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- From: kbanaian@bernard.pitzer.claremont.edu (King Banaian)
- Subject: Re: Red Sox and the draft (addendum)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:21:53 GMT
-
- In article <WILLIE.92Nov18101232@amalthea.osf.org> willie@osf.org (William Williams) writes:
- >
- >After Reed was selected, according to WEEI this morning, the Red Sox
- >added McNeely, Dopson, Scott Taylor (good Pawtucket pitching stats),
- >and Nate Minchey (minor league prospect acquired in Reardon deal).
- >The Globe qualified this list with "It appears the Red Sox decided
- >to protect..." Gorman was quoted as saying the added list was con-
- >fidential.
- Dopson??? John Dopson??? Does he have a picture of Gorman with a goat or
- something??? Thank you for this information, but you have not made my day.
- I have absolutely no quarrel over McNeely and Minchey. I thought Taylor
- had *not* had a good year in Pawtucket: his K/W ratio dropped, and he got
- hit a little harder there. (Moreover, if he was good, start his buns ahead
- of Dead-Arm Dopson.)
-
- >
- >When asked about Wedge, Gorman said, "They've got Wedge in the Hall of
- >Fame. Why is it such a big thing? I'd like to think we know
- >players. If Wedge ends up being an outstanding hitter, maybe that's a
- >mistake. We made our decision based on judgment and we had reasons
- >for doing it. And we stand by our decision." Then, later, regarding
- >the strategy, "Not bad at all. We're not concerned at all." The
- >Shaughnessy article goes on to imply Gorman miscounted the number of
- >catchers taken up to that point, and this figured into his thinking.
- This from the man that brought us Matt Young. Thanks a lot, Lou. Take math
- lessons.
-
- >And I bet the best they'll do in the free agent market is Mark
- >McGuire.
-
- Naw, this is the year we finally get Mike Flanagan.
-
- -- Sparky
-