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That's the beauty of baseball. The fans can hold the suits responsible. The sell out streak isn't stopping because of chicken and beer or Bobby V. It's going to stop because the fans don't like the quality of the product being fielded. The 2013 team will have to win right out of the gate to drive their ticket sales, because they don't have compelling stars or personalities.

"Luck is the residue of design." Branch Rickey Good organizations seem to experience more good luck than inferior organizations. Bad organizations and their fans whine about bad luck. A 162 game season evens out the breaks. Bad luck is the most pathetic loser's lament.

I guess it must be the fault of the fans for putting too much pressure on them.

Ballwashing pollyanna to miserable grouch.

The statement as not viewing him as a left fielder was just a stupid and unecessary remark.

He's a 27 year old bush leaguer. There is not a chance that he makes the team as a ball boy nevermind as a useful pitcher.

They are banking on Dempster and turnarounds by Lester and Buchholz. Cherries is out on a limb. We are in agreement for 2 years that he should have bolstered the pitching.

We were new to winning, and didn't quite know how to handle it. Many Sox fans thought that they should be gracious toward Yankee fans thinking the Yankee fans would return the favor when they were back on top. I think most Sox fans have since realized that Yankee fans will always be despicable winners.

My son and I watched game 4 together. He left early the next morning to go back to college. We spent most of the next 3 games on the phone while watching the games. He was watching on cable and I was watching on satelite which is 10 -15 seconds slower. In Game 6, I almost had a heart attack on the ARod dribbler. My son was giving me the play by play before I was seeing the action. When he told me that the ball was rolling around in right field and Jeter had scored, my heart sank. When the umps huddled and reversed the call (the second reversed call of the night), that was the first time that I really thought we would win the series. The Yankees never had calls reversed against them. In game 7, I was still nervous in the last inning after having lived through heartbreak on many prior ocassions. My son brought me to my senses on the other end of the phone when he asked me how big of a lead I would have to have to feel comfortable. With that, I realized that a 7 run lead in the 9th inning was plenty and I started to enjoy it.

If I had read the script of the Yankee series before it happened, I would have said that it was too unrealistic to be a good fictional story.

My Dad (who was age 86 at the time) called me immediately after the last out. He was so happy. He lived to see the second championship in 2007. He was the best buddy I ever had.

I think the best we can hope for would be 2010 Lackey, and many fans did not think that was very good.

Ciriaco is the forgotten man this Spring. When I was in Fort Myers, he was playing and hitting well. He was doing all the things he showed last season. He hasn't gotten much playing time or attention. I think that he is a very useful utility type guy.

I read that the Sox would be making additional cuts on Wednesday, but I have not been able to find anything about those cuts this morning. Does anyone have any information on that?

A good arm too. Very smooth player-- makes things look easy.

If I was interested in a discussion where people only agreed with me, I would have to start talking to myself.

We have had some good baseball conversation, and people like Spitball started what I thought would be a really good thread for pure baseball discussion, but the "Strategy" thread has gotten less interest than I expected. BTW: Bard looked like 2012 Bard yesterday. Walk and a HBP and 3 runs. Anyone get info on his velocity?

4 years ago was worse. More guys were missing including Pedroia and Ortiz.

I wasn't defending myself at all. Kings don't have to do that. I was just curious about these fans who you think are miserable when their teams win. It is an absurd notion to me, so I asked for some names to be attached. No names came back in response beyond a reference to talk radio callers, so I will just conclude that my assumption was corrct that it is an absurd notion.

As you know, I go to Spring Training every year. It pisses me off that I miss seeing a lot of players every 4th year because they are at the WBC. I would have liked to have Victorino and Xander this Spring.

Compared to past off seasons the fights on TalkSox have been far fewer and less vicious.

You like the tournament. We get it. Give it a rest.

Feel better. You are so quick to anger lately.

Boy, you are all worked up. Hot flashes hit at this time of night.

I am glad that there are none of those types on Talk Sox.