Elktonnick

This is why I have said the FO runs like the old Soviet Kremlin. Henry has created this backstabbing culture which went after Dombrowski then Bloom. Is it no wonder that so many qualified candidates declined to interview for the Red Sox job.

The reason politics may creep into the conversation is because the Red Sox have become BORING. The FO has to fear indifference over any other emotion when it comes to the Older Towns Team. Right now the Pickle Ball professional tour is more interesting than the Red Sox. Expect NESN to run Candle Pin Bowling re runs hosted by Don Gillis. Watching Stacia Czernickl is more exciting than any Red Sox player.

John Henry thinks Biden's basement strategy can work for him as well. He knows that nothing he can say will improve their image. The only way they can do that is by activity and results. For now their strategy is shop in the broken toy section, buy at the dollar store and adopt any stray dogs and cats that cross their path and shut up.

I think the disconnect between Werner and Henry's public statements are deliberate strategy on their part. They speak in broad generalities and is generally meaningless. The are like every politician; their public words are merely to placate whatever audience they are speaking to at that moment. Breslow will be their current fall guy. He is paid to be their scapegoat. In the end he to will be fired. It is just a matter of when. The difference between Werner and Henry comes down to: one wants to shop at the Dollar Store, the other at Dollar General. Take your pick.

I certainly agree. Ownership is not focused on the Red Sox. Their priorities are clearly elsewhere. Breslow like Bloom is being forced to work within tight fiscal restrictions. Hopefully he will do better than Bloom did. If not Henry will fire him in three to four years and find another fall guy, assuming he can find someone willing to take the job.

Looking at the schedule, three series on the west coast is not a good way for the Sox to begin the season. Traditionally Boston teams do not play well out west. Then they come back to face the Orioles. We could see a Red Sox team not winning 10 games before May 1st.

About time you saw the light.

I know we on this board are all Red Sox focused but it appears that FSG's portfolio has become so diverse that they need additional executives overseeing their other ventures as well. Liverpool faces a particularly challenging future, for example. The Athletic had an interesting piece.

That speculation was more than idle day dreaming. One of the more cogent arguments against Quebec separatism was that it could lead to a dissolution of the Canadian Confederation. With the Atlantic provinces being virtually forced to seek admission into the United States to maintain economic viability. I know there were serious discussions among United States think tanks about how such situation could play itself out. I think both the New York Times and Washington Post had articles about such a scenario as did the Economist, if I am not mistaken. One of the conclusions was that Quebec would be much smaller than it is today because the first nations would not agree to remain in a French Quebec and rump French Quebec would find itself more isolated linguistically than they are today. Having travelled to Quebec last fall, I had discussions with numerous Quebecois and found no interest in raising the separatist issue again. Btw about those so called Canadian pacifists, I think someone forgot to tell the Canadians in the NHL.

Excellent point! Now in retrospect I recall Epstein was in Boston just prior to Breslow hire. I presume Theo may have recommended him for the job. I am reconsidering my skepticism.

I do not see this as good news. While I think Theo is a premier sports executive, it is just another instance of a huge FO bureaucracy. There are already too many chefs in the kitchen. Breslow will be under even more scrutiny if that is possible.

Several reports on Boston sports radio that FSG has offered 3 billion dollars for a minority share in the PGA tour. If these reports turn out to be true, they would confirm my longstanding view that John Henry's main focus is expanding FSGs portfolio not the Red Sox roster.

Stalin once purportedly said about Mikoyan who was his Foreign Minister at the time," If I told him to pull down his pants and sit on a block of ice for an hour, I know he would do it." Strikes me that the same can be said about Kennedy. And yes the FO does remind me of the Kremlin.

Three years ago was an eternity. Last years team won only 78 games. The team as currently constructed will struggle to win that many. Right now barring injuries they are worse than mediocre. With injuries they could be hapless.

Heck the way they are going they are going to have to get a lot better to be merely mediocre

I said this last year. It isn't only the Red Sox. FSG sought out Arab investors for Liverpool last year. It is only a guess, but I think the hike in interest rates and other economic factors have adversely affected FSGs balance sheet.

Absolutely

The how about others excuse doesn't cut it. Cora cheated and stole the world series.. Until he was caught he was proud of it The fact that Manfred did not do his job is immaterial. Cheaters do not belong in managerial positions in baseball.

Cora played a much larger role than you imply. He was not punished harshly at all. He got a slap on the wrist. A just punishment would have been what was given to the Black Sox. The fact that others were involved is irrelevant. Cora is not fit to be involved in MLB in an official capacity.

I am constantly amazed at the mental gymnastics that some people go to rationalize fundamental dishonesty such as that exhibited by Cora.

I love it how so many excuse a lack of integrity. Cora is a cheat. That is undeniable. He undercut Bloom. That is undeniable. He undercut Hinch but Hinch lacked the strength character to put a stop to it so he looked the other way tacitly allowed it against his better judgment. He undercut his owner who was completely in the dark. about the whole affair. How anyone can have anything but total disdain for this backstabbing cheater is beyond me. Anyone who excuses his behavior is no better than he.

I did name one. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out the others. Those in the tank for Cora do not want to recognize his shortcomings. Regardless of the backstabbing his cheating compromised his owner and he stole a World series. For that offense alone he should have been banned from baseball. If Landis or Ford Frick had been the commissioner he would have been.

2019

Cora inherited a great team in 2018 then proceeded to run into the ground. Cora is the most over rated manager in baseball

Nope.