No, it was a gem. A 3 year contract for one of the best closers in history, and only the first 2 years, and $24 million, was guaranteed?
Come on, that's a gem all the way.
I'm with mvp. Boggs is my all-time least favorite Red Sox player of any note. I even dislike Clemens less than Boggs.
I have to admit that I would like Boggs better if we had won it in 1986. Which may not be fair, I realize.
Relax, swami. They already said that re-setting is a goal, not a mandate.
And even if they do re-set, it's not mandatory to punt 2020.
Plus E-Rod can be dealt at the deadline or next offseason if they choose.
There are a lot of options. You know very well they're not trading him this offseason.
Poor Kershaw. One of the great careers, but he'll be haunted by postseason nightmares. Especially this one, I think. He blew the season for them, no way around it.
If you want to do a straight-up comparison between Ben and DD, you have to include a comp of the team's record for their 4 years.
Ben - 1 title + 3 last place
DD - 1 title + 2 divisions + 1 3rd place
Decimated means destroyed. It's not generally used to refer to a resource that has been utilized to advantage.
Sticking with the farm analogy, when farmers harvest their crops they don't usually call that 'decimating' their farm.
Semantics, perhaps, but I think we all know what we're talking about here.