Peter Gammons on BBTN tonight:

 

"Those teams for refused to take Lowell are probably regretting it now"

 

He said that after they showed Lowell's two webgems.

yea I bet they are

 

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Yes, they probably are, but we should be greatful.

Hah. What the hell is wrong with him?

 

 

I'm guessing he is talking about how AMAZING A.J. has been, that it would have been worth it to take Lowell in a package.

 

 

Lowell is hitting .173 in August. He needs to be benched...

OMG WHY DIDN'T THE REDS TRADE FOR LOWELL!!!!!????

 

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Hey now...lots of hate around here. By the way, I think Gammons was referring to both Mikey and AJ in the comments on BBTN.

 

Also, when did Gammons hop aboard the Marlins bandwagon? He's been on it all year--is this because he now does the Boog show once a week? I remember him saying some not especially nice things about the team (and Beckett in particular) around the World Series in '03.

Hey now...lots of hate around here. By the way, I think Gammons was referring to both Mikey and AJ in the comments on BBTN.

 

Also, when did Gammons hop aboard the Marlins bandwagon? He's been on it all year--is this because he now does the Boog show once a week? I remember him saying some not especially nice things about the team (and Beckett in particular) around the World Series in '03.

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Just because in his opinion the team is good now and he didn't think they were in 2003 doesn't mean he is on their bandwagon, it just means he thinks the team is good now, or that in this case AJ and Lowell was worthwhile for teams to take on for what the Marlins' were asking for. Just because he thinks these things doesn't mean he wants them to win.

I dont think Gammons is a bandwagoner, I think he is an idiot. It's not so suprising though, he did write an article saying how we werent 1 year wonders after the 2003 season.

For the record, Gammons picked this team to win the division even before we acquired Delgado. The harshest thing he has said about the Marlins this year is that they were the most underachieving team in the league, which is true, so lay off.

 

I'm not a Gammons fan, btw.

I know he hasn't bashed us, but I still think he's an idiot that likes to suck off of Theo Epsteins teet.

Hey now...lots of hate around here. By the way, I think Gammons was referring to both Mikey and AJ in the comments on BBTN.

 

Also, when did Gammons hop aboard the Marlins bandwagon? He's been on it all year--is this because he now does the Boog show once a week? I remember him saying some not especially nice things about the team (and Beckett in particular) around the World Series in '03.

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Just because in his opinion the team is good now and he didn't think they were in 2003 doesn't mean he is on their bandwagon, it just means he thinks the team is good now, or that in this case AJ and Lowell was worthwhile for teams to take on for what the Marlins' were asking for. Just because he thinks these things doesn't mean he wants them to win.

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Oh, I never said that he didn't want the Marlins to win...I'm just saying it was a pretty dramatic shift in opinion from the World Series to now. But winning in '03 is probably what changed his mind about the team, I just find it a bit funny that he's all up on the Marlins now when before he was badmouthing them.

Gammons writes good articles from time to time but this would not be the first time he's said something stupid on TV

I've read Peter Gammons since he was a cub reporter at the Globe and if I have any criticism of him, it's that he often mixes sports journalism with opinion in a way that makes it impossible for the reader (or viewer) to separate one from the other. That said, as frustrating as it is when he gets something wrong, he is still the dean of baseball writers, and when he gets it right, he's a remarkable writer.

Gammons wins "idiot comment of the month" with that gem.

 

Who again regrets not taking the 31 year old with a huge contract that isn't hitting for average and no longer has power?

I know I'm regretting someone not taking him off our hands. :whistle

Hey, Gammons is in the Hall of Fame.

 

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And deserves to be. Even if one doesn't like his tv work, you can't argue with his print work.

 

Example

 

I wish people still wrote with passion like that.

Gammons is a bit of a homer on ESPN and really shouldn't be so biased, but his HOF merits as a journalist for the Boston Globe simply can't be argued, he is an ALL TIME great baseball WRITER.

It seems to me Gammons was paying Lowell a compliment more than anything else. His glove has been stellar even if his hitting has fallen off and on the right team, where he might be needed more for his defense and saavy (not to mention World Series experience), he might have been a terrific fit.

It seems to me Gammons was paying Lowell a compliment more than anything else. His glove has been stellar even if his hitting has fallen off and on the right team, where he might be needed more for his defense and saavy (not to mention World Series experience), he might have been a terrific fit.

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Maybe someone still wants him, and just him...his money could be put to good use this offseason...

Now that the trading deadline (as opposed to the waiver deadline) has passed it's reasonable to assume the only way Lowell get's moved now, short of releasing him which isn't going to happen, is to move him in a deal that brings us an unwanted or unneeded player from another team whose contract is comparable to Lowell's.