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Sucks.

You realize that Daubach put up an OPS equal or better to Gonzalez's this year in 3 outta his 4 years as a starer here right? You know he was good for 20 homers, 75 Rbis, and a .350 OB%?????? If Gomez turns in to Brian Daubach and they platoon him with a lefty, they have something.

WHy?

The only other teams I root for, are the Orioles since the Duke is running things there, and shockingly, they are having success with the same building process he has in Boston.....you know, since DUKE built the 2003 and 2004 teams.....which trickled to the 2007 team. Duke always worked with small funds so he always did the best he could. Eventually they opened up the wallet and he got Pedro Martinez and Manny Ramirez......but it was always the garbage type heap that he brought in. Many of those reclamation projects worked out. He inherited a s***** team in 1994. By 1995 the whole roster was turned over. Mike Macfarlane, Luis Alicea, Troy Oleary, Willie McGee, Reggie Jefferson, Erik Hansen, Tim Wakefield, Rick Aguilera and Stan Belinda helped that team win the AL East. In 1996 he added Mike Stanley, Jeff Frye, Jose Canseco, Wil Cordero, Nomar (who he drafted), Tom Gordon, Jaime Moyer, Rich Garces and Mike Stanton. 1997 was a poor team. They replaced Clemens with Steve Avery and did little else. A bridge year. 1998 brought in Mike Benjiman, Darren Lewis, Darren Bragg, Damon Buford, Pedro Martinez, Bret Saberhagen. They also traded Heathcliff Slocumb for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek. They finished 2nd in the ALE with 92 wins. 1999 saw the additions of Rod Beck, and Brian Daubach. Again they finished 2nd in the ALE with 94 wins. 2000 saw the additions of Carl Everett (who was great for this year), Dante Bichette and Jose Offerman ( who were supposed to take some of the blow of losing Vaughn). 2001 saw the addition of Manny Ramirez, David Cone, Hideo Nomo and Frank Castillo. They drafted Kevin Youkilis. They again finished 2nd in the ALE. 2002 added Johnny Damon, Cliff Floyd, John Burkett, Uegueth Urbina,and Alan Embree That year they also drafted Jon Lester and Jonathan Papelbon. They finished 2nd place and won 93 games. I root for the Orioles, because the Duke knew what he was doing. The other one is the Braves. I used to watch all the their games on TBS. Braves were once the Boston Braves, and it was nice to see that Babe Ruth started his career in Boston, and ended it in Boston.

Pink hats. Thats all they were. Im willing to guess that I am in reference to at least part of your post........I wish those people were still around, all those people who said I was negative/wrong. I always argued that I was simply being realistic. I called this s*** from day 1.....although I never thought theyd be this bad, I did however make a bet with one member of the forum that they would not finish .500, which I have won. Can't wait to see the bandwagon pinkhat homers come back over the winter predicting a world series victory because they add a backup infielder, a left handed reliever and a platoon LF.

What do you mean? The Redsox are my home town team. I don't have a choice. Waiting is the only option. For those who are not willing to wait, then you were never a real fan to begin with.

http://link.redsox.com/m/1/95601068/b19512-0aaf2554-c039-4652-8619-5e7342781806/9/117/88e502d9-1a43-4ffd-8e2a-21e8b5e140f2 Remember this ********? LOL, how stupid you think he feels now? Cheerful Cody Ross? Friendly Mike Aviles? The "Varsity"? Really......too funny.

DL More of an answer than Doubront.

Franklin Morales deserves a spot in the rotation over Felix Doubront. Felix Doubront, is a below average major league pitcher at this point.

No way..... What has he proven besides his Brady Anderson year? The ONLY thing he has proven is that you can't rely on him.

He will be lucky to hit at Rey Ordonez's level.

NONONONO!!!!! He was overpaidddd remember!!! Overpaid, meanwhile we still have Lackey on the roster who has yet to contribute. Yeah that makes sense!

The day Bobby V is canned, he will tell everyone who will listen just exactly he had to deal with. He wont wait for a book....he has too much of a diarrhea mouth to hold it in much longer than 5 minutes after hes fired. He will spill it, He will tell us everything that went wrong.

Deal Ellsbury, get what you can.....he wont be worth the contract, and who knows what we get back in a trade.......but there is no way we can pay this guy 20M a year long term. We just got rid of Carl Crawford, no need to sign up for another one.

Ciriaco is plummeting, because he isnt that good. Hes a backup who got hot. If he or Iglesias are starting anywhere for this team next year. They have big time isses.

Hes a Boras guy. He is getting 100M from some team stupid enough to give it to him. Hopefully it is not us.

The whole offensive approach needs to change. Somewhere a long the way, we decided that spending money on the biggest names was the key to success. They need to go back to the approach that worked for them. They need to start targeting the hitters who take the patient approach to hitting. They need to start targeting the guys who don't make outs, but when they do, its after a 5 or 6 pitch AB. This team can be saved. I think the pitching staff is not nearly as bad as they have looked. Many of their top pitchers are currently injured/under performing. They need a #2 or 3, a bullpen arm, a REAL catcher and a bench overhaul.

Interesting observations.

Yeah, Pats fans suck sometimes. Gillette is way too quiet......but then again, Id rather quiet than everyone singing Sweet Caroline when the Sox are losing 10-2.

He is the future 1B/DH with a potential to hit like an AS.

Where did I make that statement? I said that I thought Morales was better. If you are going to have a debate with me, at least make the debate about something I said.

Then shut him down. Hes been awful, and hes ONLY at 130 innings. Its not like hes at the 150-160 range. Morales has been stretched out quite a bit considering where he was to begin the year, he has fared just fine. In fact, he was doing great before they jerked him back and forth between the bullpen and the rotation.

Franklin Morales should be a shoe in for SP rotation..... Felix Doubront, not at all....nothing but a mirage amongst s***** pitchers worse than him this year. 10-7 with the run support hes been given and a 5.03 ERA doesnt exactly scream top shelf prospect or shoe in for next years rotation. Lets stop making excuses and projections please.......Hes only thrown 130 innings, so I refuse to hear the "hes tired" nonsense as well. If we want to be better next year, we need to get better. If he the best option for us moving forward?

Hes awful. His numbers in the minors show that he almost has zero chance or any kind of success at the major league level. I already said it.....but his OPS somehow manages to be below his slugging. He has zero pop in his bat. MLB pitchers are more productive than his minor league numbers. Salty sucks, you know my stance on this. He needs to be replaced. They need a REAL catcher. I dont care if he hits .230 like Salty, but he HAS to be able to call and work a game.

Its a weird time to be a Redsox fan, because all the people who blindly defended them disappeared. This place is a ghost town. Win or lose, they are still my team. I refuse to stop cheering for them.