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Ichiro was a terrible pickup for the Yankees. If Dice K was japan's National Treasure, what are Kurodo and Ichiro?

Kuroda was a real nice pick up.

Surgery doesn't make the guy like new. His power stroke has suffered. I think it is because he has a bum shoulder.

Maybe it should have hurt his trade value. Gonzo has had a power outage in 2012-- could be his shoulder?

First, how are fans pummeling them... by packing Fenway every game? The only guy to get booed in any significant way has been Beckett. Bobby V actually got a bit of a positive chant from the fans not that long ago. The assertion of pummeling by fans is just nonsense. The pummeling by the press has to be expected when you are fighting for last place. If they are waiting for the press to get off their backs before they can "act rationally", they will be in last place next season too. The way to get the press off their backs would be by giving them something positive to write and report. If there is nothing positive, they still have to get people to read their columns and listen to their shows. The stuff about Fans and the press feeling that they have a "god given right to a contender every single season" is patent nonsense. Stop blaming the press and the fans for the failure of this organization. The fans are not to blame. The only thing positive about this franchise right now is that they have one of the most loyal and passionate fan bases in sports that provides the franchise with tremendous resources to run their organization.

Based on Lester's last 2 seasons, i would slot him in as a number 3 even if he does well down the stretch.

I haven't watched either of the first two games live. I can't remember the last time I did that in a Yankees-Sox series. I decided to enjoy some fun things in life instead. The Red Sox have not been fun at all in 2012. Other than Pedro Ciriaco getting all sorts of hits to beat the Yankees, I can't think of many other fun moments.

^ Speaking of bitching.

The Evil Empire without ARod and Texeira is not that evil, but this is the best that Lester has looked in a long time. Hopefully, he can build on this.

The fact that this might not be Bumbling Benny's call speaks volumes as to his being a puppet and/or incompetent. Either way, he is not the guy who should be interacting with other GMs in rebuilding this team.

Any increase to his trade value from playing well would probably be negated by the fact that he will be getting the surgery in the off season.

The Angels are floundering badly lately. They are losing to the Rays tonight 9-1 in the 4th inning. The perfect tonic for the Angels will be playing the Red Sox at Fenway this upcoming week. We have pulled many teams out of slumps this season and set them on a winning path.

I hope they feel the hurt in their pocket books, because that is the best incentive for them to take action. Unfortunately, they may not feel the financial pain until next season.

It's why I never stick up for the FO. Their primary job is to maximize revenue above all else. They will lie to the fans and players and themselves to keep the money rolling in. f*** them. If we lose, I blame them. If we win, they make a ton of money so they don't need our gratitude. I will give them credit when they do their jobs and put a good product on the field. That has not happened in the last 3 years, and I don't expect that to change next season. Yankees- RedSox in the middle of August and I went to a restaurant with my wife for dinner. I can't remember the last time that I voluntarily missed a Red Sox - Yankees game-- that's how bad things have been since last September 1st. We stink. There is no spin and no excuses.

They went into the season knowing that this would not be a strong or dominant team. With the 2 wild cards in effect, they were hoping to be competitive. When you are hopingto be competitive and something goes wrong, this is what you get. If they had built a team that they though would be dominant and they fell short, they'd probably be competitve. Since the season started, it was obvious that this team needed to be reinforced and the FO did nothing. The guys they brought in in many instances couldn't get claimed off the waiver wire. It was a parade of trash--- Nava (yes he did a good job, but no one would claim him off waivers), Mortensen, Marlon Byrd, Mauro Gomez (at 3rd). Bum after bum after bum. No help was coming. No help came at the trading deadline. Through it all they told us that they liked the pitching and that they expected to go on a run. It was bull s***. They did nothing to reinforce the team, because they had thrown in the towel early. They just did not expect that the y would embarrass themselves so badly so quickly. To top things off the FO went through a phony charade of showing up at Baltimore like they cared. f*** them. f***ing *******s and incompetents. Get rid of this unimaginative understudy Benny the Boob or Bumbling Benny or whatever the f*** you want to call him. He had a nice run as a well paid gopher and puppet for a big franchise, but he is in way over his head.

Morales just sucks against the Yankees. Unless Buchholz is pitching, the 5 runs rule is still the rule.

He's a nobody that has nothing-- a bush leaguer all the way. If the back end of our bullpen had not been dismantled, Aceves would have pitched the 6th and 7th and we would have locked the game down with our 8th inning guy and closer.

Irrational? He's the biggest douche bag in baseball.

Nightmare on Yawkey Way

Failure to Launch

No stats are listed for my pitcher Nova. The hitters look up to date, but I can't be sure.

Sore points

It would be sweet to sweep the Yankees, because i would love to see them lose the Division and possibly miss a wild card. It's the only thing we have left to root for.