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Ted, you played enough baseball and know enough about the game to know that Bradley will never be a ML hitter. Not is any sense of the word. He has no power, can't steal bases, and he strikes out an inordinate amount of the time he sets his sorry ass up to the plate. Those people here who believe everything the FO tells them, and thank God, those numbers are decreasing by the day, have set themselves for a big and total letdown. And just hope Bogaerts doesn't turn out to be the total choker I hinted at back in April. As good as Drew has played at short, no team is going to trade for him and to keep him around is only going to inhibit our younger players from getting the play and at-bats they need to get themselves ready for our next WS in 2019 or 2020. Drew, Carp, even Gomes, along with the putrid Buchholz, the miserable Doubrant and even a few others need to be jettisoned by tomorrow night, either by trade or release because by now we all know, or should, that Farrell is a muddled individual who cannot make up his mind and we will see a revolving door of lineup and defensive alignments unless these moves are made. Bring WMB up, put Holt in left and go with that......and if we can a CF who can hit please get that f***ing Bradley out of there until the eighth or ninth inning when we can use a good defensive OF for an inning or two.

I warned people here that Delarosa was not what they thought he was cracked up to be and now we're seeing it, aren't we? Actually he has pitched better than I thought he would even if the last few outings have been totally s*****. IMHO we have two solid pitching prospects down on the farm, Renaudo and Owens. They are our hopes for a solid one-two punch. Ruby Doobie is a fourth starter at best, Workman fifth or bullpen and Barnes and Webster excess toilet paper.

I saw this coming last December when the front office started hemming and hawing about a new contract for Jon. I saw the palsied hands of Larry Lucchino in this and while this is only my opinion I think it was that bastard who sent his errand boy Ben out with that insulting offer last Spring. The good will built by our team in 213 has now been totally destroyed by owner Prune Face and his despicable companion Larry the Louse.

He also had a few multiple hit games where his batting average reached 327. We haven't seen that since his benching until tonight when he got two hits. Now we need to release Drew, put Bogey back to short and see if he can handle that spot, put Holt or Middlerbrooks at third and if it's the latter, then Holt plays left field. And get rid of Carp. He is only showcasing himself for a DFA because every time he plays he stinks. Gomes could go too. And just for the record, Vazquez is NOT our future catcher, Blake Swihart is b ecause he can hit and has power. WE NEED HITTING--WE NEED HITTING====WE NEED HITTERS!!!!!!!!!!

Papi, Lester is the only good pitcher Boston has developed in their system since Prune Face and his cohorts took over the team. Just take a look at the plethora of miserable excuses we've had for pitching prospects who fell flat on their faces. Believe me, it isn't just Doubrant and Buchholz. How about Michael Bowden, Kris Johnson, Stolmy Pimental, Steve Fife, Kyle Weiland----none of whom are pitching in the Big Leagues anymore. Somewhere between Pawtucket, Portland and Boston many of our young players stagnate badly. Just look at choker Bogaerts and whiff king Bradley this year---two more pathetic hitters-not that will find playing in the Major Leagues.

When Farrell benched him for one game the slump starter the next game. Farrell seems to have acquired the bad habit of turning to s*** everything he touches this year.

Spud, Peavy pitched against the Dodgers last August and fired a three hit 8-1 win for the Red Sox. There are times a hex over a team stays with that team even after the roster changes. The Dodgers knew they has li ttle success against Jake and Peavy felt he had an inbred talent pitching against them. Strange as it may seem to you and others there is something to be said for this. I'm reminded of two pitchers in the famed Giants-Dodgers rivalry (No. 2 in baseball until this year). For the Giants there was Hall of Famer Juan Marichal, 37-18 lifetime against the Dodgers from 1960 to 1973. In those 14 seasons the Dodger roster changed radically but the effectiveness of Juan was still there. In fact it took LA until June of '68 before they beat Juan in his home park. As for the counterpart, there was Bobby Welch, recently deceased, who pitched for the Bums from 1978 to 1987, ten seasons. The Giant roster changed a lot over that decade, yet Welch continued to dominate the Giants with a 20-4 lifetime record against them and here's the kicker......Bobby pitched better against the Giants at Candlestick Park than he did at Dodger Stadium, so good in fact that the Giants could never beat him there....not once. Sometimes Spud, these things do take a life of its own.

