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Yahoo! Sports: Ramirez interested in Red Sox
Talk about exciting. Red Sox fans have to be bonkers with this talk. Back up the truck Duqe because that is what it is going to take. Some Red Sox conspiracy theorists believe Duqe orchestrated the unsuccessful Mussina flirtation to keep the Yankees off their real target, Ramirez. Given the way the Bernie Williams and Mussina signings went down, that might be a good move.
The Red Sox desperately need Ramirez. Manny was worth nearly 122 xRuns in just 118 games or about 165 for a full season. Troy O'Leary was worth about 78 for the whole season. A 77 run bump is a pretty big one and would elevate their offense right next to the Yankees in the league batting totals. Add to that any production from first base or third base and a bit of a rebound from Varitek, Nixon and Offerman and the Sox could score 900 runs. Of course it took me six "what ifs" to make it happen, but Boston won 85 games with four spaghetti bats. Ninety five wins with Ramirez is a lock. ;-)
Talk about exciting. Red Sox fans have to be bonkers with this talk. Back up the truck Duqe because that is what it is going to take. Some Red Sox conspiracy theorists believe Duqe orchestrated the unsuccessful Mussina flirtation to keep the Yankees off their real target, Ramirez. Given the way the Bernie Williams and Mussina signings went down, that might be a good move.
The Red Sox desperately need Ramirez. Manny was worth nearly 122 xRuns in just 118 games or about 165 for a full season. Troy O'Leary was worth about 78 for the whole season. A 77 run bump is a pretty big one and would elevate their offense right next to the Yankees in the league batting totals. Add to that any production from first base or third base and a bit of a rebound from Varitek, Nixon and Offerman and the Sox could score 900 runs. Of course it took me six "what ifs" to make it happen, but Boston won 85 games with four spaghetti bats. Ninety five wins with Ramirez is a lock. ;-)
posted by Sean Foran # 8:11 AM 
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