personally speaking i didnt want to sign petey and damon due to health reasons but im buying what .700 is saying here for the most part
this front office appears f***ing clueless as to where theyre going next
2 shortstops,sanchez and ramirez were dealt for a stiff like suppan
an aging 9M dollar guy in lowell and beckett... we had a 3b in youk,thats why we dumpoed mueller,i like the move for pitching in beckett but whats up with dumping 2,20 sumthin lead off hitters who may develop into superstars,,,freddy snachez is leading the nl in hitting for the pathetic pirates and hanley is playing well in miami
anyways
they HAVE TO remain competetive and THEY HAVE to make money because of the weirdness of having 19?? owners in the henry ownership group
its a catch 22 on the business end which is fine but from a fans perspective i feel like they let us down big time in not persuing a deal to grab up a stud pitcher and in the meantime they went to war with a f***ed up wells who wanted to be traded
a f***ed up clement who was toast since june of last year
a 40 yr old wakefield off to battle with a 22 year old catcher who never saw a knuckleball
a 40 year old schill coming off his worst year ever with a big question mark in health and a bullpen anchored by the uselss foulke,the maniacal tavares and the god awful rudy seanez
what the f*** are they doing here??
they spent a lot of money here and they didnt put their best foot foward in making the team better for the next 2 months
goddam it
we had it all this year,i really believe this in my heart but as i said or screamed or pleaded
we needed another stud pitcher and theo gave us un gatz
i love the young arms and heres a few more that i loved over the years
calvin schiraldi
al nipper
wes gardner
aaron sele
john curtice
john curtis
juan pena
pax crawford
rose and pavano
or
pavano and rose
tomo okha
robinson ""cy"" checo
frankie ""she showed me an i.d"" rodriguez
jeff the strutter sellars
jeff suppan
tom bolton
dana kieker
all these guys were prospects and some made it into the show with success
all were untouchable at 1 time when we couldve moved them for bigger and better things
none as good as john smoltz jason schmidt or roy oswalt
i too love whats happened here with the young arms but they are what they are
outside papelbon none shouldve been deemed ""untouchable"" in my opinion
let someone else deal with growing pains and dead arm syndrome
i want a f***in championship