That sums it up perfectly Ted. And we all know who they are, don't we? Especially one guy who went off the deep end on Bogey, Bradley and Drew. Now that we see how this has turned out he is in hiding. He will return one of these days but I will be remind him of his miserable predictions when he panned those of us who took a different tack and have been proven correct. You have to stay and face the music one way or the o ther. Hell, we all f*** up royally from time to time. Admit it and move on, hoping next time you call it right.

Not tough at all. If it comes down to Vazuez or Swihart it is Blake by a slam dunk. He is almost as good as Christian on defense and has power and hits for an average. If we could get Swihart in another position we could have both, BUT WE NEED HITTING AND WE NEED SOME POWER BAD!!!!! What I'm going to say is not a knock on Drew. He still is hitting s***** but has played good SS for us and has gotten a few hits, but he is not in our future and that is what we have to consider right now. We need to get that baby Xander back at SS. This time I'm not sure he is going to start hitting when returned there as I was earlier. I think the kid is mentally weak and not tough at all. We do need to see if he can handle it , which I now doubt and we need Middlebrooks to give us some badly needed power and see if we can finally get him to show the ability he showed when he came up in mid-2012.

Is that the Boston.com Dirt Dogs board?

I saw it way back in April---this guy is a choker and those who attacked me for saying it are nowhere to be found. Come out come out wherever you are. The guy is a choker and is a weakling. Ever since we signed Drew this guy has gone completely in the tank. He is not tough and will most likely never make it in Boston.

Don't forget to put me in that pantheon of crazy fans that are in it for the long haul, and I'm certainly not heading for the hills any time soon. For the record I am wearing my 2013 Red Sox title shirt I got from Red Sox Destinations when I went to Boston in April and I wore my 2013 hat I got from SI when went out an hour ago. And what pisses me off are those creepoes who accused me on not being a Red Sox fan, and those *******s know who they are. Where are they? I'm here and I'm staying here. I will say, though, that we do have some very good and loyal fans here and we just have to ride this out and hope there are better days ahead. Forsythe did make a good point that we are still WS Champs and have won three of them the past ten seasons. What he might not understand is that we believe that we should be in contention every year with the money and funds the team makes from fans like us. August 19th, it will be 14 years for me following my now beloved team. Now can we win a freakin' game tonight?????

They were thinking long and hard about how Peavy has totally dominated the Dodgers during his career with the Padres----something like 15-2 or thereabouts. And remember when he faced last August in Dodger Stadium. He totally discombobulated them, pitching a three hitter and stopping them cold. If he can do that with the Giants that would be swell because I don't want to see those Dodger bastards in the WS---no how, no way.

Bogaerts?????? That's one guy I hope is in any deal the Red Sox make. He has shown he cannot hit with runners on base, he cannot field worth s*** either at short or at third, his average is cratering down to the 220's and in my honest opinion he may not have the make-up to play in Boston. I may be as wrong as I can be but I see with my own eyes a total ineptness from this guy. Now maybe next season he will come around, but correct me if I'm wrong, but he ne ver dominated in any minor league he played in. He is having severe growing pains and I have some real doubts if he is ever going to be the ballplayer you and so many others think he will be. Remember, I accused him way back in April of being a potential choker and caught s*** for it from some of the people who no longer post here much. Let me finish and say I just have deep reservations about Xander and let it go with that.

Station---you heard it here first my friend. If we can slot both Vazquez and Swihart into the same lineup that would be fine but if we have to keep one it has to be Blake and not Christian. Swihart can hit and hit with some power and he is getting better all the time. Hitting might be a problem for Christian, BUT with some of the turds we have currently playing we should be able to get both of them in the lineup somewhere. I also see they are down on Cecchini because he is having some growing problems this season but the kid can hit. He is a potential 300 hitter and will get his stroke and hitting shoes back. We need to keep him too. And it is about time to move X back to shortstop. Now there is the problem for us. He has been a real disappointment this season. Can he play in Boston? Can he take the pressure? Does he have the makeup? That's what worries me.

Sorry Spud but if they don't resign Lester to an extension you can pretty much kiss off 2015 as well. You can't field a competitive team when you allow your best pitcher to walk to FA and get a measly draft choice back that could turn into a Bradley or Bogerts, two players who have turned out to be rotten ones.

Three titles in ten seasons is terrific NS but what we're seeing this year is a complete unraveling of what was supposed to be a fine team. Our play and record cannot be acceptable to any Red Sox fan. No, I didn't expect a WS Title last season and was elated when we got one. I also didn't expect a repeat this year either but I expected a better showing than the disgraceful one our team is making this season.

