RedSoxfanforlife305

God damn it old man, stop looking at all the flaws. I did not say we would improve in that post even though it is possible. We started off really slow and we had a terrible back end in the rotation. The only person significant that we lost is Papelbon and all the bitching around here about big contracts, I'm glad we didn't pay more than the Phillies. Reddick just started off really hot but he wasn't too bad. Crawford is due to have a good season. Ellsbury-Pedroia-A-God-Youk-Ortiz-Crawford all hitting to their potential? Pitchers will have to go through hell. My original point in that post was even if we don't get a pitcher we're not in deep s*** like most people are making it out to be.

But we don't know what they plan on doing with the money? What if we get Jackson. Does that cover up for the move? Even if we got Oswalt there would have still been a problem at SS.

But last year we were missing Buchholz for a good amount of time. We had Lackey with a 6.41 ERA going 12-12 and we had Dice-K before he got injured. We keep throwing out s*** to the mound(Wakefield, Miller, Morales, Weiland). We were ranked 22 in pitching. Last year we had basically the best offense even with the performance of players like Darnell McDonald, Drew Sutton, Jed Lowrie, J.D Drew, Mike Cameron(before he left to the Marlins), Crawford(f*** all of you who call him a bust. He will perform much better this year). We started off the season like 2-10 and once we got on top we led the AL for a while. It was September that f***ed us up. I like Scutaro and yes SS is a concern but you really think his absence will make much of a difference on the team? I don't think so. People need to stop acting like we will be in 5th place if we don't acquire a pitcher. Yes it would benefit us but we won't collapse if we don't get anyone. @IOrtiz WE MISSED THE PLAYOFFS BY ONE GAME. Do you know how rare it is for a team like the Red Sox to blow a lead like that?

Why?

Please sign him so that some posters can get the "I told you so" post.

Check it out. EDI: My bad, didn't think it'd come out small. Should have uploaded to my photobucket.

Ahh ok thanks.

I'm trying to score tickets to the July series. I was told it's a raffle and winners will be released on February on like a Wednesday or something like that. Where do I go to participate?

Holy s***, that's cheap. How far are the seats though? My parents agreed about letting me go to Boston but they tought I was insane to pay 1,200 for the 3 game series vs the Yankees(hotel, jersey, tour, player t shirt, autograph signing etc.). That's without airfare too. I'm thinkin of just buying the tickets straight up and go with a whole bunch of talksox members who are interested. I might have somewhere to stay while I'm there too. It's my first time and I really really want to go to the Yankees, but all 3 games. Does anyone plan on getting tickets to the July 7-9 series? Making 400 dollars a month isn't enough to pay for all the s*** I have to do. My parents already paid nearly 3 grand for Europe, I have to save up for a car, senior activities, etc. I'mgoing to see if I can convince them to do the Red Sox destinations. I'll just pick up more hours and pay for at least half of it.

Calling people names was cool in 2nd grade....but then I grew up.

I just hope during spring training Bobby Valentine gets the lineups together. Last year in the beginning of the season we had no idea what to do with the lineup. Don't come into the season unprepared.

No baseball fan will be disappointed. Get it.

Last year we got Crawford and A-god. Lots to be excited about. We haven't made any major acquisitions. Plus the negativity doesn't help.

But his health is a question mark. What I was trying to get at is the numbers weren't much of a difference in 2011.

Everyone's concern was getting a pitcher. Not only do we have 1 option but 2. I don't care who we get. One isn't significantly better than the other.

But we play for second remember? Let the Yankees take the division and we'll take the WC. No need to add another piece to the rotation...

Good post. I apologized after I realized he didn't mean in a bad way. Still doesn't change what I feel about having a new mod. Yeszir himself he was even considering a new mod. SOTK and MSU are like never here(but great posters). You, Coco, and Yeszir are the only active ones. Even during the season Yeszir wasn't on that much(at least towards the end). I'm not saying you guys are bad. You do a good job because dumbasses like Suns, GoBruins etc. are gone. I just wanted to bring it up for discussion. If some people like the idea than good, if not oh well we just move on.

Lol VA. Nice choice of words.

That's insane.

Bye bitch.

I have no idea where to put this so I'll throw it in here. Doesn't really deserve it's own thread. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icB8u-YyN-8&feature=related This is one of the best MLB videos I've ever seen. 45 minutes but it's worth watching. Those of you with MLB network probably already saw this.