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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 5, 2015 10:42:59 GMT -5
SO for my fellow Sox fans and those who follow the team's coverage...what's the deal with Eric Wilbur of Boston.com...every article I read of his is so negative...his latest piece (in its words and in is tone) basically says Vegas is crazy for the odds they are giving the Sox to win the series (the best in the AL), everyone picking the Sox to do well this year is wrong and a bunch of delusional fools, this team won't be good and probably is terrible, Farrell can't manage and Cherington can't evaluate talent and both have to go before the Sox will be good again....is he just a troll who feeds on negativity playing to the sports talk radio crowd for the website, or did someone on the Sox brain trust kill his puppy? There are a lot of question marks on this team to be sure, and I do believe people are overrating them a bit, but in that relatively weak and wide open division they can contend and they still have a lot of assets to go out and get players to fill needs once the season is in swing and the trade deadline approaches, so I think they will be relevant and watchable all year. They may fall short, but this Wilbur guy paints them as bottom feeders for the coming season and the front office as complete and total incompetents who have driven a glorious franchise into the ground. -M Wilbur is like a sports radio host on-line. Often seems to troll just for the reaction. The type of article you're citing here is one of those. I don't find him particularly insightful; I am usually left to wonder why he gets to use up bandwidth. Should the Sox be at all entertaining this season, he can be counted on to be a homer until they hit the skids, when ill be all doom and gloom until they surge. In short, not worth reading. Little to his act that's rational. Remember, these characters depend on hits and comments. The business of divining how good or bad a team is going to be, especially a baseball team, with its 162-game slog and paper-thin margin between being a good, a decent, or an average team, is way too complicated for most experienced sportswriters, let alone for a guy like Wilbur. On the other hand, Chad Finn tends to be too rosy most of the time, but he's at least a more entertaining writer. |
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 5, 2015 14:23:35 GMT -5
If TV Guide can put out baseball predictions, so can I. Is this a dream list, like you wish Montreal still had a team and there were only 4 divisions instead of 6? It was just a bit of a goof. My dream would be two leagues of eight teams, the two winners go straight to the World Series and no DH! |
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 5, 2015 14:41:37 GMT -5
Now for the real predictions for 2015
NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST: Nationals in a walk as the Marlins edge out the Mets for the wildcard
1. Washington
2. Miami (WC)
3. New York
4. Atlanta
5. Philadelphia
CENTRAL: Cubs blow a September lead as the Cardinals win again, Pirates rally but just miss the wildcard
1. St Louis
2. Pittsburgh
3. Chicago
4. Milwaukee
5. Cincinnati
WEST: Dodgers get their act together late again and pass the Padres, Giants no factor
1. Los Angeles
2. San Diego (WC)
3. San Francisco
4. Colorado
5. Arizona
NL PLAYOFFS
Miami over San Diego
Washington over Miami
Los Angeles over St. Louis
Washington over Los Angeles
AMRICAN LEAGUE
EAST: Orioles edge out the Red Sox and Blue Jays
1. Baltimore
2. Boston (WC)
3. Toronto
4. New York
5. Tampa
CENTRAL: Indians emerge as four teams are still alive in the last week of the season
1. Cleveland
2. Detroit
3. Chicago
4. Kansas City
5. Minnesota
WEST: Mariners get the best record in MLB and Angels easily get a wild card
1. Seattle
2. Los Angeles (WC)
3. Oakland
4. Houston
5. Texas
AL PLAYOFFS
Los Angeles over Boston
Seattle over Los Angeles
Baltimore over Cleveland
Seattle over Baltimore
WORLD SERIES
Washington over Seattle
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 5, 2015 14:52:12 GMT -5
Is this a dream list, like you wish Montreal still had a team and there were only 4 divisions instead of 6? It was just a bit of a goof. My dream would be two leagues of eight teams, the two winners go straight to the World Series and no DH! I would love a geographical realignment with 8 teams in each geographical area, the Western teams never playing the eastern teams and the winners meeting in an All-Star Game and the Series. (Like the old days of the PCL.) Cuts down on travel and the related expenses and God-awful start times for eastern teams going west and vice versa. This will never happen, I know, but even a variation on this would be a good thing. I do wish that about half the franchises would just disappear. Tampa Bay is to baseball what Phoenix is to hockey. Come to think of it, they're also what Tampa Bay is to hockey. It hurts just to watch games played in that freakish carbuncle of a stadium. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 18:37:27 GMT -5
Holy Crap! Braves dealt Kimbrel to the Padres....and got rid of Melivn (formerly BJ) Upton in the deal. I thought the Braves would hang on to Kimbrel at least until the deadline to maximize value for him form a contender, but hey if you can ditch that godawful Upton contract and get prospects and players in return, why not I guess.
-M
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 5, 2015 19:06:02 GMT -5
Wayne Messmer is still the best ever at singing the National Anthem.
First pitch coming up.
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 5, 2015 23:06:20 GMT -5
New year,same results. The Cubbies drop the season opener to St. Louis 3-0. When you go 0-13 with runners in scoring position, you may have trouble winning. The Cubs are shut out in their second consecutive season opener for the first time ever and have lost to the Cardinals the last six times they have faced them on Opening Day.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 11:30:23 GMT -5
So glad baseball is back. Heyward is the greatest ever.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 6, 2015 13:52:33 GMT -5
So glad baseball is back. Heyward is the greatest ever. Same here, it's not spring until baseball starts, lets go sox! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 14:22:24 GMT -5
Pedey homers in his first AB woot!
-M
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 6, 2015 14:48:32 GMT -5
Pedey homers in his first AB woot! -M And Betts adds one in the third! Clearly, Sox go 162-0 this year. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 14:53:05 GMT -5
Pedey homers in his first AB woot! -M And Betts adds one in the third! Clearly, Sox go 162-0 this year. Only if every game is in a bandbox like that which is the Phillies stadium unfortunately, as we might need to win all 162 at a score of 13-12. -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 6, 2015 15:30:43 GMT -5
Pedey proves he still has it
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 15:34:27 GMT -5
Pedey proves he still has it I just saw he had hit his second homer of the day! And Clay has been excellent going 4 scoreless so far and keeping his pitch count under 50 pitches in doing so. It's one day, and there's 6 months to go, but it's the kind of start so far that gives hopeful outlook on some of the big questions the Sox were facing coming into the season. -M PS and now Hanley goes deep. 4-0 on 4 solo shots. Feels like 1978 all over again for the Sox  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 6, 2015 15:51:26 GMT -5
Pedey proves he still has it I just saw he had hit his second homer of the day! And Clay has been excellent going 4 scoreless so far and keeping his pitch count under 50 pitches in doing so. It's one day, and there's 6 months to go, but it's the kind of start so far that gives hopeful outlook on some of the big questions the Sox were facing coming into the season. -M PS and now Hanley goes deep. 4-0 on 4 solo shots. Feels like 1978 all over again for the Sox Yeah, it's only one game(well half of one) but damn it feels good. |
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