Elktonnick

I find it amusing that armchair managers and wannabe GMs accuse anyone of being armchair anything. You folks haven't refutted anything. As far as armchair psychology I cite the following expert on JD Drew. Who was in a position to observe him first hand: T"ony LaRussa, harshly criticized Drew in the Buzz Bissinger book, 3 Nights in August. In one section, LaRussa opined that Drew didn’t care about the game and that he settled for being less rather than work to reach his fullest potential. In all, LaRussa believed that Drew didn’t care about the game because he had such a big contract. He wasn’t the passionate player that Albert Pujols was. The trouble is that so few are, but most don’t have their name attached to it in a book. Drew was now known as the player Tony LaRussa called lazy and, essentially, a waste of talent. " QED!

No. He was an average mediocre ballplayer when viewed in terms of how he played here when judged against those who played that position in the past in Boston. By the way, anove average doesn't make the playoffs. He was a mediocrity because that is what he wanted to be. That's the fact.

That is factually, mathimatically and logically incorrect. A mean average is determined by taking total production divided by time in service. So in the case of a baseball player one coul have a truly out standing year and be the best at a position than followed by years of drought. The sum total divided by years of service gives the average. If you take Drews performance over the five years he played here he actually is below average for rightfielders who wore the Red Sox uniform as the Harrington article pointed out and as the stats I cited above clearly demonstrated. During my lifetime Jackie Jensen, Tony C, Dwight Evens, Trot Nixon and JD Drew were the main rightfielders who played the position for any duration. Nixon and Drew could never be compared favorably to the first three. By any statistical measure, the totality of Drew's career is aveerage albeit with occasional bursts of brilliance. That is what is so irksome, he could have been great but wasn't because he lacked the desire. In the end he is a mediocrity because that is all he wanted to be.

Everyone has posted the stats. Can't you read! Or don't you want to? I am not going to repeat what has already been presented. In the final analysis Drew was a mediocre ball player who had one exceptional month.

It is hard to defend the indefensible.

Offensive powerhouse, He had 2 and half good years out of five. He had one outstanding month. He was inconsistent except defensively. He went steadily downhill after 09. He wouldn't play hurt and he didn't give a s***. You can't eliminate one whole year out five and say that doesn't count. No fair analyst ever called Drew's overall play elite. He'll go down as another average ball player who could have, should have, but didn't play up to expectations, mediocre in the end.

Hey guys, I never said Torre wasn't a good player. He was a very good player. The fact is he wasn't voted into the HOF as a player. Check it out! He never got more than 22% of the writers vote for HOF. This by definition means he wasn't considered one of the truly greats. He isn't in Teddy Ballgames league. The fact is he was a catcher. He came up as a catcher. Jim Rice may be a great hitter. He may be a great hitting coach. That doesn't mean he'd make a good manager. Besides no one would offer Rice a managing job unless he did some time back in the majors on the bench coaching or having done some time managing in the minors.

Not to quibble but Torre was a very good player not one of the truly great ones. He never got more than 22 % of the HOF ballots. He will go into the HOF as a manager not as player. I will concede that he is one of the better players who was successful as a manager. I think that had more to do with the fact he was a catcher.

The baseball media in Baltimore would treat Duquette okay. They realize what he is up against. It's the owner that they despise.

Steve Buckley and Sean McAdams believe Sandy Alomar and Dave Martinez are the leading contenders.

While that is true he was interviewing for the Orioles. Now that McCoart is gone from the Dodgers, the O's are the team with the worst owner in Baseball.

It all depends on who the pitching coach and what other options there are vis a vis the entire pitching staff i.e. starter,s relievers and closer. Under the right circumstances the sox would try to stretch Bard out to see if he could start. Too many sports writers are raising this a possibility. They aren't writing this out of thin air. A reasonable observer must conclude that the FO is considering this option. Time will tell.

Priorities ? Right after manager, pitching coach, 4th and perhaps 5 th starter, closer, middle relief (several) and DH. Yea its right up there.