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Anyone catch the MLB Network special on the 1967 Red Sox? Very well done. The last two I've seen were on Jim Leyland's career and the Oakland A's of the seventies, and they were both excellent. MLB Network seems to put a premium on showing game footage, which adds to the intensity of the narration.

I had no idea how awful the Red Sox had become after Ted Williams retired. Terrible in every aspect of the game. That '67 team came completely out of nowhere. Yaz with the Triple Crown, Jim Lonborg with the Cy Young. Lonborg started thirty-nine games, pitched 273 innings. He was never the same pitcher after that year.

The Coniglario beaning was brutal to watch. It wasn't a blazing fastball by any means, it just rose and he didn't pick it up. It hit him flush. What a shame. That dude looked to have all-time talent. His bat speed reminded me of Gary Sheffield.

The season came down to the very last day, and it was so cool to see the team in the locker room huddled around a transistor radio listening to the game in Detroit. When **** McAuliffe hit into a game ending double-play, seeing all that emotion was something special. 

 
What's the word on these DL'd / dinged guys coming out of the ASB

Chisenhall

Ian Desmond

Keona Kela

Braun

Tommy Pham

Melancon

Strasburg

Taillon

 
Encyclopedia Brown said:
Anyone catch the MLB Network special on the 1967 Red Sox? Very well done. The last two I've seen were on Jim Leyland's career and the Oakland A's of the seventies, and they were both excellent. MLB Network seems to put a premium on showing game footage, which adds to the intensity of the narration.

I had no idea how awful the Red Sox had become after Ted Williams retired. Terrible in every aspect of the game. That '67 team came completely out of nowhere. Yaz with the Triple Crown, Jim Lonborg with the Cy Young. Lonborg started thirty-nine games, pitched 273 innings. He was never the same pitcher after that year.

The Coniglario beaning was brutal to watch. It wasn't a blazing fastball by any means, it just rose and he didn't pick it up. It hit him flush. What a shame. That dude looked to have all-time talent. His bat speed reminded me of Gary Sheffield.

The season came down to the very last day, and it was so cool to see the team in the locker room huddled around a transistor radio listening to the game in Detroit. When **** McAuliffe hit into a game ending double-play, seeing all that emotion was something special. 
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I'm not gonna watch that one because I despise Red Sux nation, however the others and the Cleveland Almost Dynasty one were great. 

Fan calling Cleveland ticket booth:  What time is the game tonight?

Ticket booth:  What time can you get here?

Playing in front of 300 fans sometimes.  :lmao:

That 1995 Indians team was so good though, an't believe they didn't win it that year. 

 
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Limp Ditka said:
Cubs acquired LHP Jose Quintana from the White Sox for OF Eloy Jiménez, RHP Dylan Cease, 1B Matt Rose, and INF Bryant Flete.
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WOW, just got the alert.  Did not figure the ChiSox would get a player of Jimenez's caliber for Quintana at this point.  Good move for them!

ETA: Cease no slouch either.

 
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This trade is good for both clubs

Sox get future stud(farm system is stacked),  

Cubs get controllable SP that they are desperate for. 

 
Wrigley said:
This trade is good for both clubs

Sox get future stud(farm system is stacked),  

Cubs get controllable SP that they are desperate for. 
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And the farm system on the other side of town might be in the bottom 3rd now. Theo's gutted it over the last 9 months, but flags flying forever and all...

 
rodg12 said:
WOW, just got the alert.  Did not figure the ChiSox would get a player of Jimenez's caliber for Quintana at this point.  Good move for them!

ETA: Cease no slouch either.
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Yeah that's a great deal for the Sox. They continue to get really good value on trading vets

Quintana will help the Cubs a lot but they have gutted the farm system pretty good.

 
FishTacoTuesday said:
I'm not gonna watch that one because I despise Red Sux nation, however the others and the Cleveland Almost Dynasty one were great. 

Fan calling Cleveland ticket booth:  What time is the game tonight?

Ticket booth:  What time can you get here?

Playing in front of 300 fans sometimes.  :lmao:

That 1995 Indians team was so good though, an't believe they didn't win it that year. 
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Maddux and Glavine silence best hitting team. I wasn't surprised.

 
Kraft... said:
Agree it's a win win, the Cubs still have a really young core so I guess they can afford to deal top prospects. :shrug:  
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There's only so many spots on the diamond.  At some point the prospects become most valuable as trade chips to strengthen the big league club.

I'm interested to see how this plays out with the Yankees over the next couple years.  They're going to hit a pretty significant 40 man roster crunch this offseason and then an even bigger one the following year.

 
FishTacoTuesday said:
I'm not gonna watch that one because I despise Red Sux nation, however the others and the Cleveland Almost Dynasty one were great. 

Fan calling Cleveland ticket booth:  What time is the game tonight?

Ticket booth:  What time can you get here?

Playing in front of 300 fans sometimes.  :lmao:

That 1995 Indians team was so good though, an't believe they didn't win it that year. 
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Attendance post-strike was crazy.  Especially '95.  My fam made the trek from Iowa to Yankee Stadium for the first time that year.  We got primo seats between the dugouts behind homeplate for 5 games.  It was spectacular.

 
Looks like living in TB/StP area and having to play in the Trop has possibly driven him back to burying his face into copious mounds of yayo

 
Capella said:
Why. I don't really know much about him. He was good when he was playing though. 
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He was supposed to leave me 4 tickets to a Cubs/Cards game back in the day

Apparently he was too coked up to remember 

#### him 

 
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