Before I move to Houston, I stayed in Boston for two years. Sure, I am a red sox fan. They have super-star players like clements, Boggs, Burks ... What I found out is their management is suck. I really mean it. Red Sox has a pretty good market, they get a lot of money to sign players, but the quality of the team is getting worse. If they are really smart, this year Red Sox team can be:
1st Base : Mo Vaugh 2nd Base : Scott Fletcher 3rd Base : Jeff Bagwell Short stop : Valentine DH : Mark McGuire Left field : Phil Plantier centre field: Ellis Burks right field : Mike Greenwell catcher : Tony Pena
& well-known Solid pitching staffs The other important point of this team is they are much *younger*. It does look like a championship team.
Another comment: It is not easy to play in Fenway Park! (huge pressure from media and people in Boston)
In article <28tn33$...@priddy.cs.utexas.edu> ch...@cs.utexas.edu (Chun-Cherng Wong) writes: > Before I move to Houston, I stayed in Boston for two years. Sure, I am a >red sox fan. They have super-star players like clements, Boggs, Burks ...
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Uh, yeah. How much of a fan can you be here?
- The best pitcher in baseball over the last five years spells his name "Clemens". - Boggs wears the pinstripes of the Yankees now. - Burks plays for the Sox, but his sox are now White.
>What I found out is their management is suck. I really mean it. Red Sox has a >pretty good market, they get a lot of money to sign players, but the quality of >the team is getting worse. > If they are really smart, this year Red Sox team can be:
> 1st Base : Mo Vaugh > 2nd Base : Scott Fletcher > 3rd Base : Jeff Bagwell
How are they going to pry Bagwell from Houston?
> Short stop : Valentine
Heeheehee...I know this is a mere typo, but the thought of r.s.bb's own Ted Fischer playing short for the Sox is priceless :-)
> DH : Mark McGuire > Left field : Phil Plantier > centre field: Ellis Burks > right field : Mike Greenwell > catcher : Tony Pena
Hmmm...I think I realize what you're doing here now. You're saying this *could* have been the lineup, had the Sox played their cards better, right? In that case, then yes, McGwire did indeed flirt with the idea of playing with Boston, but I'm not convinced he was completely serious. But if he had signed with the Sox, why in the world would you have him DH and have Vaughn play first? McGwire is a vastly (okay, inasmuch as there can be vast differences in 1B fielding...) superior fielder than Vaughn. I'd reverse their positions.
Another point: Red Sox fans are split on the issue of the Bagwell trade. Sure, they could still have him, but this is by no means a clear-cut bonehead move by Gorman (unlike, say, the Plantier trade).
> & well-known Solid pitching staffs > The other important point of this team is they are much *younger*. > It does look like a championship team.
...or at least a contender. But a more typical Clemens year would have helped immensely, even with the lineup they did end up fielding this year.
> Another comment: It is not easy to play in Fenway Park! > (huge pressure from media and people in Boston)
No argument here. I don't think it's quite as bad as being a Yankee, but I wouldn't wish the Boston sports media on anybody. Except perhaps George Steinbrenner :-)
>> Before I move to Houston, I stayed in Boston for two years. Sure, I am a >>red sox fan. They have super-star players like clements, Boggs, Burks ... > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Uh, yeah. How much of a fan can you be here? >- The best pitcher in baseball over the last five years spells > his name "Clemens". >- Boggs wears the pinstripes of the Yankees now. >- Burks plays for the Sox, but his sox are now White. >>What I found out is their management is suck. I really mean it. Red Sox has a >>pretty good market, they get a lot of money to sign players, but the quality of >>the team is getting worse. >> If they are really smart, this year Red Sox team can be:
>> 1st Base : Mo Vaugh >> 2nd Base : Scott Fletcher >> 3rd Base : Jeff Bagwell >How are they going to pry Bagwell from Houston?
This comment is so stupid I won't even respond.
>> Short stop : Valentine >Heeheehee...I know this is a mere typo, but the thought of r.s.bb's >own Ted Fischer playing short for the Sox is priceless :-)
>> DH : Mark McGuire >> Left field : Phil Plantier >> centre field: Ellis Burks >> right field : Mike Greenwell >> catcher : Tony Pena >Hmmm...I think I realize what you're doing here now. You're saying this >*could* have been the lineup, had the Sox played their cards better, right? >In that case, then yes, McGwire did indeed flirt with the idea of playing >with Boston, but I'm not convinced he was completely serious. But if he >had signed with the Sox, why in the world would you have him DH and have >Vaughn play first? McGwire is a vastly (okay, inasmuch as there can be >vast differences in 1B fielding...) superior fielder than Vaughn. I'd >reverse their positions. >Another point: Red Sox fans are split on the issue of the Bagwell trade. >Sure, they could still have him, but this is by no means a clear-cut >bonehead move by Gorman (unlike, say, the Plantier trade).
Oh, yes. This was clear-cut stupid. Dumb. El stupido
>> & well-known Solid pitching staffs >> The other important point of this team is they are much *younger*. >> It does look like a championship team. >...or at least a contender. But a more typical Clemens year would >have helped immensely, even with the lineup they did end up fielding >this year. >> Another comment: It is not easy to play in Fenway Park! >> (huge pressure from media and people in Boston) >No argument here. I don't think it's quite as bad as being a Yankee, >but I wouldn't wish the Boston sports media on anybody. Except perhaps >George Steinbrenner :-)
The Boston Globe is the greatest sports page in the country.
