Re: Question for Red Socks fans


"humbleaptience" <humblepatience@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1172590446.202051.27860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm a yankee fan, but my roommate is a Red Sox fan (we are located in
Lowell, MA).

I got into an arguement with him yesterday. He claimed

A) Papelbon has gotten the medical OK to be a closer

I think a better way to put it is that they haven't said that he CAN'T close.

B) The Red Sox think he would be more useful as a starter so they
aren't converting him


Yeah, I don't think that premise is unreasonable. I think they also think it will be easier to monitor and protect arguably, their most valuable asset too.

WTF? Then why would they have made him a closer in the first place?
Secondly, Mariano Rivera is the MVP of the yankees and having a good
closer in the playoffs is CRUCIAL. Papelbon had a comparable year to
Mo last year, and it's assumed he can continue that production if he
was still a closer. He was basically like "star closer, big whoop".


No offense, but to even ask that question, means you weren't paying much attention. You're a Yankee fan, so I'm not surprised. It is not uncommon logic at all that a top notch starter is more valuable and harder to come by than a top notch closer. I'm not sure I flat out agree, but it is hardly an outlandish or insuppotable position to take.

Basically, my point is that if health issues hadn't cropped up, paps
would be the closer for the Red Sox this year and anyone who argues
anything different is clueless. Do you agree?


No. Not at all. Not a particularly fair way to say it either. But then...clueless and Yankee fan are certainly not mutually exclusive, no? :-)

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