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Don't forget that name De La Torre. I'll bet that we can build our staff around him someday--- the janitorial staff.

Zach is pitching like crap again in AAA. We got 2 names for Youkilis for Cherries to save face. Better to have gotten nothing for him and sent him to the NL. Yes, yes , broken record. I know. The White Sox are no longer leading their Division, but they are ahead of us in the Wild Card standings.

We are not going to get anyone regardless of the outcome of this road trip.

E1, I haven't read this lengthy post. partly because I am just not in the mood for speculation. I am sure that it is well thought out, and I will read it a little later, but this team has me in a foul mood. I will say this. You have probably done more to put together a plan for the future than our FO has done.

How much more time does ownership give him. Their franchises is getting damaged. It doesn't take a lot to ruin a reputation. What it took them years to build up, they are allowing to be torn down at an accelerated pace. This franchise is no longer the jewel of baseball or the envy of the world. It's an afterthought, even in Boston.

He was an assistant all those years. He didn'y morph into Theo as a result. I think he is out of his depth. It's just my opinion. He is very unimpressive whenever I hear him speak. Puppets are usually unimpressive.

The *******s in the FO figured that they were a lock for the second wild card, so they went cheap. It blew up in their faces and they ruined baseball for Sox fans in 2012. After tonight, we will have a $174 million payroll and the 11th best record in the AL. Only the Royals, Twins and Seattle are worse. Welcome to sucking.

Maybe he doesn't have the balls because LL cut them off, but he doesn't have them and don't expect any bold moves from him. Yes LL does run the place. Cherrington is a puppet.

By the time that happens, it will be too late and all the prime time guys will be gone.

Cherington has no balls to pull off a big trade, whether it be buying or selling. He is the embodiment of the Peter Principle. He is a gopher and a chief assistant, but not capable of being a GN of a premier baseball franchise.

Hope anyone?

The turning point of the season was breaking Spring camp to come north. This team never had a realistic shot. It just deteriorated much more quickly than anyone had anticipated.

It's an old story-- one that I have seen many times.

No, he will get crushed. Put him in the pen. No DL. He needs to work out his issues in real game situations. There will plenty of garbage time for him to work out of the pen and regain his confidence and mechanics.

Unfortunately, a team like the Red Sox in their market doesn't have the luxury of waiting and assessing situations like other teams. They have to put a quality product on the field every season or be subject to intense scrutiny. That's just the way it is. That's what comes along with the passion of their fan base. The non-baseball fans that you speak of in the expensive seats will be the first ones to desert the ship. The businesses will no longer buy those seats if its customers decline the free tickets or not happy to receive them. The real fans will have an easier time getting good seats, but we will have to watch a bad team. It will not be my first time. To some extent they have lost some of the real fans during the successful run from the constant catering to the pink hats with Sweet Caroline, loud music all game long preventing any conversation of the game, the wave, the nightly pre-game ceremony celebrating something that no one cares about other than the people being celebrated. Enough is enough. Maybe the team should take some infield practice-- a lost art. Stop the music. The sounds of the game are beautiful. Please, no more 50-50 raffles. No f***ing chowder. If people want chowder, they should go to a restaurant. Stop all the nonsense and distractions and go back to good baseball. We don't need a pre-game manager show or a post-game press conference like he is the President of the United States. He's a f***ing baseball manager. He makes a lineup card and makes a few in-game moves, and often he does a bad job at those things. If you can't follow the game while you are watching it, how much more do you think you will understand after listening to the managers. They don't have a lot of profound thought. Fenway and the Red Sox have a circus and the art of the game has been lost in all the hoopla. I am tired of what this franchise has become. Get back to building a good baseball team that focuses on baseball.

Extremely.