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Corbin Bernsen - IMDb

Wasn't he the 3rd baseman in Major League?

656 innings over 7 years. Gonna have pass on that one.

It's interesting. He's obviously the best athlete the Sox have had. Hard to beat Frank though. Frank's probably a top 5 RH hitter of all time.

Zack must read Soxtalk game threads.

I think Madrigal is a better defender than he's shown, but in order to he a "good" player, he has to play excellent defense. If he plays average defense, he's only a serviceable player.

There were probably like 3 of us on the entire site that hated the Semien trade. The Sox valued Semien pretty highly.

It was basically, "I like Madrigal, but he was an overreach at 1-4." That's something the majority of baseball fans would agree with. I wouldn't say Stone "blasted" him at all. Maybe a bit too honest, but it wasn't mean spirited.

Stone didn't "blast" Madrigal at all, and this is coming from a guy that really wishes Stone would just shut up.

I like Madrigal, but he was never going to be an impact player and I'm guessing the Sox know more about him than we do. Torn hamstrings are no joke.

Jesus christ. Yermin has Yermin'd his way into a conversation about Civil Rights? That's enough Soxtalk for July.

Message board overreactions and hyperbole should be called "Yermin's." In all my years on these boards, I'm not sure I've seen anything like it, and I lived through the Joe Crede and Jon Garland eras.

I bet the Sox are having trouble hiring and they're grossly understaffed. Edit Southsider2k5 beat me to it.

This is crazy talk. If Burger finishes his career with 10% of the oWAR Vaughn finishes with, it will be a legit miracle.

Doesn't really seem like much of a conundrum. You have 2 elite prospects, 1 middling prospect and 1 great story.