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The Yankees are about to get Fistered.

Is Hinske joking. He should watch himself play the OF.

Why is Swisher playing 1B and Hinske in RF? Isn't Swisher the better OFer and Hinske the better CIF?

I guess you are praying for a return to the old days where the Yankees steamrolled an inferior Texas team in the playoffs. Don't count on it. We'll be there as the WC and the Yanks will have to go through the red Sox or the Angels to get to the World Series.

Cut his leg off and fit him with a prosthesis. It can be a modern day Monty Stratton story.

Really? Beckett was an elite young talented pitcher when he was acquired. He wasn't being shopped around the league. The Red Sox needed a stud pitcher to replace Pedro, and they landed a big fish. It cost Hanley Ramirez. Everyone is always available. It's only a matter of cost and matching up needs for the teams involved.

All I am saying is that the FO takes the hit for this. They are not victims of unforeseen circumstances. They entered the season with a half-assed plan at SS. There is no denying that. It's not an indictment of the FO overall performance. Example tries to make every issue a referendum on the FO. I have said several times that, on balance, over the last several years they have done an excellent job. With respect to putting a SS on the field this year, they f***ed up... pure and simple. No excuses. I never complained about them getting Dice K, Drew and Lugo. I thought the FO did the right thing getting the players to plug the gaping holes that existed on the 2006 team. I wasn't thrilled with Lugo, but overall I was in agreement with the off season philosophy in 2006. Since then, those moves have blown up in their faces. That's just a fact. It's a result oriented business, and the performance of those three has not justified the financial outlay. I was in favor of the moves when they were made, but I am disappointed in their performance as I am sure management is disappointed. The difference is that the fans don't get fired for being wrong. GMs do, and Theo's record on these big expenditures is not good. I did not agree with the philosophy this off season of signing the injured and infirm, and I think the result have borne out my concern. What you guys don't understand when you criticize my posts is that it has nothing to do with my being happy or angry. I remember a cartoon of a golfer hacking away on the golf course. The caption in one frame said: "I hate this game." The next frame said: "but it is the only fun I have." I love the game and the Red Sox. I've been addicted for 43 years. I have traveled all over the country to watch this team, and I have never booed one of our guys... ever. I've booed an idiot manager a few times. As big a fan as I am, I've always called 'em as I see'em. If I look at a personnel move or a play and I think it sucks, then that's what I'm going to tell you. I don't have to cling to defending the Dice K, Drew and Lugo moves, because I liked the moves when they were made. They have turned out bad, and that's my opinion. Every one of those guys has underperformed. Is that a condemnation of the FO, as Example would interpret it to be? No it is not, because more goes into running an organization than a handful of moves. I post here a lot, if you haven't noticed:D, and in the course of a season a lot goes wrong, even during the most successful seasons. I will post my thoughts about each and every one of those things. The criticisms stay with people and upset them, but the positive posts are quickly forgotten. Everyone here was certain that I hated Tazawa, as well as all prospects, so I went back and found my very complimentary posts about him from March based on seeing him at spring training. In one of those posts, I stated that no one will remember that I liked the kid. I also liked Reddick when I saw him. He crushed a couple of Homers when I saw him in Fla. and I could see that he had tools, but I am not happy to see him flailing at balls at bat and in the field in the middle of a pennant race. Am I unhappy about Tazawa or Reddick? No, but that doesn't mean that I will not bluntly assess their readiness for the majors, and I will criticize the FO for putting them and the team at a disadvantage. As for your wife and the rain, my wife is the same way when it comes to rain. If she hit the Powerball Lottery , but was outside in the rain when it happened, she would be unhappy because of the rain.

I've got my pom poms out. Go Theo. In Theo we trust. he's so smart. There are just no SS's. It's unfair to criticize him because he is perfect. If he got us a good SS, we never would have won two world championships. I guess criticism of the GM is out of bounds. His moves should never be discussed or questioned. That being said, his grade for planning the SS position gets an F this season.

He's going to bat too. We are replacing one black hole in the lineup for another.

But he couldn't hit when he was here. Should we believe that he has improved?

You are the one who tried to defend Theo by pointing to the fact that he didn't want to trade Hanley Ramirez. How can you give him credit for Hanley when he didn't draft him, and we got Beckett for Hanley. It was a tooopid defense.

You are building some bad Karma for yourself. Ortiz will probably stick it right up the ass of Yankee Universe as he usually does.

So, now you are defending Theo by arguing that he almost cost the Red Sox the 2007 World Champioship by opposing the Beckett trade. As for the naming of names demand, I always find that amusing. How the hell are we supposed to know who is available. You guys ask that question like we are insiders, and you assume because you have not read that a player is available that he is not available. These assumptions are as absurd as the hypothetical trades that are posted in the offseason. Theo needed a SS and he got AGon who sucks. He should have knocked on a few more doors and made a better deal. Period. If he tried and every door was slammed in his face, he's still to blame, because he put the team in this position. He can't blame it on being blind-sided by injuries. He started the season with Lugo and Lowrie. Lugo was injured and he has been below average when healthy. Lowrie is a rookie who has never played a full major league season, not even as a bench player, and he had injury problems. The contingency plan was Nick Green? It was a piss poor plan. He gets an F for his SS planning.

Uh oh, he's demanding that we name names. Who the f*** knows, but digest this one. The Red Sox are one of the wealthiest teams in baseball but yet their record at SS (the most important position other than pitcher) is probably worse than any other organization for the last 5 years. Someone is doing something wrong.

The Dodgers left Brooklyn for dead. Their stadium could blow up and I wouldn't care.

The Yankees are going to play some real shitbag pitchers the next several games. On Sunday they will be facing some guy named Fister.

If so, let's hope it stays that way.

This kid's situation with his wrist and now forearm tingling is troubling. There is no guarantee that this doesn't hamper or cut short his career. Theo can't rely on him as the starter going forward. it would be a big step for the kid if he could handle the utility job for the entire season without going down with an injury.

We have Youk and VMart to play 1B. We don't need LaRoche or Kotchman. BTW If Tito sits one of our good hitters for Kotchman one more time, I'm gonna slash his tires.

Yes, but I would have him in the pen as a long man learning his craft at the major league level. If a starter goes down and he slots into the rotation, he's got some experience. I prefer that over plucking a guy from the minors and handing him a rotation spot. Taking fliers on injured guys rarely works, and the Red Sox have enough resources to upgrade their rotation with a solid reliable pitcher.

If I had a link to the waiver wire, I'd tell you. Someone must have cleared waivers.

Nice turnaround. I will be glad to see AGon instead of Woodward who is as useful as a piece of wood. Please Theo pick up an OFer.