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Post by rizzuto on Dec 2, 2017 17:29:27 GMT -5
They're not booing, they're yelling Aaron.
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Post by kaybli on Dec 3, 2017 6:39:09 GMT -5
Why Aaron Boone will succeed in New YorkTouching story about Boone by Hal McCoy: There is some prejudice emanating from this corner. Aaron Boone holds a special place in my heart – a story that has been told and retold many, many times. For those who haven’t heard it, here it is again: Back in 2003, due to strokes in both my optic nerves, I became legally blind and considered retiring for good. It happened just before spring training and I went to my sports editor, Frank Corsoe, intending to quit. Corsoe instead convinced me to give spring training a try and I agreed. The first day I walked into the Reds clubhouse in Sarasota, I stood at the door and looked around. Everything was dark and fuzzy. Faces were blurred. I didn’t recognize players who I had known for years. Boone noticed me standing at the door with a perplexed look on my face. He approached me and asked, “What’s wrong?” I told him what had happened, that I was legally blind, and that he probably wouldn’t see me again, that I was going home, I was about to quit. He grabbed me by my elbow and led me to his locker stool, pointed to it and said, “Sit down.” I sat. And Boone said, “I don’t ever want to hear you say the word quit again. You love what you do and you are good at it. Everybody in this room will help you when you need it.” Boone turned me around that day. There were tough times and there are still tough times, but Boone gave me the impetus and the confidence to plod on. Because of him I am still doing this 14 years later. He did make me pay for it though, with locker room humor. He would tell people he caught me talking to a Coke machine. He might have been right. That’s the kind of communicator he is, the kind of passionate and compassionate person he is. Writers and players are water and oil. They don’t often mix. And I wrote my share of critical things about Boone. But he took the time to change a writer’s life, to save my career. That’s why, when Aaron Boone became eligible for the Hall of Fame, he received one vote. Boone was a solid player, a very good player, but he didn’t have Hall of Fame numbers. But I was the one writer who voted for him because to me what he did for me was the stuff of a Hall of Famer. cincinnatireds.blog.daytondailynews.com/2017/12/02/why-aaron-boone-will-succeed-in-new-york/
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 9, 2017 12:09:28 GMT -5
Touching and well written piece on Boone.
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Post by acuraman on Dec 11, 2017 9:53:07 GMT -5
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 11, 2017 10:28:26 GMT -5
What about Pena?
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Post by acuraman on Dec 11, 2017 10:46:59 GMT -5
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Post by acuraman on Dec 11, 2017 11:34:26 GMT -5
The club is still in the process of officially naming a hitting coach and first base coach.
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Post by chiyankee on Dec 11, 2017 12:21:42 GMT -5
I was thinking about that too. I think keeping Pena on the staff would help with Sanchez.
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Post by numbers on Dec 11, 2017 16:06:28 GMT -5
I was thinking about that too. I think keeping Pena on the staff would help with Sanchez. According to an article in the NYDAILY NEWS,one of Cashman’s main issues with Girardi/old regime was that he/they wasn’t tough enough on Sanchez. Doubt Pena gets asked back
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Post by acuraman on Dec 11, 2017 16:38:57 GMT -5
I was thinking about that too. I think keeping Pena on the staff would help with Sanchez.
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Post by acuraman on Dec 11, 2017 17:06:14 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 21:19:17 GMT -5
I’m beginning to grow a bit concerned about this choice. At first, I figured, why not? But now that Boone has had the job for over two weeks and the team hasn’t won a single game...I don’t know what to expect. Am I being too impatient???
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Post by numbers on Dec 19, 2017 21:45:35 GMT -5
I’m beginning to grow a bit concerned about this choice. At first, I figured, why not? But now that Boone has had the job for over two weeks and the team hasn’t won a single game...I don’t know what to expect. Am I being too impatient??? I don’t think so. Tied with Boston despite the fact that Stanton has been on the team 3 weeks already.
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Post by inger on Dec 19, 2017 21:59:15 GMT -5
Good point. Tied with Boston early in the season. We got them right where we want them... (:
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