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The Official 2010 Boston Red Sox Thread (1 Viewer)

Will they get any positive production frm Dice K this season?

Why not DH Lowell instead of Ortiz?

How long until Bard is the closer?

 
I'm not going to lie. I like this team. Lots of speed and it looks like this lineup could morph into something special.

 
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BOSTON—Catcher Jason Varitek's entrance into the Boston clubhouse Tuesday was punctuated by startled shouts and the clatter of dropped objects, as his Red Sox teammates explained that they had all just assumed the veteran player had died. "I could have sworn he died after the All-Star break," second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who sent flowers and a card to Varitek's family, told reporters. "I don't remember seeing him on base at all last season, much less in the lineup or catching. I thought that's why we got Victor [Martinez], because Jason was dead. Right?" Though Pedroia insisted that it was good to see his teammate again, he was still not entirely convinced that Varitek was not dead after watching him take a round of batting practice
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LinkI think I may like this Onion/Varitek story better, from last year.

BOSTON—As the 2009 baseball season progresses, major-league managers are defending against Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek by employing what they call the "Varitek Shift," a defensive maneuver in which infielders move up past the pitcher's mound and outfielders take a knee and relax. "It's very effective," Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire told reporters. "If Jason makes contact with the ball, which is rare in itself, he usually hits slow dribblers that catch infielders by surprise because of how weak they're hit. So, by moving the infielders up, and having the pitcher rush home plate after the pitch has been thrown, [Varitek] has virtually no chance of reaching base. If runners are on when he comes up, we may have the outfielders cover first, second, and third to ensure a double or triple play." Gardenhire added that it doesn't matter if the switch-hitting Varitek bats right- or left-handed, as the shift is foolproof
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Raider Nation said:
the moops said:
Raider Nation said:
Finless said:
Beckett being locked up on a $68M 4 year extension.
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:confused: He looked like he wanted to be ANYWHERE except on the mound the other night.He's toast. This was one last cash-grab, and Theo fell for it. It could be the latter's downfall.
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Last 3 years.AJ Burnett - ERA+ 119, 104, 106. Contract 5 years, 82.5 million (16.5/yr)John Lackey - ERA+ 150, 119, 118. Contract 5 years, 82.5 million (16.5/yr)Josh Beckett - ERA+ of 145, 115, 122. Contract 4 years. 68 million (17/yr)Seems like a good deal. But go ahead and judge it off one start. Good luck with that. Are you as down on Sabathia who pitched nearly as bad on opening day?
 
the moops said:
Raider Nation said:
the moops said:
Raider Nation said:
Finless said:
Beckett being locked up on a $68M 4 year extension.
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:confused: He looked like he wanted to be ANYWHERE except on the mound the other night.He's toast. This was one last cash-grab, and Theo fell for it. It could be the latter's downfall.
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Last 3 years.AJ Burnett - ERA+ 119, 104, 106. Contract 5 years, 82.5 million (16.5/yr)John Lackey - ERA+ 150, 119, 118. Contract 5 years, 82.5 million (16.5/yr)Josh Beckett - ERA+ of 145, 115, 122. Contract 4 years. 68 million (17/yr)Seems like a good deal. But go ahead and judge it off one start. Good luck with that. Are you as down on Sabathia who pitched nearly as bad on opening day?
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:blackdot: unfortunately
 
Kurt Suzuki to the Red Sox?

If Ortiz is finished, might the Red Sox ditch him, make Martinez the DH and obtain a catcher via trade? Buster Olney of ESPN mentioned Kurt Suzuki as one possibility.
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shadyridr said:
the moops said:
Kurt Suzuki to the Red Sox?

If Ortiz is finished, might the Red Sox ditch him, make Martinez the DH and obtain a catcher via trade? Buster Olney of ESPN mentioned Kurt Suzuki as one possibility.
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Why would the A's trade him? Hes young, plays a premier position, and is basically their best hitter. Sounds like a pipe dream.
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:goodposting: Beane will trade anyone on his roster if it nets them something positive. Doubt the Sox would give up what the A's would want.

Anyway, just found it interesting and it certainly fits into the defensive mindset the Sox took this winter, with signing Beltre for 3rd and cameron for CF.

 
Beckett takes a liner off the back of his head and keeps pitching. Not going to see that kind of toughness very often.

