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Part.

Well, I'm not that far from my prediction, unfourtunatly.

Game!

Well, at least the kid showed heart and hungry in two games, thing that some prima donnas haven't showed in 80.

5-0 in the 1st? Thought it was a Sox Game...

While I think they suck, I have my hopes that they could come back as Emmz said. It's a long shot, but possible. I've been very critic about this team, But I will always love this team and I'll always wish them the best. Maybe I'm a bit demanding (I'm not sure if this is the correct word). Hell, some players are prima donnas. It's unacceptable, They make tons of money. This is part of the problem. The very least they can do is put all in the field and be professionals in all the sense of the word. What bothers me more is that our FO has no balls to address these kind of problems. Anyway, It's a shame that a team like this, is in the last place of the ALE. We'll see how it ends, though.

Well, There's an A. C'mon gentlemen take your blinders off. I could bet who voted A but I won't give possible names, we all know who possibly did. hhahahahaha :harhar:

a B? really? WTF? I was about to give them a F... hahahaha

Well, I liked the kid since I saw him play in Spring Training. I was surprised BV didn't consider him in the roster by the time. IMO he came to stay, we'll see.

The half of the season is gone. Time to make a cut and grade the players, V and BC. Here's mine. I give the team a D. A? Papi, WM, Ciriaco, Miller. B? Salty, Ross, Morales, Cook, Albers, Nava. C? Aceves, Padilla, Atchison, Douby, Shopach, Pedroia, BV, Sweeney, Aviles D? Gonzalez, Beckett F? Bard, Matzusaka, Cherington, Melancon, Lester, Buchholz, Lillbridge, Punto, Kalish Here's what fans have voted thus far on ESPN BOSTON. http://espn.go.com/boston/polls?id=8145985 http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/218/screenshot20120710at112.png http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/218/screenshot20120710at112.png http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/637/screenshot20120710at113.png http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/637/screenshot20120710at113.png http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/637/screenshot20120710at113.png http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/637/screenshot20120710at113.png

Very little margin of error, too many experiments and huge question marks, we said. BC and FO played with fire when they didn't address those fundamental flaws. We shouldn't be surprised with this partial result.

It's about balance. This team has been unbalanced in recent years, reason why we haven't won a PO game in 3 years, and this could be the 4th in a row.

I remember when SFF said that this was going to be a matter of days, then months.... now, we are talking about a whole season. This case has not been managed properly, from an outside-in view.

Thus far? He gets a F, overall.

IMO a 190 MUSD team and arguably the the most important franchise in the MLB after NYY shouldn't be run for a rookie GM. I'm not judging the good intentions of BC or even Theo's. That's out of question. I do not think they wished bad to the team. Thing is, this is not about intentions. This is about results. Plans versus results. If the results were bad, the plan was bad as well. It is what it is. At the time each move/trade seemed "good". Again, Good intentions. Reality is saying us, most of them were not good decisions for whatever reason (plenty discussed). What worries me the most is that we have tons of examples. D-K, Jenks, CC, Lackey, etc, etc, etc. in the last, say 4 -5 years. You could mistake in a move or two, but our case is ridiculous, we have signed/traded tons of busts. As SCM33 says, We are clogged in our payroll, regardless the discipline and other aspects of the game which involves coaching, management, mentoring, professionalism, etc. leaves a lot to desire in this team. Want a real change?, clean up the FO. Fire LL. Fire BC. Fire the staffs. Bring Friedman. Start over, and let him build the goddamn team.

Thanks for the numbers Bellhorn04. A 190 MUSD team in the last place huh?. Thanks Theo. Thanks LL. ...and now, Thanks BC. Jenks, D-K and Youk won't be next season. I doubt that they resign Papi and Ross. If so, you will have 40 MUSD to play with next season in order to bring at least a solid SP. As I said in offseason, they put in jeopardy a 190 MUSD team when they decided not to bring another arm. They decided save cents, and spend dollars. Hopefully things turn around, somehow.

Still, the number is a mystery to me. Do you know the exact number? Anyway, They clearly said that if they needed to invest they would. Again, They didn't since they felt that they had a "great team". We do not know their budget. How much budget did BC have to play with? Nobody knows. Either way they could use Ortiz Money in pitching, bringing a guy like Kuroda or Buehrle (year by year salary) or whatever. They did not. Were comments rhetoric/PR by the time? I do not know, seemed so. I'm just saying what he said by the time. Let's face it, if we miss the POs again, this is on BC and the FO. Thus far, and as Chief in command of Red Sox operations, he charges the blame of this partial result which is last place in the division; it is what it is. Ain't over, though.

This is completely false. Cherington said over and over again that the LT was not the show stopper in order to build the team. Thing was that He and BV said that they felt confident with the pitching staff they had by the time (although, everybody had huge question marks in that regard), V even said that pitching was not a priority (Whata an idiot). Now, we all know the results.

Pedro, Pedro, Pedro!

f***!

Jeez, Whata waste AB

I love what he did in spring training, I didn't understand why he was not in the roster since April.

...and hungry and guts!

Pedro!...