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  1. cp176
    Really ? - I'm not saying that you might not be right but I've always considered him at the top of the food chain so to speak. Without him as our owner, we do not accomplish what we have accomplished. i can't be alone with respect to my thinking.
  2. cp176
    +!+!+!
  3. cp176
    I think that you are right for sure but i also think that Cora has had a big say as to who the players are that are coming to Boston. I absolutely think that he knows what a winner looks like. I think he had a pretty good idea that once he got everything squared away, which included allowing Hanley to walk, that he had a team of battlers that could and would get along. I think that Cora is tougher than people tend to think he is. He doesn't strike me as the "loosey goosey lets just go out there and have some fun kind of players manager" that some people could think he is. All of these guys are professionals. They are all pretty good at what they do. Finding the right guys is the hard job. It is ok to overpay for players sometimes but you better make sure what they are made of mentally before you sign them. looks like the no prima donna rule applies here and to me that says winner now and going forward.
  4. cp176
    I think that it is really interesting that we had the highest payroll in the game but a great deal of that money was forked out to players who were not playing for us. The only reason I mention this is because we get brow beaten about the size of the payroll but in terms of what we actually got for it, I wonder where that puts us with respect to other teams. Our data compilation experts I'm sure could tell us the answer in a New York minute. (had to add that one)
  5. cp176
    Oh you know you and I will argue about lots of other stuff going forward. lol From the looks of things, John Henry liked this team a lot too. That is probably the most important thing.
  6. cp176
    Francona for the most part did a wonderful job for us. He was what people called "a player's manager"- whatever that might mean to any individual. Cora has been referred to as to being "a player's manager" as well. I think that he is as well but I don't see any idiots playing for him. He knows what types of players he wants and can work with. I like that very much. It is as much to do with attitude as it is with actual talent.
  7. cp176
    Smith sealed his deal a long time ago by throwing the glove and blaming the coaching staff for his latest injury. He does not fit the current Red Sox mold - no fools. I think that even though Cora seems extremely nice and polite, he has a great voice in who plays for this team. He gets it.
  8. cp176
    That friggin Dombrowski! He has ruined our future. lol
  9. cp176
    That doesn't make Price a bad person. Makes him intelligent. Like I said, I still like him, but I don't think that he is coming back to hang with us fans and the Boston media. He shouldn't have opted out and obviously he didn't. I'll bet on the fact that he wasn't going to get abetter offer foramen else. I'm glad he is coming back. As for me - teacher, pay scale, didn't make much money, had fun.
  10. cp176
    have we heard this before - With respect to David Price (God bless him for what he has done), it is all about the $. End of story. There is no way anyone was going to pay him what What Boston is paying him. I'm sure that he is happy that fans seem to love him now but seriously, it is all about the $ with him. I still like him a lot though.
  11. cp176
    I think that he comes back fine next year and seriously if Chris Sale has a fastball that tops out at 95 or 96 mph combined with the rest of the nasty s*** he throws, suiters will line up to sign him. They probably won't even care a whole lot whether some of our posters think that he is too light, too tall, or even too fragile. He can and likely will continue pitching at a high level for some time. I hope that it is with Boston. We need players like him. WINNERS
  12. cp176
    The comparison GM thing just keeps on giving. We currently have at the helm as good a GM as there is in baseball. That works for me. I am overjoyed that he came along when he did. Our future is in good hands.
  13. cp176
    Come on stop that! You think that there are people posting here who aren't wasting their time? I am I understand that for sure but it is kind of fun some of the time. lol There must be a few people out there - anyone who thinks that he might opt out this contract - who don't realize that David Price is an intelligent man.
  14. cp176
    Is it just me or would I have found it next to impossible to choose the MVP- Any number of players could have received it. Price I guess would have been my pick but I really don't think one player should have been singled out from this team. It isn't particularly important for sure but the principle of even having this award for this team this year doesn't seem to fit.
  15. cp176
    you do realize what you have done now right?
  16. cp176
    Smoltz's expertise is narrow?
  17. cp176
    Be well Max it has been fun.
  18. cp176
    I'm thinking that maybe they should have just had cheverolet keep the truck and gone with the classic - team MVP - often times it doesn't fit, this time it did. Total team effort.
  19. cp176
    I have noticed this about you Slasher! I like that. I make at least one mistake everyday so personally I'm kind of used to admitting that I'm wrong much of the time. Now about that crow - How do you prefer yours? fried, baked, broiled, or just raw. The reason I have to date never eaten one is that the crows were always smarter then I was when I used to hunt. It has been a fun posting year for me and I am just about ready to take a little break!
  20. cp176
    It should have been aimed at me. It is odd how when the last game was coming to its end, I actually kept hoping any ball in the infield would be hit at Devers. I was as happy for that kid as I was for anybody. We are going to suffer a letdown soon with no Sox to follow.
  21. cp176
    !!!
  22. cp176
    Seriously Hitch - Have I said that to you one time this year? lol Enjoy the moment. I think that we all have one big thing in common - We love this team.
  23. cp176
    You are right! It isn't about being superior though. I don't care about that. Moon lays over me with his knowledge of these types of issues. I am guilty of looking ahead I guess and maybe not enjoying the moment like I should. When the last game is over, you go to work on the next season. That is pretty much me and I have total faith that our franchise is in good hands. But once again you are right.
  24. cp176
    You are something my friend!!! Can you forgive DD for the pomeranz trade yet? (just kidding - I couldn't help myself) This has been a great year for all of us. I bet we all have lost a loved one that we would have liked to have shared this team with. My grandfather and my mom would have watched every game! Win or lose, the Red Sox are a special team to love.
  25. cp176
    How about this one - Sale throws the first pitch and the last pitch of this season! APPROPRIATE
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