Red Sox scouting power hitters

Posted: Sunday April 27, 2008 08:08AM ET

Two power hitters the Red Sox are scouting heavily for this year's draft: Matt Marquis, a center fielder from Immaculata High School in Somerville, N.J., who has a scholarship to Vanderbilt, and third baseman Ricky Oropesa from Etiwanda High in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Oropesa, 6 feet 2 inches, 215 pounds, has good lefthanded power (and is also a righthanded power pitcher) while Marquis, close to the same size, has power from the right side. Oropesa hit .547 with 10 homers and 46 RBIs as a junior.

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Well we all know that these kids eventually get their shot and most like.....fail. All of MLB is on juice. hopefully theses kids can come in clean and remain clean, but......that is like asking the next president to ge the job done. It ain't gonna happen. You want home runs, power, slugging....then you have to have the juice. Kids playing against kids then they come into the real world and face the pro pitchers.....the kids fail.

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Darn, the two kids they are scouting look uncannily like David Ortiz.

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Darn, the two kids they are scouting look uncannily like David Ortiz.

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Red Sox suck and so do their obnoxious fans

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Thanks for the intelligent conversation 'Lazy'...youve proven who the obnoxious fan is.

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Im just wondering whay they show a picture of David Ortiz for this story..??

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Red Sox suck and so do their obnoxious fans
lazyautoworker | 04/27/08, 10:46 AM

I'll give you credit for spelling obnoxious correctly, though I'm sure you used a dictionary or spellcheck. Otherwise, you show both your blatant stupidity and beloved ignorance of people with your diarrhea of the mouth (or, in this case, keyboard).

Who exactly is your team? The Tigers? Yeah, they're awesome. Detroit contributes a lot to the U.S.

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Who exactly is your team? The Tigers? Yeah, they're awesome. Detroit contributes a lot to the U.S.
Captain America | 04/27/08, 11:24 AM



They do contribute actually. Detroit is the murder capital of the world. And as Ted Nugent (Detroits only good contribution to the arts) likes to say: " Its not because we have more murderous people, we are just better F---ing shots!! "

Gotta love Ted.

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Nope, I'm a Yankee fan

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Boston SUCKS

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Who is Ted Nugent? Does he play for the Tigirls?

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Tom Brady is queer.

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Red Sox suck and so do their obnoxious fans
lazyautoworker | 04/27/08, 10:46 AM
Well, im not obnoxious.....


Tom Brady is queer.
lazyautoworker | 04/27/08, 11:50 AM
I tihnk your jealous of his ladies.

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lazyautoworker, you are a typical Yankees fan. The Sox have won two World Series since the Yankees won their last title, and it &^%$ing kills you. You can't come up with something more creative than "Red Sox suck."?

Try this one - Yankees fans are like a septic tank... both are full of crap and smell bad. Or this one - lazyautoworker, you're so stupid, you'd have to study just to be considered retarded.

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Gee, hes a Yankee fan.....Surprise, surprise.

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If you dont know who Ted Nugent is, I'd say thats an idication that your probably under 35 yrs old. Eithr that or your not a rock music fan.
Ted is one of the greatest rock guitarists ever. His big hits were back in the 70s & 80s. He still tours actually.

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I have to study to be considered retarded??/

Capt. America,

That is funny. Thanks for the laugh.......and you know, I think you might be on to something.

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Yankees SUCK!!!!!!!!!! Go RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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lazyautoworker, you have a good sense of humor, so for a Yankees guy, you can't be all bad.

Haskins, grow a pair. Your idea of a contribution is being the nerd the jocks popped with towels in the middle school locker room. Do you still have rubber sheets on your twin bed? And did you know bleach will take out the skid marks in your tighty whiteys? Maybe now you'll fade away.

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