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The 2006 Boston Red Sox Thread

Just Win Baby said:
Hey fellas! You can count on me to be posting plenty in here.
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Excellent, I knew you were a Sox fan, but I didn't think you knew about this part of the site or our thread. Great to see you in here... hope you're here throughout the season.

Living in North Jersey/NYC? Right in the belly of the beast.. god bless you. :lol:
 
this is has got to be one of our best defensive teams ever. The only sort of liability is Manny, and he can make the great play, just sometimes has problem with the routine ones. I love nixon's arm
 
When does Varitek begin to wear down, however? Catchers after 32 are a tough read...
 
PressCoverage said:
When does Varitek begin to wear down, however? Catchers after 32 are a tough read...
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He may not be able to get as many days off this year with Doug gone.. Who is gonna catch Wakefield this year, is Varitek gonna give it a go, or will we have to see John F. every 5th day. Wasn't there a rumor about us getting Doug back..
 
GreenMonster said:
He may not be able to get as many days off this year with Doug gone.. Who is gonna catch Wakefield this year, is Varitek gonna give it a go, or will we have to see John F. every 5th day. Wasn't there a rumor about us getting Doug back..
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Rumor was Wells for Dave Roberts and Doug Mirabelli.

I think V-Tek will still get the games Wakefield pitches off. I think V-Tek wore down a lot in August, so hopefully Terry sits him down more (which also means the Sox are way ahead in the playoff race).

And yes it is amazing that the Sox upgraded their bullpen and defense and yet the only things the sports writers are talking about is Johnny Damon as a Yankee and the Blue Jays with their moves.
 
The Red Sox are preparing to offer Roger Clemens a contract. They are in the works of making a video of Clemens best Red Sox moments and fans asking Clemens to "finish what he started in Boston". Also the Sox F.O. is using the 1 more win until he passes Cy Young on the all time Red Sox win list, and that he's going to go into the Hall as a Sox and with his number retired.

Personally I doubt Clemens will come back. I think it's Houston or Texas or nothing. Plus I think Clemens price tag would be very high in the 15 to 18 million range.
 
Apparently John Henry and Larry Lucchino might have met with Roger Clemens in Houston about a possibly deal according to the Boston Globe.
 
Ray Finkle said:
Apparently John Henry and Larry Lucchino might have met with Roger Clemens in Houston about a possibly deal according to the Boston Globe.
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This would be ill planning, because Clemens will cost north of 20 million. Signing Clemens means we let Damon and Marte go for 1 year of Clemens.. Yuck.. I still prefer Coco over Damon, but Marte could turn out to be a stud if he continues to improve.
 
GreenMonster said:
This would be ill planning, because Clemens will cost north of 20 million. Signing Clemens means we let Damon and Marte go for 1 year of Clemens.. Yuck.. I still prefer Coco over Damon, but Marte could turn out to be a stud if he continues to improve.
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I agree I don't understand why they would want Clemens back. He's 44 and will cost them at least 15 million. Also the Sox have too many starting pitchers to begin with.

I love Clemens, he was my first favorite player growing up and he's one of the best pitchers in the history of the game but I just don't trust him to get the big win in the playoffs.
 
Spring training has officially started. Here's a link to a bunch of pictures: http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/gallery/02_17_06_spring/

Some notes from a friend of mine who's down in Ft. Myers right now: Schilling is looking very skinnier compared to last year. David Wells reported to camp. Coco Crisp is getting big reaction from the fans and media. Kevin Youkilis is sporting a new look of a shaved head and goatee. Papelbon and Lester have been getting mobbed by people too. David Ortiz reported to camp yesterday. Overall my fan said that almost all of the players are signing a lot autographs for the people and being very friendly with them. There are thousands of people that show up for these work outs.

First ST game is March 3rd I believe.
 
What do you guys think about a possible Arroyo for Nick Johnson or Ryan Church deal?
 
GreenMonster said:
What do you guys think about a possible Arroyo for Nick Johnson or Ryan Church deal?
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I've always liked Nick Johnson.. even as far back when he was the supposed future at 1st Base for the Yankees.

I don't mind Arroyo, he's a decent back-end of the rotation guy who comes pretty cheap, but I don't trust him in October. Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS is all that needs to be said. Granted he came back later in the playoffs (Game 6 and recorded some big outs, including A-Rod :lol:) but with the depth we have in the rotation and pen we're going to have to trade some guys.
 
FaninPatsyLand said:
I've always liked Nick Johnson.. even as far back when he was the supposed future at 1st Base for the Yankees.

I don't mind Arroyo, he's a decent back-end of the rotation guy who comes pretty cheap, but I don't trust him in October. Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS is all that needs to be said. Granted he came back later in the playoffs (Game 6 and recorded some big outs, including A-Rod :lol:) but with the depth we have in the rotation and pen we're going to have to trade some guys.
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I'd like to have Johnson too. He's an OBP machine, something Theo and Company have to love, plus when healthy he plays above average defense too. The problem with him is is that he's never healthy. I liked what I saw of Ryan Church last year too.

I'd rather trade Clement for him instead of Arroyo obviously because Arroyo can start and come out of the pen. With trading Clement the Sox are going to have to pay a lot of his contract, however Jim Bowen is reported to have asked the Red Sox to pay for all of Arroyo's 11.25 million dollar contract, also the Red Sox apparently have a handshake deal with Arroyo saying that they wouldn't trade him this spring so who knows.

The major league trading chips the Sox have right now are: Arroyo, Clement, Wells, Graffanino and Nixon. I wouldn't be surprised to see any one of those players traded at any time.
 
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