RIP Red Sox 2010 Season (and my credibility)

[italstallianion]

Who edited the title?

[VA Sox Fan]

Who edited the title?

 

Probably one of the mods. Hilarious!

[yeszir]

Not guilty. I guess Coco. Abuse of power!

[Cocos Disciples]

Not guilty either.

[yeszir]

Not guilty either.

 

http://kellylowenstein.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/joe-wilson-you-lie-photo.jpg

 

!

[Youk Of The Nation]

Gotta be SOTK because it wasn't me, either.

[msubulldogs21]

Who edited the title?

 

I did

[PWNdroia]

I did

 

Pretty bad decision considering how well the "original" title corresponds to the Sox's current play. Guess that makes me credible in the end.

[SCM33]

Credible? Sure, (in)credibility silly. How many times have you quit this site now? Its really not quitting when you continue to post. Your honesty and word have no credibility.

[BoSox21]

Pretty bad decision considering how well the "original" title corresponds to the Sox's current play. Guess that makes me credible 13 games in.

 

Fixed.

 

Idiot.

[VA Sox Fan]

Fixed.

 

Idiot.

 

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[soxfan17881]

Perhaps I can offer a little advice to PWNdroia.

 

First and foremost, even if the Sox only win 60 games this season, it still doesn't make your "prediction" credible. Fans who know what they are talking about know what the season is long and lots of Aprils look very different from the corresponding Junes, Julys, and so on. Saying they suck (especially in Spring Training) has all the finesse of guessing what number will come up when a die is rolled. It's a guess.

 

More importantly, keep in mind that there are some basic kinds of TalkSox members.

 

• Elder Statesmen - The mods and those with lots, and lots, and lots, of posts. They have proven themselves over the years as worthy of at least deference, if not outright respect. They are the oil that makes this place the finely tuned machine it usually is.
   
  
• Sox Lovers - Those that love the Sox, love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Sox Haters - Those that hate the Sox (usually Yankee fans) who love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Trolls - Trouble makers who log in almost exclusively to stir up s***. Guys who don't really love anything but their own ******** and do very little, if anything, intelligently.
   
  
• Neophytes - Newbies, few posts, getting their feet wet on this site. They want to be (and may believe they are) serious and knowledgible, but sometimes need to defer to the Elder Statesmen. Eventually may develop into one of the previous three categories, though many simply fade away.
  

 

Also, you have every right to you opinion, but you can't get all teary-eyed and threaten to quit because people disagree with you. What would be the point of this place if every one agreed? Most don't come here for everyone to pat each other on the back and talk about how cool it is to be us. We come here to chat about the Sox and baseball, and such. In that aspect, differing opinions are cool. But you gotta be able to take some s*** once in awhile, especially if you say post something as out there as a declaration of season failure in late March!

[Emmz]

Don't feed the trolls.

[Dipre]

Perhaps I can offer a little advice to PWNdroia.

 

First and foremost, even if the Sox only win 60 games this season, it still doesn't make your "prediction" credible. Fans who know what they are talking about know what the season is long and lots of Aprils look very different from the corresponding Junes, Julys, and so on. Saying they suck (especially in Spring Training) has all the finesse of guessing what number will come up when a die is rolled. It's a guess.

 

More importantly, keep in mind that there are some basic kinds of TalkSox members.

 

• Elder Statesmen - The mods and those with lots, and lots, and lots, of posts. They have proven themselves over the years as worthy of at least deference, if not outright respect. They are the oil that makes this place the finely tuned machine it usually is.
   
  
• Sox Lovers - Those that love the Sox, love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Sox Haters - Those that hate the Sox (usually Yankee fans) who love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Trolls - Trouble makers who log in almost exclusively to stir up s***. Guys who don't really love anything but their own ******** and do very little, if anything, intelligently.
   
  
• Neophytes - Newbies, few posts, getting their feet wet on this site. They want to be (and may believe they are) serious and knowledgible, but sometimes need to defer to the Elder Statesmen. Eventually may develop into one of the previous three categories, though many simply fade away.
  

