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well, i said on this site we would go 2-8 when they made the "big trade". you can look it up. i can't believe it.

some are whistling past the graveyard here. this is minor league. a shameful day. they will go 2-8 from here, if they are lucky. this is not rebuilding. this was a version of babe ruth meets tampa bay meets the mets

“that's really not the way we go about our stuff here. I'm sure he'll figure that out soon”. This quote is going to live for a long time, i think. To anyone objective, and i know we fans are not always so, this is the kind of comment that comes from a club with that strange culture known as “country club", where there are cliques and politics, and if players dont get there way, they lay down. not watching a lot of baseball this year, i couldn't help but notice as the first game on saturday was being played, how pedroia and ortiz and a couple of others were sort of huddled at one end of the dugout, having a very quiet conversation. no one goes near bobby during the game. ever. what valentine said was a clumsy attempt at motivation. what pedroia did was far worse. is the way that the leaders handle their stuff in boston to do exactly what they say they dont do? he did the same thing bobby v did. if he didnt know what bobby was doing, why didnt he ask, instead of speaking for the players in the media and making it an us against him situation. if that is leadership, it is bad leadership; not to mention telling the manager what he can do and not do and how he will do it. the country club never left the red sox, but the players that won the world series' did. what is left are injured, some over the hill, some green, and some mediocre. back to the future.

it seems there are a number of people here talking about NL rules and pitchers and what to do. yet i have not heard one thing that makes sense or at best would be appropriate. why do some fans think they know everything and more than a manager like bobby v?

when the injured return, things will turn around. if a team can do what happened to us in july, august, and september of last year, anything is possible. now if they can rally here for a win and continue to finish 64-37, they will have 93 wins on the season and make the playoffs. stranger things have happened and there is no ignoring the injuries, regardless of the current team loathing that i also feel, but hesitate to puke out insults

dragging these charts out to blame the umpire for losing is incredibly whiny. usually when a team wins a championship, fans realize just how good, lucky, and mentally strong a large number of players have to be to win. and after that championship, you should know that blaming the umpire when things dont go your way is a weak, piss-poor excuse. you have to find a way. this team's players should be ashamed for all their whining and it has been going on for a long time by some of the team's stars as well.

c'mon guys. 64 - 38 the rest of the way and we win 93 and are in the playoffs. maybe even win the division. the injuries will all be healed and the calvary will be here in a month. too early to be negative. go red sox

c'mon guys. 64 - 38 the rest of the way and we win 93 and are in the playoffs. maybe even win the division. the injuries will all be healed and the calvary will be here in a month. too early to be negative. go red sox!

the guys you have boosted as filling in well have been getting good pitches to hit. when those two get back, pitchers wont be able to continue pitching around pedroia and ortiz.

ells and crawford will make a big difference. the pitching is improved, but the lineup on the field right now is minor league

they only have to play 70-45 to win 93 games. that should make the playoffs.

i know a guy who is a bookie, will sell anything that "falls off a truck", drinks 3 six packs a day and drives constantly from one bar to another, sells a very great amount of fireworks, and has done all this for 50 years. he has been doing it for so long that he does not see anything wrong with it. beckett has the same mindset with his actions and like the guy i know, not many people agree that it is ok. those that defend him look at things in the same light.

33 strikeouts. 5 and a half innings. amazing

did a team ever hit into 4 double plays in 4 consecutive extra innings and win?

what did you expect with this lineup? this team needs to get healthy. it's early

13 of the first 21 batters for the sox did not swing the bat until they took a strike. ok, it's a strategy. but someone should tell bobby sox that the yankees are happy when their starters get to the 6th inning. you can't tire out starters that only goes 5+ innings.

since griffey threw left handed, the discussion is moot. underexstimating arod's atleticism is in [play though. and centerfield is a much easier position to play than shortstop.