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  1. cp176
    JD Martinez will be just fine.
  2. cp176
    I'm not sure that it signifies a massive change of any kind just yet either. Personally I liked Benintendi much more as an amateur player than I did as a professional one (just my personal opinion) and I think that paying JBJ 12 million a year to hit what .240 (I also know that batting average means very little to most these days), would have been a big time overpay regardless of how many baseballs he was able to keep in the ballpark. Actually I think that losing a player like Jackie hurts as much in the character and overall attitude department as much as anywhere. He is one of the good guys.
  3. cp176
    it has been very frustrating for me to watch the dismantling of this team in general for sure although I do understand a couple of the moves. Benintenid's glove in my estimation had nothing to do with why we might have kept him. he was decent but I think that it was about his bat not his glove. Although i will forever be a JBJ fan, I don't think that paying him 12 million per made any sense at all but I am glad that he did not suffer a cut in pay. Losing Betts is pathetic in my estimation. Now, if Duran continues to look like he has looked which is better than just about everybody else going forward, I would put him in center field and enjoy the show.
  4. cp176
    i'm wondering if there were any other racist owners living during that time?
  5. cp176
    Evidently we now know who won't be roaming around out there in cf for the Sox when this season begins. JBJ of course was a favorite for many of us. Wish that he could have hit just a little bit better. looks like he will get the money he wants from someone else. Good for him and good luck to him. time to move on.
  6. cp176
    He does look good. Big and strong. Should be fun watching him progress.
  7. cp176
    Well there have been numerous changes for sure but all seem to be positive moves hopefully leading to the same goal. Sounds to me like there have been numerous good character signings. That works for me. I'll get to know them I think. We all might be surprised.
  8. cp176
    i know right. In 1997, there weren't all that many automatically operated generators in people's homes. The quiet was only broken by the sound of the ice melting from the limbs of many of the birches most days. We survived it well and actually kind of enjoyed the break we got from pace of life.
  9. cp176
    Our little family of four plus the dogs and cats lived in two of the rooms in our home neither of which smelled particularly good for 16 days without power. Not a problem for me actually. it was somewhat eerie. As quiet as I can ever remember.
  10. cp176
    It's the cliff boss it's the cliff. Normally i would say that these types of discussions will end when the season begins but in this case, i don't know. Bloom deserves a chance of course but all of the accolades being heaped on him by some here are unearned. I wish that people would just wait until he actually does something significant before declaring him the chosen one. other than trying to save money for the big boss, his moves really haven't shown any particular finesse or shrewdness. Lastly, if he fails to do anything to significantly help this team, it can't be blamed on anyone else. That is what losers do. Losers balme others for what they cannot get done.
  11. cp176
    I've moved on. None of the deals done to date this year give me the quivers.
  12. cp176
    It's not that I am enamored of his methodology so much, I just like to win. Or I actually should qualify that and say I like a team that keeps my interest level up throughout the summer months. I have never been a wait til next year kind of guy which does seem to be an attitude that I have seen here. Continued non stop bitching about what someone thinks someone else did in the past doesn't work for me.
  13. cp176
    That is what I am talking about notin and you know that I am serious.
  14. cp176
    I know right - I was trying to lighten the mood but in fact I brought up the name of the dark man from the past.
  15. cp176
    Thanks - I am among the ill informed. Currently I am not familiar with many of the recent signees.
  16. cp176
    who
  17. cp176
    Everyone of these deals Bloom has made is because of the inept stupidity of DD. Man if had never been hired we likely would have become the Yankees of the 20's and 30's. I'm so excited right now for the next generation of Red Sox fans.
  18. cp176
    and all of a sudden the Red Sox franchise is broke. i'm a fan and yup I'm pissed but I'm not sure that anybody other than me really cares. I probably will stay tuned a bit but watching the way this "rebuild" is working to date, ain't working for me. Thankfully I have a very very talented little 9 year old playing some AAU baseball this season. That I will enjoy watching.
  19. cp176
    Im feeling pretty much like you are right now. I do think that I will watch them when Houck or Pivetta take the mound. if or when? Cordero may produce or he may not but if someone simply says that winning will bring the lost fans back, I'm not so sure. Receiving 5 players for one is meaningless if none of the 5 standout maybe just a little bit. Stockpiling a whole bunch of minor league players has been tried. It really isn't much fun to watch.
  20. cp176
    you bet!!!
  21. cp176
    i will never ever forget that summer and fall (67) - getting my driver's license was one thing but the SOX. Transistor radios stuck to the ear on hot muggy August nights. Youth I guess as much as anything.
  22. cp176
    Those late 60 era teams easily represented the most exciting times to watch baseball in general for me. No question at all. When Billy Rohr just about had the no hitter that spring highlighted by Yaz's catch to last weekend when we were all glued to radios and tvs anticipating what was going to happen - concluding with that easy pop up catch by Rico. "the impossible dream"-
  23. cp176
    Jim Lonborg - Tony Conigliaro - George Scott - Mike Andrews - Reggie Smith - Rico Petrocelli - and a new an improved version of Captain Carl
  24. cp176
    The journey is what makes the season. Those teams that almost won and in some cases maybe should have won provided us with some of the most entertaining seasons that I have seen in my lifetime. I agree with you.
  25. cp176
    Betts left that much we know. Would more money have kept him in Boston? Who knows. he left! When he left, the Red Sox lost their face of the franchise player. They lost someone who might well end up being considered one of the best of all time. It continues to befuddle me as to how any franchise would not do just about anything that they possibly could to keep a player of this caliber in town. Personally I know that I can't do anything about this different approach the Red Sox have headed in although I really don't care for it. I do feel that Bloom deserves a chance but the moves that have been made so far really aren't sending shivers of hope up and down my spine. I likely will sort of follow them I guess. I certainly won't be taking the time to go to Fenway to watch them. I just don't fine them particularly interesting right now.
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