Elktonnick
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Bello's problem is between his ears. Hopefully experience and maturity will cure what holds him back from reaching his full potential.
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With the young talent in Worcester, trying to predict the 2025 outfield alignment or the whole starting lineup for that matter is a real crap shoot. I am certainly looking forward to my annual sojourn to spring training to see this young talent compete for starting jobs. That is not to say that I have given up on this season, hardly! KC has a tougher schedule remaining than does Boston. I am liking the Sox chances to make the playoffs. Heck, once in, anything can happen. I must say this year has been a pleasant surprise and Duran is my Red Sox MVP regardless of what the stats say. He is the most exciting player on the field whenever the Red Sox play.
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I think the remaining schedule is tougher this year than last.
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Haven't seen anyone comment on this but I think the Red Sox have the toughest schedule of any team for the rest of the season. One of the big reasons the Sox record improved so dramatically before the ASB was they played a number of horrible teams. Well they are going to largely face the whirlwind from here on out. I just do not think they have the players to finish strong, unless injuries to other teams come into play.
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The big move to watch for is not in baseball. It is if Henry decides to make a bid for the Celtics. Reportedly the asking price will be around 5 billion. If Henry makes a bid it will deprive the baseball team of financial flexibility needed to sign any high end players. Because of the expense, I am hoping Henry decides the Celtics asking price will be too rich for his tastes. Although he has not yet ruled out making a bid.
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My fear is that after the Dodgers series, ownership will decide not to make any significant moves to improve the team by the trade deadline.
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Forget Henry and FSG pursuing the Celtics reports indicate they are interested in French soccer team Bourdeaux which is facing relagation in the French league. Such a purchase would be consistent of FSG record of purchasing once flourishing sports franchises at bargain prices in the hopes of turning them around.
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I think ego and greed have little to do with Henry's decision to take a different direction for the Red Sox. Rather I think it was an un emotional corporate decision made by Henry and his business partners which they think is in the best long term interests of FSG.
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Looking at the upcoming schedule the Sox next 12 games are against sub 500 teams. They are in a great position to make themselves solid contenders for a wild card berth as a result. If they play as well as they should this will put huge pressure on Henry and Breslow to be buyers not sellers at the trade deadline.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Elktonnick replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The trade deadline is Breslow's big test. He must do well to avoid becoming Bloom 2.0. -
I thought I was going to see a baseball game tonight, instead a track meet broke out. Great fun.
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But not committed to fielding a winning team. Henry's goals in firing CBOs was not the same as Red Sox fans desire to produce winners. Henry's goal was for the Red Sox cash cow being more effecient at fulfilling his real goal of financing expansion of FSGs portfolio.
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I guess it is an unrealistic expectation for a Henry owned team to win 2 out 3 against the worst tram in baseball.
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Yup
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Elktonnick replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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It may not be good news but it does represent the consensus of what most serious fans have been thinking about Henry's point of view for the last few years. No surprises for me.
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Every CBO/ Genmgr or whatever the hell you call them will make mistakes. What counts is the net overall result of their tenure. As for the Henry years one must admit that DD was more successful than the one who followed him, with the jury still out on Breslow's tenure.
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Speaking of injuries, in the nearly 70 years of closely following Major League Baseball, I can not recall a time when injuries have been this prevalent throughout the game. Something is fundamentally wrong. MLB at the commissioner and ownership level needs to recognize the threat that the frequency of injuries especially among pitchers poses to the long term future of the game. There is no reason for this injury frequency should be acceptable as the normal cost of doing business and producing a winning team. Baseball needs to commission a high level study by leading sports medicine experts and physiologists to chart a best practices study with the expressed purpose of reducing injuries to players.
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Yup I
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For what it's worth, I do not think DDs dismissal had anything to do with money. There were published reports that Henry did not like DD management style. Other front office personnel complained that DD cut them out of his descionmaking process. Henry wanted a more collegial consensus operation. Word was that they were going to fire DD after the 2018 season but couldn't after the world series win. The poor 2019 start and season overall then made it easy for them to cut DD out of the picture.
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Why would anyone think they could catch a break? They can barely catch anything at all!LOL
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Enjoy! If you get a chance, take a tour of Sevilla,if you never been. The Barrio de Santa Cruz is a wonderful neighborhood. I lived there for a couple of years in the early 80s. Sevilla is my favorite city in the world.
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Sam Kennedy is the Baghdad Bob of baseball!
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I know but it shows his total lack of class and respect not to acknowledge Dustin Pedroia 's contribution to his ball club.
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Did not see Henry or Werner at the ceremony honoring inductees into Red Sox Hall of Fame!!!