Red Sox/MLB Hot Stove Part 2: Lockout Edition - 6 games lost, 156 to go

[The National]

Congrats to Papi but not to have Clemens and Bonds in there is so foolish to me.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

I realized it after but why the hell is he bringing it up now? Seems suspicious and self serving

He was still employed by the Sox until after the 2019 season.

 

[CDJ]

Anyone else see this quote from Bill James?

“The [2011] team was split 15 ways, split between pitchers and position players, split between the super-serious guys and the fun-loving guys, split between the drinkers and the pot smokers,” James writes. “A couple of players were suspected of being . . . um insufficiently committed to good relations between the races. One guy who had a great year for us was really kind of a criminal; another guy was just nuts. One guy was just all in for himself. Too many people ran their mouths to the press and to one another. Most everybody on the team had a list of 10 teammates that he couldn’t stand . . . If anybody ever tried to tell you that team chemistry doesn’t matter, man, they should have been there.”

Kind of fun trying to figure out who he is talking from that beer & chicken roster.

Papelbon being the nuts guy -750 odds

 

[Alicat]

Jeff Bagwell never tested positive but he’s been the victim of rumors and suspicions whenever he’s come up for this.

It isn't right and from what I remember it was led by a few writers who thought everyone who played during that time did steroids. He deserved to get in sooner than he did

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Papelbon being the nuts guy -750 odds

He could probably fit in more than one category.

 

[Alicat]

He was still employed by the Sox until after the 2019 season.

Makes it even worse that he's putting shit like that out there now.

 

[McGarnagle]

Papelbon being the nuts guy -750 odds

The criminal must be Alfredo Aceves

 

[Alicat]

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

I realized it after but why the hell is he bringing it up now? Seems suspicious and self serving

I think the quote is from an interview, so he brought it up because somebody asked.

 

[Alicat]

The criminal must be Alfredo Aceves

That one is obvious. Guy gave me the creeps and then some

 

[EvilElf63]

What if the writers had to vote based on what all the others writers wrote about in real time.

 

[Alicat]

I think the quote is from an interview, so he brought it up because somebody asked.

That would make more sense but who cares about shit that happened 11 years ago?

 

[JRull86]

Bonds and Clemens getting the shaft is utterly ridiculous. Just ridiculous.

 

[Alicat]

 

[Alicat]

Bonds and Clemens getting the shaft is utterly ridiculous. Just ridiculous.

Clemens alone was a HOFer before he started doing them.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

That would make more sense but who cares about shit that happened 11 years ago?

Careful.

Remember where you are posting.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Clemens alone was a HOFer before he started doing them.

So was Bonds.

 

[Alicat]

Careful.

Remember where you are posting.

Fair point

 

[McGarnagle]

That one is obvious. Guy gave me the creeps and then some

If you asked me which Boston Red Sox player from the last twenty years was most likely to become a serial killer in retirement, it's fairly obviously Aceves.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Jeff Bagwell never tested positive but he’s been the victim of rumors and suspicions whenever he’s come up for this.

Jeff Bagwell is in the hall of fame.

He was also a much weaker candidate than Ortiz. With no playoff heroics and next to no black ink

 

[Alicat]

If you asked me which Boston Red Sox player from the last twenty years was most likely to become a serial killer in retirement, it's fairly obviously Aceves.

It is a scary thought and so accurate. Didn't one player say that he saw the devil in his eyes once?

 

[Alicat]

 

[Alicat]

 

[JRull86]

I know Clemens gets a lot of hell around here because of how he left and how he acted with the media, but he's a good dude. Tons of work with the Jimmy Fund, and has a foundation for underprivileged kids now.

He was a HoFer before doing steroids, just like Bonds.

He deserves to be in, and I hope one of the committees does the right thing.

BBWAA are dinosaurs and should be ashamed of themselves.

Nice vote for Jeff 32.7% Kent there CHB, f***ing clown.

 

[DKH]

Congrats to Papi but not to have Clemens and Bonds in there is so foolish to me.

No worries they got Baines in as a favor to Jerry Reinsdorf