 

Also, you have every right to you opinion, but you can't get all teary-eyed and threaten to quit because people disagree with you. What would be the point of this place if every one agreed? Most don't come here for everyone to pat each other on the back and talk about how cool it is to be us. We come here to chat about the Sox and baseball, and such. In that aspect, differing opinions are cool. But you gotta be able to take some s*** once in awhile, especially if you say post something as out there as a declaration of season failure in late March!

 

Wow. Awesome post. Kudos.

[msubulldogs21]

Pretty bad decision considering how well the "original" title corresponds to the Sox's current play. Guess that makes me credible in the end.

 

No, it was actually a good decision. You continue to prove that post after post.

[example1]

Wow. Awesome post. Kudos.

 

Are there such things as Elder Trolls? I think so.

[jacksonianmarch]

Perhaps I can offer a little advice to PWNdroia.

 

First and foremost, even if the Sox only win 60 games this season, it still doesn't make your "prediction" credible. Fans who know what they are talking about know what the season is long and lots of Aprils look very different from the corresponding Junes, Julys, and so on. Saying they suck (especially in Spring Training) has all the finesse of guessing what number will come up when a die is rolled. It's a guess.

 

More importantly, keep in mind that there are some basic kinds of TalkSox members.

 

• Elder Statesmen - The mods and those with lots, and lots, and lots, of posts. They have proven themselves over the years as worthy of at least deference, if not outright respect. They are the oil that makes this place the finely tuned machine it usually is.
   
  
• Sox Lovers - Those that love the Sox, love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Sox Haters - Those that hate the Sox (usually Yankee fans) who love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Trolls - Trouble makers who log in almost exclusively to stir up s***. Guys who don't really love anything but their own ******** and do very little, if anything, intelligently.
   
  
• Neophytes - Newbies, few posts, getting their feet wet on this site. They want to be (and may believe they are) serious and knowledgible, but sometimes need to defer to the Elder Statesmen. Eventually may develop into one of the previous three categories, though many simply fade away.
  

 

Also, you have every right to you opinion, but you can't get all teary-eyed and threaten to quit because people disagree with you. What would be the point of this place if every one agreed? Most don't come here for everyone to pat each other on the back and talk about how cool it is to be us. We come here to chat about the Sox and baseball, and such. In that aspect, differing opinions are cool. But you gotta be able to take some s*** once in awhile, especially if you say post something as out there as a declaration of season failure in late March!

 

very nice post

[PWNdroia]

Call me a troll if you want, but I will praise this team if it starts to win. Unfortunately with the team we have, it won't. If it does though, I'll show my praise. But until then, I vote Rays.

[yeszir]

Are there such things as Elder Trolls? I think so.

 

Isn't that a video game?

[PWNdroia]

Perhaps I can offer a little advice to PWNdroia.

 

First and foremost, even if the Sox only win 60 games this season, it still doesn't make your "prediction" credible. Fans who know what they are talking about know what the season is long and lots of Aprils look very different from the corresponding Junes, Julys, and so on. Saying they suck (especially in Spring Training) has all the finesse of guessing what number will come up when a die is rolled. It's a guess.

 

More importantly, keep in mind that there are some basic kinds of TalkSox members.

 

• Elder Statesmen - The mods and those with lots, and lots, and lots, of posts. They have proven themselves over the years as worthy of at least deference, if not outright respect. They are the oil that makes this place the finely tuned machine it usually is.
   
  
• Sox Lovers - Those that love the Sox, love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Sox Haters - Those that hate the Sox (usually Yankee fans) who love baseball, and do both as intelligently as possible.
   
  
• Trolls - Trouble makers who log in almost exclusively to stir up s***. Guys who don't really love anything but their own ******** and do very little, if anything, intelligently.
   
  
• Neophytes - Newbies, few posts, getting their feet wet on this site. They want to be (and may believe they are) serious and knowledgible, but sometimes need to defer to the Elder Statesmen. Eventually may develop into one of the previous three categories, though many simply fade away.
  

