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From: djvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDJ)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: RE: Red Sox
Message-ID: <345@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 15:56:04 EST
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> In article <95000002@haddock.UUCP> billm@haddock.UUCP writes:
>> The Red Sox idea of offense is two walks, an error, and a poke over
>> the Green Monster.  You call that hitting (Wade Boggs the exception) ?
>> You're certainly correct if you say that it counts as 4 runs, but it'll be
>> hard to find the Green Monster anywhere but good ol' venerable Fenway Park
>> in Beantown.
>>
>> It's fun for Red Sox fans, but a lot of years almost guarantees
>> 4th or 5th place finishes in the American League East.
>
> In the words of Earl Weaver, "Pitching, defense, and three run homers."
> (A notably successful strategy.)  The Red Sox offense hasn't been the
> problem; the pitching has.
>

	Regardless of the problem, the Red Sox HAVE been a good team
over the years.  Unless they've gone bad in the last few years, I'm
pretty sure that they were the only team in the Majors to have a winning
record every year since the Mid-1960's.

						Dave Van Handel