Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:09 pm
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Thumbs up on Colon Bartolo Colon threw 42 pitches in his bullpen session, exclusively fastballs with a few changeups mixed in, and approached 90 miles an hour in his velocity with a few pitches, according to pitching coach John Farrell.
Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:26 am
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The Mother's Day Game is on NESN right now. I still can't believe the O's manager pulled Guthrie.
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Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:53 pm
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any weaknesses in this team this year? I have a feeling the Yanks will be playing for the WC once again...
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Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:42 pm
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Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
any weaknesses in this team this year? I have a feeling the Yanks will be playing for the WC once again...
pitching....there's no way Buchohlz, Lester make it through the year unscathed. Also at catcher, if Varitek gets hurt...we in trouble. Colon is the Wild Card.
Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:41 pm
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Coach wrote:
Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
any weaknesses in this team this year? I have a feeling the Yanks will be playing for the WC once again...
pitching....there's no way Buchohlz, Lester make it through the year unscathed. Also at catcher, if Varitek gets hurt...we in trouble. Colon is the Wild Card.
not to mention if lowell and pedroia regress at the plate. i their slack will be picked up by Manny, Ortiz, #7 and Lugo.
Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:53 pm
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J38ryan wrote:
Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
any weaknesses in this team this year? I have a feeling the Yanks will be playing for the WC once again...
I'd bet anything the WC comes out of the Central or the West this year.
no, i think the central and west will be too much of a dog fight for those teams to keep up with the yanks/sox in the WC... 19 against TB & Bal means many more wins than Detroit/Cleveland v. Min/Chicago. maybe its the ballparks or something, but i just think Sea/LAA v. Oak/Texas aren't as easy as what the sox/yanks face.
Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:13 pm
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J38ryan wrote:
Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
any weaknesses in this team this year? I have a feeling the Yanks will be playing for the WC once again...
I'd bet anything the WC comes out of the Central or the West this year.
eh, the Sox won it all for a reason...and the Yanks managed to win 94 despite getting 20-30 starts from bums and c level prospects. Anything it possible, but the Yankees' young pitchers would really have to struggle for them to do any worse this year.
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Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:27 am
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Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
any weaknesses in this team this year? I have a feeling the Yanks will be playing for the WC once again...
Offense could be a real problem. Papi's coming off knee surgery and Manny will be 36. Lowell had a contract/career year last season. Nobody else has power.
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Post subject: Re: 2008 Boston Red Sox Defend Their Title Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:03 pm
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so some say the pitching is a weakness, others say the hitting is a weakness. they're doomed!
seriously, unless Manny is in the midst of a real decline and Beckett reverts back to 2006, the Sox should be fine.
_________________ “You’re good kids, stay together. Trust each other and be good teammates to one another. I believe there is a championship in this room.”
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