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    Your charts are a breakdown of team value, not revenue stream. This link indicates gate receipts of of $176 million in 2008 and revenue of $269 million. They get $16 million for radio and probably less than $50 million from NESN. I read that the Yankees get $80 million from YES and that is double what every other team gets, except the Mets who get $50 million. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/33/baseball-values-09_Boston-Red-Sox_330700.html
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    Is this a multiple choice test? The Yankees are the better team, and the Red Sox have not closed the gap. They are divisional rivals, so that leaves the Sox scrapping for the Wild Card, but even if they win the Wild Card they are not good enough to take the Yanks down in the playoffs. So, you are in agreement with me that the Sox can't beat the yankees. I should take comfort in the fact that no one else can beat the Yankees? The Sox will be his 4th major league team in 9 major league seasons, and at age 34 he has been a starter for 2 seasons. He's a journeyman. So, you are against a trade to get Gonzalez? What is the most you would give up for him? I realize that you will not commit to anything like that, because you are only comfortable agreeing wiht the FO after they make their moves. When asked for an opinion ahead of time, you come back with some kind of cop out, rather than an answer. What about Cabrera? What would you give up for him?
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    ...and when we were sending out inferior teams all of those years, Fenway was not sold out and they weren't charging the highest ticket prices in baseball. The fans are spending the high prices for tickets and filling Fenway every night to see a team that can beat the Yankees and win the whole thing. The fans will catch on fast if they are made to wait and they will no longer be fill Fenway and team revenue will be impacted. I don't think the owners will want to damage the franchise that they have worked so hard to build.
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    Pujols is a pipe dream, and Mauer will be a yankee target to replace a 39 year old Posada. I don't think there is much of a chance either of them end up in a Red Sox uniform. They need to pull the trigger on Adrian Gonzalez. I think they are wrong if they think that the asking price for AG will go down at the trading deadline. It is just as likely to go up if he is tearing up the league.
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    I don't see them making another big signing either, but I think that will be a big mistake.
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    If Theo doesn't want to sacrifice the future, he should forget about Gonzalez and sign Holliday who will not cost any prospects-- just $. Together with Lackey, he would build a very competitive bridge to the future.
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    There's no dealing with crazy, and that man is crazy
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    The offense was very inconsistent especially in big games. These moves will weaken the offense and make it more inconsistent. Lineups without big power threats and little speed (other than Ellsbury) are very prone to inconsistency, because most of the time they will need to get 3 hits/walks in an inning to score runs.
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    The problem the team had down the stretch last year was the inability to consistently produce runs. I think it was pretty obvious that the team had no big thumper in the middle of the lineup and that the acquisition of a big bat could put them back on par with the Yankees. Instead of improving the offense, the took a significant step back. Last season they finished 8 games behind the Yankees after being 3 games up on the Yanks at the All Star break-- an 11 game swing in less than half the season. Is a 15 game deficit by the 2010 All Star Break out of the question? IMO it is a very real possibility if they do not upgrade the offense.
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    If the last deal that the Sox make this offseason is to trade Lowell, and break camp with Kotchman and Cameron replacing Lowell and Bay in the lineup, they will be 15 games out by the trading deadline IMO.
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    I hope so, but the interview was concluding, and they didn't ask him about getting another bat, and they didn't ask him about Kotchman. He just made the comments without any solicitation.
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    On WEEI today before noon, Tito said that he likes this team and he thinks its great that the defense and pitching have been improved. That was the focus of the off-season. He doesn't see the need for additional moves, and then he concluded with an unsolicited compliment for Kotchman. He said that he really liked him and that he wouldn't mind having him in the bottom of the lineup catching every ball at 1B. He went on and on about the guy without being asked about him. I almost drove off the rode. If this is an indication that Theo will wait till mid seaso to see if he needs another bat, the Yankees will bury us if we don't get another bat. If the Lowell trade goes through, essentially we will have replaced Lowell's and Bay's bats with Cameron and Kotchman. That doesn't add up to me.
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    They can't start the season with Kotchman at 1B. He stinks-- strictly a bottom third of the order hitter.When Varitek plays, our bottom 4 would really a suck if VMart needs a rest.
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    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/red-sox-take-aim-at-adrian-gonzalez Rosenthal reporting on the Gonzale talks
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    Does he have the kind of speed that Ellsbury has? That speed is a hell of a weapon to lose. Was it Branch Rickey that said speed doesn't slump.
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