Fire Bloom .

[Bobe2]

The Fenway sports group are owners of the Redsox, the Liverpool soccer team and the Pittsburgh Penguins, Fenway park, and anfield soccer stadium in Liverpool and Fenway sports management which in turn own the Salem Redsox, 80% of New England Sports Network nesn (bruins own 20%) and 50% of RFK racing this group according to Forbes is valued at 9.8 Billion dollars. JH owns 40% of shares the largest block TW owns the second largest share giving the two a majority share and if this isn’t enough JH also owns the Boston Globe (I’m jealous)

[moonslav59]

They are interchangeable. Very polite too. Always apologizing for all of Blooms mistakes.

 

More strawmen.

[Bellhorn04]

The Fenway sports group are owners of the Redsox, the Liverpool soccer team and the Pittsburgh Penguins, Fenway park, and anfield soccer stadium in Liverpool and Fenway sports management which in turn own the Salem Redsox, 80% of New England Sports Network nesn (bruins own 20%) and 50% of RFK racing this group according to Forbes is valued at 9.8 Billion dollars. JH owns 40% of shares the largest block TW owns the second largest share giving the two a majority share and if this isn’t enough JH also owns the Boston Globe (I’m jealous)

 

Yeah, the 1% owning 99% is an understatement. Such is capitalism.

[Bobe2]

Yeah, the 1% owning 99% is an understatement. Such is capitalism.

 

Very true

[Bellhorn04]

If the Phillies win it all, you could certainly say that DD will have stuck it to Henry a bit.

 

As an optimist, my hope would be that it entices JH to increase the budget.

[notin]

Moon and Notin are not the same poster. They are more like a tag team. " The Legion of Bloom ", heel tag team champions.

 

But the important thing is we don’t go out and make abrasive posts about other forum members and then follow up with posts about our exemplary treatment and respect of others.

 

I do the first part. I’m no saint. I also don’t pretend to be one…

[Bobe2]

If the Phillies win it all, you could certainly say that DD will have stuck it to Henry a bit.

 

As an optimist, my hope would be that it entices JH to increase the budget.

 

I’d like to think so but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it, they are in negotiations with Boris for Bogaerts and Devers the two have said that they want to play together so this negotiation could turn into a package deal, if Bogaerts isn’t signed I think you should assume Devers will go to free agent next year. I heard that they offered Devers last winter $300 million and he laughed at them don’t know how true that is but it sounds like Boris

[Old Red]

More strawmen.

 

Just trying to brighten up your having a bad day.

[notin]

Look at is this way . Nine mil a year for Barnes and twenty three mil a year for Story. 32 mil a year. None of them are getting paid in one lump sum for the whole contract. Dombrowski was fired before he could negotiate any further. If the whole thing is on John Henry , then John Henry should stand up and say so.

 

Revisionist history.

 

Story and Barnes were both signed after resetting the tax limit. If the Sox needed the money to keep Betts, they shouldn’t have signed Sale ($145mill) Land Bogaerts ($120mill). That’s EXACTLY what Mookie accepted.

 

But even that is slightly revisionist. DD signed both of them after negotiations with Betts broke down. They were the consolation prize for not signing Betts.

[moonslav59]

Just trying to brighten up your having a bad day.

 

Pretty warped thinking, but typical.

[Old Red]

Pretty warped thinking, but typical.

 

I guess you are just the last one to see what others have seen today.

Edited October 26, 2022 by Old Red

[moonslav59]

I guess you are just the last one to see what others have seen today.

 

I think everyone sees your lies.

 

I don't care about being the first or last to see them.

[Old Red]

I think everyone sees your lies.

 

I don't care about being the first or last to see them.

 

I’m not the only one commenting on your bad day, so can’t be all wrong. Say goodnight Dick.

Edited October 26, 2022 by Old Red

[Maxbialystock]

If the Phillies win it all, you could certainly say that DD will have stuck it to Henry a bit.

 

As an optimist, my hope would be that it entices JH to increase the budget.

 

DD seems to have the Midas touch, both ways. He spends a lot of money, but makes teams competitive and revived an absolutely moribund Phillies franchise. Signing Schwarber was just smart baseball, and the Sox letting him go wasn't so smart.

[Maxbialystock]

Really could you tell me where Betts, Benintendi, Moreland, Vasquez, Price, Holt, Bradley, Kinsler, pedroia, Leon, Nunez, Porcello, Pomerania, Rodriguez, are being hidden

 

What a lotta. The 2018 team disintegrated in 2019. Then came the covid season, basically a nonseason, followed by a very nice comeback engineered by Bloom and Cora in 2021--the Sox got to the ALCS before going down to the Astros 4 games to 2.

[moonslav59]

I’m not the only one commenting on your bad day, so can’t be all wrong. Say goodnight Dick.

 

Not every word you say is a lie, but you work hard at it.

[Bellhorn04]

Revisionist history.

 

Story and Barnes were both signed after resetting the tax limit. If the Sox needed the money to keep Betts, they shouldn’t have signed Sale ($145mill) Land Bogaerts ($120mill). That’s EXACTLY what Mookie accepted.

