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They must make all the NECESARY in order to sign Pap. Bard is not ready.

My guess is that the injuries don't look good.

My call is that Fielder goes to Cub land.

IMO the guy in your avatar should visit Bogar's office

I told you hahahahaha. IMO He should be our GM.

7 run rule goes beyond frustration these days... it is comic now!

well, somehow we are agree, aren't we?

I'd vote for that option as well

Nobody is expecting an immediate action. It is very simple actually. Why not say something encouraging and accept just the fact that other players have already accepted --drinking in the clubhouse -- and have even agreed that was/is wrong practice. I just don't see a FBI case here if he coincides saying that this was wrong, we learn about this blahblah....

I dont see this as you are seeing when you say " By deferring to answer, he has committed the club to nothing publicly". Sorry ORS, maybe this is about semantics/translation or something but when I read this question: Q: Are you going to ban alcohol from the clubhouse? and then the answer is: A: We won't make that decision until we have a full staff convened. Seems/Sounds to me that he leaves open the possibility since he said "decision" in the sentence -- allow beer in the clubhouse -- IMO you just don't allow it. You just don't consider it as a possibility at all. It is not prudent. It is not the place and moment, It is not a bar. It is wrong. But that's me. IMO You take accountability and answer since you are/were part of this FO, and since this issue was already accepted by some players and agreed that it is/was a bad practice. If he committed the club to nothing publicly, you answer something like "I won't declare about this topic" or something but you don't answer "We won't make that decision until we have a full staff convened" Am I translating well? If not, I'm gonna fire my english teacher.

Impressive.

I voted Theo's baggage, but missed Lackey in that baggage BTW it is not precisely due Theo's value

SCM33's prophesy in effect... Heads continue rolling... who is next? Bogar? Lackey?, we'll see.

If LL was the intellectual author of the last 3-4 years mess and Theo was only a puppet, LL should walk and assume the accountability. If not (likely), I'd be skeptical too, if this Cherington takes the job.

This is exactly what worries me the most. He deferred the answer. Sounds like he is leaving the door open in order to continue this country club environment. At least come out and say typical cliche answers like "We were wrong and we will learn from this" like Buch and other said or something, but for God's sake, show a little bit of smartness on this. As Yazman said, this Cherington sounds like the new LL's puppet. If this is the kind of leadership that is coming, I would be very concerned. You won't pitch/bat today? go and do some work-out or practice your mechanics/fundamentals or go to the cage or study your next opponent or something --I wonder, where in the hell was the conditioning coaching staff at this moments, drinking and playing nintendo as well? -- Again, this is not about beer (1 of n issues), this is about professionalism and show respect to your teammates -- especially the rookies --, organization, fans, etc. but especially to yourself as a professional.

Really? I'm wrong then. Sounds like a best practice. You're kidding right? BTW... Of course alcohol is not the root of the problem, but maybe is one of those 25 issues on this team that we need to clean up.

I'm not sure what you mean with "they", but this is not about hate E1, this is about professionalism and at least behave and give your best in and out the field. They make tons of money in order to at least do that. You always can find times and places for everything.

Sorry SCM33 this is unacceptable. You know that I share your ideas and I like the way u see the game but this comment (Cherington's) is simply unacceptable. I'm not a saint, I'm far to be one, but this is a professional sport team, and since their performance depend on their good conditioning among a lot other, this is not a trivial thing. This team has a big lack of professionalism and leadership. As I said, we need people (GM, manager, coaching staff, etc.) with a strong hand and strong leadership skills, someone who executes disciple in all aspects.