 

Also, you have every right to you opinion, but you can't get all teary-eyed and threaten to quit because people disagree with you. What would be the point of this place if every one agreed? Most don't come here for everyone to pat each other on the back and talk about how cool it is to be us. We come here to chat about the Sox and baseball, and such. In that aspect, differing opinions are cool. But you gotta be able to take some s*** once in awhile, especially if you say post something as out there as a declaration of season failure in late March!

 

I have a right to make a bold precition as I did. And so I have. I want to beat those Yankees too, but it's not going to happen.

 

Yet, it's good for baseball if the Rays win.

[soxfan17881]

I have a right to make a bold precition as I did. And so I have. I want to beat those Yankees too, but it's not going to happen.

 

Yet, it's good for baseball if the Rays win.

 

I agree that you have the right to make a bold prediction as long as you can take the flack.

 

I disagree that the Rays winning would be good for baseball. They have the most pathetic fan base in all of baseball. They'll fill most seats in a playoff/world series run, but not all. Then, come next Spring, they'll have low attendance again. The best thing that could happen to baseball involving either Florida team would be if they moved.

 

If I were to pick franchises where a World Series would be "good for baseball" I'd pick Pittsburgh, Chicago Cubs, Twins, in that order. Obviously, the first one is out of it for the foreseeable future.

[rhet]

I agree that you have the right to make a bold prediction as long as you can take the flack.

 

I disagree that the Rays winning would be good for baseball. They have the most pathetic fan base in all of baseball. They'll fill most seats in a playoff/world series run, but not all. Then, come next Spring, they'll have low attendance again. The best thing that could happen to baseball involving either Florida team would be if they moved.

 

If I were to pick franchises where a World Series would be "good for baseball" I'd pick Pittsburgh, Chicago Cubs, Twins, in that order. Obviously, the first one is out of it for the foreseeable future.

 

Washington and Detroit too.

[YeAuldBroade]

I personally think it would be great for baseball if the Royals were able to win anything.

[riverside sluggers]

The Cubs especially. The Red Sox 2004 world series ratings were through the roof because they havent won it all in a span of 86 years

 

The Rays world series in 2008?... it was one of the lowest rating world series in awhile

[BoSox21]

Thing about the Royals is that, for the casual fan especially, no one gives a damn about them nationally.

[BucShot]

Call me a troll if you want, but I will praise this team if it starts to win. Unfortunately with the team we have, it won't. If it does though, I'll show my praise. But until then, I vote Rays.

 

Now there's a man with integrity...

[jacksonianmarch]

there is a difference between what is good for the game and what is good for the business. The Rays or another small market team is good for the integrity of the game, but it doesnt fill the coffers.

[Eck20and8]

Unless something changes' date=' this team is a no show. Kiss the 2010 season goodbye and just hand the Yankees and Rays postseason tickets.[/quote']

 

Good call - you saw this coming before the FO did.

 

Theo's cute little "pitching & defense" experiment is a joke. Bill James should be fired, the last time we followed one of James' textbook ideas, it was his closer-by-committee disaster in 2003.

 

This is easily the worst offensive team since the early 90s team where Greenwell started getting hurt and before Mo Vaughn started hitting. The sad thing is how much $ is being spent here. Dangerous to leave Theo alone with the checkbook.

[BoSox21]

The Sox are middle of the pack in runs scored but 3rd worst in the AL in team ERA. Offense hasn't really been the problem for the most part.

[a700hitter]

Good call - you saw this coming before the FO did.

 

Theo's cute little "pitching & defense" experiment is a joke. Bill James should be fired, the last time we followed one of James' textbook ideas, it was his closer-by-committee disaster in 2003.

 

This is easily the worst offensive team since the early 90s team where Greenwell started getting hurt and before Mo Vaughn started hitting. The sad thing is how much $ is being spent here. Dangerous to leave Theo alone with the checkbook.

His biggest miscalculation was bringing in Beltre, who creates a terrible situation regarding the playing time for VMart, who now has to catch every day.

 

He never should have gone for Cameron, Beltre and Scutaro. The $ saved should have gone to Holliday. This team with Holliday would be very competitive. Our OF is a joke. It is reminiscent of the Carl Everett days. When Everett got injured we had an OF of Daubach, Pride, and Frye. At least they were not the bottom three in the batting order.