Elktonnick

It is a question of value added and cash flow. IMO there is greater opportunity with Liverpool than Boston. I don't think they can appreciate the value of the Sox more than perhaps the 1.% billion they could probably get for the club now. The big opportunity is Liverpool being English Premier League, it has a worldwide market for their kit etc. I just don't see the market for Sox gear having the worldwide potential that Liverpool does. I also think Henry et al from a management and time management point of view know that it is very difficult to manage two such franchises effectively. This guys ounderstand that. Plus there may be buyers in the US willing to pay top dollar for the Sox. In sum IMHO they are satting the club up for sale. When not if is the question.

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NYTimes and The Guardian

I have been saying for months that JH is setting it up to sell the Red Sox. He clearly is having problems managing both Liverpool and Boston. There is ample reporting on the problems with the Liverpool Reds in the British press which seem to mirror those in Boston. I think from a strictly business prospective he has taken the Boston franchise as far as it can go in terms of revenue and increased value of the franchise. Whereas there is greater possibility for increasing profit and franchise value from an English premier league football team. So if one is strictly interested in maximizing return, I'd say I would pay more attention to Liverpool than in the Red Sox if I were in his shoes.

I've known Pumpsie on these boards for 8 years. His negativity is merely his way of dealing with the disappointment that is inherent in being a Red Sox fan of our generation. We used to say they killed my father and my grandfather and now they are coming for me. Most pre 67 Red Sox fans are this way including me.

I have what his name on ignore because nothing he ever posts is worth reading or fighting about. So I have no idea what he posts in anycase.

I wonder how much the Red Sox paid to smooth over Tito's hurt feelings. If I were Tito I would have insisted on a bundle.

Exactly what I said over the winter. What is also clear is that he looks very mediocre in the field. I said that I didn't think he'll play a 100 games this year. I'll be very surprised if heis starting at 3rd after the ASB.

I hate to say it but for many of us Youklis is playing up to our expectations. Many wanted him traded over the winter. Now he is untradeable. He will improve. He won't continue to hit .176 but his best days are behind him. The things that are the most troubling about Youklis is that he has lost the strike zone and his defense is declining.

that's still more than the current wimps and crybabies that play for today's red sox.

Ok one and a "police action"

Not to quibble but pitching not catching is the problem.

Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

I agree with both of you Let me add a new thought. They knew that some players would rebel especially the prima donnas and don't care because they needed someone to take the fall. Enter Bobby V.

While I think you have made an excellent point about the players appearing to have won this round, it was a Pyrrhic victory especially for Pedroia. For the first time, there are those (albeit a minority) in the press who are openningly criticizing Pedroia. We'll see how this plays out but Pedroia's reputation could be the biggest loser in this fiasco if the players fail to respond and let the team down by underperforming as they did last year. My hope is that this doesn't happen. If the team starts winning this will all be forgotten, but if they lose the series to Texas and then again to the Yankees, the fit will really hit the shan, and everyone will smell like horse manure. Then what does Cherrington do?

One of the best quotes ever was from Bill Lee who said something like "Don Zimmer is a gerbil who thinks he is a hamster."

Jeez firing a guy because he spent too much time on 9/11 activities for a New York team. Is it little wonder that the Mets are one screwed up organization!