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Of all qualifiers in the AL, Bradley is dead last in OPS. This is more than a slow start.

Bradley stinks again.

Bradley is overmatched and will go down meekly.

Drew gets a hit!!! Has the world stopped spinning?

The Yankee announcers are asking what made Nuno successful tonight. The answer is pretty obvious.

After walking Ortiz, Girardi goes right out to remove Nuno. He knows that we gave him a 6 inning gift. Now Betances will come in and blow us away for a couple of innings.

0 for 28 for Drew!!! Enough is enough! I would favor the Red Sox losing a draft pick as long as he signs somewhere else next season.

We can't even make a loud out. Drew pops up weakly. Here comes Bradley and his punchless bat.

Pathetic. Last week the Yankee announcers were discussing how Nuno might be skipped in the rotation and who might replace him. Tonight he is shutting us out in the 5th inning. During the week, we got beat by Erasmo Ramirez who the Mariners sent to the minors a day or two later. We can't even hit minor league trash. These are guys that we would normally pummel.

RF is such a joke in this new stadium.

3 zip. The Red Sox have trouble putting any runs on the board.

They need to get the offense going here against Nuno.

Shut down for 3 innings by the punching bag Nuno.

Pedroia is killing us this year. His down performance is the major reason who the offense sucks

Why is Remy out?

Based on what the Yankee announcers said about Drew and Bogaerts last inning, it sounded like they had been reading Fred's posts.

Holt robs Roberts of a HR.

I have never been a fan who makes apologies or excuses for the FO. I tend to reject their excuses and explanations as propaganda spewed by suits. If we lose Lester, I will not buy any of the excuses. It seems that most teams are keeping and extending their star pitchers. Most of those teams have less resources than the Red Sox. Those pitchers have agents too. Are we to believe that the Yankees covet only our star pitcher?

I am sick of our guys getting poached.

I wonder if Betts will get called up this weekend against the Yanks now that Victorino has been shut down again.

I think the pitching matchups favor the Sox slightly in this series, but our offense needs to wake up. We need Pedey to start his laser show.

I think they have to do something to keep the team competetive. 90 loss seasons drain fan interest from the franchise which is not easy to regain as they find other forms of entertainment. Look at this forum. Since we have been losing many of the noisier pom pom waving posters are gone. I don't think the Red Sox FO wants its fan base to disengage. I think they will try to kick start them back to competitiveness.

No Spud, you are a level-headed TalkSox poster and you never exhibit animosity. I agreed with you liking the Drew signing, even though people think that I always agree with Fred. The truth is that Fred and I frequently disagree, but we keep it respectful and friendly as you do when you post. He was right this time, and more right than I would have expected. Drew has been a shell of the hitter that he had been. Fred is very emotional about these matters, and we have no problem with that. When he really goes on a rant, it makes me chukle. Apparently, it drives others crazy, but there were way too many STFU's directed at him over this issue. That is just not appropriate. He wan't blaspheming. LOL! And even then, this is America. He can have his opinion even if blasphemous. There was also the thread wishing him dead. That is just ridiculous and hateful. Fred's opinions are about sports and sometimes he ratchets up the volume when he gets attention, but there are far too many posters that have made hating Fred a sport or a life mission. Reading that nonsense is far more distasteful than an opinion about sports.

I thought it was a good depth move when they signed Drew, and I thought Fred's negeative reaction was overly dramatic. Looking at the results, his reaction was on the money. The only thing that the Drew signing has achieved I'd to set back Bogaerts' development at SS. The people arguing with Fred about Drew have been driven by their personal dislike of Fred, who was completely right thus far with his prediction about the result of the acquisition. As for those who think that Drew has not been a major contributor to Red Sox suck in 2014, the bottom line is that offense has been this team's weakness since the opening bell. IN acquiring Drew, they have added a blackhole to an already struggling lineup. That has had a major negative impact. I agree with Pal's idea that adding a good bat to this lineup could change things around. Instead they have added an automatic out with Drew. Major blunder. Apparently, the Tigers had good reason for shying away from Drew even after their SS went down with a season-ending injury.

There is no reason not to bring up Vasquez immediately. Ross needs to be put out to pasture.