Phillies (Luzardo) vs Red Sox (Suarez): 5/14/26, 6:45pm

[mvp 78]

Just now, Bellhorn04 said:

I had to put Fred on ignore.  It's not just the negativity but his posts tend to be extraordinarily redundant,  You are negative but in a way that's not boring.  😄

Fine, I'll moderate his posts... 😮‍💨

[Bellhorn04]

1 minute ago, drewski6 said:

Fire Breslow and hes cool with me.

That'd be a start, but I'm not bursting with confidence about who the replacement would be.

[moonslav59]

8 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

I like him.  Sure hes not the most optimistic guy here, but the toxic optimists who come in here and complain about fans complaining are far far worse.

 

I may disagree with Fred, a lot, but we've gotten along fine. At least he doesn't misrepresent what others say and chase straw men.

I have an issue with telling others this...

And absolutely NO ONE should be at the park or support the bums in any way. 

 

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Also, Story's defense is atrocious. Get him out of here. 

"Atrocious" might not even be harsh enough.

We may not have better bat options than Story, which is debatable, but get him off SS.

The short stop position is the center of team defense.

[Bellhorn04]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I may disagree with Fred, a lot, but we've gotten along fine. At least he doesn't misrepresent what others say and chase straw men.

I have an issue with telling others this...

And absolutely NO ONE should be at the park or support the bums in any way. 

 

It's only about the ten-thousandth time he has said it in his career as a Sox forum poster.

[drewski6]

1 minute ago, Bellhorn04 said:

I had to put Fred on ignore.  It's not just the negativity but his posts tend to be extraordinarily redundant,  You are negative but in a way that's not boring.  😄

Im not negative at all, my whole thing is Im mad cuz when Breslow told Whitlock: you are not allowed to ask questions about Cora getting fired, you will play ball because we pay you to pay ball.....That whitlock didnt walk out (or slap him).  I come from a world where you dont talk to people like that.

I mean, Im willing to even to go as far as to say, that I can see how Breslow's plan would have worked in an alternate timeline.  Now that we see Ranger and Sonny pitching well, theres a parallel universe (great chilli peppers song) where we aer winning a lot of games 4-2 and Duran and Story are hitting close to where they were projected to be.

But Craig Breslow talks down to people, and I dont associate with that.

[drewski6]

My issue with the red sox are more ethical in nature than baseball related.

[notin]

9 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I may disagree with Fred, a lot, but we've gotten along fine. At least he doesn't misrepresent what others say and chase straw men.

I have an issue with telling others this...

And absolutely NO ONE should be at the park or support the bums in any way. 

 

He may be boring, redundant and obsessed with fixing everything solely through spending, but he is definitely polite.  That counts for something.  Especially since the Sox front office didn’t know we exist, so we are only preaching to each other.

Bit I agree that it’s no one’s business to tell other fans what they should and shouldn’t enjoy…

[drewski6]

7 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I may disagree with Fred, a lot, but we've gotten along fine. At least he doesn't misrepresent what others say and chase straw men.

I have an issue with telling others this...

And absolutely NO ONE should be at the park or support the bums in any way. 

 

Well, tone is lost over text.  ANd he may of meant this more of a "I dont see why ppl support" vs criticizing ppl for support.

Im not watching, but it doesnt bother me that others are.  I say do what makes you happy

[Bellhorn04]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

He may be boring, redundant and obsessed with fixing everything solely through spending, but he is definitely polite.  That counts for something.  Especially since the Sox front office didn’t know we exist, so we are only preaching to each other.

Bit I agree that it’s no one’s business to tell other fans what they should and shouldn’t enjoy…

Yeah, but it's not like we actually take each other seriously.  😄

[mvp 78]

14 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

That'd be a start, but I'm not bursting with confidence about who the replacement would be.

Put their money where their mouth is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kennedy_(baseball_executive)

[Bellhorn04]

The weird thing about this 2026 team is that their losses are not all that stressful.  We're not blowing leads, we just don't get leads in the first place.

