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The Official 2013 Boston Red Sox Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports Forum' started by Ray Finkle, Feb 21, 2013.

  1. Ray Finkle

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    Playoffs baby!! 1 more win or TB loss to win the AL East. Magic number for best record in baseball is, if my math is correct, 5 now.

    The Sox starting pitching has been unbelievable in the month of September, would you believe that they have only 1 loss in the month so far? And that was a 3-0 Lackey loss to the Tigers.

    8 games left. First thing is to get/keep everyone healthy, second is to line up the rotation for October and finally of course is to get that #1 seed.
     
  2. padre31

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    BoSox clinched first ALE title since 07, congrats to them and their fans!
     
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  3. Ray Finkle

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    AL East Champions baby! Whata ride from way back to September of 2011 to last year's disaster to this year's wonderfully refreshing team. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy having to watch meaningful October baseball for the first time since 2009.
     
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  4. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    Grats Fink....
     
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  5. Mainge

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    OH MAN 2009?! SUCH A LONG TIME


    :cry:
     
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  6. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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  7. Ray Finkle

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    Hey do you realize there are 3 year olds in New England right now that have never seen the Sox in the playoffs? THINK OF THE CHILDREN DAMMIT!

    And yes I realize how silly the "since 2009" statement is to fans of teams like KC, Pittsburgh, Miami, Houston etc sound.
     
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  8. Jt0323

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    my nephew has never seen the Yankees in the playoffs... Granted hes never seen a Dolphin loss either, so you take the good, you take the bad, ou take them both and there you have The Facts of Life! granted hes only 6th months...
     
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  9. GreenMonster

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    Some 5 year old's have never seen the Sox win the series. How do they still nap..

    Pretty excited about the Sox chances in the playoffs. If the pitching can keep it going and Koji is just half of what he has been the Sox will go far. Those bats won't be held back.
     
  10. Ray Finkle

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    Haha so true. I remember watching the 2007 WS with you and In Flames in an online chat room talking about the games. Good times.

    Anyway Sox have a 1 game lead on Oakland for best record in the AL with 5 games each team. I really want that home field advantage. The Sox luckily are in the driver's seat and have their pitching lined up nicely. Although I wonder who the Sox best opponents for the playoffs would be.
     
  11. GreenMonster

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    Yup that was good times, I was at a very low point in life then and those were some good nights. I look forward to some playoff talk this year. Been busy but still been following my Sox, even though I live with a Braves fan.

    Give me the Indians. I know they are hot but I would rather not face Darvish, even Kazmir doesn't scare me anymore.
     
  12. Ray Finkle

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    Yeah I agree, I'd rather face Cleveland over any of the others in that short series. I don't think the Indians have the pitching to shut the Sox down.

    If the Sox want best record in the AL, they pretty much have to win out. I believe Oakland holds almost all of the tie breakers. Sox are up 1 game with 4 left. Hopefully they just win out so we don't have to scoreboard root. But hey go Angels and Mariners anyway.
     
  13. finyank13

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    If TB plays in the 4/5 game and wins, do the Sox play them 1st round or is there the whole "cant play Division in the 1st round" rule still?
     
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    I believe the rule no longer exists. I may be wrong though.

    Also, Rays are coming to play when it matters. I'm very surprised how they have played the past week. Moore needs to step it up though if we have any chance in an actual series.
     
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  15. Ray Finkle

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    The number 1 seed will play the wild card winner now no matter what, so it doesn't matter if they're from the same division. Which is how it always should have been in the first place.
     
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  16. Ray Finkle

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    No surprise Pedroia needs surgery on his thumb after the season, which he injured in the first game of the year (on a stupid slide into 1st base in the 8th or 9th inning if I remember correctly). Kind of amazing he has played in 157 games this year, besides from the dip in power you probably wouldn't even have noticed anything was wrong.

    http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/b...dustin-pedroia-ready-weather-some-pain-ultima
     
  17. finyank13

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    He just needs to cut down on the walks.....
     
  18. finyank13

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    Baller......from the Jeter mold of play through everything although that catches up with you as you get older.....
     
  19. Ray Finkle

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    Yeah it certainly does, but it seems at least for now Pedroia has the ability to play through the pain and produce, much like Jeter. Thankfully none of these injuries have been serious enough where he had to miss an extended period of time. But I do think he needs to be smarter as he gets older and realize the game and situation, but I'm sure it's easier said then done when you're in a game moment.
     
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  20. finyank13

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    Won't happen Fink, these guy are gamers...fire in the belly type guys, go hard all the time and take no days off types......

    They wont admit any injuries, dont speak of them like literally to the point when eventually you shatter your ankle on a routine grounder.......

    You can only put so much pressure on a gasket before it goes you know....
     
  21. Ray Finkle

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    I love guys like Pedroia and Jeter who play hard all the time and play through injuries and I don't mind players playing hard but there's a difference to playing hard and playing smart. When your team is up 8-2 in the top of the 9th with 2 outs in the 1st game of the season I see no real reason or point to dive head first into first base to try and get an infield single. He's lucky that the injury wasn't worse or he would have missed 8 weeks of the season.
     
