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Is this Ricky Henderson or mvp?
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really - two knuckle heads - tolerable but still knuckle heads lol
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I would not trade Mayer
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I do believe that he has limits. You can obviously see what a ruckus it causes here every time I say that he has no budgetary limits. Only a complete moron would think that he doesn't. why do you think I say it? I will add though that people who think that they might know or even suggest what his limits might be are no different than the people who think that he can afford the world. Their opinions are no better nor are they worse than any others. You stated everything properly!
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Well for the record boys i do and did know what a strawman argument is. It is an expression that is used so frequently that I don't use it. As for the word decimate with respect to what numerous posters on here have said, I don't feel the need to look back to specifically name them. DD did not decimate anything when the word is used to connote what I think it is meant to connote here. If someone wants to think that he just wiped us out with respect to our fresh young talent by trading a bunch of really average players for the most part, it is their prerogative. i choose to not believe that at all. I'm willing of course to give Bloom more time well knowing that my opinion much like most of yours means 0. I also absolutely believe that he has a long way to go to even be comparable in terms of accomplishments to the man he replaced. Remember though also, I agree with very few of you when you start gong on about how much money JH is and will be willing to spend to keep the franchise moving.
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Are you going to splurge on the 10 dollar seats or what? I only got there once this year - it was a treat. If I lived closer to Portland, I would be a seasons ticket holder.
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You folks do know that this was just my weak attempt at humor right?
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Has this been documented? who said such a thing and why? Do you have any written proof that it's the fans that have screwed this up? If you do then I say fire the fans. No one should be allowed in to Fenway Park without first signing a note saying that they forever support all decisions of the front office. As a token show of friendship the Red Sox will offer no one a contract for longer than two years as well as never signing a player who has reached the age of 30. All trades must be approved by the small group of loyal fans who are allowed in to the ball park.
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I do not actually know what is meant by straw man? Do you think that the people on this forum who actually used the word decimated have finally come around or what? I sure hope so.
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plus I was trying to provide another line of communication that didn't involve him fighting with red. lol
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I don't disagree with much of what you say here notin. It is the method that I question. it is possible that we could have kept all of those guys and remained average for a long long time too. Sometimes I guess it can be risky to take big leaps but many times it is worth it. What's a guy to do? We are likely to find out soon what kind of leadership we can expect from Bloom.
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and you are so right. If you were where I am I'd buy you a beer or two or 18. Rational thought is just not acceptable. We'd have a good time even though chronologically I'm a bit older than you.
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Just checking here but hope you know that I'm one of the guys who thinks that even the thought that DD might have decimated the farm is a bunch of ********.
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From my perspective, your post works perfectly. I agree. I spend a little too much time on the fringes with respect to many of these arguments here. It is for sure something to do. I do tend to get hot and bothered when some claim that they have a clue as to what any plan might be. If someone was to interview for the position of GM for the Boston Red Sox and was asked as to what their plan might be and the response was to build up the farm over the next 4 to 7 years so that the franchise would be successful moving forward and the next person simply said to win, I think that it is highly likely that if you want to survive financially you go with candidate B. I realize that nothing really is that simple.
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Our farm system was a long way from being decimated for sure. Anytime any trade is made someone could claim that the farm was for sure weakened. Trades get made some are bigger deals than others. The ones that DD made were for the most part excellent and made our team better. We look at a lot of things from a hindsight perspective here. I do as well but constantly whining about everything bad that Dave Dombrowski did is as ridiculous as making it sound as though Chaim Bloom is an incredible farm builder. Jury is still out. I hope that he is. I guess adding people to the rosters is a good thing in the long run. But on the other hand whining about things sometimes is just a good outlet for a fan who doesn't have much to look forward to unless they are willing to wait 4-7 years right. lol Bloom is the guy in charge and I think deserves to be supported at least for now.
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I'm certainly not patient enough to wait 4 to 7 years for anything. I'm actually not as sure as many that Bloom knows as much about farm building that some think he is. I think that Dombrowski obviously has proven that he knew what he was doing time and time again. We will see how Bloom fares going forward.
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Important to know your audience. i'm a conservative. obviously I don't understand a lot. I just don't get it.
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hmmm thanks for that
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You and your extensive comments are just too far beyond me to understand oh wise one. i'll just keep trying to follow along. lmao I was able to figure out what that little clutch of letters means. That must count for something in my world.
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I kind of agree with this and have alluded to it before. I think that Bogaerts deserves to play on a winning team. I think that it is going to be very difficult for this team to become competitive overnight. Maybe but I doubt it.
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I'm sure that clutch examples exist for sure but that really isn't what we are talking about now is it? There are people who exist even outside of baseball if you get my drift here who have an innate ability to perform better in high pressure situations than most. In your world it might not be analytically measurably but in the minds of most oh yeah it does exist.
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Coming through when it counts the most is a good definition of clutch.
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not a bad glove either. let's hope that he is the real deal.
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It is all well and good to state what we think Bloom's philosophy is I guess and most of what is said sounds real good for the long term. The problem as I see it is that we really don't know what his plans are. I know that I certainly don't. I haven't talked to him lately. I just see a team that is going to need a massive turn around to be competitive moving forward.
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I think that you are likely fairly accurate with this assumption for next year. Looks to me like we are in trouble.