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Yup. Just another piece added to their group of 3's, 4's and 5's. Stay away.

Why?

Right. Paterno knew about one, and covered it up.....for years. Bill James defended him. Thats my problem with the whole thing.

Correct. The percentage of successful rehab is pretty low in general.....why they let those guys out of prison KNOWING that they are significant threats to re-offend is beyond me. I come off a bit strong with my opinion, but I saw it everyday for 5 years.

Have you ever actually met a child rapist? If you have, you wouldn't defend it. Nobody should ever defend them, or their friends, or friends of friends of child rapists. They should all be sentenced to death. Why dont you created another Salty thread? We need one.

I honestly don't even know what to say. You have no realistic sense of what happened. To say he "said something stupid" and "people have done worse" is pretty ignorant. James defended a guy, who knew that kids were being raped for decades.

Did you ever see the suns school band picture?

I'm not sure everyone went for it. I know I was against it. I actually wanted Aceves to start of the two.

To me, changes need to be made.....starting with the rotation. Lester can return. But not Beckett. See what each of them returns. If Beckett returns nothing, but you can rid yourself of him....then you do it. Then, you at least kick the tires with Lester and Ellsbury. Ellsbury is not coming back, so there is no harm in at least answering some phone calls. Next year, Buccholz, Morales, Doubront and Lackey should/will all be in the rotation. That leaves one spot. Beckett must go. No question. I said it ALL OFFSEASON. If Lester could somehow get you King Felix, even at the cost of Ellsbury and somebody else....I do it. We need to open a window and get some of the stale air out of here.

I think Valentine is a great baseball manager. He is a goof off of the baseball field. The problem is that nobody in the FO backs Valentine. They brought somebody in who could stir up the pot, and when he does just that.....they make him apologize for it. If BV can't get it done, then they need to bring someone in like John Farrell, who could legit kick most of their asses if they crossed him. They are a gossiping, crybaby, stab you in the back group of players. They need someone to kick them in the ass.

That doesn't affect the active roster. Sweeney gets traded, or Ciriaco/Gomez are demoted.

Lillibridge.

Much better tonight. My only concern is that his change disappeared. When he was going good earlier this year, his fastball was surgical, his curveball had good snap.....and he also threw an above average changeup AND Splitter. I didn't see much of the change and splitter tonight. Moving forward, he HAS to have at least 3 pitches, otherwise....he is Bard. He has to maintain condidence in his change.

Because Youkilis needed to go. He wasn't happy with his role. WMB can't sit on the bench. Adrian Gonzalez shouldn't be in RF.

My plan to fix the Redsox.... Josh Beckett: almost everyone knows where I am going to start...trade Josh Beckett. For the amount of money that we are paying him, it should be a blessing if some other team is dumb enough to take on the remainder of the contract. I don't care what he produces after we get rid of him, he needs to go. Jon Lester: Explore options for Jon Lester. This one makes me a little nervous. I KNOW that Lester has the ability to pitch as a true #1, but I am not so sure that will happen here. Whether its the culture of the clubhouse, or his chemistry with Josh Beckett, something needs to change. Lester will bring a much higher return than Beckett but regardless, Beckett has to go. The biggest problem with the Redsox rotation, is that right now.....they have a bunch of 3's 4's and 5's.....whether it be on the current rotation or on the DL. Next year, Id rather see: 1. A return for Beckett, Lester, Ellsbury (among others listed below) 2. Buccholz 3. Doubront 4. Morales 5. Lackey (sorry guys, hes not going anywhere) With Beckett/Lester out of the rotation, maybe we get something out of Lackey. In a deal for one of those guys, we SHOULD be able to net a guy who can fit the #1 role. In terms of the Bullpen, we have a bunch of guys who could be dealt at the deadline who in a package, could get us a return. Any of those guys could get us value, minus Aceves, Bailey, Bard and Miller. The following guys can be dealt: 1. Atchison 2. Albers 3. Cook 4. Bowden 5. Padilla, but I dont think other teams will value him very high. 6. Tazawa The bullpen next year can look like this: Closer: Bailey Setup: Bard Lefty: Miller Righty: Aceves Righty: Padilla Righty: Melancon Righty: Tazawa (swap him out with anybody above, if not traded) In terms of the lineup, there are a couple of pieces here also that can be sold off. Jacoby Ellsbury will not be playing for this team past next year (2013). In a package involving Beckett or Lester, he may bring back a #1 starter. The key is to trade him now, before we lose him for nothing but a draft pick since our bargaining power will be diminished since everyone knows we will not re-sign him. We have some guys who can be packaged in a deal to make us better in the future. They are: 1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2. Daniel Nava 3. Ryan Sweeney 4. Cody Ross 5. Kelly Shoppach Everyone around here seems so high on WMB, Lavarnway, Ciriaco and Iglesias so why not let the kids play to see what we have before the season ends so we can figure out we have next year? Next years starters and bench, if moves are made: LF: Carl Crawford CF: Ryan Kalish RF: Ross if he is still here, a replacement if a trade is made. 1B: Adrian Gonzalez 2B: Dustin Pedroia SS: Iglesias, or Aviles 3B: Will Middlebrooks C: Ryan Lavarnway DH: David Ortiz (re-sign, 1 year deal) Bench: Mauro Gomez (1B, 3b) Bench: Iglesis/Aviles (middle INF) Bench: Pedro Ciriaco (INF) Bench: Transaction (Backup Catcher) Bench: Transaction (3 position OF) Bench: Transaction (Corner RH bat) The biggest problem I have with the current Sox offense, and I know they are producing....is that they have gone away from their philosophy. Salty and Aviles are not typical Sox offensive players. The trade off for Salty is Lavarnway, and he has pretty decent on base skills. Iglesias does not, but the defensive trade off from Aviles might be worth the switch. I think that the 5th playoff spot/2nd Wild Card has actually hurt the Redsox. We have lowered our expectations. If they were to make the playoffs, they have no real shot at winning anything. Why not see what the younger guys have to offer and try to get some value back for some of our dead, stale weight?

He didn't specify for what team haha.