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  1. a700hitter
    I am far from a simpleton, but you are far out on a limb looking whiny if you want to attribute a butt kicking over a 162 game schedule to something like random luck. That sounds a little simple-- a convenient excuse and a lack of accountability. If you wanted to attribute it partly to the fact that the interleague schedule is not balanced, I could buy that. That's not luck. The Sox had the tougher schedule, and we got our asses kicked. But blaming random luck is like blaming the baseball gods.
  2. a700hitter
    It's not a play on words. Random good luck and bad luck even out over 162 games.
  3. a700hitter
    Random good luck and bad luck evens out over the course of a season. The fact that the random bad luck comes at the end at inopportune moments doesn't give luck any validity as an excuse.
  4. a700hitter
    I like you E1, but you sound like a whiny loser. I can't use luck as an excuse.
  5. a700hitter
    They are all very talented players with lots of major league achievement. Maybe their medical staff does a really good job. Maybe they were fortunate for all of them to have performed at a high level, but I don't think it was luck that some or most of them to have performed well. I don't know what Theo was thinking by setting up a bench comprise of very old players like VAritek and Cameron, a non-entity like DMac and the injury prone Lowrie.
  6. a700hitter
    I am a strong believer in Branch Rickey's statement that "Luck is the residue of design." Chalking things up to luck is a loser's lament. If the Sox regain their footing and hold onto the playoff spot, they will need some good fortune, but if they advance, I would reject the notion that they were lucky. Random good luck and bad luck even out.
  7. a700hitter
    I think luck is a convenient excuse for losers. I reject that.
  8. a700hitter
    I agree with you, but I reject the luck excuse on any level.
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    On the whole, Theo has had a successful tenure with the Sox, but I think it might be time for new blood, new ideas and a new approach. No one is indispensable. If Theo could come in at age 27 and do a good job, there are others who can do a good job.
  12. a700hitter
    We still have hope. Pedroia and Ortiz hate to lose more than most players. Hopefully, they can get the guys jacked up tomorrow. Our best guy is pitching. If the Rays lose 1 of the games tomorrow, things will be looking up.
  13. a700hitter
    He said that he was pitching well and that he knows how to pitch. I guess he can't throw the guy under the bus. He's in a tough position.
  14. a700hitter
    Last year was also a debacle. We are staring at a second debacle in a row. This debacle comes after he committed over $300 million to 2 players.
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    I have been hearing and reading so many whiny excuses that it's good to hear someone step up and point the finger at himself. This game was on Papebon. It would be nice to hear some other guys step up to be accountable for the rest of this month.
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    Papelbon manned up and took full accountability. He didn't say the "s*** happens" Good for him.
  19. a700hitter
    It's hard to think of a bigger failure.
  20. a700hitter
    I'll be in front of the tube every game until the end, but realistically they have barely a glimmer of hope. Not only is the schedule going to be tough to overcome, but the biggest hurdle is that we have only 2 pitchers that are reliable and one of them has not been pitching well lately. I don't see this lineup being able to bludgeon its way to victory when the other 3 guys are pitching.
  21. a700hitter
    The Rays are not that good. The Sox are just playing that bad. At the beginning of the month we were talking about winning 100 games. They will just about crack 90-- that's not good enough to get to the post season in this league.
  22. a700hitter
    Oh goody goody, we get to see Wakefield pitch against the Yankees on Saturday. Yipee!!!
  23. a700hitter
    This is really bad. He has to take the hit for this. Add to the lack of starting pitching that he built a flimsy bullpen. This September staff is the worst pitching staff that I can remember-- worse even than the days when they stacked their lineup with power hitters.
  24. a700hitter
    ... and Lackey's September ERA is higher than that.
  25. a700hitter
    I asked my wife to stab me in the heart after Carter's hit so I didn't have to see us lose. I am sure that she often regrets her decision not to stab me.
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