Red Sox 2012/2013 Offseason Thread - Page 290 - Talksox

a700hitter · 02-14-2013, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dupree

Anymore news on the Sox interested in Mike Carp?

Was internally as far as the talks went or did the organization reach out to Carp's agent?

Can he play the OF with any proficiency. We need a lefthanded OFer to pair up with Gomes.

BSN07 · 02-14-2013, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by seabeachfred

Ted, last week you gave me a heads-up about how some poster we both know was trying to goad me into losing it and getting me either suspended or banned and I thanked you for it. Time to return the favor. There are two posters who are trying to do that to you and I have kept my cool about, but I am getting ready to blow. I would suggest to those two that you ride it easy and keep this stuff civil before I start ripping both of you a new one.

There is a lot of tension on this board and many of us are wired over last year, the injuries that have already hit us so soon in ST, not to mention the fact that some moves that should have been made this off season haven't be done. I believe I was suspended once a few years back and it's no fun, but it's less fun seeing friends and colleagues being insulted and blasted on this board. What do you all say if try our damndest to refrain from that starting now. No personal insults and a more collegial atmosphere. I think we're capable of that.

Damnit Fred, every time you get on a good baseball discussion you fall right back into a700's drama...

And we don't need to try and get him or anyone else banned. If everyone would just ignore him he'd have no one to argue with, and with that he'd have nothing to actually discuss and hopefully take his monarchy elsewhere.

a700hitter · 02-14-2013, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BSN07

Damnit Fred, every time you get on a good baseball discussion you fall right back into a700's drama...

And we don't need to try and get him or anyone else banned. If everyone would just ignore him he'd have no one to argue with, and with that he'd have nothing to actually discuss and hopefully take his monarchy elsewhere.

I'm a must read. But maybe you can start a boycott of A700hitter.

BSN07 · 02-14-2013, 10:52 AM

Don't waste your time replying to me, your on ignore. Please find someone else to annoy.

a700hitter · 02-14-2013, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BSN07

Don't waste your time replying to me, your on ignore. Please find someone else to annoy.

It will be a pleasure. I am sure that you will refrain from your cheap potshots that are your specialty.

rjortiz · 02-14-2013, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by a700hitter

Can he play the OF with any proficiency. We need a lefthanded OFer to pair up with Gomes.

He doesn't really hit that well, and he plays the field like Gomes. I'd pass.

a700hitter · 02-14-2013, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rjortiz

He doesn't really hit that well, and he plays the field like Gomes. I'd pass.

I guess Carp would just flounder around in the OF.

mvp 78 · 02-14-2013, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by a700hitter

I guess Carp would just flounder around in the OF.

Your argument is just a red herring.

a700hitter · 02-14-2013, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mvp 78

Your argument is just a red herring.

a700hitter · 02-14-2013, 02:17 PM

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Dan Haren told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports that his agent had a lot of conversations with the Red Sox this past winter (Twitter link). The Nationals ultimately signed Haren to a one-year, $13MM deal.

He would have helped us a lot.

Palodios · 02-14-2013, 02:22 PM

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He would have helped us a lot.

I liked a lot of things that the Red Sox did in free agency this year. Passing on Haren wasn't one of them.

Station 13 · 02-14-2013, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by a700hitter

He would have helped us a lot.

We should have ask the Angels to trade him here. Eat 10M and send them a prospect.

BSN07 · 02-14-2013, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Palodios

I liked a lot of things that the Red Sox did in free agency this year. Passing on Haren wasn't one of them.

How do you know they passed on him rather then Haren choosing an NL contender in a year in which he hopes to rebuild his free agent value? I missed the interview where he said he was hoping to play in Boston, but never got an offer. I did see the one saying they had conversations but ultimately he chose the Nats. Is there another one?

BSN07 · 02-14-2013, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mvp 78

Your life is just a red herring.

fixed

SoxSport · 02-14-2013, 05:11 PM

http://www.boston.com/sports/basebal...ez_crawfo.html

AdGon says the Red Sox problem was with the management, not the players. Lots of conflicts upstairs.
Lucchino paints everything over--he's one of the problems, in my view. It was clear his choice for manager, Valentine, never got any support from the rest of the organization. Maybe his frustrations led to his mouthing off to the media about his players.

Crawford? Well, Crawford seems a bit confused about what his problems were. He certainly wasn't a good fit--defensively in LF at small Fenway, or offensively--in a free swinging lineup that did not play smallball.
And he was grossly overpaid on a team that sneered at stolen bases.