Protecting the Shields -- The Nick Cafardo Thread
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Cafardo has a grandson.
Nick Cafardo @nickcafardo
Noah Cal Cafardo. Welcome to the world. Congrats,
Someday he will bounce the boy on his knee and regale the young lad with olden tales of home-plate collisions.
Nick Cafardo @nickcafardo
Noah Cal Cafardo. Welcome to the world. Congrats,
Someday he will bounce the boy on his knee and regale the young lad with olden tales of home-plate collisions.
BoSoxLady said:
I've worked with Ben Cafardo as a contact at ESPN, and he's a nice guy and competent. Maybe he's adopted.
threecy said:
"I sincerely apologize to my fans that what was supposed to be a DM accidentally was shared with all my followers. Please do not confuse this with the reporting of actual news"
Lol.
Didn't Cafardo consistently dog Drew in his AZ days for being slow to return from his ankle injury?
The Sox stink so no one should go to the All Star Game? No one's had a good year and no one has played at an All Star level since July of 2013?
Even if we rule out the "must have one player from each team" types, that eliminates a lot of guys over the years. More logical brilliance from Nick. Mr. Spock would be envious.
Even if we rule out the "must have one player from each team" types, that eliminates a lot of guys over the years. More logical brilliance from Nick. Mr. Spock would be envious.
Nick had another passive defense of Bobby Fucking Valentine today. "Bobby Valentine, hired to be the disciplinarian Terry Francona wasn't, was never backed." No, you goddamn jackass, Valentine alienated the team from day 1 by loudly lambasting Avila over a spring training drill, acting like a attention-starved know-it-all insufferable prick, and then publicly backstabbing and then running out of town one of the team's most popular players. Stop fucking acting like Valentine was a helpless victim of circumstances beyond his control. My God.
http://deadspin.com/jim-bowden-caught-stealing-from-fake-twitter-account-d-1614081824
Jim Bowden, former MLB executive, has fashioned himself a second career as a baseball pundit for ESPN and SiriusXM radio. Today, baseball's biggest day for movement, trade deadline day, Bowden appears to have gotten caught stealing a scoop without attribution. We know because he unwittingly stole it from a fake account.
Grubbery said:
He's switched to golf, but he has a shout out to baseball in his bio, where he misspells Eddie Mathews' name.
I doubt that's in the team's plans. Also, Nick was saying his two months in Pawtucket this year could possibly mean he'd be considered for the rotation next year.
I'd be surprised if Owens doesn't get a couple of starts in September. Some of the younger pitchers in the rotation will be running into innings limits.mt8thsw9th said:
lexrageorge said:
No way we see Owens this season unless there's a rash of injuries. He's not on the 40-man roster and he doesn't need to be put on the 40-man roster before the Rule V draft in December. No sense in him taking up a 40-man spot when it can be used for more pressing concerns like Swihart and Barnes, who need to be protected for the Rule V.
Red(s)HawksFan said:
Minor Swihart hijack: Jim Callis was on a recent Alex Speier podcast saying Swihart has a Buster Posey-like profile, and if there was one Sox prospect he would hesitate giving up in any kind of Stanton-type trade it would be Blake Swihart.
Why did Nick put his name on this story that had to be written by AJ Pierzynski's publicist? I suppose he must have added a few bits here and there to it, enough for it to go under his byline I guess. I suppose doing a story like that will get him some future "unnamed former Red Sox player" comments for his future articles, from A.J. Pierzynski. Great.
Humphrey said:
Perhaps there's another Scott Boras client who may pass through waivers?
That actually got me thinking about his old articles, and the first Google hit was this:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/03/15/free-agents-stephen-drew-kendrys-morales-stay-shape-while-waiting-for-deal/jdhpuwXRqk07YGkrNg9P9H/story.html
His career was really only 2009, 2012, and 2013 when you're looking at full seasons, so I was curious if he actually got that total from b-ref's 162 game average feature (162 games which is something Morale has done zero times). He did, and outside of not clarifying what he was referencing to with "his career", he also fit in a typo (it was 91 RBI per 162 games).
Though I guess in Nick's defense, he was pumping the tires of a Kendrys Morales who had played in the most games of his career in 2013, and put up a 121 OPS+ in Safeco. If we're going to hang Nick for his preseason pimping of Morales because it lacked foresight, we should also hang the Red Sox front office for not giving Lester a big new deal coming off five years of cratering K rates, and a three year split of a 105 ERA+, because he's having a great year (with hugely improved K rates) out of nowhere. Actually, just kidding, because that's been the general consensus of the hindsight crowd.