  22. finyank13

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    Oh I agree, but their mentality is to play one way all the time.....pretty remarkable if you ask me.....

    Like for instance I often used to say how I in no way want to be in a managers shoes when say you have to tell Jeter (back then) or DP now "You are out today" Torre's wrote about it in his book about how that he knew it was a 30 min process of telling Jeter he is sitting....he would get mad, then try to finagle his way into the lineup somehow....

    Same with going to get a pitcher off the mound....some pitchers dont like that at all....must be pretty hard when you tell firebrand competitors that it is over for the day...
     
  23. Ray Finkle

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    I agree with that. Lackey is a perfect example of someone that never wants to come out of games. People used to think he was showing his manager up by arguing with them to stay in. If you ask me that's exactly what I want out of my pitcher.
     
  24. finyank13

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    Yeah you are right Lackey does do that alot.....Eck always talks about it as well....

    I like Eck, I almost want him to replace Remy, dont get me wrong Remy is cool but he is also hot air most of the time as well...
     
  25. Ray Finkle

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    I like both Eck and Remy. Both have pros and cons.
     
  26. Ray Finkle

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    Big win last night, especially with the A's losing earlier in the day. Sox now up 2 games with 3 to go. Just take 2 out of 3 in Baltimore and call it a season until next Friday.
     
  27. GreenMonster

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    Seriously the Sox won't play till Friday. Setting up your staff no that important with 4 days off.
     
  28. Ray Finkle

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    Yeah the Sox will have their staff set up. Its going to be Buchholz, Lester and Lackey in Baltimore which would set up Lester and Lackey to pitch Game 1 and 2 and Buchholz, giving him extra rest, to play in Game 3 with Peavy most likely in Game 4.

    I heard Farrell is going to give the team an off day Monday then have 3 straight days of intrasquad games to keep the team fresh. It's kind of dumb they have to sit around for 4 straight days but the only good thing is the WC team's ace would only pitch in 1 game, most likely Game 3 unless they plan to pitch him on short rest.
     
  29. Ray Finkle

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    Just a great year for the Sox. Best record and team in the AL, possibly baseball and a fun team to watch and root for. Have home field wrapped up for all of the playoffs. It's possible on Friday when they start the ALDS they could be playing a team that's played 4 straight elimination games.
     
  31. finyank13

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    thats nuts..........
     
  32. GreenMonster

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    Looks like the Sox will get Darvish, Moore, Jimenez on Fri night. I am still rooting for the Indians. Pretty pumped for baseball this week.
     
  33. Ray Finkle

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    Yeah I'm rooting for Cleveland too mainly because of Francona and Masterson. Would love to see Nelson Cruz hit a walk off HR off of Rodney tonight just to see the internet explode.

    If the Sox don't win the WS I'm rooting for a Cleveland/Pittsburgh match up.
     
  34. finyank13

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    This is where you will see Tampa's strength their pitching, Price wasn't hearing it last night.....good job, now Cobb needs to keep the Indians at bay, and playoff clutch God Longo hopefully delivers again....
     
  35. Ray Finkle

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    Scary is if the Rays beat Cleveland Price will be able to pitch in game 2 and 5 on normal rest. That's scary. Price didn't even have dominate stuff last night, I think he only had 5 or 6 swings and misses in his over 100 pitches but his movement is just so good. Will definitely be rooting hard for Cleveland. The Rays scare me because of those arms, plain and simple.
     
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  36. Ray Finkle

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    Fun with numbers:

    Player A - 31 years old
    157 games
    641 plate appearances
    69 runs
    171 hits
    32 doubles
    0 triples
    22 HR
    100 RBI
    1 SB
    47 BB
    98 K
    .293/.342/.461/.803
    126 OPS +
    3.9 WAR

    Player B - 31 years old
    139 games
    578 plate appearances
    79 runs
    129 hits
    38 doubles
    2 triples
    23 HR
    92 RBI
    1 SB
    73 BB
    187 K
    .259/.357/.502/.859
    129 OPS +
    4.1 WAR

    Any idea who the players are?

    Here's a hint: Player A makes 21 million a year and Player B including bonuses made 13 million.

    Player A is Adrian Gonzalez. Player B is Mike Napoli.
     
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    How about another set:

    Player C - 32 years old
    116 games
    469 plate appearances
    62 runs
    123 hits
    30 doubles
    3 triples
    6 HR
    31 RBI
    15 SB
    28 BB
    66 K
    .283/.329/.407/.736
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    1.7 WAR

    Player D - 30 years old
    134 games
    536 plate appearances
    77 runs
    139 hits
    29 doubles
    0 triples
    12 HR
    66 RBI
    0 SB
    51 BB
    93 K
    .303/.385/.445/.831
    128 OPS +
    2.9 WAR

    Player C makes 20 million a year while Player D made $505,000 this year. Player C is Carl Crawford while Player D is Daniel Nava.
     
  38. finyank13

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    Fun with numbers!!!!!!!! I miss that!!!
     
  39. Ray Finkle

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    Haha. I will try to keep it up for you then. Let me see what else I can come up with.
     
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  40. Nappy Roots

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    Hope your ready for a dog fight after Cobb throws a shut out against Cleveland, Ray.
     
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