Just heard from a good source

[Redsox20042007Celtics2008]

A neighbor of mine informed that Teixeira will sign with the Sox. Keep in mind this guy is in his 50's, and has close ties to someone who he won't say in the front office. The guy has never been wrong about a signing in the 30 years I known him. I asked him when will we see this? He said as soon as the misses calms down about moving to a media rich city. She's shy I guess.. All he would tell me is 8 years with a (player) option for 9th.

[example1]

A neighbor of mine informed that Teixeira will sign with the Sox. Keep in mind this guy is in his 50's' date=' and has close ties to someone who he won't say in the front office. [b']The guy has never been wrong about a signing in the 30 years I known him. [/b]I asked him when will we see this? He said as soon as the misses calms down about moving to a media rich city. She's shy I guess.. All he would tell me is 8 years with a (player) option for 9th.

 

And yet his seeming allegiance to the front office hasn't rubbed off on you at all?

 

Let's get this straight... You've known him 30 years, you're a Red Sox fan, and he knows someone "he won't say" in the front office? Huh. If I had been a friend with someone for 30 years, actively discussing the Red Sox, and he claimed to have known someone in the FO (someone who has been there consistently for 30 years nonetheless) I would damn well know who that person is.

 

Your story is as shaky as an OJ Simpson alibi.

[MANNYHOF24]

Can I say B.S.?

[Redsox20042007Celtics2008]

And yet his seeming allegiance to the front office hasn't rubbed off on you at all?

 

Let's get this straight... You've known him 30 years, you're a Red Sox fan, and he knows someone "he won't say" in the front office? Huh. If I had been a friend with someone for 30 years, actively discussing the Red Sox, and he claimed to have known someone in the FO (someone who has been there consistently for 30 years nonetheless) I would damn well know who that person is.

 

Your story is as shaky as an OJ Simpson alibi.

 

You do realise this post contradicts everything I said about Teixiera right? And as far as the person in the FO I guess there's a reason for the keep quiet...

[MANNYHOF24]

You do realise this post contradicts everything I said about Teixiera right? And as far as the person in the FO I guess there's a reason for the keep quiet...

 

Has anyone who is directly involved with player personell been there for 30 years? Your story is ********.

[example1]

I don't care what the post says. Everything you have said so far, except for this post, was some sort of personal attack on the front office and their seeming inability to do anything right. Perhaps your 'source' has value, but that person clearly hasn't been able to talk any sense into you while they've been hanging out with front office personell and being right on every trade for the past 30 years.

 

I need a consistent period of worthwhile posts from you before believing some unreliable "he said, she said" post from your neighbor. I wouldn't be shocked if Teixeira signed with the Sox, but it would still get you no credibility given that you won't even praise the FO for having sent this team to the playoffs in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. If you don't realize how impressive that is then you're not worth trading ideas with. if you do realize how impressive that is, then you're clearly just talking out of your ass to mess with the integrity of this board.

 

Many on this board suspect that you are BOY. I'm not sure you are, frankly, I don't care. So far you have been pretty unimpressive intellectually. Hopefully this is a sign that you're getting things together, as at least this wasn't filled with hateful distaste for the team you claim to support in your avitar.

[Redsox20042007Celtics2008]

Has anyone who is directly involved with player personell been there for 30 years? Your story is ********.

 

Your entitled.

[Redsox20042007Celtics2008]

I don't care what the post says. Everything you have said so far, except for this post, was some sort of personal attack on the front office and their seeming inability to do anything right. Perhaps your 'source' has value, but that person clearly hasn't been able to talk any sense into you while they've been hanging out with front office personell and being right on every trade for the past 30 years.

 

I need a consistent period of worthwhile posts from you before believing some unreliable "he said, she said" post from your neighbor. I wouldn't be shocked if Teixeira signed with the Sox, but it would still get you no credibility given that you won't even praise the FO for having sent this team to the playoffs in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. If you don't realize how impressive that is then you're not worth trading ideas with. if you do realize how impressive that is, then you're clearly just talking out of your ass to mess with the integrity of this board.

