a700hitter

I guess saying that you are barely socialized is not insulting. Maybe the Mods should rule on that, because I certainly meant it as an insult.

Keep moving

It's the only kind of knowledge that you exhibit.

Oh, yes. You should be the arbiter of what is insulting and inappropriate. You are barely socialized.

Of course J_E's earlier post was not personally insulting? Do think a personal insult must include name-calling? Are you that immature?

Very substantive and original.

You can't even get this right. When stating a personally insulting post like this, you should always be careful that none of it can be factually disproved. I don't take unsolicited shots at posters for any reason. When I do take shots, they are in response to unsolicited insults directed at me. I never insult anyone for their opinion about sports.:thumbdown

Do you ever post substantive thoughts or material about the Red Sox, baseball or sports in general?

Maybe we should call you Jacoby_Effsbury, because I am unaware of any grading system that goes below F to L.

You've never made a valid point. You are incapable.

Some of us knew that he sucked and that he couldn't field a position. Thankfully, the Red Sox FO didn't have a high opinion of him. Do you seriously want to defend that post. I was getting criticized for saying some favorable things about Zito before he went 0 for 100 with the Giants. It's the same thing. If he wants to hold me accountable for Zito's crashing and burning (even though he thought Zito would make the Mets perenial contenders) then I'll hold him accountable for these two pigs who were always pigs. You missed the larger point (as usual) which is that posts from 2006 are not relevant to our current discussion, but if E1 want s to continue to play that game, then I will too. WMP and Duncan in the middle of our lineup!!:lol: Thank goodness that never happened.

That was all concessions, and the Sox don't come close to getting that.

For the Sox I was right. For the Yankees I was right is you added in hot dog sales.

Right. He said if they need to. He also said that it would be easier to pick up a big bat at the trading deadline than to pick up a pitcher. He has made several remarks about picking up the bat later. Tito this week siad that he likes this team and doesn't think it needs another bat. So I am taking their remarks at face value. I leave the mind reading to you.

If you knew half as much about anything that I know, you'd be twice as smart as you already are.

Some contracts can be real killers, like Lugo. I don't think that a 5th year of Bay would be a terrible thing, especially since they are offering 4. In 4 years, the team will have oodles more money, so it will not cripple them. They have the resources to get Holliday or Bay without crippling the team financially. They would still be extremely profitable, and neither would sacrifice the future. They convinced themselves that they may not need another hitter. It's not about that they can't afford it. It's about them thinking they don't need a big bat. You and I think otherwise. Their "we don't want to sacrifice the future" argument doesn't fly here, because these guys would only cost $. Gonzalez would put a hurt on the farm system. I think this FO is great, but like all businessmen, they spin some ********. The "not sacrificing the future" excuse is BS here, because there are FA options. I've noticed that they have actually stayed away from the "we can't afford it" excuse this winter, because they know that it has been exposed as BS. They are taking the tact that they don't need a big bat, but if they do they'll pick one up during the season. This is a typical cop-out used by Front Offices all through baseball. Minaya has been floating that line to the Met fans for 3 or 4 years already. The Met fans caught on last year. My friend calls it the Met spin cycle. The "we will fill in our team as needed during the season" will be followed by nothing major being done at the trading deadline with the cover story that other teams "wanted too much, and we don't want to sacrifice the future." This is nothing new. Fans all over baseball hear this BS. Our owners engage in the same stuff, but so do the Yankees. Because the Sox and the Yankees have a lot of revenue, they engage in it less often than most teams. We both think the Sox need a big bat, and we both know that they can afford it. Is Bay at 5 years so much more of an injury risk than Lackey at 5 years. He's been injured in each of the last 2 seasons, but we both like that deal... right?

I will not be complaining if we get 3 solid years out of him. By 2013, if he can't play the field, he can probably DH, because Ortiz will probably be sitting under a mango tree by 2013.

What I wanted the team to do was improve their pitching and batting order from last season. They have improved one and taken a step back on the other. I don't understand why they would do that. I am hoping that they are not done making moves, because these moves make no sense to me if they are done. They have improved the pitching, but they are going to support that pitching with an inconsistent offense?

If a team gives him the 5th year, then that is the market for Bay. The Sox could afford to pay him the market rate. The increase in ticket rates would have paid for the 5th year.