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  1. User Name
    It's not an enigma. It's s***** coaching.
  2. User Name
    Again, the problem wasn't the strategy, it was the execution.
  3. User Name
    You expect too much my friend. You expect too much.
  4. User Name
    Not s***, mediocre. It, too, has underperformed. If you say you thought they'd be this bad, you're lying.
  5. User Name
    You weren't initially wrong. That's the point.
  6. User Name
    I'll let my junk float around wherever I goddamn want it to float around (is what I'd like to say, alas, it is frowned upon)
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    You're dead wrong on one account: It's not part of the reason. It's the main reason, because we all expected the pitching to have its struggles, but the offense was built to mash. The idea that you're struggling to comprehend is that this wasn't an offense that was bound to struggle for a whole goddamn month. No one expected that level of underperformance.
  8. User Name
    You're at least 15 shades of wrong here. Repeating an incorrect idea over and over again does not make it correct. No one expected the pitching to be this bad. No one. A big part of that is losing both catchers. The offensive and defensive underperformance is just icing on the cake. If your opinion is that easily swayed, I've got a bridge I want to sell you.
  9. User Name
    The Sox need to cash in on their prospect depth either ways. Too many blocked mid-to-above average level guys.
  10. User Name
    What are you even talking about? A lot of contending teams enter their season with clear holes they upgrade internally or through the trade market. And lots of teams in the past have mashed their way to the playoffs. Their real problem was not building enough depth for this rotation, just like years past. You're overcomplicating a simple matter.
  11. User Name
    Good times, good times.
  12. User Name
    I'd buy on a top-flight pitcher if the possibility of signing an extension came along with the prospect package. Looking straight at Cueto.
  13. User Name
    The problem wasn't the plan, it was the execution. I also find the idea that they couldn't remain competitive with a strong offense to be intelectually dishonest, as the 2005 Red Sox will attest to. That said, while the pitching has sucked, no one could have predicted both starting catchers getting injured (which has invariably hurt the pitching staff), the fall of Napoli, as well as general offensive underperformance. They should have (and a lot of people harped on this) gotten at least one more pitcher, and improved their pitching depth knowing the gambles they were taking pitching-wise.
  14. User Name
    Meh, still not bullish on extending Lester. They should ditch the small-market effort and go balls-out for Price and a #2.
  15. User Name
    Gimme scotch, steak and T&A and I'll be happy, mate!
  16. User Name
    You don't know what variance is.
  17. User Name
    But scoring 2.8 runs a game for any given month is not normal either. That's what underperformance means.
  18. User Name
    That's the point. The offense has recovered, but they were instrumental in burying into the hole we currently are, and the overall numbers reflect that.
  19. User Name
    Do you know what "underperforming" means? Because you either don't, or this entire post is a massive cop-out. None of these guys were expected, or projected, to be this bad.
  20. User Name
    My finger is on the coaching staff. Crappy fundamentals, bad defense and widespread underperformance.
  21. User Name
    David Ortiz: .762 OPS Panda: .691 OPS Napoli: .648 OPS Victorino: .644 OPS Castillo: .544 OPS Nava: .440 OPS Craig: .430 OPS Four regulars, and a bunch of guys who killed the team until they got rid of them. Again, was the question serious?
  22. User Name
    Is this serious?
  23. User Name
    In all honesty, Sox should sell veterans at the deadline and prepare for a 2016 run, unless they can get good pitching at a reasonable price.
  24. User Name
    My fantasy team is a lot like the Red Sox. That is not a good thing.
  25. User Name
    He's saying you're wrong, and you are.
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