I won't give Nick any clicks, but if he's really talking up Drew this year, when he's an unmitigated disaster, then that's really something else. I'm really curious what the Boras Binder for Drew will look like after this season. His career trajectory looks like Mark Bellhorn's, who didn't have the hype/contract that had him in the majors every day by 24. Bellhorn was raking AAA at 22, languished there until 27 when the Cubs finally gave him his chance (odd given the Athletics seemed like the type of club to keep him around and tried him at 1st given Giambi's contract situation), and he was pretty much cooked by 30/31. Drew will be an interesting candidate for a Sizemore-esque, incentive-laden deal next season, but I could easily see his agent being a hindrance to being picked up by anyone.
Sunday Nick still wants to makes defensive shifts illegal. I'm still waiting for his reply to my emailed alternatives of outlawing cutters and making all pitches above 95MPH automatic balls, with repeat offenders getting ejected. I also asked him how he defines "shifts." No answer yet.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/fantasy-baseball-today/24538916/mlb-strikeout-rate-skyrocketing-to-absurd-level-in-2014
This is a little dated, but I'm sure true. People don't hit the fucking ball enough. If you put enough balls in play, the shifts won't matter that much.
Cafraudo is clueless.
This is a little dated, but I'm sure true. People don't hit the fucking ball enough. If you put enough balls in play, the shifts won't matter that much.
Cafraudo is clueless.
It's dumber than him just wanting to "limit shifts". He's piggy-backing the idea of limiting shifts onto his plea to adopt Tom Werner's pace of game suggestions. So, he wants a faster game while limiting a defense's ability to convert outs.
Right. Make the game shorter by making it so people score more often. Makes sense!
I'm often torn on these "pace of game" suggestions. On the one hand, yes, I want Clay to just fucking throw the ball already, but, on the other, when you've got Papi at the plate with the bases loaded, I don't want a goddamn pitch clock rushing things.
I think it has to be a competitive advantage to work. If quicker teams win more often, you'll see other teams playing more quickly.
I'm often torn on these "pace of game" suggestions. On the one hand, yes, I want Clay to just fucking throw the ball already, but, on the other, when you've got Papi at the plate with the bases loaded, I don't want a goddamn pitch clock rushing things.
I think it has to be a competitive advantage to work. If quicker teams win more often, you'll see other teams playing more quickly.
It's really just about money. It's not complicated. If the owners really want to shave a few minutes off the games then have fewer commercials. They have every right to make as much money as possible, but the more ads they sell the longer the game will take. Trying to artificially shorten games by doing things that have never been done before shouldn't be an option just so they can sell more ad time but still keep games at less than three hours.
The only thing I'd look into is replay, because the system clearly is not very efficient and is really the only new development that lengthens games now. One rule I'd actually be in favor of is somehow prohibiting this crap where a manager comes out to discuss the play with an ump while his team watches the replay and gives him a thumbs up or thumbs down. I've hated the challenge system since day one so just get rid of it, eliminate these discussions, and let umps immediately decide whether a play needs to be reviewed.
The only thing I'd look into is replay, because the system clearly is not very efficient and is really the only new development that lengthens games now. One rule I'd actually be in favor of is somehow prohibiting this crap where a manager comes out to discuss the play with an ump while his team watches the replay and gives him a thumbs up or thumbs down. I've hated the challenge system since day one so just get rid of it, eliminate these discussions, and let umps immediately decide whether a play needs to be reviewed.
Is Nick really planning on mentioning Castillo's 4.2 to first time in every goddamn article he's going to write going forward? He did it again today, and it's at least the 3rd time he's mentioned it. You're not a scout Nick, stop pretending that you know what you're talking about.
Nick can break that easily when the lunch buffet opens up at City of Palms Park, so he's unimpressed.
Well, it's finally too late to bring up "teammates" wishing Drew was playing over Bogaerts. Or Iglesias playing over Drew. Or Bobby Valentine. Or Jason Bay coming back.Smiling Joe Hesketh said:
From yesterdays' Sunday baseball notes:
"1. What is grass for? To be stepped on? Not at Camden Yards. You get yelled at for doing it. Must be some groundskeeper inferiority complex. It just reinforces how good Dave Mellor’s Fenway lawn is compared with others."
Hahahaha, looks like someone got yelled at for walking on the field. Well Nick Cafardo won't take that! Don't those groundskeepers know who he is? They will PAY when he shames them in his influential column.
"1. What is grass for? To be stepped on? Not at Camden Yards. You get yelled at for doing it. Must be some groundskeeper inferiority complex. It just reinforces how good Dave Mellor’s Fenway lawn is compared with others."
Hahahaha, looks like someone got yelled at for walking on the field. Well Nick Cafardo won't take that! Don't those groundskeepers know who he is? They will PAY when he shames them in his influential column.
Was any money ever more ill spent than the money allocated for Nick to cover the playoffs in person?
The Gray Eagle said:
I remember Roger commenting that he was happy the Blue Jays groundskeeper would let him and his kids play on the field at then Skydome, as opposed to Mean Joe Mooney at Fenway. Maybe Nick can go cover the Blue Jays?
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