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You are just not getting what I am saying at all. I am not disputing whether the cost is or isn't too much. I just don't believe the price for any of these players has changed much in the last two to three weeks, but yet they act surprised now and tell us to forget about an aggressive move. The price hasn't changed. What has changed (and rightly so) is the perception of the teams' chances, but they can't come out and tell us that they don't believe in this team and that it is not worth fixing, because people might stop going to the games. Instead they tell us that the price went too high. That's just BS. They are throwing in the towel while mouthing phony phrases about how they still believe in this team. I think the tag line for the Red Sox 2012 season should be "Sooner or later this team is going to go on a run." Time has run out on that but they keep pushing that nonsense. The truth of this season is that this team will be going home after 162 games, and the FO knows it.
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Benny is not the only reason for the Sox losing this year, but he has been part of the problem. He did nothing to address the Sox most obvious needin the off season-- pitching. The pitching need was not addressed. He liked the pitching and thought he had enough pitching. He was very wrong. Two rookies in a rotation is asking for trouble. It puts pressure on the other 3 guys to win almost all the time leaving little margin for under performance from any of the three. Well, he lucked out big time. He got under performance from all three and they are out of the race before July ends. I expected that the pitching would fall apart, but not until much later in the season. In that regard, Benny and I both over estimated the strength of the pitching.
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So you're the Sox' GM...What's your plan?
a700hitter replied to Orange Juiced's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The issue isn't whether the fans wanted to keep him. The answer is whether the trade was a mistake. The answer to that is pretty clear. -
So you're the Sox' GM...What's your plan?
a700hitter replied to Orange Juiced's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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So you're the Sox' GM...What's your plan?
a700hitter replied to Orange Juiced's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
They are not going anywhere. They need to give up thos mantra that "sooner or later they are going to go on a run." Ain't gonna happen. To go on a sustained run, you need solid reliable starting pitching. That's Baseball 101- a course that Benny the Boob either failed or skipped. They need to take whatever they can get for Salty and Aviles and get Iglesias and Lavarnway up here to see once and for all whether they have what it takes to play at this level. -
I was listening to the YES broadcast too, and Michael Kay went even further. He elaborated that he felt they had robbed Bobby V of a lot of his personality. I am not sure exactly what he meant by that, but I think Bobby V was told to tone it down and play nice, especially with Cherries. When he was hired, I thought that in the worst case scenario, Bobby V would piss off the players and they would unify with regard to their hatred of the manager. That has been known to work with teams. Instead, they got this mealy mouthed guy who never says anything bad about his players. He has been a huge non-factor.
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Weeknight or weekend?
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I agree with you that transparency is not required as to whether they are selling or buying. They have to keep the fannies in the seats. I do get a chuckle when year after year they feign surprise at the cost. When I call it a lame ass excuse, people challenge me on it by arguing that the cost was too high. That is not what is lame about the FO. What is lame is that they engage in this ridiculous routine almost every year and they feed the fans the excuse that they were caught off guard regarding the cost. I laugh at their deception, but I fully expect it. Some teams are even more deceptive. A few years back, the Mets put out the rumor that they had made an offer for Roy Halladay that the Blue Jays turned down. They named names. When asked about the offer, the Blue Jay GM stated that he had not been contacted by the Mets. I am amazed that fans accept the excuses and explanations of the FO at face value. They play us for fools.
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We will have to agree to disagree on this. In my view, Benny has done nothing to distinguish himself. I like Ross. He is an excellent platoon type OFer who can play against righties at Fenway. His fielding isn't great, nor is his baserunning. He's a good acquisisition, but the best by any GM. In the offseason? I think that is a tremendous overstatement. It's not like he signed a good value for multiple years. It's a one year deal. As far as the bad deals go, you understate the Melancon debacle. Lowrie does break down, but as a utilitry guy who could get 300 ABS a year, he carries a big stick for that role and he would have been a very valuable fill in and sometimes starting SS. Melancon is a complete zero.
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Check the Red Sox transaction wire and take your pick-- basically everything other than signing Ross.
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So you're the Sox' GM...What's your plan?
a700hitter replied to Orange Juiced's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Reddick is going to hit more than 30 HRs this year. That is not a AAA ballplayer. The ball jumps off this kids bat. It always has, and now he has found consistency. Now, he he not just a major leaguer, but a very good major leaguer. The fact that he would not have achieved this success speaks to the deficiency of the Red Sox player development capability. It does not point to the fact that the kid is not good. Anyone who thinks that he is not good has not been watching him. -
Well, we tried Theo's personal assistant as GM, and that didn't work. Maybe his barber or chauffeur are available.
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I really hope that there are a lot of empty seats at Fenway for the last 2 months of the season. That's the only way the fools in the FO can be shamed into changing the direction of this team. Let them enjoy crowds of 10,000 pink hats singing Sweet Caroline as the team is getting its clock cleaned.
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First time these two teams played a game in under 3 hours in 7 years.
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No, my post was not directed at you at all.
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During spring training, every time the Boob and Bobby V said they liked our pitching I would shake my head in disbelief all the while hoping that they were saying that to get the press off the scent of what they were doing behind the scenes to bring in some good pitching. They could not have been more wrong. On that basis alone, they should pay with their jobs, no excuses about unforeseeability, bad luck etc. It was foreseeable that the pitching would suck. That's why the writers asked about the pitching every single day. It was obvious. Maybe Bobby and the Boob can get a radio show with that catchy name.
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Let's keep blaming our bats, when our pitching is a world class abomination.
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His ERA is now 8.59. Seriously, what dud!!
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You just knew that was coming. Looking at Bobby V on the bench before that HR, it seemed that he knew it was coming. Cut this POS and let's see what Mark Prior has. At least he was once a good pitcher. Melanoma has always sucked.
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I am always complimented when posters sig me, even those times when they disagree with the statement they are sigging.
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AGon, who was supposed to be our best hitter and biggest offensive threat and he has 9 Homers. In the Yankees lineup tonight only Jeter (8), Chavez (8) and Ichiro (4) have less HRs.
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His cost is skyrocketing!
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They are stupid if they don't have a handle on the market. I am not willing to think they are that stupid. Every single year it is the same song and dance. At the end, they act shocked at the cost of acquiring players at the trade deadline. They get caught by surprise every year? I'm not drinking their f***ing kool aid.
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They knew what these guys cost. If they changed their mind since they said they would be aggressive, they should be honest that they changed their minds because the do not believe chances for this 2012 team are not good and would not justify the cost. They are not saying that. They are still telling us that they think they have a competitive team, and they are just blaming the cost. The cost was known weeks ago. They are just truth challenged. They will not admit publicly what they already know-- that the team has no chance. If they stopped the charade, they could get started with rebuilding by shipping guys out.