 
The first week of the baseball season wasn't much fun for David Ortiz.Big Papi, Mr. Walkoff, struggled mightily out of the blocks and a portion of Red Sox Nation is ready to give up on Ortiz as the club's everyday DH.

Ortiz went hitless in the Sox first two games against the Yankees, then took issue with a postgame question about his slow start, peppering his short answer with seven expletives. This only heaped more pressure on his enormous head, but he finally silenced some of the critics with an RBI single off Andy Pettitte in the series finale.

He was happy to get out of town for a weekend in sleepy Kansas City, but things only got worse at Kauffman Stadium. Last Friday night Ortiz was ejected by home plate umpire Mike Estabrook after getting called out for failing to hold back on a feeble check swing/strike three. He got the day off Saturday, but returned to the lineup Sunday and struck out four times, leaving five runners on base.

The Red Sox are in Minnesota this week and return to Fenway Friday night. Ortiz begins the week batting .111 (2 for 18) with no homers and one RBI. He has struck out nine times in five games.

It's an awkward situation for Ortiz and his manager, the ever-loyal Terry Francona.

For starters, let's dismiss the notion that it's unfair to question Ortiz' place in the lineup after only one week. This is not a five-game sample, folks. It's a three-year trend.

Ortiz earned his reputation as the greatest clutch hitter in Sox history, carrying the Boston offense (along with Manny Ramirez) to a pair of World Series championships. He set the franchise record with 54 homers in 2006.

In 2004, '05 and '06 he knocked in 139, 148 and 137 runs respectively.

But he's been trending downward in dramatic fashion, starting with the 2008 playoffs in which he hit .186 in 10 games against the Angels and Rays. Then came his abysmal start in 2009. Ortiz did not hit a home run last spring until May 20, a stretch of 149 at-bats. He finished the season with 28 homers and 99 RBIs, but he hit only .238 and his slugging and on-base percentages were way down. He hit only .125 on fastballs up in the strike zone, .212 vs. lefties. Then he went 1-12 with no RBIs in the playoff sweep against the Angels. The day after the Sox were eliminated, GM Theo Epstein said the Sox would need to get more production from the DH spot in 2010.

Which brings us to now. Ortiz showed up at spring training in Fort Myers, Fla., significantly smaller and told us he had nothing to prove. He reminded us that he's traditionally a slow starter.

So why the fuss over a bad first week?

Because Ortiz will never again be the slugger he once was. Good pitchers toy with him. Lefties dominate him. The Joe Maddon shift has tortured him. He misses Manny. He is at least 34 years old and hitters with his body type generally fade quickly in the mid 30s (Ortiz is untradeable, a 10-5 player, making $12 million in the final year of his contract).

There's also speculation that he used performance-enhancing drugs. Last summer The New York Times revealed that Ortiz was among one of the 104 major leaguers who tested positive when all players submitted to drug testing in 2003. The Major League Players Association rushed to Ortiz' defense and childish Sox owner John Henry stated, "David said he didn't do it,'' but the damage was done.

The 2003 season was the one in which Ortiz went from ordinary to spectacular after being dumped by the Twins. Ortiz will always be one of the most popular players ever to wear a Red Sox uniform. He's been Mr. Clutch, the Dominican Yaz. Since coming to Boston he's also been thoroughly professional and friendly, bringing nothing but joy to Sox fans and teammates. But the Sox can't wait two months for him to get untracked this year. Boston lost Jason Bay (36 homers, 119 RBIs) to the Mets and their offense could be an issue for a team that spent the winter acquiring only pitching and defense.

This creates a nightmare for Francona, who loves those veterans of '04 and '07. Tito stayed with Mike Timlin and Jason Varitek long after they stopped contributing and it's not going to be easy to tell Ortiz to sit.

"I don't want David looking over his shoulder a game and a half into the season,'' the manager said after Ortiz's outburst with the media during the Yankee series. "I want him to walk up there and feel comfortable ... He's done a lot of good things here and I think he thinks some people bailed on him last year. Being reactionary isn't my job.''

It's time to react. Mike Lowell and Jeremy Hermida are on the Boston bench, waiting for a chance to hit.

