Elktonnick
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I do not think Henry has any intention of selling. The Red Sox and equally important Fenway Park is the keystone of his sports empire. I think he is focusing on his other ventures at the moment. Once those are squared away he will focus on baseball again.
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A perfect example of Bloom trading a quarter for in this case two dimes and pissing off two his best ballplayers in the process.
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The point is the Rays model is not to care about attendance. It believes in low payroll achieved by constant turn over. To suggest that model is sustainable in Boston over the long term.is folly. They may pay one or two players they may have but these do not attract fans to any degree. I do not know the value of the Rays franchise, but I suspect it is among the least valuable in baseball with the prospects of it increasing in value without a major infusion of capital and a considerable upgrade in payroll plus a new stadium are bleak.
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Given the Ray's track record he won't last that long. In any case Franco will not increase Ray's attendance above their current level. .
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Or O'Brien or both
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You have got to be kidding. Franco's may be a mega contract but only if you are talking about the Ray's. It's chump change for any big market team. The Ray's payroll is about 80 million if I am not mistaken. It will take a lot more then that deal to keep Bogey or Raffy
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Finding out you have been traded by checking a website is cold. High class organizations have the manager or GM tell the player. The players should be pissed at Bloom if someone senior in the organization had not told Vaz directly.
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Bloom seems all in on Duran, why?
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It was the deadline deals that alienated both. One of the unspoken weaknesses of the Tampa Bay approach to team construction and management is the Rays keep no star players. There is no one for the fans to root for. The Rays can get away with it because they will only attract 15000 to a game regardless how good their team is. Trading Bogey and Devers the only big name ball players on the current roster without big name replacements condemns the Sox to Tampa Bay like attendance.
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Apart from his playing skills or lack thereof, I question his judgment.
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I think Bogey opts out and signs elsewhere. If Bogey goes then Raffy goes as soon as he is able. I think Bloom has alienated those two and probably a few others in that clubhouse. IMO
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I think Henry decided he was not going to spend the money to keep Betts regardless of the lux tax issue. I think the lux tax was a convenient excuse. I think at that point in time Henry decided to concentrate his efforts in other areas such as the European Super League which failed and then buying the Penguins. I believe he was conserving his financial resources for these other ventures, after all the Sox had won it all in 2018 and this bought him time to pursue these other opportunities.
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Duran seems to have a big problem judging fly balls hit directly at him.
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I was living abroad.
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Duran performance in centerfield to date is the worst have seen in over 60 years watching MLB. The fact that he is been playing that position for 5 years is very disturbing.
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After they way he f...ed up the trade deadline and Vaz trade, I suspect he is going to have a harder time convincing Bogey and Rafey to hang around for more Bloomball.
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I say again. Who is going to win a World Series first Bloom or Dombrowski..Who will be fired first? It will be illuminating to see.
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LOL. That's how John Henry got rich, buying the Red Sox and Liverpool. In both cases he bought undervalued franchises run by incompetents, spent millions turned them around and now has a 10 billion dollar sports empire.
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Well said. No one can persuade me that there isn't something fundamentally wrong with Boston's entire approach towards pitching.
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troilus and cressida, act 2 scene 1, lines 42-43; thersites to ajax
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I am no longer agnostic about Bloom. He is a freaking disaster. The team was two games from the World Series last year. He deconstructed a contending team. If he continues making 4 nickles for every quarter trades the Boston Red Sox will become laughing stock of the American League if they aren't already. Cora has lost this team. They are demoralized and pathetic.
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Don't tell me you finally got it! If so well done Sparky!
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This team has more holes than a pound of Swiss cheese.
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BTW calling me pompous was not an insult "eh" OH how un Canadian of you.
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But you still have not figured it out.