>The Boston Globe is the greatest sports page in the country.
Wrong! (IMO). I've been to Boston and several other big cities. I've lived in 3 major markets (albany not being one of them, obviously. But nowhere that I've ever been can compare their sports coverage with the Dallas/Ft. Worth media. The Morning News and the Startlegram are both real good all-around sports papers. The talk shows are *the best*. What's more, the coverage is great for non-Texas stuff and it's unusual for papers to do good coverage of teams other than the local ones (read Washington Post/new York Times here) BTW for such a renowned newspaper, why do the sports pages of the Times suck so bad?
In <1993Oct7.051609.14...@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> jr0...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Joshua Reuben Rovner) writes:
>The Boston Globe is the greatest sports page in the country.
Depends what you're looking for. I have trouble with them simply because they don't print complete baseball boxscores. In the two weeks I was there recently, there were about 10-20 games during that span whose boxscores never, EVER appeared in the Globe morning edition. Not even just a day late; just not at all.
The Wisconsin State Journal, that I noticed, didn't miss a single boxscore in their morning editions all season (and this isn't exactly a baseball town; the U Wisconsin doesn't have a team, and the A's farm team is moving away before next season). Sure, a few (maybe one per month) got printed a day late due to being on the West coast, but at least they got printed.
Of course, your mileage may vary; baseball is the only sport I care about, so their basketball, hockey, football, et. al. coverage could be outstanding, but I wouldn't even bother reading 99.999% of it, because I'm not interested in it.
Shrug.
-- Michael Rawdon raw...@colby.cs.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Department, Madison, WI
"If he's worth five cents to me, then he's worth a dollar." - Me, during my rotisserie baseball league's auction about some now-forgotten player, 4 April 1993
> >The Boston Globe is the greatest sports page in the country.
> Wrong! (IMO). I've been to Boston and several other big cities. > I've lived in 3 major markets (albany not being one of them, obviously. > But nowhere that I've ever been can compare their sports coverage > with the Dallas/Ft. Worth media. The Morning News and the Startlegram > are both real good all-around sports papers. The talk shows are *the best*. > What's more, the coverage is great for non-Texas stuff and it's unusual > for papers to do good coverage of teams other than the local ones > (read Washington Post/new York Times here) BTW for such a renowned > newspaper, why do the sports pages of the Times suck so bad?
I have to throw in a comment. When I lived in San Diego I felt that the Los Angeles Times had a very good sports page. I got the san diego edition, so all of the san diego and LA teams were well covered. I have seen the Dallas Morning News while sitting around the airport, and I was impressed by the fact they even had a soccer column.
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>> >The Boston Globe is the greatest sports page in the country.
>> Wrong! (IMO). I've been to Boston and several other big cities. >> I've lived in 3 major markets (albany not being one of them, obviously. >> But nowhere that I've ever been can compare their sports coverage >> with the Dallas/Ft. Worth media. The Morning News and the Startlegram >> are both real good all-around sports papers. The talk shows are *the best*. >> What's more, the coverage is great for non-Texas stuff and it's unusual >> for papers to do good coverage of teams other than the local ones >> (read Washington Post/new York Times here) BTW for such a renowned >> newspaper, why do the sports pages of the Times suck so bad?
> I have to throw in a comment. When I lived in San Diego I felt that the > Los Angeles Times had a very good sports page. I got the san diego > edition, so all of the san diego and LA teams were well covered. I have > seen the Dallas Morning News while sitting around the airport, and I was > impressed by the fact they even had a soccer column.
OK, so Dallas and San Diego are the greatest sports pages, huh? All right, how much coverage does the NHL get in these papers? If they cover the NHL in these markets (for Dallas, I mean before the Stars moved there), I will be VERY impressed.
|> >> >The Boston Globe is the greatest sports page in the country.
|> >> But nowhere that I've ever been can compare their sports coverage |> >> with the Dallas/Ft. Worth media.
|> > I have to throw in a comment. When I lived in San Diego I felt that the |> > Los Angeles Times had a very good sports page. I got the san diego |> > edition, so all of the san diego and LA teams were well covered. I have |> > seen the Dallas Morning News while sitting around the airport, and I was |> > impressed by the fact they even had a soccer column. |> > |> |> OK, so Dallas and San Diego are the greatest sports pages, huh? All right, how |> much coverage does the NHL get in these papers? If they cover the NHL in these |> markets (for Dallas, I mean before the Stars moved there), I will be VERY |> impressed.
Um, he was referring to the San Diego edition of the LA Times, which unfortunately is now deceased due to budget cutbacks. I've lived just about everywhere in CA, and have traveled a lot, reading the local papers every place I visit. I think the LA Times ranks near the top in sports coverage. They cover the NHL pretty well, pro and college sports, and have quite good coverage of minor sports as well. Jim Murray is a great writer and some of the other columnists are very good.
The SF Chronicle is entertaining, but Cohn and Dickey are jerks. Both carry out vendettas against players they don't like. Ray Ratto is pretty good.
San Diego UT does NOT have particularly good sports coverage, though it is better than many places. The Sacramento Bee does not deserve mention as a "newspaper"...
The main Denver paper seems pretty good... any Denverites want to boast? -- Dave DeMers dem...@cs.ucsd.edu Computer Science & Engineering 0114 demers...@ucsd.bitnet UC San Diego ...!ucsd!cs!demers La Jolla, CA 92093-0114 (619) 534-0688, or -8187, FAX: (619) 534-7029
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