greg775

You make good posts, Mighty. Good stuff. Agree on most of it.

10-0? Back to the dumpster. What pathetic baseball. ... Has anyone noticed this year's Sox seem to have saved the Cardinals season? The Cards swept us and in doing so, woke up.

The Thunder front office probably pulled off the best feat in sports history with that team considering how tiny a market. Incredible regular season record proves postseason was no fluke. Not sure how they worked the salary thing but they have great players and apparently aren't making Thunder owners go broke. Some tank lovers will tell me they tanked/rebuilt to get this good. I dunno about that. Hopefully somebody will write a piece on how they got this good. Greg doesn't merely accept they did the tank/rebuild thing. They have some players who other teams passed on, etc. Whenever I hear "Thunder" I think of thunder buddies in the underrated movie, "Ted."

Funny how Sheets turned out to be a better trade piece for the opposing team than Robert will be. Robert is an abysmal hitter/good fielder. I don't see a change of venue saving him like Sheets.

Nice pick up though by Getz in Houser.

Man we got clobbered today. Yesterday musta been the deal where the Jays took us lightly. They have such a much better team. Did anybody watch the Cub highlights? It must have been gale force winds blowing out. Simple fly balls were flying out of that place.

However 10 homers. As you know I've bought into the lift and pull thing in assessing value.

Gavin Sheets is a fan fave in San Diego. Hitterish with a good organization. The fans apparently chant "Holy Sheets" when he comes up to the box. Good for Gavin.

That isn't happening. The Sox are too cheap to win pennants. Isbia could change that but it may take 5-10 years after his taking over to win an ALCS.

That's who he is, what he does now. He didn't like that 2023 season when he had five homers. He'll hit 20 again this year like last year if he stays healthy.

Mabe Beni will beat out Vargas as our all star selection.

Beni and Robert having good nights.

I had a couple questions and thought Vargas deserved his own thread since he is starting to distance himself as a possible star. Do you think Vargas is a potential star? Has he passed Robert as our top everyday player? And potential player? Or instead of vaulting from a .235 hitter with 10 homers and 35 RBI get into a skid that puts him where most of our players are: .210, no power, no clutch hits? What do you say? Is 25 year old Vargas a super stud? Should we start to get excited and look forward to his at bats? I would say he is close to emerging as a guy you'd pay to watch play. Forgive me for starting a new thread but it seemed to me Vargas is close to distinguishing himself as a positive on a team full of negatives. And he could be a feather in Getz's cap.

Have we really lost 8 in a row? That's a significant losing streak. Back when we cared about Ws and Ls we'd be freaking out on here.

I actually supported Sale on this board for chopping up the unis. Those were weird unis and I said if he felt uncomfortable and could hurt his arm he should not wear them. The Sox wouldn't relent so he was right. Disco Demolition Night was probably one of the top three lowest moments in all of sports. The shorts? Yeah a dumb idea. What Veeck did well: Sign Zisk. Hire Nancy. Sit with fans in stands. Put exciting players on the field with no money. Make baseball fun.