QO's given to 13 players; 6 are Red Sox/Yanks

[BigDDude]

guy with a temper in the Bronx

that will end well

He would fill a Billy Martin media void VERY well though. The fans would love him today, and think he is the worst tomorrow, and so on.

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

He would fill a Billy Martin media void VERY well though. The fans would love him today, and think he is the worst tomorrow, and so on.

a guy that high strung dealing with the media in new york?

dont see that as a good fit for the yanks

 

[BigDDude]

a guy that high strung dealing with the media in new york?

dont see that as a good fit for the yanks

Sarcasm.....

 

[rokketmn]

That helps.

They would just need another 3-4 bullpen arms, a new left fielder, and a new 2B guy, then, they would be able to compete in the A.L west.

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I'm sorry, my friend, but you are not up on your Mariners. The new 2B guy is Nick Franklin. Even Ackley hit better in the second half. The closer is Danny Farquhar. They also have Tom Wilhelmsen, Carter Capps, and Stephen Pryor for the bullpen. I forgot Erasmo Ramirez in the rotation, along with Felix, Iwakuma, Paxton, and Walker. They also have Danny Hultzen, but I am not sure how serious his arm injury was and if he will miss all or part of 2014.

They do lack elite talent in the outfield, but signing a guy like Ellsbury helps that a lot. Michael Saunders is also not a bad ballplayer.

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

Sarcasm.....

i know

separate thought from yours

 

[BigDDude]

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I'm sorry, my friend, but you are not up on your Mariners. The new 2B guy is Nick Franklin. Even Ackley hit better in the second half. The closer is Danny Farquhar. They also have Tom Wilhelmsen, Carter Capps, and Stephen Pryor for the bullpen. I forgot Erasmo Ramirez in the rotation, along with Felix, Iwakuma, Paxton, and Walker. They also have Danny Hultzen, but I am not sure how serious his arm injury was and if he will miss all or part of 2014.

They do lack elite talent in the outfield, but signing a guy like Ellsbury helps that a lot. Michael Saunders is also not a bad ballplayer.

Maybe I am not as up on the M's and their situation as you are. Could very well be. However, I do know who they have. As such, I think the issue is more that you are more sold on whom they have than I.

 

[CaptO]

I broke my collar bone from an ATV accident 3 months ago. it still hurts. December is wishful thinking.

Thanks for the bummer, Brock. Broke mine last week. Was hoping Id be like new by end of Dec. Guess not.....

How long before you could function somewhat normally? Just trying to get a handle on this

 

[Brocktagon]

Celtics are done

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- After the final buzzer sounded and the assembled media had left, I found myself alone with Brad Stevens late Monday in a hallway at FedExForum, at which point I asked the simplest question you can ask a coach who is suddenly losing games in a way he's never lost them before.
"How are you holding, up?"
"I don't like losing," Stevens told me. And that goes without saying, right?
Nobody likes losing.
To pretend otherwise would be silly.
But it's especially hard for Stevens, and for two reasons.
1.He's never lost like this before.
2.There's not much he can do about it.
Stevens, the former Butler coach, began his fourth game in the NBA with a starting lineup of Avery Bradley, Gerald Wallace, Jeff Green, Brandon Bass and Vitor Faverani. His team is called the Boston Celtics and they wear green uniforms, but these are not your grandfather's Celtics. Or your father's Celtics. Or even last year's Celtics.
The roster is atrocious.
Nobody could win with this roster. So it was no surprise when the Grizzlies pulled away and beat the Celtics 95-88. The difficult part is dealing with it.
"You just understand where we are and where we have to go," Stevens said. "You do your best to focus on what's next and not pay too much attention to anything else."
Deep down, Stevens understands the deal -- as do his bosses. The Boston ownership group is firmly in Stevens' corner, and his six-year contract is a tangible sign of the organization's commitment to him. He won't lose his job after this season or next season or even a third season regardless of what happens, I don't believe. Put another way, Stevens probably has as much job security as any NBA coach not named Gregg Popovich, and that must be reassuring on some level. But all the losing is still hard to stomach because, again, this is not something Stevens has ever gone through.
I mean that literally.
While Stevens was taking Butler to back-to-back title-game appearances and winning more games through his first six years as a head coach than anybody in Division I men's basketball history, this is worth remembering: he never lost four consecutive times. Yes, Stevens had lost three straight games -- most recently in December 2011. But he backed that on Dec. 17, 2011 with a win over Purdue, meaning Monday's loss in Memphis made Stevens a loser for the fourth straight time for the first time ever.
And everybody knew it was coming.
Truth is, Stevens will probably lose for the fifth straight time on Wednesday, sixth straight time on Friday and seventh straight time on Saturday. He's going to lose a lot this season. He's going to lose way more often than he wins. Which has led to countless people asking me whether Stevens actually made the right decision to leave Butler in July. Each time, I tell them that, yes, he absolutely did, and for a variety of reasons.
The financial reason is undeniable.
A contract worth $22 million is hard to call wrong.
But this was a good move for Stevens for additional reasons -- most notably because it gives him a shot to do something great at the highest level of the sport while putting him in a position to return to college with a job better than the Butler job if things go poorly in Boston. Let's play best-case/worst-case scenario, shall we? The best-case scenario has Stevens losing so much this season that he gets the first or second pick in next June's NBA Draft, then selects a future All-Star in Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, Jabari Parker or whomever. The name doesn't matter, really. Stevens just needs to be in a position to draft a future All-Star, and then watch that draft pick quickly become an All-Star. Suddenly, Stevens could have a healthy Rajon Rondo, another young star via the draft and, presumably, another notable player (or two) via free agency. Combine that with Avery Bradley, Jeff Green and a developed and usable Kelly Olynyk, and maybe, just maybe, Stevens would be positioned to do something nice in the Eastern Conference.
That's the upside.
So what's the worst-case scenario for Stevens?
The wost-case scenario has him working for a franchise that trades or loses Rondo for inferior pieces and misses badly in the draft, for whatever reason. In that case, winning wouldn't just be hard this season; it'd be hard for several seasons. Then either Stevens or the Celtics would decide enough is a enough, and do you know what Stevens' next move would be? He'd pocket $22 million and either A) take another NBA job, or B) take the highest-profile/best college job available at the time, at which point Stevens would theoretically be able to guide a program better equipped to consistently compete at the highest level of the sport than Butler ever was or will ever be, and he'd be able to do it without the awkward moment that would've come along with leaving Butler for another university. And, yes, that would've forever been a really awkward moment for Stevens because leaving Butler for the Celtics was hard enough.
"It was really tough to leave that place," Stevens said, "because that place is awesome."
No doubt, Butler is an awesome place. But it's also a tougher job now than it's ever been because of the school's move to the Big East, and who knows whether Stevens would've been able to keep the Bulldogs nationally relevant while consistently competing against programs with athletes like the ones Georgetown, St. John's, Marquette and Villanova regularly enroll. To be clear, I would not have bet against him. But it's reasonable to be skeptical. Either way, it's all a moot point now because the move to the NBA essentially cemented Steven's place in college basketball forever ... or at least until he returns.
Bottom line, this 37-year-old is basically in a no-lose situation.
But, in the meantime, he will be losing a lot.
It's going to take some getting used to.
But Brad Stevens will be OK.

