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I have no accord with MVP.

D sucked right there.

Later dick.

We will get screwed by replay again.

Yep, I understand. I was just pointing out that "good riddance" is not in the spirit of accord and might spur nastiness when he returns. Do we really need to go down that road all over again?

There are a lot of ridiculous people here.

It's good to see Ortiz getting hot.

I'm not looking to stir things up. I just thought that us adults had reached an accord last season. I disagree with plenty that Fred says and he disagrees with me. We just don't get angry with each other.

Very Shane-like by Sizemore in RF

Speaking of alcohol, a friend of mine recently said that he never realized that there was alcohol in it. My brother looked at him incredulously and said "What did you think that it was milk from a green cow?"

I was in Manhattan to see the Trade Towers go down and lost friends and neighbors. Even though I have worked in Manhattan for many of the years since, I have never ventured downtown to that area. I just can't.

No runs in that inning if Bogaerts is at SS. I know that he needs the blow and I'm not blaming Farrell, but he gets that ball.

Left side will be a sieve today.

Is Victorino playing rehab games yet?

And I will always like Cliff Lee for doing so.

Strip away everything else in the article and this tells me Henry and Co. blew it by walking away.

The left field of the infield isn't making me feel very confident today.

And here I thought us adults were getting along so much better. Oh well.

I never said that they didn't overpay players. They have the financial resources to get their guys, and at least they are consistent in that they get the guys they go after. We gave Theo excuses for not getting targeted players saying that he didn't want to overpay and couldn't compete with Yankee money, but somehow he managed to grossly overpay a bunch of players that the Yankees didn't want.

It's also plausible that they just botched the negotiation. We can agree to disagree. The public reports were that the Yankees at the time were not interested or involved. The Red Sox certainly conducted themselves accordingly. Even after they walked away, the feeling was still that he would become a Red Sox. I attended Christmas at Fenway that winter, and Lucchino and others were there and WEEI was broadcaasting from there that day interviewing various Sox officials. Everyone was still very positive about getting Tex. If the Yankees were involved, they should have known and backed away. As for the theory that Boras likes to screw us over, that is very implausible. We are one of the small handful of franchises that can afford his clients. Pissing on us would not help create a market for him. We can agree to disagree. But I will reiterate that all public reports were that the Yankees were not involved and we sent our full management team to lock him down. From that, I conclude that they botched it. I am not the one assuming both unknown and unreported facts to support my theory.

Another thing that I have noticed in the early going is an unusual number of bunt base hits against us. That has nothing to to with injuries. It is just poor fundamentals.

I've been watching them for 47 years win or lose. I rarely miss a game. I don't get too worked up about most regular season games. When a team is playing bad, you think they are worse than they are. You can't trust your eyes during a hot streak either. One thing that this team hasn't shown yet is an ability to fight back or come from behind. They gutted out the extra inning game in Chicago, but we couldn't win that game until they put a position player on the mound. Last year's crew found ways to win games when they were banged up and playing poorly. As for citing Brock Holt as a bright spot....puhlease. It's a dark day when he is in anyone's lineup. He is a bag-o-s***. The best thing about him is his name. We have improved defensively behind the plate, but everywhere else we are weaker right now. Bradley can go get the ball, but when he was flanked by Carp and Nava the other day, that was an outfield lacking range.

LOL!! Maybe I would have blamed them anyway. Theo had a very poor history in salary negotiations. His record was long and undistinguished in negotiations and signings.

J_E, you are all worked up. LOL!!! What difference does it make if the Sox lucked out by getting screwed over by the Yankees in Tex sweepstakes? There was a way to not give Tex the chance to see if the Yankees would match the Sox offer. You don't leave his house unless you have his signature --a take it or leave it offer. The yankees have done that very successfully in negotiations. Make your final offer and tell the player when you leave the offer will be withdrawn and there will not be another offer. The Sox brass didn't close the deal with their whole executive team there. That was a failure. He was the centerpiece of the offseason plan. They didn't get it done when they had him cornered and the Yanks hadn't even entered the process. Don't get your undies twisted in a knot. Theo f***ed up plenty of negotiations. He made an utter fool of himself trying to sign Jose Contreras. He misjudged the market for Dice K and outbid everyone by a mile, and he way overpaid Carl Crawford, Julio Lugo and Renteria. He really was terrible at negotiating, but it's past history and we have 3 championships despite those mistakes.

I thought he was asking about the positives in tonight's game.