 

But even that is slightly revisionist. DD signed both of them after negotiations with Betts broke down. They were the consolation prize for not signing Betts.

 

Not exactly. $145 + $120 = $265. Mookie got $365.

[moonslav59]

Not exactly. $145 + $120 = $265. Mookie got $365.

 

I think the idea was per year, but still it is total revisionist warping reality, and when we call it out, they twist it into us being Bloom apologists "always" and for "all his mistakes."

[Bellhorn04]

I think the idea was per year, but still it is total revisionist warping reality, and when we call it out, they twist it into us being Bloom apologists "always" and for "all his mistakes."

 

You have to ignore a lot of that stuff.

[moonslav59]

You have to ignore a lot of that stuff.

 

It's hard to ignore blatant lies and distortions, but maybe that's what I should do.

[Bellhorn04]

As I've said before, if you really want to blame someone, your guy is Henry. He's the one who fired DD and hired Bloom. Bloom is doing exactly what he was hired to do, just as DD did.

 

I'm not going to go off on Henry, because he's delivered 4 rings this century. That's twice as many as the rest of the AL East combined.

[notin]

Not exactly. $145 + $120 = $265. Mookie got $365.

 

Bottom line - helluva lot closer than Story plus Barnes.

 

Also it occurred pre-reset, meaning Betts over those two was actually possible.

 

Of course, reality did tell a slightly different story, but hey not like the people I’ve been arguing are fans of accurate history…

[Old Red]

As I've said before, if you really want to blame someone, your guy is Henry. He's the one who fired DD and hired Bloom. Bloom is doing exactly what he was hired to do, just as DD did.

 

I'm not going to go off on Henry, because he's delivered 4 rings this century. That's twice as many as the rest of the AL East combined.

JH has gotten his fair share of the blame for Mookie leaving town, and to me his biggest mistake was the hiring of Bloom, which could set the team back for years to come. The 4 rings have been great, but all the last place finishes have not been so great, so to me the winning of the rings has a statute of limitations on how long you can live off that. Loyalist, or realist.

[Bellhorn04]

Look at is this way . Nine mil a year for Barnes and twenty three mil a year for Story. 32 mil a year. None of them are getting paid in one lump sum for the whole contract. Dombrowski was fired before he could negotiate any further. If the whole thing is on John Henry , then John Henry should stand up and say so.

 

Now this was pretty funny. Yeah, that seems like something John would do.

[Slasher9]

Moon and Notin are not the same poster. They are more like a tag team. " The Legion of Bloom ", heel tag team champions.

 

legion of bloom wins the internet today

[moonslav59]

JH has gotten his fair share of the blame for Mookie leaving town, and to me his biggest mistake was the hiring of Bloom, which could set the team back for years to come. The 4 rings have been great, but all the last place finishes have not been so great, so to me the winning of the rings has a statute of limitations on how long you can live off that. Loyalist, or realist.

 

Henry knows what he's doing.

 

The guy is still spending, bigtime and is actively working on building up the long term success of this franchise.

 

"Statute of limitations?" Really? Is talk radio supportive of this idea?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

JH has gotten his fair share of the blame for Mookie leaving town, and to me his biggest mistake was the hiring of Bloom, which could set the team back for years to come. The 4 rings have been great, but all the last place finishes have not been so great, so to me the winning of the rings has a statute of limitations on how long you can live off that. Loyalist, or realist.

 

There are still some old Yankee fans who still cling to "27 Rings!" But with each subsequent and disappointing postseason, the sound of those rings gets further in the distance.

 

My son's in middle school, and his Yankee fan classmates have never experienced a championship in their entire lives. When their older relatives speak of rings, it's like the rings of rotary phones -- ancient artifacts only seen and heard on black-and-white retro TV shows.

[Slasher9]

if the phillies win it all, you could certainly say that dd will have stuck it to henry a bit.

 

As an optimist, my hope would be that it entices jh to increase the budget.

 

lets go phillies!

[Old Red]

Henry knows what he's doing.

 

The guy is still spending, bigtime and is actively working on building up the long term success of this franchise.

 

"Statute of limitations?" Really? Is talk radio supportive of this idea?

 

Statute of limitations not only yes, but hell yes! All you have to do, and I have brought this up before is see how the Hoodie who coaches the Pats has been getting roasted, and toasted, and has been for 3 years now. The Pats have won more rings than the Red Sox, but a lot of fans only care about the here, and now. That is something you have a problem understanding. Like it, or not that is how lots of fans are. The jury is still out by the way on if Henry knew what he was doing hiring Bloom if he still wants to have a team that wins to get into the postseason.

[Bellhorn04]

Statute of limitations not only yes, but hell yes! All you have to do, and I have brought this up before is see how the Hoodie who coaches the Pats has been getting roasted, and toasted, and has been for 3 years now. The Pats have won more rings than the Red Sox, but a lot of fans only care about the here, and now.

 

If you don't care about the championships that have been won, what's the freakin' point of any of this LOL