a700hitter

Even with the accelerated dates for declaring Free Agency and arbitration, etc., it is going to be a loooong off season. Our Hot Stove thread started on August 5th.

They don't have fans. That's the problem.

He should fall apart about half way through his contract. His knees should go. He's just too large. But I don't think that his demise will begin tonight.

CC is going for the Yanks tonight. It's over.

Mileage on his body?

In 8 years as GM, Theo has had bottom 3 bullpens three times nad top three bullpens twice. His track record is pretty average.

Building a reliable bullpen has always been Theo's weakest point. As you say, he has been average in this aspect throughout his tenure. The Sox had bottom 3 bullpens in 2003 and 2005 also.

Once the season started, they did not have to forsee anything. It was a fact that they stunk out of the gate. That aside, it was foreseeble that Schoenweiss would suck. It was foreseeable that Oki was regressing. His second half numbers in 2009 fell off very badly. His continued regression became evident in April. We were terrible from the Left hand side and that was evident in the first week of the season. The attempted remedy was to sign 65 year old Alan Embree, but his colostomy bag burst while working his way back to the majors. Also, Ramon Ramirez performance also fell off in the second half of 2009, and he looked awful in 2010 Spring training. MDC's lost velocity was a problem in spring training and it was cause for concern. I was surprised about two things regarding the 2010 bullpen -- that they made no acquisitions to bolster the pen and that Papelbon's performance remained inconsistent throughout the season. You think it was bad luck by the FO. That's fine, but it is your opinion. That doesn't invalidate other points of view. We agree that they stunk.

They could have gotten an older guy like Kerry Wood. He did pretty good for an old dude.

I like the idea of Reynolds if Beltre is too expensive. He Kks a ton, but he does walk a fair bit, and he can hit the ball out of Yellowstone Park.

Feel free to put us on ignore, Bronco Boy.

Then why are you trying so hard. I think the FO did a poor job on the pen and they should own it. You think they did a good job and had bad luck. You say that you agree to disagree, but you don't leave it alone. For the record, when i am wrong, I do admit it, and I am sure that behind closed doors the FO is taking responsibility too.

If I criticize a move or non move at the time of the move or non-move, there is no benefit of hindsight. Wow, trying to prove me wrong is really an obsession with you. It reminds me of Dutchy/Imperial.