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ok - and every other GM before him for everything that didn't work out positively. The beat goes on.
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Much as i did this past year, yes I did lose interest in watching them wallow in the lowdown. "There will always be years that we don't make the postseason" - really Slasher i did not realize that. I thought that everyone must think that me wanting them to stay competitive meant that nothing short of a title would make me happy. lol Sounds to me like you are thinking that it might be ok to lose now in order to strengthen an always unpredictable future. I don't agree. When you stop trying to better yourself, you are a loser.
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Just thought that I would try on that embellishing thing for size. I know exactly what is being said here. I just don't think that there is much reason to feel that the team may put plans of progressing on hold for a few years just to build up the bank. In the event that that does happen or even looks like it might be happening, they will lose fans.
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I had a pretty good idea what he meant.
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so the suggestion is that the Sox will now become a small market team ...?
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I really do hope that you are wrong. if you are right , it will cost the franchise many fans. Me of course being one. I really don't watch much tv but this team has provided great entertainment for me for a long time. Any stinker years at all going forward won't make it for me. Good luck.
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you know me by now notin, i'm just fascinated in general.
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There is a real fascination on this board with the thought of the Red Sox resetting in the near future. i don't tend to think much about these types of things personally. Speaking as a simple fan, you can call it whatever you like, but if I sense that this team is willing to lose so that they think and assume that they can better themselves going forward, I will not be on board. i love the team but that pill would be too much for me to swallow. To not continually be looking to improve right now, goes against my lifelong approach to anything athletically related. Spending money does not always equate to winning for sure but dumping players simply for salary purposes stinks i think. Good decisions have to be made in an attempt to improve.
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I tend to agree with you and i hope that you are right.
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My feelings exactly.
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The key for me here is that I don't know that a perception of our team being highly competitive as opposed to competitive makes much of a difference. being competitive always gives us a chance. Many teams that enter a season considered highly competitive just don't get the job done.
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I think that one of the obvious financial goals that this team has is to stay under the cap. I do not think that it is the primary goal nor do I think that it should be. With that being said, it might be possible that our GM and management feels that trading either Martinez, Betts or whoever else might make us more competetive than we are now based on the return.
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i've always liked Porcello in a #4 role. I'm glad for him that he won a Cy Young but it didn't change my mind with the overall opinion. i would like to see him back in Boston but I don't know if they are willing to afford him. I read somewhere that the suggested cost to sign him would likely be around 11 million. There are going to be more teams interested in him I think than may people expect. he is too healthy and consistent not to demand some interest. A bidding war for his services is apt to exempt the Sox.
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I think that the majority of fans would be extremely surprised if both Betts and Martinez were not in the lineup. i think that the ultimate goal remains to win games not to save money. Moves might be made but I'm betting that they will be made with an eye toward improving our team now.
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Regardless of what our budget conscious folks think, I doubt seriously that this franchise will accept going in to a season thinking that it is ever ok feeling that they won't be able to compete but it's all good because in a year or two we'll be back. Realistic or not, you better have hope. Sale says that there is no doubt that he will be ready to go in the spring. He is an ace and he is ours. I think that it is a little early to be negative about what the immediate future holds.
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Favorite Red Sox Decade This Century
cp176 replied to 5GoldGlovesOF,75's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Glad you posted this. The Yankee series in 04 is absolutely the only thing that in my mind could top that '67 season. We listened to every game and watched the ones we could. We were captivated by this amazing team. -
Throw enough ---- against the wall and see if something sticks!
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We agree notin. is that even legal?
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Favorite Red Sox Decade This Century
cp176 replied to 5GoldGlovesOF,75's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
00-09 of course gets the nod but I loved me the decade of the 70's! Truth be told though, I had my most amount of fun with baseball during the decade of the 60's. It is not all about winning the gold ring for me. it's as much about the hunt where I come from. -
You have described me here. I am not one who wants us to suck ever. Winning it all is never a given as a matter of fact I'm thinking that the odds are against it. Thinking that we have a chance every year, keeps me young.
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Athletically Imo there remains 0 question as to who the better athlete is was and will be going forward - Moncada. I have said that since the day I saw them standing side by side. it was more about a positional thing i think. it would be a bit of a joke to say that Beni was comparable athletically to Moncada. NO WAY. Did we trade the right guy at that time? Of course we did.
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I'm not sure I totally agree. I think that there will likely be quite a few regulars so to speak who might certainly be waiting and watching to see what ownership decides. Ticket prices are already quite costly for decent seats. Maybe it is worth it to some regardless of the product I guess.
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I think that the majority of fans are supportive of whoever the GM is. In this case, ours comes with a very good portfolio. Doing next to nothing this year might even be acceptable to most but giving Betts away regardless of how it gets spun - yup - I agree with your statement that it might very well cause an uproar from the faithfull.
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Pomeranz's second half pleases me greatly (right Slasher). I was a big fan of the initial trade. His success now does not surprise me. Big kid, big arm, youth was on his side.
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hard to imagine this one considering our history of producing top quality starters year after year - omg what forever shall we do