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    The Pantheon of Boston announcers: Who you got?

    If the play by play guy’s job is to carry the pulse of the game’s excitement in the timbre of his voice, one name stands out and that’s Fred Cusick. Christ would do well to contract Cusick’s play by play for his second coming. Nobody better.
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    Round 1 Bruins-Leafs

    Monty should mention Bertuzzi’s ridiculous full Louganis on the play in question — not sure Keefe has the black and white hats properly sorted there. Calling attention to that sequence doesn’t do his club the credit he thinks it does in that post game presser. Bertuzzi looks like a serial...
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    ECQF Game 3: 4/24/24 @ Tarranna

    It’s what they have to do there in that square… (Glad you’re enjoying my tyke’s malaprop).
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    ECQF Game 3: 4/24/24 @ Tarranna

    This might be a good time to retell the story of my then four year-old son watching Bs-Leafs with me — turning toward me in mild confusion and asking; “Wait, Dad, this team is named the Toronto Make-Believes?” Why yes, yes they are…
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    Round 1 rest of the east

    Because the Capital put himself in an extremely precarious position all on his own. A puck-carrier ducking down like that anywhere on the ice is making himself unnecessarily vulnerable but, do that near the boards? You will get no sympathy from officials whatsoever. I’d still be playing men’s...
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    Pittsgburgh 4/21, the Nod Goes to Winck

    A lifelong Yankee loather, I find myself nostalgic at the sight of Ke’Bryan Hayes. His dad was an eminently likable Yankee whose success against teams other than Boston, was easy to applaud. Good baseball story was Charlie Hayes.
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    Grading the Umps - March/April

    https://x.com/BaseballQuotes1/status/1779616251825865071
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    4/13 Schrödinger's Fandom

    Maybe he can get one of John Kruk’s T-Shirts that he wore to Phillies camp after surgery for testicular cancer; “If you guys don’t play nice, I’m gonna take my ball and go home.”
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    How do you solve a problem like Yoshida?

    None of characterizations are news to me or lost on me but you’ll recall two things; mini-phenom is not my phrase but yours. And my scenario was predicated on Story being healthy enough to return to infield action at 3B and Marcelo Mayer being ready to hold down the SS position. That means it’s...
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    How do you solve a problem like Yoshida?

    I was referring to his pretty eye-popping stats from Japan, but go ahead and make an assumption you can then lampoon without inhibition. I was also referring to a deal that would send out a heavily-subsidized Yoshida, and cited his 1st half ‘23 as evidence of untapped potential — which, until...
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    How do you solve a problem like Yoshida?

    His early career stats, his high-ish profile signing and his glittering first-half last year earned him enough of a profile, I think, that he’d generate some intrigue elsewhere — if he came with a healthy subsidy. I could be wrong about this and suffering from Boston-myopia, but I think his...
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    How do you solve a problem like Yoshida?

    Small market teams (AL Central?) usually have an appetite for subsidized castoffs with name recognition and possibilities for a turnaround.
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    How do you solve a problem like Yoshida?

    I’d be in favor of moving Story to 3B when he’s healthy and Marcelo’s ready, then Masa gets dumped with a subsidy somewhere amenable to the idea and our IF across the diamond goes Story/Mayer/Grissom/Casas, with Raffy a full time, top dollar DH. Maybe he picks up a 1B mitt and spells our corner...
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    4.2 - A’s Kickin’

    Fugg. Was hoping Valdez would Hazelwood them and make dirty water.
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    4.2 - A’s Kickin’

    Anybody knowda name of the guy plays first base for Oakland?
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