Dan Shaughnessy is a columnist for The Boston Globe.
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Matthias said:
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:unsure: 76 year-old Pat Burrell with a dinger. Fans are leaving before the next game even begins.
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They probably were different tickets. The doubleheaders I've been to they make everyone leave and then reenter. I imagine it's the same thing when they're just finishing up one game before they start another.
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Why on Earth would somebody trek to the stadium to see one inning?
 
Matthias said:
Raider Nation said:
:unsure: 76 year-old Pat Burrell with a dinger. Fans are leaving before the next game even begins.
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They probably were different tickets. The doubleheaders I've been to they make everyone leave and then reenter. I imagine it's the same thing when they're just finishing up one game before they start another.
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That makes too much sense for raider to comprehend.
 
the moops said:
Matthias said:
Raider Nation said:
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76 year-old Pat Burrell with a dinger. Fans are leaving before the next game even begins.
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They probably were different tickets. The doubleheaders I've been to they make everyone leave and then reenter. I imagine it's the same thing when they're just finishing up one game before they start another.
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That makes too much sense for raider to comprehend.
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Or maybe youre both the idiots and raider is the smart one
BOSTON -- With the scored tied, 1-1, in the middle of the ninth inning and a heavy rain falling, the Red Sox's game against the Rays on Friday night at Fenway Park was delayed, eventually being suspended after an hour and three minutes.

"To be honest with you, I think they did the right [thing]," catcher Jason Varitek said. "I don't know how anybody could still pitch, soaked and cold and wet. But hopefully it stays dry enough for us [saturday]."

The game will be resumed at 7:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, before the start of the regularly scheduled contest. The game will resume with the score tied and the Sox batting in the bottom of the ninth. After the conclusion, the originally scheduled contest will begin approximately 30-45 minutes later.

The continuation of Friday's game is governed by the rules of Major League Baseball. In accordance with those rules, the first game of the series must be played to completion before the second game may commence.

Tickets for Saturday's game will be valid for both the suspended game and the regularly scheduled contest. Tickets for Friday will no longer be valid.

For Jeremy Hermida, his first start at home had an unexpected non-ending.

"We'll go back out there and see if we can get a 'W' [saturday]," Hermida said. "We got a chance to win two [saturday], so it's a good day for us.

"I'm hitting in the three-hole [saturday], so I'm pretty excited about it. It's going to be a little bit different, but stepping out there and finishing that game, we got to make sure we got our focus and realize what the situation is. We got a chance to go out there and win a ballgame."

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shadyridr said:
the moops said:
Matthias said:
Raider Nation said:
:lmao:

76 year-old Pat Burrell with a dinger. Fans are leaving before the next game even begins.
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They probably were different tickets. The doubleheaders I've been to they make everyone leave and then reenter. I imagine it's the same thing when they're just finishing up one game before they start another.
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That makes too much sense for raider to comprehend.
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Or maybe youre both the idiots and raider is the smart one
BOSTON -- With the scored tied, 1-1, in the middle of the ninth inning and a heavy rain falling, the Red Sox's game against the Rays on Friday night at Fenway Park was delayed, eventually being suspended after an hour and three minutes.

"To be honest with you, I think they did the right [thing]," catcher Jason Varitek said. "I don't know how anybody could still pitch, soaked and cold and wet. But hopefully it stays dry enough for us [saturday]."

The game will be resumed at 7:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, before the start of the regularly scheduled contest. The game will resume with the score tied and the Sox batting in the bottom of the ninth. After the conclusion, the originally scheduled contest will begin approximately 30-45 minutes later.

The continuation of Friday's game is governed by the rules of Major League Baseball. In accordance with those rules, the first game of the series must be played to completion before the second game may commence.

Tickets for Saturday's game will be valid for both the suspended game and the regularly scheduled contest. Tickets for Friday will no longer be valid.

For Jeremy Hermida, his first start at home had an unexpected non-ending.

"We'll go back out there and see if we can get a 'W' [saturday]," Hermida said. "We got a chance to win two [saturday], so it's a good day for us.

"I'm hitting in the three-hole [saturday], so I'm pretty excited about it. It's going to be a little bit different, but stepping out there and finishing that game, we got to make sure we got our focus and realize what the situation is. We got a chance to go out there and win a ballgame."

Gates will open at 5:10 p.m.
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moops :own3d: .... as usual.
 
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