 

[Brocktagon]

Capt O just did this himself, last week I think.


Maybe you guys need a newer, safer hobby?

this is my newer safer hobby

 

[BigDDude]

this is my newer safer hobby

Funny how I never break anything, sitting like a sloth on my couch.......

 

[CaptO]

Funny how I never break anything, sitting like a sloth on my couch.......

That could very well become my new hobby too...cant hurt yourself much falling off a sofa

 

[Brocktagon]

Thanks for the bummer, Brock. Broke mine last week. Was hoping Id be like new by end of Dec. Guess not.....

How long before you could function somewhat normally? Just trying to get a handle on this

first week was hell, constantly waking up in pain. you can take a vike, but when it runs out you'll wake up.

I was in pain for 3 weeks before I would actually hold my kid with my right arm. I crashed maybe 2 months ago and just went out in a boonies of new Hampshire. we did 20 miles of challenging trails and when I woke up the next morning, sure as shit, my collar bone was fucking killing me

sorry, I don't have a timeline available yet for my specific injuries.

that crash - broke right collar bone, fractured sternum, broken finger, severely bruised legs from when the quad landed on me. i ride a 600 lbs 4x4

 

[BigDDude]

That could very well become my new hobby too...cant hurt yourself much falling off a sofa

To go along with my 2 other chestnuts -

I may be fat, but I am in shape. As long as round remains a valid shape.

and

You can get a pulled muscle, and many people do. However, you can't pull fat.

 

[Brocktagon]

To go along with my 2 other chestnuts -

I may be fat, but I am in shape. As long as round remains a valid shape.

and

You can get a pulled muscle, and many people do. However, you can't pull fat.

 

[Brocktagon]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE]"Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BigDDude]

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat - YouTube

Not THAT fat.

And, funny you bring up Weird Al.

I think maybe part of the reason that I myself am so weird has something to do with he and I being born in the same hospital.

 

[Jerzyjeff]

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat - YouTube

"I got more Chins than Chinatown".......lol

Probably couldn't get away with that nowadays.

 

[Brocktagon]

Not THAT fat.

And, funny you bring up Weird Al.

I think maybe part of the reason that I myself am so weird has something to do with he and I being born in the same hospital.

weird al is the man

it's a shame he's not a-list by now

i just youtubed 'the saga begins' and if that doesn't make you laugh, we can't be friends!

 

[Brocktagon]

"I got more Chins than Chinatown".......lol

Probably couldn't get away with that nowadays.

they haven't outlawed homonyms yet!

In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.[1] Thus homonyms are simultaneously homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of their pronunciation) and homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of their spelling). The state of being a homonym is called homonymy. Examples of homonyms are the pair stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person) and the pair left (past tense of leave) and left (opposite of right). A distinction is sometimes made between "true" homonyms, which are unrelated in origin, such as skate (glide on ice) and skate (the fish), and polysemous homonyms, or polysemes, which have a shared origin, such as mouth (of a river) and mouth (of an animal).[

 

[BigDDude]

"I got more Chins than Chinatown".......lol

Probably couldn't get away with that nowadays.

Howdy stranger.