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I joined this site just to say something to you born to run. I'm a red sox fan but a much bigger texas fan being from dallas. I admit I was going to make snide remarks for kinsler cruz and that slam for beltre' date=' but now I just feel bad for you. Spanked by the tribe? There's nothing left for you to defend......[/quote']

 

Welcome douche. Hopefully you win a World Series soon.

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Okay. Anyone remember a certain game in 2006 against a certain team from a certain shithole city when we came back from 4 runs down to win on the strength of some strong bullpen work. It's been done before. Slightly different but very similar circumstances
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This is a f***ing goddamn travesty. The hitting I can somewhat understand as most teams start slow. But the pitching is a goddamn, duct-taped train wreck. And all of it stems from piss-poor decision making from our front office. Consider:

 

Exhibit A) John Lackey: Our big signing of the 2009-2010 offseason. Nothing but a glorified 3.50-4.00 ERA pitcher. "Oh, but he'll give you innings and he's a workhorse!" Yeah, you know who else is a "workhorse?" Joe Blanton. Enough said. I can think of better ways to utilize $82.5 million than by spending on the "best player" in a desolate 2009-2010 free agent class.

 

Exhibit B Josh Beckett: While no one can forsee the future, handing out a 4 year extension to a guy who sucks every other year is not a sound investment. Throw in the fact that the guy gets rocked by the MFY (who we have to face 18 times a year by the way) and it makes the extension look even worse.

 

Exhibit C): Daisuke Matsuzaka: A prime example of why signing a big market IFA is usually not a good idea. You know what $52 million buys you? A whiny, prima donna who doesn't speak a lick of f***ing english, nibbles around the strike zone, and gives you at best 5 innings. f***ing joke.

 

Exhibit D) Jonathan Papelbon: s*** bum ******* that regresses yearly and Theo has the audacity to offer him arbitration every single f***ing year! The guy is nothing more than a goddamn leach! When his contract runs out, I'll be the happiest motherf***er out there.

 

Bottom line, our pitching sucks ass! Outside of Buchholz (who is still relatively unproven) and Lester (who takes a month or so to find his groove), there is no one on our staff I feel even remotely comfortable sending out to pitch be it the 1st or the 9th inning. Once these god awful contracts run out (or at any time before that), this front office needs to start getting f***ing serious when it comes to pitching. I want to be able to have what Tampa has in their ability to discard pitchers who wear out their welcome and bring in some Joe Nobody who pitches like Cliff f***ing Lee. Whoever is in charge of scouting those pitchers, back up the f***ing brinks truck and hire them (even if it is all the doing of Friedman, offer him so much f***ing money that he'll scoff at Tampa's offer and work as a scout under Theo)! f***!!!

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