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    This is the kind of discussion that i wanted to have when I posted the article. I don't know why so many posters would rather argue about whether the FO is good or evil instead of arguing about what we think they will or should be doing. I don't know anyone in the FO, so i neither like or dislike any of them. There are many ways to build a good team. It is not limited to one formula or set of moves. Some people prefer Bay, other Holliday. They are both good, and either would help the team. If the team signs bay, that doesn't mean that the fans that like Holliday hate Theo. Anyway, back to the sports discussion. What other players who are rumored to be available could improve the Sox and could be had for something less than our best prospects? Don't they try to balance winning with maximizing revenue and profit?
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    You are 7 posts into TalkSox and you are getting ready to suggest that certain Red Sox fans should root for another team... the Yankees perhaps? :lol:
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    Did the author of this article make either of those points? Here's the link again: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/b..._only_way_out/ I think he was making the point that after an uneventful Winter Meetings, the FO will have to resort to Free Agency to fill the holes unless they are considering a blockbuster trade for Sox prospects. He pointed out that there are the expensive free agent options, i.e., Beltre and Bay/Holliday, or the bargain basement free agent options, i.e, Mike Cameron and DeRosa/Nick Johnson. Do you disagree that is where the Sox are at this juncture? As for the two questions you have asked that are not even implied in the article, the answers are no and no. I have a similar type of question for you. Do you think the FO is infallible and never makes a mistake?
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    Sharing the opinions of the authors warrants a personal attack? Really? I was hoping for a discussion of the article. Discussion of issues is why I come here. I don't come here for hit and run insults. Is that why you are here? BTW, what substantive issue are you trying to discuss with me? So, you are defending insult and run or troll and run posts?
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    I post a link from the Herald where the writer gives his view of where the Sox are at after the Winter Meetings, and you think that an appropriate reply is to personally attack me? A mature response would have been to discuss the merits of the author's opinion. I realize that your stated profession is Free-loader, but we do have certain rules here whether or not you have rules and discipline in your personal life. There's no free ride here.
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    The "sicko" comment was an obvious joke. Go back and look at the context, then maybe you can get some perspective.
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    Oh, I though the superior player scouting and development had something to do with it. Silly me. You need to stop whining. It really shows your petty sign. I hate it when the Yankees win, but it's just stupid to try to denigrate the accomplishment.
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    Second in revenue and second in spending. I would say that is pretty competitive. There are 28 teams behind them, but the Red Sox owners cry poverty more than the other 28 combined. They should stop whining. If they lose the Division to the Yankees every season, it's not because of resources. They need to do a better job. Dice K, Lugo, Renteria, Penny, and Smoltz were all stupid moves and a wastes of money. They need to stop crying about their competitive disadvantage.
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    I think this pretty much sums up where the Red Sox are after the Winter Meeetings. Can he (like Shaughnessy) be wrong too? Maybe all the writers that follow the Sox are wrong. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/20091211red_sox_stuck_in_a_corner_spending_big_on_free_agents_only_way_out/
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    Met fans will abandon their team in protest.
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    A waste of money. He is a bottom of the order singles hitting slow-footed first base man. There are so many better options. I hammered the Sox for bringing up that AA kid during a key part of the season, but I 'd rather pay him $600K to be the backup. At least he has a little pop.
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    You are a sicko. May I suggest that you root for the Royals if losing doesn't make you unhappy and winning doesn't matter.
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    It obviously not VMart's or Bay's fault, but they had both of them over the last 2 months of the season and the Yankees still outplayed them in those months.
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    VMart was playing full time in the second half last season and we had Bay, and the Sox couldn't compete with the Yankees in the second half. I don't see that having him for the entire season will make much of a difference. Also, I don't see Beltre being an offensive upgrade over lowell.
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    For one thing, Bay/Holliday and Beltre are not on the Sox yet. Even if they sign those guys, they will not have improved, and they were not as good as the Yankees last season.
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    It's an option? No, it's just obnoxious.
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