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AJV19
If I’m not mistaken Ted Lilly is left-handed.
chicowalker
They had a 50/50 shot of getting that right.
Shane Heathers
Ah… Mr. Lilly has been fooling us. He has had better velocity than we thought all along!
James DeMott
You are not mistaken.
johnsilver
What’s up with remaining in contact with Francona? He was fired for not doing his job. it’s not like managing a team is friends for life, even a lifetime job.
Is managing the Red Sox now the media’s pet peeve on what is going wrong in Bean Town and what they should be doing? Maybe Francona should take a look at what valentine has been doing this spring so far as to compared to what he did.. Actually going through drills, working out and regulars playing on the field more to get ready for the season and most important? No pet list with his buddies that cannot get released, regardless of how useless they are.
No Francona, you earned your isolation from sitting on those 2 WS laurels and getting lazy with your job that led to the firing.
SoxPopuli
His job is to babysit 3 or 4 guys who have zero chance of playing in that particular game who choose to spend it in the clubhouse as opposed to spending it in the dugout managing the game? That’s certainly an interesting twist, anyhow…
Colin Christopher
Yes, a manager with two World Series rings and a cushy studio job “should take a look at what” a guy with no World Series rings and who has been fired about six times is doing.
Clayton Wilson
I’m a little creeped out at the thought of no Chipper, McCann, or Hudson in 2014, but I think that’s a pretty likely scenario. Some of these young arms need to pan out and Salcedo and Bethancourt need to start flashing some offense…..
Colin Christopher
Perhaps, in a perfect world, the Braves use the year Chipper just gave them to figure out how to use the money they would have otherwise paid him in 2013. Perhaps they figure out a way to extend McCann, who they know produces at the major league level, with that money. Perhaps they trade prospects, who we aren’t really sure will produce at the major league level, for a good outfielder.
Adam
IMO, the only way McCann gets an extension is if the Braves get new ownership who actually give a damn will dig into his/their deep pockets and give him the money he will have rightfully earned. But if Liberty Media is still the owner of the Braves next season, Mac is as good as gone at the end of the 2013 season.
Dennis
I don’t recall a single Sox player coming to Tito’s aid when he left. As much as he had their backs, they threw him under the bus.