Niteowl049's Board-To-Board with Kelsdad

He spent the last four years catching Felix Hernandez, so I doubt anyone would impress him much. If the Braves struggle, I would think they would consider trading Teixeira before the deadline. He likely won't resign in Atlanta so might as well get a bunch of prospects for him if they can. And he is a notoriously slow starter, I'm not at all worried about his production, or lack thereof. He's my pick for NL MVP.

Yeah, I saw it. Good pitching matchup. I saw Samardzia in spring training and wasn't impressed.

I was working for the Red Sox when Boggs was coming up. In all my years of watching baseball Boggs name comes up all the time as being the most impressive hitter in batting practice. I've seen him hit balls in Fenway and Yankee Stadium that not many other sluggers could reach. He was smart enough to realize that he could make a nice living slapping balls off the Green Monster instead of hitting 30 HR a year, which he was quite capable of. Boggs lack of power was by design. You have to remember also that in the late '70's the DH was still relatively new. Teams would sign washed up veterans to fill the spot, not like today where DH's are developed at the minor league level. Until the Red Sox got tired of Butch Hobson making 25 errors a season Boggs had no place to play, and remember one other thing too, in the minor leagues, he was a first baseman.

The job is yours...companies won't go through the expense of a drug screening/background check unless they plan on hiring you. This is just a formality. Congratulations, and good luck.