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I suspect that VA might have hit the reefer harder than usual tonight. I can't blame her. We could all use some help to cope with this. It may have made her just a little more mellow than usual.
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Yes. s*** does happen. But go ahead and point fingers at who you want to and blame who you want to. I will not. Call it a cop out but that's how life works. You know that.

 

I gotta disagree here. When I'm auditing companies, and I miss a material misstatement that completely deceives investors, do you think my boss is going to come in and say "Hey I know you were trying, and I'm not going to blame you. s*** happens man". Hell no. He comes in and rips me up one side and down the other.

 

It's the same thing. When these players don't perform up to expectations, you don't fire them, but you can blame them for what they've done. Reddick dicked us this game, 2 of those runs in the 3rd inning are his fault, plain and simple.

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Damn Reddick. You're horrifying today.
The poor kid should be watching the rest of this pennant race from the dugout with enthusiastic wide eyes as a veteran professional mans RF. I feel bad for the kid.
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I suspect that VA might have hit the reefer harder than usual tonight. I can't blame her. We could all use some help to cope with this. It may have made her just a little more mellow than usual.

 

No reefer. Just being realistic.

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Am I a bad fan to actually want to see this team miss the playoffs to get Theo to make some bold moves this offseason and hopefully rethinking and retool this team? For one, I want an intelligent manager who knows how to do his job besides blowing the players to boost their self esteem.
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Am I a bad fan to actually want to see this team miss the playoffs to get Theo to make some bold moves this offseason and hopefully rethinking and retool this team? For one' date=' I want an intelligent manager who knows how to do his job besides blowing the players to boost their self esteem.[/quote']I don't share the sentiment, but I understand where you are coming from.
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Am I a bad fan to actually want to see this team miss the playoffs to get Theo to make some bold moves this offseason and hopefully rethinking and retool this team? For one' date=' I want an intelligent manager who knows how to do his job besides blowing the players to boost their self esteem.[/quote']

 

Change your sig please.

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And I disagree with you.

 

1. Lackey. I give Theo a pass for Crawford, no one saw this coming (though I still wasn't happy with the amount and length). Lackey, forget it. They gave him Beckett, #1 starter money when he has had his problems pitching not only against AL East teams but in particular at Fenway. How surprising that this trend only continued when he put on a Red Sox uniform...

 

2. Dice-K. Big big blunder from day 1, but relying on him as a starter this season was especially foolish.

 

3. Wakefield. Theo really expected Wake to be his 6th/replacement starter? The guy should have retired years ago.

 

4. Farm system pitching. Where the hell is all this talent we've been hearing about for the last couple years? In the last 6 years we've gotten what, Lester, Buch, Bard, and Paps. Where the hell are the rest of the supposed talent?

 

5. Farm System Position players. Yet again, we were supposed to be deep with talent, yet it hasn't shown up anywhere. Reddick impressed early but has been ice cold ever since. Lowrie can't stay healthy and when he is on the field he's either hot or ice cold, more cold than hot, and he is far from solid defensively.

 

6. Deadline moves. We knew we needed OF help, BP and SP help and all we did was add one starter coming off another injury. Not enough. Not even close.

 

Yes, some of the injuries have sucked, but you have to expect that to a degree. Depth is just as valuable as having strong starting players.

 

Top that off with a horrible in-game manager and you have a recipe for disaster down the stretch. The season started off horribly, we didn't add enough help at the deadline, how surprising that the season is finishing horribly to...

 

As always, I'm agree with you.

 

And missed Cameron and Jenks cases.

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