelbon.

I'm up in the morning at 4:30 and home around 7. When I come home I just want to eat some dinner, play a little guitar, and go to bed. On the weekends, I'd rather be enjoying my spare time outside of the house. Even if they were playing well right now I wouldn't be tuning into every game. They're starting pitching is so poor right now it just frustrates me to watch, why watch something thats going to piss me off? Take your fairweather crap elsewhere.

[Dispatch]

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Lester has been placed on the disabled list with a back problem.

Im gonna go out on a limb here and call the season over.

Personally I can't wait for the off-season to see what Theo try's to do. I hope that he continues his plan to make the team around the young core we have.

[Thrasha]

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Holy crap.

Has anyone taken a look at this lineup tonight?

Crisp
Cora
Loretta
Youkilis
Hinske
Lowell
Lopez
Pena
Pedroia

Pena is playing 1st, and Loretta is DHing. What is Mark's injury?

[Dispatch]

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Holy crap.

Has anyone taken a look at this lineup tonight?

Crisp
Cora
Loretta
Youkilis
Hinske
Lowell
Lopez
Pena
Pedroia

Pena is playing 1st, and Loretta is DHing. What is Mark's injury?

Yea that lineup is starting to look like a team that could dominate AAA but not so much the big leagues.

And I think Loretta has a leg injury.

[GeePee20]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2564608

Hopefully everything is alright with the big man

[Dispatch]

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Well this sucks. I hope Ortiz is ok.

Without him and Manny our offense pretty much sucks.

I never realized that Manny and Ortiz meant this much to our offense. Without them our offense is anemic.

[Misfit]

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Ortiz and Manny have been the only consistent bats since July. Without them its no surprise they struggle mightily. My main concern is that Ortiz can get healthy and continue to play the game next year. Though it would suck to see his chase for 50 homers end this way.