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Youkalis looks like the mad troll who lives under the bridge.:smile11:

Lol, I think he has the Goatee because it is what makes him so popular with Red Sox Nation. Sure he is a good player, but his goat makes him almost cultlike with the bandwagoners. Some reason they appreciate seeing him look like a hideous man with a shrub growing out of his chin.

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There's Roberts finally stealing bases again. It helps when the pitcher is throwing 60 mph or so.

Yes it does, Sal Fasano would be having a field day....as I type this Mora is gunned down..

That ball was low to Huff....in the umps credit it is hard to guage a knuckleball I suppose.

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Yes it does, Sal Fasano would be having a field day....as I type this Mora is gunned down..

That ball was low to Huff....in the umps credit it is hard to guage a knuckleball I suppose.

Looks like another squirrel behind the plate IMO.
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So Trembley wants to hold more baserunning drills because the baserunning has been bad. Does it ever occur to him that constantly sending slow runners on full counts with less than two outs has caused a very large percentage of our baserunning problems?

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