![]() The staff was by no means the team strength, but at sixth in the AL in ERA, they weren’t bad. There were clear signs of progress in 1985. Pitching was generally the problem in Boston through the early part of the 1980s. Armas hit 23 home runs in 103 games, but his problems getting on base and those at-bats when he wasn’t going deep were just becoming too numerous. The latter had hit 43 home runs in 1984, but ended up sharing time in centerfield with Steve Lyons. The disappointments on offense were the decline of designated hitter Mike Easler, and centerfielder Tony Armas. Jim Rice and Dwight Evans were still producing at the corner outfield spots, combining for 56 home runs and 181 RBIs. The same was true for Marty Barrett at second, with his. ![]() Rich Gedman, the 25-year-old catcher, was coming into his own, with an OBP of. They had the top batting average in the league, and the top on-base percentage, with third baseman Wade Boggs leading the way. The 1985 Boston Red Sox showed the flashes of hope that would ultimately manifest themselves into a pennant a year later, but the ’85 team was done in by an August collapse.īoston had the third-best offense in the American League in 1985, and unlike previous Red Sox teams, this wasn’t done with power. Houk retired after the 1984 season and John McNamara replaced him. Ralph Houk had ably managed the team the previous four seasons, and produced three winning records in spite of presiding at a time when the team’s roster was mostly in transition. I am sorry, but I just do not understand how that is.It was a time of change at Fenway Park in 1985. If I say that sentence stand alone by itself, I bet a number of people would dislike it. We all wanted Buxton to be great but he is not. I think the problem with Buxton here is that so many doubled down over and over again about how much of a superstar he was and they just can't admit they are wrong. I do not even have LinkedIn, since I have been a teacher for nearly 30 years and am heading toward retirement soon. I guess this thumbs up/thumbs down thing is the norm on "social media" but I do not have a Twitter, Facebook or any other kind of page. I have used dislike only a couple of times and when I have I try explain why I do not agree and I did it in a cordial way. ![]() He never bothers to explain where my logic is flawed, he just dislikes my posts. I have had virtually no interaction with him and yet he keeps disliking my posts. I knew very well that Mike would dislike whatever it was I said because he does that. I saw I had "reactions" from both you and Mike Sixel. ![]() Put a healthy Buxton in that mix, then it's bye bye Gladden, move the Kepler/Mack Platoon to LF, and put Buxton in RF unless Kirby volunteers to take right (and you know 1991 Kirby ain't gonna do that!) Then I'd probably make the painful decision to keep Polanco off the roster and put Wallner in so we're not so heavily right handed in the outfield.Īnyone wanna do a thought experiment for 26 man roster made out of the '65, '87, '91, and '23 teams? The one I just did was tough enough lol you have at it though! Really the only easy decisions were Vasquez, Sorrento, Ortiz, Brown, Newman, and Stevenson. You could argue for Solano over Polanco for coverage at first base, but I don't think that's fair to Jorge. Farmer, Wallner, Davis and Gagne were all tough to leave off the roster. Castro just proved to be serviceable enough at any position you put him at and his speed absolutely plays in the postseason. Someone needs a crash course at first base too, probably Jeffers. I hate to leave Gagne off, but his bat doesn't play as well as Polanco, and although I'm guessing he couldn't handle 2nd or 3rd with ease, I don't see a spot where you take out any infielder for defensive purposes and only Hrbek for a pinch runner. RP - Aguilera, Duran, Pagan, Jax, Bedrosian, Paddack, Varland, Stewart, Thielbar SP - Morris, Lopez, Gray, Tapani (Ober and Ryan just didn't show me enough this time around to be in the rotation) If you could mix and match 19 rosters into one 26 man playoff roster what would it look like? Here's mine: ![]()
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