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HanRam's early season power outage isn't anything new. Young had a slow start last year as well. Betts has had a slow start due to illness and has already shown signs of life, not worried about him. It's still very early and our pitching should only get better as the season goes on. I'm going to hold off too much of my own judgement until end of May.

ok that was pretty funny;)

It's impossible to prove either way. Bottom line, he's not that good of a manager. He'll be the first to go if this team doesn't start playing like they should.

or maybe they don't want to play for a manager that headhunts?

Is this game gonna get rained out as well?

Well, I agree to disagree then. To begin with, I don't think the bad slide was intentional. Therefore, I don't think retaliation was necessary. Pedroia has always been a straight shooter, a leader, a player that hustles and gives his all on the field, has always stuck up for his teammates on and off the field, one might say a Dirt Dog even (yes that was for you Slash ). There's simply zero track record of Pedroia as anything else. So if he's upset about how something is handled, I'm going to take note. I'm not going to bash him to appease some silly peer pressure. BTW, I hate the O's too.

Thanks Miss Cleo and your butterfly effect. But what if this brought world peace at the end??? LOL

Yes I watched it and "drill" is an exaggeration.

You're right, good friends, because they CARE SO MUCH, usually wait two whole days. Come on dude. You're better than that.

Evidently texting doesn't work, 'cause he already tried that Friday

If Pedroia was upset about the slide or heck, said nothing about it at all. Then yes, retaliate. But he went out of his way to communicate that it was taken care of. It was over. And then we still retaliated. That doesn't scream "we are one" either, hate to tell ya'.

#FilthyShenanigans

*filthy shenanigans

I really don't know what shenanigans they pull in the locker room, so it's hard for me to say.

Yeah, 'cause all situations are the same. Mob mentality... rah rah rah

Unfortunately no, he'd just grow bigger in other places. It's a widely believed fact.

If ERod wanted to hit him, he'd have hit him.

No, mainly just Farrell (& Barnes of course) i would guess. Everyone else seemed to listen to Pedroia.

I was thinking self-cannibalism. One would think self-cannibalism would void any contract. Fffff***in' .... godamn.... capitalism.

Headline: Pedroia protects future teamate

Is it really a sprain? I'd check for bite marks.

Let's trade Price for Machado

But is there a cure, doctor?

You have poor taste in women

I think what most people are missing out of all this is that Pedroia and Machado are.... wait for it.....FRIENDS. If something similar happened with Ortiz and Torii Hunter, I wouldn't be surprised if Ortiz handled it the same way Pedroia did. Here's another thing most are missing. Pedroia already handled the situation himself, that night. He didn't need the Red Sox to, evidently, go behind his back two days later and re-handle it for him. Think about your everyday life or business even. You have a perceived problem or misunderstanding with a client or a family member. You address the issue personally and solve it. A few days go by and other family members or business partners take it upon themselves to get involved after you put an end to the issue. After you made it known that it wasn't an issue anymore or wasn't to begin with. You'd be pissed right? I know I'd be pissed. The Red Sox went against Pedroia's wishes, that were in fact publicly stated, to let it go. It's kinda hard to take back a public statement paraphrasing " I talked to him, we're friends and it's baseball, let it go". The Red Sox didn't have his back. They ignored him and reveled in typical mob-mentality b.s. hiding behind a "We got your back, bro" facade.