blew my mind that he hadn't retired yet
wasn't he doing the booth for NESN the last couple years when Remy was out? how can you do both
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blew my mind that he hadn't retired yet
wasn't he doing the booth for NESN the last couple years when Remy was out? how can you do both
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he would have been one of the best closers in baseball had he stayed in league....unless the roids were why he was good,
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oof, I hope not.
He was a hell of a player, but definitely not "number retirement" worthy. Really it should be a very special case to have your number retired without being a HOF'er, or MVP/Cy Young winner.
As much as it got eye rolls, I'd argue Cedric Maxwell did more to justify a number retirement than Evans did
didn't Brock Holt go through this going from 26 TO 12, ONCE it became known that 26 WOULD BE RETIRED
Finals MVP guaranteed it plus Max and Red had an interesting relationship.
I do agree with you on the retirement requirements. I'd like Eck's number up there but I don't think he played here long enough.
Aside from Pedroia at some point, Clemens is the only guy I can justify being up there at this moment
Oakland already does that in regards to the Eck so Boston doesn't have to....
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yeah, agree on Eck. Wasn't here long enough for it. If he had some of his great closer seasons here I could make a case, but only Oakland sounds right.
If it wasnt for the roids I'd say Manny would be up there.
I think Clemens goes up soon, he's mended fences with the org. And agree that Pedroia probably goes up eventually.
100% agree on Manny. He'd be a lock if he hadn't done the roids.
The only other guy I'd be ok with them retiring is Jason Varitek.
Nomar would have been up there if he had stayed a Sox and hadn't tapered off.
When you really think about it, there aren't many guys out there that are worthy of a number retirement.
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Forgot about Varitek. Yeah, could see him going up for his play and being "the captain" and his locker room presence. Like a Pesky or O'Reilly
Current roster, i think Betts is the only one trending that way. Even then he'd need to keep this level of play for another 10 years at least
I love how MLB still pretends that only a few guys do/have done roids.
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Huge Dwight Evans fan but he doesn't deserve to have his number retired. Was never a dominant player and not in HOF. Great player, great Red Sox but you start to devalue the number retirement process if you have one a year for the sake of having one.
Could do it like Maple Leafs do or find another way to honor the player besides the team HOF for players like Evans.
Agree Clemens should be up there, dominant player for many years with the Sox and easily would have broken 200 wins with some bullpen help his last couple seasons in Boston.
Could do it like Maple Leafs do or find another way to honor the player besides the team HOF for players like Evans.
Agree Clemens should be up there, dominant player for many years with the Sox and easily would have broken 200 wins with some bullpen help his last couple seasons in Boston.
How are Harper and Machado not signed yet?
I though they'd be signed as soon as the season was over
I though they'd be signed as soon as the season was over
Owners/GMs have either:
A) realized free agency is a losing bet
B) colluded to try and lower the salaries league-wide while raking in record revenue
I tend to lean towards B
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or they just dont want to pay a .240 hitter $400 million dollars.
Harper and his agent have completely over rated his value and as of yet haven't moved from it.
The Nationals offered Harper the largest free agent contract in American sports history, 10 years, $300 million. He said no
Machado is going to wait for Harper to sign. That way the teams that "missed out" on Harper will be more desperate to sign him and he can get more $$ out of the deal
MLB may have some MAJOR rule changes in 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...s-create-universal-dh/?utm_term=.19ef4a631acf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...s-create-universal-dh/?utm_term=.19ef4a631acf
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The NL definitely needs to adopt the DH for once. This crap of watching pitchers being automatic outs is so boring. The rest of the changes I'm kind of meh about, but the DH needs to have been done years ago.
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