[mvp 78]

12 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

"Atrocious" might not even be harsh enough.

We may not have better bat options than Story, which is debatable, but get him off SS.

The short stop position is the center of team defense.

How is it just a 0 DRS???? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[notin]

1 minute ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Yeah, but it's not like we actually take each other seriously.  😄

Maybe not, but blocking others does happen.

And as an alum of at least one other site, you are no doubt aware that when some fans get their sites on how the team is run, no amount of success changes their mind.  I still recall that Bigfoot character ripping “Guitar Boy” Epstein for ruining the Sox while the team was winning the World Series…

[notin]

2 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

The weird thing about this 2026 team is that their losses are not all that stressful.  We're not blowing leads, we just don't get leads in the first place.

 They’re boring and seemingly content being so..

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

The weird thing about this 2026 team is that their losses are not all that stressful.  We're not blowing leads, we just don't get leads in the first place.

It was zero zero in the 5th and I was just like 

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

They needed and wanted to trade Duran, but overvalued him. Weird way to do business. 

If you named the biggest mistake made over the last 2 winters, it's this non action.

Buehler was bad, but it was just a one year hit.

[Bellhorn04]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

Maybe not, but blocking others does happen.

And as an alum of at least one other site, you are no doubt aware that when some fans get their sites on how the team is run, no amount of success changes their mind.  I still recall that Bigfoot character ripping “Guitar Boy” Epstein for ruining the Sox while the team was winning the World Series…

Yep, I first joined the Globe Sox forum in 2007, and I couldn't believe how much abuse Epstein and Francona were taking.

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Well, tone is lost over text.  ANd he may of meant this more of a "I dont see why ppl support" vs criticizing ppl for support.

Im not watching, but it doesnt bother me that others are.  I say do what makes you happy

Fair enough. Frustration and anger sometimes causes poor word choices.

I'll never put Fred on ignore.

[Bellhorn04]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

If you named the biggest mistake made over the last 2 winters, it's this non action.

Buehler was bad, but it was just a one year hit.

Buehler was a totally defensible mistake.

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Yep, I first joined the Globe Sox forum in 2007, and I couldn't believe how much abuse Epstein and Francona were taking.

Was softlaw still there in 2007- the guy who called almost everyone a Theo apologist and pink hat fan?

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Buehler was a totally defensible mistake.

Agreed. He seemed like he had a much better shot at a good season than Kluber, Richards & Paxton combined, and they cost $30M total.

[drewski6]

20 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

It's only about the ten-thousandth time he has said it in his career as a Sox forum poster.

I do see where you are coming from on the redundancy angle

[Bellhorn04]

3 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Was softlaw still there in 2007- the guy who called almost everyone a Theo apologist and pink hat fan?

He sure was.  I think he's here now, too (TedYazPapiMookie).

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

He sure was.  I think he's here now, too (TedYazPapiMookie).

I can see the miseresemblance.

[drewski6]

5 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

He sure was.  I think he's here now, too (TedYazPapiMookie).

thats obviously seabeachfred

[drewski6]

33 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

That'd be a start, but I'm not bursting with confidence about who the replacement would be.

Varitek!  For the irony of , Breslow "reassigning Varitek" ....but then someone higher stepping in and being like yeah, reassigning him to YOUR job.  

Or Baldelli

Or Morerro Jr

[notin]

13 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Buehler was a totally defensible mistake.

Those one and two year deals don’t bother me. They’re hit or miss, but it’s usually just a singular miss at worst.  Plus if the team flops, they can become tradable assets if they’re doing ok.

But I labeled Price as a disaster before the ink dried…

 

[notin]

5 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

thats obviously seabeachfred

I think he’s a new one.  Theyre are lots of annoying freaks out there and that guy clings to snd justifies useless old stats like none before him…

[illinoisredsox]

14 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

He sure was.  I think he's here now, too (TedYazPapiMookie).

Except TYPM is the ultimate Breslow apologist.

Or maybe I should have said was; I don’t think he’s posted since the day Cora was fired.

Too bad, because he definitely provided comic relief.