 

Many on this board suspect that you are BOY. I'm not sure you are, frankly, I don't care. So far you have been pretty unimpressive intellectually. Hopefully this is a sign that you're getting things together, as at least this wasn't filled with hateful distaste for the team you claim to support in your avitar.

 

I didn't expect anyone to put any stock into my post. However just posting what I heard. Until this guy is wrong I have no reason to not believe him. And I know I've been quite pessimistic since I joined. But I am the type of fan who treats all 162 games like a NFL game. If we lose we need to have a escape goat. If we win we are going to the World Series.

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I appreciate the effort to post new information.

 

Perhaps you can learn something from this board and I know I will try to stay open to learn something from you. It seems like you might be a beginning baseball fan, because the first part of understanding baseball is that most of the time the best players make outs, and the best teams win 6 games out of 10. That's not having low standards, that's just the reality. The best teams in history have been over .700, but generally if you get to .600 you make the playoffs (that's 97.2 wins). During a long season, any team approaching .700 W% will start resting players, and generally won't care about getting as many wins as possible.

 

There are plenty of pessimists on this board, but most of them are at least realistic about the parameters of baseball as a game. Guys like a700hitter always have something negative to say about the way the Sox are run, but they also take outs and losses and misplaced trades with a grain of salt. It's a long season and an even longer offseason sometimes.

 

I suggest you start by reading some Bill James, maybe the book "Moneyball" and just spend some time trying to learn from people who actually try to look at how the game works--both the monetary part and the statistics part. I can assure you, you will impress your friends and make more allies on this board if you do that.

 

Long story short, take a deep breath. Don't treat this like the NFL, because it's not, and have some faith. This front office is not s*****, they are some of the best minds in the game (including Bill James himself). Nearly every other club would love to have the Red Sox braintrust, and many teams are trying to take the same approach. I'm not saying the Sox are infallable, but in a game of probabilities they generally give the Sox the best chance to win. Luck and chance take care of the rest.

[yankeessuck013]

regardless, I hope you're right.

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Bill James and Moneyball is the last thing I would suggest to a beginner baseball fan. You're gonna skew his whole interpretation of the game (and let's keep in mind, that's what it is). You guys trying to brainwash him already?

[Dipre]

Bill James and Moneyball is the last thing I would suggest to a beginner baseball fan. You're gonna skew his whole interpretation of the game (and let's keep in mind' date=' that's what it is). You guys trying to brainwash him already? [/quote']

 

Yes we are.

[Cocos Disciples]

Faker than a porn star's tits.

[BoSox21]

A neighbor of mine informed that Teixeira will sign with the Sox. Keep in mind this guy is in his 50's' date=' and has close ties to someone who he won't say in the front office. The guy has never been wrong about a signing in the 30 years I known him. I asked him when will we see this? He said as soon as the misses calms down about moving to a media rich city. She's shy I guess.. All he would tell me is 8 years with a (player) option for 9th.[/quote']

 

You're over 30 years old?!

[BSN07]

You're over 30 years old?!

 

Why is 30 old? I'm 26, I'm not that far off... Just kidding, I know what you meant.

[BoSox21]

It's just my understanding that a human brain is supposed to develop to a certain point by age 30

[jacksonianmarch]

so my best friends cousins uncle twice removed and thrice incarcerated said that he has it on good info from Theo Epstein's gay lover's youngest brother that Mark Teixeira is holding out for 8 yrs 160mil and a private shitter in the monster.

[naptownsoxfan]

so my best friends cousins uncle twice removed and thrice incarcerated said that he has it on good info from Theo Epstein's gay lover's youngest brother that Mark Teixeira is holding out for 8 yrs 160mil and a private shitter in the monster.

Nice...very nice...private shitter in the monster would be sweet.