The Rays are younger and getting better. (29 years old is peak) The Sox are pretty young: Pedroia, Youk, Elsbury, Lowrie, Delcarman, Pap, are all home grown.
The Sox also have the money to fill in the blank spots. For example, we can afford to pay top dollar for a new catcher. So it's going to be tough in our division. But that isn't new. Ray On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:46 PM, William Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Weaker top of the order, but pitching 1-5 is better, on average, than the > Sox. Better middle relief. Paps is the better closer. > > > > Catcher is hands down better than Tek. Third base: Longoria is better > too. I'll take Youk over Pena, despite Pena's power numbers. Pedroia is > better, too. Outfield is probably a push, but Rays are younger and getting > better. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:06 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Hope? > > > > No argument here. I said so back in May. They've got great starting > pitching and a strong nucleus of homegrowns. They certainly hit paydirt with > Pena but at this point he's a complimentary player. > > > > I'm not sure if they're more talented. But they are younger and healthier. > Some of our guys are hitting the wall in Jim Rice fashion. This team is > getting old fast. > > > > The Rays future is bright for the next 2-4 years until payroll concerns > hit. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:43 PM, William Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I think the Rays are the better team. I also think they will compete in > the AL East for a while. Its good for baseball. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed Oct 15 12:30:10 2008 > Subject: Re: Hope? > > I blame Francona for bringing in/taking out [fill in pitcher's name here] > way too early/late. > > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Beaudoin, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > NOW you know what you can call the next game, right? > > Let's hear it. It's a m*st w*n game. Did you get it yet? > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue Oct 14 21:00:34 2008 > Subject: Re: Hope? > > > I said this in 04 so I'll dare to repeat myself under the > circumstances - one game at a time. We just need to win the next game. We > have D-K, Beckett and Lester with nothing to lose and pressure on Tampa to > close it out. We can do this... > > Sent from my Larry's iPhone > > On Oct 14, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Can one of you glass is half full types > give me some reason for optimism here? This is just a disaster. > > I had full confidence they could come back from 3-1 down to > Cleveland last year. I have no such confidence this year. The hitters are > not hitting. The pitchers are getting pounded relentlessly. It just doesn't > look good. > > -- Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > <br > > > > -- Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - Gertrude Stein --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
