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we don't have the budget. in order to do such a thing, the available seats in the park would have to be divided to accommodate two humans.
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Makes little difference. I could go with whatever.
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Lets go!
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Hey don't laugh. if we can have cardboard cutouts of fans in the seats, what to hey, bring back Dick and give him a shot. I have seen some past Sox managers whom I thought could be outdone by a cardboard cutout or even a mannequin in the dugout.
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Hmm - yes i did say those words. I don't think I said anything about plantations and people owning players. Those are your thoughts and words - keep them to yourself please. I really don't like to be dragged into anyone's personal gutter.
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If you can somehow deduce from what I said that there is any association with a plantation philosophy or is an implication that owners of teams owned players , then clearly you have an agenda which is fairly easy to figure out. Your comment is pathetic. You are twisting what I said to meet a perverted view of what I said. I will stand by my comment that many professional athletes are "soft" and grossly overpaid. I'm ok with you disagreeing with me but please don't twist what I said for your own reading pleasure.
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Where did this post even come from? Plantation owners - really? Please don't read something in to my comments that just isn't there. Notin does that already lol. I believe that respect is earned and often it is confused as fear for those who really are soft in my estimation. The good ones understand what discipline is all about and actually want to see it enforced. I am so sick of people doing this - read it for what it is do not twist the meaning of very simply stated words. Actually I do not think that times have changed all that much. the most successful people and coaches still believe in may of the same ways of doings things that were done long before I became involved.
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Thank you - The landscape of professional sports has certainly changed over the years. Entertainment in general has taken on a societal role I think that I just do have a had time with. I like what Bird said - "just play the game".
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I would hope that they would do their due diligence and sign the players that they will need. if and when things return to anything that resembles normal, JH will have to put together a semi-quality team if he expects people to fill those tiny little seats again. it is going to be exciting to watch our young pitchers develop but that alone won't be enough to attract the average fan.
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The landscape is just so different today than it used to be. If the overpaid boobs don't happen to like you, guess what - it makes really no difference whether you are a good baseball manager or not, you are gone. I have lost a great deal of my passion for any type of professional sport because of this. Mangers today should be required to have degrees in counciling before applying for any available position. Mangers like Dick Williams of which there were many, would not survive today without dramatically changing their style to coincide with the "softness" that society requires.
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I wonder if I already knew that before I made the post.
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Dick Williams likely won't be coming through that door anytime soon.
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1967!!! Bob gibson
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I watched Feebles in Portland. Leave him where he is. I'm glad that it appears that Bloom gets the nod when it comes to selecting the next manager. I suppose Cora continues to be a potential candidate but in some ways I do think that a fresh start would be a great idea. Let Bloom do his job. I would like to see someone though with a little managerial experience get the nod.
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silly comment
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I guess that I can understand your comment with respect to Maddon but with DD really? I never got the impression of self importance coming from him. I thought that he handled himself very professionally. A long way from a self-important twit.
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There are likely very few people outside of the most ardent supporters of Ben Cherington who want to blame someone else for the bad decisions that he made while in charge. Lucchino always served as an adequate scapegoat for those who think that they are sure that they know how all of these guys operate.
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it really is a done deal. Some interesting posts to read today. It seems that in hindsight there is at least a little agreement thinking that we likely would not have accomplished what we did without the trades made by DD. it also seems that some feel that if none of the trades were made we might be better today than we currently are but still not all that good. Most seem to think that our farm system would look stronger. This is where things get interesting for me. If your farm does not develop the quality that it takes to win, then trades need to be made. That is one of the purposes the farm serves. Stockpiling mediocrity just isn't good enough. pretty sure Bloom knows this just as well as he knows that we are in a search for quality pitching.
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Can you get away with posting this here? You clearly have not been educated with respect to what this one man did to destroy all of the hard work of the GM's that came before him. lol He did an excellent job for us and I think that Bloom likely will as well.
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Oh notin now I can't help myself - a softball lobbed perfectly into my minimal power zone. Almost everybody on here is trying to save JH some money. "Talksox Forum" has fiscal soundness as a top priority! lol
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Oh notin just stop. I'm not angry with you or anyone else. If being called a jackass is offensive to you, I apologize. In my frenzied little circle of friends, it is a term of endearment.
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Obviously i posted that comment to see if you Dombrowski haters, which you indeed are, would take the bait. Honestly I hope that bloom succeeds. i'm just not quite ready to give him the keys to the palace just yet simply because it appears that his philosophy with respect to dealing with a small market franchise coincides with yours. Now you suggesting that I ignore history of any kind crosses the line and puts you squarely in "jackass" sights. It's my lane so to speak. For the record, I'm not even sure why Dombrowski's name keeps coming up. I think that you haters would be better off if you just let it go.
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It is pretty obvious what the sentiment seems to be on this board as to how and how much money the red sox should be willing to spend for any and all contracts. That fact is fairly clear but I will say that if one of blooms goals is to make us more consistently good , I would suggest that he is simply adopting the philosophy of every GM that we have had for some time now. We have been consistently good. There remain many ways to skin a cat. I will continue to be that guy who doesn't really think that John Henry is as concerned about his play money as the rest of you. We will see i guess what the off season brings.
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Oh and for the record although I did like the Price signing, but sure as s*** I would have far preferred a John Lester reup.
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I love the guy and love the fact that he was signed to a new contract. It is not always simply about the money. As for E-Rod, just a few years ago the highest projection for him was that he might become a solid number 2 starter. I was and have been a big supporter but the people who expect more out of him I think will be disappointed. #2 maybe and that isn't bad but his mentality says that he ain't no ace. He is just not tough enough physically as well as mentally.