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Kneel B4 Zod · #**361** 05-01-2006, 10:34 PM

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Question for Red Sox fans..the bullpen area in right center/right field with the low wall. On a homerun can you go over the wall to make a catch?

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if you fall over the wall into the bullpen, while holding the ball, it's a homerun

Hack · #**362** 05-01-2006, 10:36 PM

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Question for Red Sox fans..the bullpen area in right center/right field with the low wall. On a homerun can you go over the wall to make a catch?

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if you fall over the wall into the bullpen, while holding the ball, it's a homerun

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what if you bend back 70 degrees and make the catch wtih your feet on the grass and your head a foot above the bullpen dirt?

CharlieDontSurf · #**363** 05-01-2006, 10:38 PM

OH...hmm I always get confused with the difference between making a diving catch over a low wall like that and when a infielder makes a diving catch and falls into the stands.

CharlieDontSurf · #**364** 05-01-2006, 10:40 PM

Whats the MLB rule if a outfielder runs jumps off the wall into the bullpen but instead of catching the ball bats it back into the outfield...and better yet...another outfielder catches his deflection.

kyro · #**365** 05-01-2006, 10:40 PM

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Booing Damon is a pretty classless move by the Sox fans. This is the guy who hit the grand slam off Vazquez in ALCS game 7 to get you to the 2004 World Series. And you boo him? What time do they cut off beer sales at Fenway?

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Jeez, I wonder why they're booing him.

Just STFU. Why did you come back?

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because i forgot about 2p2 for a year but missed it.

why the rudeness? what have I ever done to you?

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You've always made stupid comments like that. You act like the Red Sox have terrible fans when any team's fans, INCLUDING THE YANKEES, would treat a player that did what Damon did the exact same way. Way to be biased, pal.

It's one thing to boo a player on your own team that has been struggling. It's another to boo a player that used to be on your team, and left to go play for an archrival in the same division because they offered you more money.

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So do you fault Damon for leaving for more money?

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It really has zero to do with whether or not I fault Damon. It's understanding...

1)where most fans are coming from
2)that there isn't a team in the league whose fans wouldn't act the same way.

I don't necessarily "fault" Damon for leaving for more money. I wish he hadn't, and I don't think the extra couple million he's getting is really going to make a huge difference for him in the long run, but I don't think what he did was technically "wrong." That being said, OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO BOO HIM.

CharlieDontSurf · #**366** 05-01-2006, 10:42 PM

If Jeter switched sides they'd boo his ass.

If they are real fans..they should boo him.

Hack · #**367** 05-01-2006, 10:43 PM

Last I heard it was more like a 12 million dollar difference.

The Red Sox were lowballing him at 4 years for 40 million, while the Yankees offered him 4 years at 52 million. A 30% increase is nothing to sneeze at.

Kneel B4 Zod · #**368** 05-01-2006, 10:51 PM

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A 30% increase is nothing to sneeze at.

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you can't just think about it in % terms. he already had more money than he will ever spend.

Hack · #**369** 05-01-2006, 10:53 PM

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A 30% increase is nothing to sneeze at.

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you can't just think about it in % terms. he already had more money than he will ever spend.

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I wouldn't be so sure about that. Professional athletes aren't exactly known as the best savers- see Dennis Rodman for a prominent example.

And the market valued him at 13/4. If I was him I would have done the same thing, regardless of team. I'm a Yankee fan but if I was playing for the Yankees and the Red Sox offered me 30% more pay, you bet your ass I'd go play for them and not feel bad about it. Owners don't feel about about not resigning bad players so why should players feel bad about going somewhere where they can get PAID?

junglewarfare · #**370** 05-01-2006, 11:00 PM

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A 30% increase is nothing to sneeze at.

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you can't just think about it in % terms. he already had more money than he will ever spend.

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I am pretty sure that if you add up all the money Damon has made in his career, deduct taxes, agent fees, and money he has spent, 12 mil will be a pretty significant amount of extra income. I suspect that he earned a relatively tiny about in his years at KC and Oakland. I know he probably cashed in big from being a star in Boston and doing promotions after 2004, but I would not scoff at 12 mil.

Didn't most people say the sox 4/40 offer was mostly one for posterity anyway?