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  1. a700hitter
    Just because you consider yourself to be a real fan and you don't go to the games doesn't mean that the people who go to the games are pink hats or that the pink hats spend more money than real fans. There is not a shred of logic or fact to back up that assertion. Since you follow most of the games on GameDay, I guess you must also conclude that mostly pink hats have MLB Xtra Innings.
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    This is the problem. You think your opinions are facts. Delusional.
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    This is what I call him. I'm tired of people stealing my material.
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    Yes, that's me. I'm always backing down from arguments and discussions. I'm not going to engage in a discussion with someone who starts out with an insult as a way of "calling me out." I am always up for a good sports discussion even with people who disagree with me, but I'll not be baited by people who are trying to "call me out" with the purpose of proving me wrong instead of just having a discussion of the issues. I've outgrown that schoolyard mentality. When you grow up enough to sit at the big boys table, I'll take you seriously and engage you like an adult.
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    That's because baseball is the business. I still think if we had Pedro and Lowe in 2005 the Sox would have won back to back titles. Our staff was atrocious without them, but the record-breaking offense still managed to win a lot of games. In the post season, you need some pitching. The only ace we had in 2005 (Schilling) didn't get a playoff start. Would keeping those guys in 2005 have prevented the 2007 Championship? Yes, it might have.
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    Making Jeter walk to another team would solve the bigger problem inevitably coming down the pike-- telling Jeter he has to move from SS.
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    I understand that. See my prior post responding to Ital.
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    More trolling. Still not biting.
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    From a business standpoint, they usually make the right decision. Also, we are judging these contracts in their totality after the fact. However, I still wonder whether we would have won back to back championships if we had kept Derek Lowe and a very effective Pedro (All Star in 2005) for one more season. The White Sox were no powerhouse. It was embarrassing to role out Matt "cement head" Clement to start game 1 of the Playoffs.
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    We got Manny by writing the biggest check at the time. It set the market. It also jump started the building of a potent offensive machine. We are not going to get that back from growing kids on the farm.
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    It's not the pink hats they should worry about. When a fan of over 40 years who has traveled around the country to support the team, including 7 straight years of Spring Training, is not excited about the upcoming season, they have a problem. The diehards like me pony up their dough early on. Their financial guys like that. It projects to having a good season financially. IMO, the Sox will seek to make a big acquisition before tickets go on sale in December. Fenway, as we know, is a small ballpark with the highest ticket prices in baseball. For those of you who think the gate receipts aren't the lifeblood of the franchise, you are just kidding yourselves. The owners want those fannies in the seats. Edit: A lot of people here are already making excuses for anticipated failure. Some are even trying to paint it as not being a failure. I don't think the FO will fail. I don't think we will see a lineup of: Youk -1B Pedroia- 2B Scutaro- SS Lowrie- 3B Salty-C Kalish/Cameron -OF Drew- OF Ellsbury- OF Ortiz- DH That would be a failure. There is no other way to paint it or spin it. However, I don't think the FO will field that lineup.
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    I guess you must be lowering your expectations so you won't be disappointed. An OF of Drew, Ellsbury, Cameron and Kalish is a joke if they want to be competitive.
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    The Tigers have come out of the box strong. The Sox had better not sit too long drawing a line in the sand. If Crawford, Werth and Beltre slip away, and the Yankees sign Lee, there will be no jou in Fenway in 2011. They need to make a bold move after losing VMart.
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