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If he shot out the lights in 2012 and brought home a championship, LL's contract would expire in 2012, maybe he would have gotten the promotion. LL is pretty old. If he didn't get fired or pushed out, then he left the Sox after soiling the bed. I thought you had said early on that you didn't think Theo would leave without righting the ship.
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If he shot out the lights in 2012 and brought home a championship, LL's contract would expire in 2012, maybe he would have gotten the promotion. LL is pretty old. If he didn't get fired or pushed out, then he left the Sox after soiling the bed.
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They need to get all of the pitchers running in spring training. They need lots of road work before camp breaks and they need to maintain a running program between starts. These guys had terrible stamina. The 100 pitch count thing is ridiculously stupid. They need to be stretched out earlier in spring training. Starters should be conditioned to go 7 innings every time out even if the pitch count is high. The only time they shouldn't work into the 7th or 8th should be if they are getting hammered.
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I'm not looking to beat this dead horse some more, but I had one other thought about this. If the Cubs came along at a time when it was convenient for the owners to change course from Theo, I thank him for his contributions to the 2004 and 2007 teams and wish him well in the future. If the owners really wanted to keep him, but he decided to bolt for more money after crippling the team with Lackey's and Crawford's contracts with no near term help coming from the farm, then I still thank him for 2004 and 2007, but I don't wish him well in Chicago. If he bolted after making this mess and he is walking away from it, I don't think that is very honorable. I'd prefer to think that the Owners wanted him gone and he exited gracefully with. A handsome raise.
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I'm not on board with this pipe dream, but not beacause it is unrealistic. I'm not on board, because it would leave the 2012 Sox without it's #4 and 5 hitters who have been all stars and top offensive players for years. It would leave us without a #2 starter. Gio Gonzalez and Buehrle don't fill that role. It would also potentially result in losing the teams best ever closer who is 30 years old and replacing him with a 37 year old. Pipe dreams should make the team better. This dream would have us fighting for 3rd place with Toronto, and I'm not so sure that we win the fight.
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You make a good point.
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What about the Sox strength and conditioning program? Ownership is looking to their Soccer organization for alternatives. There was plenty of blame to go around, and going back to your original post on this, whether Crawford turns out to be a bust has nothing to do with whether I wanted to get him. If he's a bust, it goes on Theo's record, not the fans.
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If he is still under contract in 2012, the E1's wish to get him for 2012 really is a pipe dream.
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Is Matt Cain a FA?
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In fairness, he took over a team with a very strong core. They won the 2 World Championships in his first 5 years and nothing in the last 4 years. He missed the playoffs in 3 of the last 6 years. Theo's final chapter hasn't been written. A lot will have to do with whether Carl Crawford and john Lackey cripple this team going forward and how well Theo's last three draft classes progress. I don't see that his legacy could ever be one of failure, but his legacy is far from complete.
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I hope Crawford is home in Houston and not reading the Boston press. The Boston Press is as out of control as I can remember them. It's like a feeding frenzy. This is not good for the franchise. The team had a terrible organizational failure with plenty of blame to go around. The organization needs to figure out how to fix itself. The ownership group is a savvy group that built the franchise into a gold mine. They'll figure it out. The press just can't resist stabbing these guys in the back as they leave. It's despicable and cowardly, because they kiss their asses while they are here.
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I misread your post. I thought you were talking about 2011. Pedroia did break his foot on a foul tip. Varitek broke his foot on a foul tip and VMart broke his finger on a foul tip. I don't know if I would call Youk's injury an impact injury. He didn't tear ligaments. He tore a muscle in his hand which was kind of freakish. Wakefield was in bad condition in 2010. Beckett's conditioning was horrible in 2010. He couldn't get past 5 innings. Dice K was in terrible condition too. In general, our starting pitching was in terrible condition. Lackey was fat in 2010.
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It was a stupid and pointless move by JH. If Crawford was feeling pressure to perform, knowing that the owner thinks he is overpaid isn't going to help him.
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It should really help his confidence knowing that the owner was against signing him.
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So you blame Tito? I guess you don't think it was all bad luck.
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If you owned the team, what would you have done after the season ended?
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Fate? Bad luck? One guy got fired and the other guy they no longer wanted. The owners are blaming some people. JH today said that he didn't support the Crawford signing. I guess he blames Theo.
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