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Cliff Lee isn't a young free agent, I just think it won't be the slam-dunk/bonanza free agency sign for whichever team gets him. But hey, it beats being the g.m. that inked Josh Beckett to a new contract.

You're saying Beckett had a great 2009?

Logic isn't Jacko, he had the team not making the playoffs before any injuries. Nail in coffin before May. When the injuries hit, he was pretty giddy. The Red Sox were getting alittle too scary good for him. Considering he kept claiming this was the "least scary team since '04" over and over.

1. Wacko Jacko is married. Poor girl. 2. Wow.

What the hell did Hermida do to you? LMAO. I must have missed that so much was riding on Hermida with your "didn't step up when the team needed him" stuff. He actually had some big hits for the team. I think Ellsbury acting like he's close to death has hurt the Red Sox more.

So the circumstances of injury makes another of your claims look right? Although you talk out of both sides of your mouth since you state exactly why Hermida wouldn't be cut (and maybe not even traded...) I'm not convinced Ellsbury's coming back till September callups/roster expansion is close anyway. Edit: Yep. I just heard that Francona said Ellsbury is not even involved in any intense baseball activity at all. He's at the very least, another 3-4 weeks away, a best case scenerio. By the way, I don't get what some posters are saying about Hermida "proving nothing" before he went down with the rib injury. He was pretty good with the bat. but of course, he's just a butcher defensively.

Where's the guarantee though that he'd get right for the playoffs... since there is, practically none.

I swear I recall Jacko saying they should acquire another starter like Lee and put Hughes back in the 'pen since it would work better than Vazquez to the 'pen or/ the continued sucktitude of Joba as an unreliable bridge to Mo.

No, Josh. It's not "the end-all, be-all". You take your time, I'm enjoying Tim Wakefield time. Somehow, I think this year might have meant more to Josh if a contract had been on the line. He and AJ Burnett have the ability to waste talent at times.

This game sucks as bad as people that believe in gamethread mojo. Sorry.

Joe Girardi should be lucky he's not Billy Martin