Hello Ed!
Saturday October 26 1996 15:08, Ed Grinnell wrote to Hannes Ziery:
 HZ>> Yes but Aguilera didn`t want to stay in Boston any longer and the
 HZ>> closer market was not so big. I think they acquired one of the best
 HZ>> available.
 EG> Only if he puts together a *full* season.
I hope he`ll put together one in 97.
 EG> Slocumb didn't start doing anything until the team was
 EG> out of
 EG> the race.
They were not out of the race at all. OK nobody thought that the Bosox can 
make the Play Offs till around mid of August but since then they were back in 
business. They were out after they lost two games in Chicago after winning 
the first 10-3 on the 6th of September. They went on with two losses against 
the Brewers and this was the dead in the wild card race. Of course if Slocumb 
would have had the same first part of the season as his second was the league 
standing would have been different.
 EG>  The Red Sox were around the .500 mark in save opportunities
 EG> before Aguilera came along and then they stopped blowing saves. The
 EG> team
But the difference was that they were on top of the division despite the .500 
mark. I think the Bosox were the same good team in 96 as they were in 95 but 
the other teams got better. Especialy the Yankees and the Oriols.
Servus
Hannes
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