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  1. zenax

    Sports Cards Mania

    Yeah, I saw something that seemed to indicate a digital card. I've never known about them and wasn't able to find any other Topps Departures. Maybe the Cubs paid Topps to provide a printed version to give to their season ticket holders.
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    Stand Up If You Love the Darts

    Once, I was throwing in a Cricket game with someone. He went first and threw a triple-20, t-19, t-18. I followed with the same. He then went t-17, t-16, t-15. I followed with the same and never got another shot in the game as he then hit double-cork, cork. (for those not familiar with Cricket...
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    Sports Cards Mania

    There was no number on the card and the only thing printed on the back was the card was "Season Ticket Holder." Lester was granted Free Agency on 30 October 2014 and signed with the Cubs on 15 December. I found this site: https://www.baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/Main_Page that seems to be a...
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    Sports Cards Mania

    Anyone familiar with this card? Topps Departures -- Jon Lester To Chicago (from the A's) On the reverse, it says, "Season Ticket Holder". You need to scroll down the link a little to get to the image. Front of card All I found on a search was "extremely rare" on eBay but no price. Since I...
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    Alex Bregman and Adding a Bat

    No one here knows how Devers would react to being pulled out of being a position player. Would he rejoice at no longer having to play third base or would he be offended at losing it after the work he put in trying to better himself at that role?
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    Alex Bregman and Adding a Bat

    No. Wait and see if the touted prospects in the system actually will deliver, how Abreu and Casas do. In order to have a realistic chance of bringing a title in 2025. they need to add more than Bregman to this off-season moves.
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    Cam Booser to White Sox for Yhoiker Fajardo

    "A Yoik (Yoik is English, Joik is Norwegian/Finnish/Swedish) is a traditional Sámi song used to express relationships about people, nature, animals and emotions. It consists of a melody, rhythm, chanting, animal mimicked sounds, lyrics/words, sometimes facial expressions, and gestures as well...
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    Red Sox sign Patrick Sandoval

    While he had a good season in 2024, he pitched 6 innings in 2020 (relief). In 2021 (career games 6-59), he faced an average of 4.26 batters per appearance. He missed 2022 with Tommy John surgery but came back in 2023 (games 60-72) facing an average of 4.92 batters per appearance before missing...
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    Red Sox sign Patrick Sandoval

    2022 -- ERA 2.91 in 148.2 IP 2023 -- ERA 4.11 in 144.2 IP 2024 -- ERA 5.08 in 79.2 IP In his first three seasons, he pitched 163.0 innings, mostly as a starter, with 19-45 WL record. Which level will he bounce back to?
  10. zenax

    How old are you?

    I mentioned my first game at Fenway earlier in this thread. What I forgot to say was it was from a box seat, third row, directly behind home plate, and I at there with my glove on my hand watching foul balls hit the netting above my head until I realized that was useless and read the scorecard...
  11. zenax

    How old are you?

    I grew up in a very small town in central NH, listening to most games on radio but we did get a tv in the summer of 1950. I saw my first game at Fenway in 1952, Yankee Stadium a year or two later and Cleveland about 1955 As an adult, I joined SABR and went to the national conventions, then in...
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    MLB and military veterans

    A long time friend of mine from Chicago just told me that Cook County has a program that allows vets to attend White Sox weekday games for free. A quick Google search indicates that some other clubs have similar programs and that MLB offers discounts for vets like reduced pricing on MLB items...
  13. zenax

    Grade the Crochet Trade

    He'll be turning 26 in June. I wouldn't call him "so young" unless you're only considering that he has only been a starter for one season.
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    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5967098/2024/12/04/scouting-japan-korea-mlb-roki-sasaki/
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    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    Couldn't dumping him lead to problems in acquiring another Japanese player in free agency or directly from Japan?
  16. zenax

    Red Sox hook Crochet for Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez

    He might become better if he can play an entire season without a ribcage injury.
  17. zenax

    "That is exactly what they say it's like when you freeze to death" - FSG's comfort zone

    If the Red Sox had realized they had almost no chance of acquiring Soto and concentrated instead on improving areas of the team that really need improving, they might have gotten somewhere.
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    After Soto

    Well, he wouldn't be facing Red Sox pitchers if they signed him.
  19. zenax

    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    So, Soto would add three wins in a season? Would his desired yearly salary be worth those extra three wins...81-81 to 84-78 team record?
  20. zenax

    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    MLB average for UER/Gm in 2024: 0.3777, For BOS 0.5884 MLB average for UER/IP in 2024: 0.042559, For BOS 0.065352 I think that needs to be taken into consideration when asking how the team can be improved.
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