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Robbie Ventura is the new White Sox manager. That helps the Red Sox. He wasn't on their list.
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I saw it. I said to myself, what's that all about? Millar said something about good luck in Toronto. She then threw her notes up in the air, and stormed off the set. It was last Tuesday nite's show. Now I hear rumors from other groups that Millar set Tito up with her. Who knows what to believe these days. If so, Tito is a lucky guy.:thumbsup:
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The "2 rings" thing is a bit overworked. No players, no rings. The last one is 3 years old. Agreed. 8 years is a long time for a manager. Maybe Epstein finally gave him a team where laissez faire didn't work.
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Other groups are posting Tito rumors linked with Heidi Watney and that fortune cookie on MLB.com, Hazel Mae. The word is maybe it was a factor in Tito's firing. I know Heidi was linked to Tek a year ago. I don't know about these rumors. Hazel was let go from Millar's show a week ago. The cameras kept running when she threw her notes in the air at the end, and stormed off the set in her final show. As I say, I don't know whether there's any substance here. I do know there's a lot of TV cuties out there these days behind mikes at the ballparks and on the fields. Doin' what comes naturally, maybe.
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nice list. Now, get a similar list of the Yankee big money failures. I think you'll find a striking similarity. Except maybe bigger. The money game doesn't work very well. Why? Because of guaranteed contracts. You take away a guy's incentive to earn a paycheck, and guess what? his performance drops. That's human nature, but that's what the owners agreed to, and they're stuck with it. Are there exceptions? You bet your Beltre, there are. Epstein is guilty of trying to compete with the Yankees dollar-wise. That's the curse of being in the same division with them. The way I see it, the best incentive for him to go to the Cubs is he gets out of the Yankee Division.
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Tito is very smooth with his words--I hope he doesn't get trapped during games at Fox--talking about the Red Sox. That could affect his ability to get another managing job. He has to be careful. The Red Sox FO is a smart group--they watch the games, too. They could see Tito's game shortcomings, but they also valued his people strengths, too. The latter came into question, however, this season, with the clubhouse issues and underachieving players. When a guy's strengths become weaknesses (too lax with the players), that's when he's in trouble with the FO. Tito is a "soft" manager. That's his style. Ultimately, it did not work in Boston.
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Tampa Bay is out. I'd like to see them make a run at Madden. He knows he'll never win anything in Tampa Bay. Same deal with Beane in Oakland. Ship Theo-Lackey to the Cubs and get Beane.
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Yeah, but Kalish is coming back from a neck operation. Pretty serious, though he should be OK. Athletes are like race horses--they keep coming back from injuries.
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Tito better watch his words on the air. Stick to the teams on the field.
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Kalish would have been the right fielder this year of he hadn't gotten injured. In fact, he might have avoided his injury if he had played in Boston instead of Pawtucket. He was ready, for sure. They just had Drew, Cameron and other assorted dead horses ahead of him in RF. Pencil in Kalish in RF, if he's healthy.
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You must be joking. Lackey is gone.
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This guy Abraham knows how to read my lips.Or my posts. Actually, I'm not the only poster who said Francona doesn't know beans about pitching. Said it for years. How do I know? I saw him manage in Philly--and wreck Schilling. Curt loves him because he let him throw 145 pitches per game-after which he had to have a shoulder operation.
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"Ft Myers Country Club"? My, how the media has changed their tune. Not a whisper of this for years. It takes a team collapse and a manager to get fired for the media to start spilling the beans to the fans. A year ago, just a few "conspiracy-theorist" posters were suggesting maybe there was a connection between all the injuries last year and improper conditioning. And that maybe the slow April was an indication these guys were spending more time on the Sanibel beach than the Ft Myers ballpark during spring training. I had a funny feeling this team was beginning to look like the old Yawkey Country clubs of the 1950s and 60s. That was prior to Dick Williams arrival, by the way. Apparently, not far from the truth.
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Let's face it. this is one SOFT organization--from the top down. Ultimately, they let the inmates run the asylum. Expensive ones, at that.
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The coaches, too. you can't fire Tito while retaining the coaches--not in this situation. The guys who have to go are Lackey, Wakefield, Drew and Varitek. Possibly Papi, if he gets too greedy. Maybe also Pap. Ellsbury they keep at all costs. Crawford will be the no.1 rehab project for the new manager.
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The Cubs can have him on one condition: they take Lackey's contract. It's only fitting that Theo continue to be stuck with Lackey. No way he leaves the Red Sox without him. That's the deal. Take it or leave it.
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"Don't fix it if it ain't broke". A sign that belongs on every GM and manager's desk.
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Ellsbury is clearly no longer a leadoff batter. He's now their best hitter--at least this year. So he bats 3rd. Amazing that none of those guys at the Globe have suggested that yet. This is an opportunity to make Crawford happy. Make him leadoff batter, Pedey 2nd, Ellsbury 3rd. At least they have their speed at the top of the lineup. Crawford will be forced to take pitches and steal bases. You don't want a 30HR/100 RBI guy like Ells to be stealing too often anyways. his bat is too valuable. The rest of the lineup can take care of itself. Youks, AdGon, etc.
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Well, they haven't been lucky at all the past few years. And nobody could match King Steinbrenner in his obsession for winning and limitless resources. Find me a GM who knows how to put a team together with the right chemistry. And keeps it. Epstein did it. Ainge did it. Then they promptly pissed it away after they won a championship. They still didn't understand what they had when they had it.
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Which players ended up costing Francona his job?
SoxSport replied to SCM33's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Actually, American industry is pretty strong right now. Earnings are good. But Wall St is worried about the big financial picture. They should remember things after WWII. Lots more debt then--but nobody bitched about it. I'm still waiting for the media/sports bubble to burst. -
The Red Sox are a backward organization in some ways. To take an example, they are one of the most recognized national teams in sports. You see Red Sox caps and jerseys when they play on the road in the stands of almost every ballpark. Yet, they continue to use those drab ancient gray road jerseys with "Boston" across the chest. How dull. Why not "Red Sox" across the chest? This is a nationally recognized team! Get with it, ownership. Other teams like the Phillies have. There is nothing that turns me off more than to have some network announcer say "Boston vs the Yankees". That sucks.