Comments on: Is it 1978 all over again for the Red Sox? http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Fri, 24 May 2013 01:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: skipperxc http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192618 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:38:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192618 Well, for Bucky and Aaron, it’s a two-syllable first name and a one-syllable last name.

Therefore, I give you our 2011 entry: David Price.

]]> By: seanb72 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192609 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:14:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192609 nothing would fill my heart with joy more than watching Boston fall apart…..no, wait, watching every bandwagon fan, sportswriters, and the pro-Boston MLB establishment soak the floors with their tears!!!

]]> By: bobwsc http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192522 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:19:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192522 “They have two against Toronto this week before their four-game series against the Rays. All they need to do is tread water in those six games and they’ll be in an OK position.”

tread water? against the two teams that just punch-a-sized their face?

]]> By: yankeesfanlen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192476 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:37:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192476 Yankees do in Sox and Rays, Angels take Wild Card. Wait…I don’t want that.

]]> By: offseasonblues http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192471 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:27:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192471 C’mon people, don’t you recognize a set up when you see it? The Sox let the Rays get close so they can catch the Yankees in those 7 games they have left against them. Sox and Rays go to the post season, Yankees play golf.

]]> By: giselleisasucubus http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192369 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:41:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192369 they are in some serious trouble. I think they are going to blow this. Tampa has great pitching. The Red Sox are a mess, and again, Theo will somehow get off the hook. Why give Bobby Jenks 7 mill when you can go after Soriano? Why give Carl Crawford 20mil p/year and not even take a sniff of matt Holliday the year before, who is a much better fit. John Lackey=Carl Pavano. I havent even got to Tito, the worst game manager in baseball(“but his players love him”). Very disappointed Red Sox fan here that doesnt see things through red,blue and pink colored glasses.

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192336 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:56:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192336 September 2007, a brief post-game conversation after the Nats beat the Mets again:

Mets fan: Whaddya cheering about? Your team sucks!
Yours truly: You haven’t heard of the concept of a spoiler?

The Nats played an important part in the Mets’ collapse. At the time, affecting a pennant race was all we had. Nothing in particular against the Mets; after all, beating the Mets helped the Phillies.

]]> By: dailyrev http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192310 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:29:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192310 Damn those J’s look good. That kid Lawrie looks like a future MVP candidate, I’m serious. Starting pitching seems promising too. They need to shore up their pen over the winter and see if they can pick off another quality starter cheap and they could actually contend, even in that division they’re in.

I was so inspired by watching the J’s this past week I added Ontario to my dice.com search agents. Betcha plenty of Americans are doing the same.

]]> By: marshmallowsnake http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192287 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:53:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192287 I have figured you out…you like to stir the pot. I have seen it with Phillies fans and now with Sox fans. Why does the media like to jump on things and then beat them to death?

]]> By: uyf1950 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192271 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:14:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192271 Craig, actually I’m not sure that Royals and the Twins wouldn’t have been better options for the Red Sox then the O’s. Just my opinion.

]]> By: jimbo1949 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192244 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:25:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192244 Tony effin’ Romo

]]> By: jimbo1949 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192239 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:22:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192239 Cigarette? Blindfold? As you wish.

]]> By: Panda Claus http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192232 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:07:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192232 I suppose it’s doable, but it won’t be easy. He almost blew an 8-1 lead to Detroit last month.

Kevin “Gas Can” Gregg. [sarcasm]Thanks for not re-signing him Toronto.[/sarcasm]

]]> By: hittfamily http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192231 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:06:02 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192231 Are the Rays allowed to loan some pitching to Baltimore?

]]> By: dapperdan50 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192230 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:05:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192230 Never will I root for the Yankees. Even if logic were to dictate (and I don’t think it will).

Are you sure that you are REALLY a Sox fan, Ace? Sorry, I have to check your credentials.

]]> By: hittfamily http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192228 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:03:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192228 Go Jays. Get the 6 fingered man out in centerfield tipping pitches. Do whatever you need to do. The Jays throw their 2 best, the Sox throw their 2 worst. The Rays get 3 against Baltimore. 1 game lead for the Sox when the Rays come to Boston for a 4 game series. They will be bringing their brooms to that series as well!!!

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192225 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:58:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192225 Good thing they Yanks have Chavez, Jones and Montero.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192222 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:55:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192222 Arod, Swisher and Martin are hurting.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192221 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:53:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192221 The Red Sox will be using 2 weak starting pitchers in their pair of games against the Jays this week.The Jays won 3 out of 4 against Boston the last time the 2 teams played.

]]> By: jimbo1949 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192220 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:51:49 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192220 Nah, the first name needs 2 syllables: Bucky, Aaron, B J, Evan etc.

]]> By: jimbo1949 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192215 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:49:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192215 Boston’s pitching has everyone ready to freak out. But the scheduling gods are smiling on them. They have two against Toronto this week before their four-game series against the Rays.
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If I were a Jay, I’d highly resent the implication inherent in that statement.

]]> By: Ace http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192214 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:49:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192214 Horror of horrors for Red Sox fans: we’re going to have to suck it up and root for the Yankees. (For 7 games, at least.)

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192213 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:47:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192213 All the O’s have to do is get a big enough lead against the Boston starters so that Gregg can’t blow the game. It is doable.

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192211 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:47:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192211 How about just the “Tampa effing Rays”? As a Rays fan, I consider the “effing” nickname a huge compliment.

]]> By: Panda Claus http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192196 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:28:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192196 Thanks for taking another swipe at the O’s Craig. And yes, I’d love nothing better than to have my dreadful team to play a part in the miserable demise of the Red Sox. I mean that in a nice way, no malice at all.

]]> By: pisano http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192193 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:25:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192193 If the rule of good pitching stops good hitting the Red Sox are in trouble. What they have going for them is they still have a lead and the Rays have to play the Yankees seven more times. This ought to be real interesting coming down to the end.

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192182 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:17:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192182 I dunno, Ben effing Zobrist just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?

]]> By: missthedayswhenwedidnthavetologin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192163 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:57:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192163 ANYBODY CAN BE BEAT – Bart Scott

]]> By: yankeesfanlen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192162 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:57:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192162 I LOVE Bucky Dent stories!

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/12/is-it-1978-all-over-again-for-the-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-192161 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:57:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=85015#comment-192161 It is deja vue all over again.

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