I blame Prune Face Henry for this debacle. Instead of telling Lucchino to get his rotten ass up to his office and do his fund raising, marketing and selling the Red Sox brand, he once again lets him meddle into baseball operations when he is a total ignorant s*** when it comes to judging talent and know how a baseball team is built. Last season as 33 said you didn't hear from the guy while Cherington and Farrell ran the show. The results spoke for themselves. Now we see this prick once again butting in and meddling in everyday operations and we see the results. When long time Red Sox fans actually talk about telling the team to go to hell, whether it is temporary or not, you know that many fans are totally pissed off at the turn of events. This isn't the first time Lucchino has meddled.....he did in 2005 and he did in 2008---and notice it was right after the Sox had won a WS. It is most likely this meddling in business that was none of his that soured his relations in Baltimore and San Diego. Too bad we can't somehow divest ourselves from this ******** ASAP.

You're grasping at straws Bellhorn. Hamels has four years left with a big salary and our suddenly cheap bastard owners are loathe to spend anything except for their soccer team. They believe they can in on the cheap. Well Prune Face, if by any chance you're tuning in here, you cannot win on the cheap and as far as your soccer team is concerned.....shove them up your ass.

All the Red Sox brass know for sure is that they don't want to sign Lester long term because they have become a bunch of cheap bastards, but whether to trade him now and risk a revolt by the fans or just wait until the season is over to let him walk when the fans have gone home for the winter, is what they have to decide. They had better trade him because you don't know what that draft choice might turn out to be. We've had our share of duds the past half-dozen years. At least with prospects from another team we might get one or two who could help us, especially since our two wonder kids this year have been bitter disappointments. Bradley is in over his head at the plate and Bogaerts has turned out to be a rotten ballplayer who doesn't hit, doesn't field and has become what I suspected from the start......a choker when a big hit is needed.

Quit complaining Jacko......you're only three games out of first place in a very mediocre AL East. Hell you could even win it. Look at us.....ever see a defending World Series Champion fall so far so fast as we have this season? If you're going to complain have something worthy to complain about. The Yankees have held on despite all the pitching injuries, have won a majority of their series, and say whatever you will, Girardi is a helluva lot better manager than Farrell has been this season.

Let's not all jump on Rubby's head over his terribly s***** performance today. Many of us know he has great potential and solid stuff but he was considered an inconsistent kid when he played with the Dodgers and we may have him that way for us now that he is pitching for the Red Sox. He may wow us one time out and make us sick another....just like he did today. This is not an ace and will never be an ace. He is a good No. 3 or 4 and that is what we have to expect of him. If he can pitch a few games above 500 for us we ought to consider our good fortune. An ace he is not, and that brings up what we will need when Lester is either traded or walks. Do we have a pitcher in our farm system that projects as an ace? We will certainly need one if we are ever to win a title of any kind again.....and let me tell you Buchholz, Doubrant and Workman are certainly not in that category.

Sorry to hear such bad news Ted. My thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of sadness. I do like, however, that you had such wonderful feelings about your mother-in-law. You hear so many stories in the opposite way. I remember when I was going with Linda and my future MIL looked at me with suspicion that to me seemed to border on anger. She probably thought of me as a playboy of sorts. What a joke. As soon, and I mean as soon, as we became engaged you never saw a woman change towards a person as she changed towards me. I must stay in the spare bedroom over the weekend so I don't have to drive down.....what would you like for dinner Fred?.....there's three half-gallons of your favorite Dreyer's Chocolate Chip ice cream in the freezer son. What a difference. From then on I referred to her and her husband as mom and dad. Stand tall my friend.

I know you won't be cooing Ted and you can bet your last dime I won't be either and neither will most of the posters on this board. We should all be aware that a disaster to our team is in the making and without a bonafide ace to lead the staff and at least two other top starters we are in a very unsavory position. Unless the owners are preparing to secretly sell the team I cannot understand their cheapness as well as ignorance in understanding that you don't let your ace in the prime of his career walk. Stupidity as stupidity does speaks volumes for Henry, Lucchino, Werner and Co.

Lyons was let go after last season by the f***ing Dodgers for exactly that reason. Seems the corporate bastards of the West Coast and their zillions couldn't countenance a loose cannon on their broadcast team. To me he is a refreshing change of pace for us, and like Eck, he lets it all hang out. And I think our team needs some people to ran a boot up their collective asses.