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1. No injuries.

2. Seeing how Means finishes up a truly stellar rookie season.

3. Just seeing how the younger guys in general finish up the season: Santander, Hays, Stewart, etc.

4. Seeing how hard the guys play in the final series of the season against a team that's out of it and had a really disappointing year.

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27 minutes ago, ShaneDawg85 said:

1. No injuries.

2. Seeing how Means finishes up a truly stellar rookie season.

3. Just seeing how the younger guys in general finish up the season: Santander, Hays, Stewart, etc.

4. Seeing how hard the guys play in the final series of the season against a team that's out of it and had a really disappointing year.

About sums it up for me, too.  

I don't want to see Hays surpass his rookie status this weekend, though.

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33 minutes ago, ShaneDawg85 said:

1. No injuries.

Honestly, you could have stopped there.    Nothing else that happens in the final three games really moves the needle on anything.   But of course, I’d enjoy some W’s, without any conflicting feelings now that the no. 2 pick is locked down.   

I’d love to see Mancini finish with an OPS over .900.  I’d like to see Hays go 9 for 9 with 6 walks, preserving his rookie status for next year.    And I’d like both Means and Bundy to finish strong.  

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I’d like to see if VR can touch .800 OPS. He’s only .004 out. Doesn’t affect the amazing season he’s had, obviously, but that’d be some sweet icing on the cake.

Selfishly, I want Mark to bang one over the Monster at some point this weekend. Would be a nice swan song (at least in our uni) for him and a feel-good moment for everyone.

Beyond that...just keep hustling, finish strong, and ideally, sweep these bums right out of Fenway and send them home to feast on their chicken and beer.

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