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  1. dannycater
    Sox had Schilling (money invested to win), Foulke, Manny, Pedro, Lowe, Varitek, Damon...the team was loaded, not the '25 Sox who are relying on 75-year-old Story, and a bunch of kids on offense...who seem to be in love with having Refsnyder be the model Sox---the platoon hitter...one narrative by Globe writer--it frees up the DH!!! LOL...they had the DH--a full time one who produces at All-Star level, age 28. Now we get to see today's Carl Crawford and Pablo Sandoval return in Yoshida (what an awful signing, also reminded of Rusney way back--ugh) and having Story be the Sox SS for year(not plural) to come.
  2. dannycater
    No, he's the guy who the franchise invested money in and told him he's our 3rd baseman. That was what he bargained for, and yes while his defense was questionable, the way everything has been handled from Breslow's terrible communication skills (Devers should speak in English or learn language--separate issue) to the about face the Sox made the moment Travis got injured--he may not be the "good guy" but he isn't the bad guy you and others will portray and use as a narrative.
  3. dannycater
    You can bet the Giants fans are buying Devers Giants jerseys asap. Great acquisition
  4. dannycater
    LMFAO...hey he didn't put a gun to anyone's head...you can always say no, you are a Sox.
  5. dannycater
    Well don't forget the famous Nomar/Manny was this close to being traded and ARod was coming to town. Agreed multiple things going on, but I'm pretty sure Theo indicated that it was Nomar's defense that concerned him the most when he pulled off the trade. That was the overriding reason to get Cabrera...and it worked.
  6. dannycater
    That is the time honored tradition of all chatrooms...Sox and B's...for some reason you get rid of marquee players or game-changers or stars--and somehow that is a good thing and justified based on "actions" of players or even quotes, or even "body language." Whatever, this trade blows..completely mis-timed---Sox lead major sports in bad timing.
  7. dannycater
    I was also at game 2 of the 2004 AL Division series v. Angels. I went to Fenway earlier in the year on a return visit to Boston saw Nomar return from his injury, so Pokie Reese hit an actual home run. I was also at games 3 and 4 at the 1986 ALCS and skipped the Hendu game that my Dad offered to take me too...I miss when the Sox had guys you love to watch and guys who were top players in MLB--apparently the new mantra is act like a small market team or worse act like a poorly run big market. I got to see Yaz, Tiant (my favorite players), Conigliaro, Lynn and Rice Rookie season, Boggs, Dewey, Rocket, Hurst, Pedro, Manny (best right-handed hitter I've ever seen in person), etc, got excited about the "future" in Betts, Beni, Bradley Jr, Bogie...we had Eavoldi--nah, don't want guys like that..Betts nah. Devers nah.
  8. dannycater
    So funny irony. I was at that game 5...in the outfield bleachers by RF foul pole. And I used to be a regular in the Globe Sox room, then here...and then I hadn't been in here in years...and then sure enough the Devers trade.
  9. dannycater
    Devers went full circle...homers off then Yankmes Chapman makes him a media darling...Chapman comes to Sox...Devers HR v. Yankmes...traded. His Sox career revolved around his performance v. Yankmes often.
  10. dannycater
    The entire Nomar issue was range...that was it...he didn't have the range anymore, the Sox felt they needed a defensive-strong SS and then they got him in Cabrera. I was upset when it happened, but that was Theo--and that guy seemed to often push the right buttons. He was ahead of the curve pre-season of 2004 and during.
  11. dannycater
    He won't be the last opt out either..free agents will opt out of considering the Sox as a potental location...nah, they will sign for millions and millions no matter where that location is--but I wouldn't come to Sox if I wanted to win 2025 or 2026.
  12. dannycater
    Yaz didn't run out balls sometimes at Devers age...he would have been traded in 1970 to 1972 had the current regime been in charge.
  13. dannycater
    LOL, right.
  14. dannycater
    Here is my realistic take of the 2025 Red Sox...bad franchise, only caring about a future that seems to be like kicking the can down the road. You want to pay a guy Devers money and then tell him we don't care for your fielding, then tell him nah, now we need you to field, then paint him as some clubhouse issue or whatever they want to do--the answer isn't giving up on him and trading him for basically nothing. It's the Sox way of things, when everything is going well, find a way to screw it up, take the feel good away. I went from finally getting excited a bit about the '25 Sox with Anthony/Mayer/Bello/Crochet and a return of Bregman to what's the point? Hard to remain a fan when the franchise is run by guys who tell Jim Rice you are not giving our talent the right hitting philosophy. Devers is the team's best hitter and one of the few reasons to come to a Sox game or watch it on TV--always a swing away from hitting a bomb.
  15. dannycater
    All-Star MVP to puts team in a bind...never a dull moment.
  16. dannycater
    Problem or maybe the difference between pre-Henry and now-Henry is that he established a win first mentality at least it seemed that way even if 2013 was just a bit of good chemistry and not collection of great players much but with great pitching and clutch veterans. Seemed certainly 04,07, and 18 were by products of spending money and having good to great players in the fold including the Killer B's outfield and having good pitching. But past-Henry was about winning to me even with some of the signing flops...this now-Henry is disappointing. It's like you established a big market, winning approach and then disbanded it. So it makes it worse.
  17. dannycater
    Absolutely. Hurt some of their better teams to not have the extra star pitcher, extra star hitter.
  18. dannycater
    I'm impressed that the small fan base in here keeps talking like the Sox are relevant. I used to follow the team religiously and then I realized Henry is treating this like a business only. I guess the price paid for past winning/success...not defending JH, just saying he killed it for a lot of long-time fans. Just killed the hopes/expectations and the star power. Wiped it out.
  19. dannycater
    JH made the Sox into a business...it won 4 titles to be the Best in the Business between 2004-2018. Then like some businesses, it only mattered that the logo on the product was more important than the quality on the field. Quality costs money. So Sox are a just a business now. Not taking away from what the baseball people are trying to do in Breslow and Cora...just they are hamstrung by this business model.
  20. dannycater
    The only way to answer JH not spending is fans need to stop going to Fenway and stop buying Sox merchandise, start buying PawSox stuff instead.
  21. dannycater
    Yes, everyone is happy with the Sox minor league system as so many are playing at the MLB level right now.
  22. dannycater
    Kind of enjoying this .500 squad...what's not to like, they got Devers...did I say they have Devers? They got the best foreign buy buck for buck in Yoshida..when did he last play again? What position? They dumped Sale in a great move to get rid of deadweight from rotation..8-2, 3.01 ERA and really that one bad start affected that mark..don't want that...but still have Story and his big contract...140 million got you 145 games, .229, 19 HR, 84 RBI...and thank our lucky stars we did get Verdugo (Yanks), Not Quite Jeter Downs, and Wong (at least he matches up for starpower) for Betts. That was brilliance not paying him and saving money for Story. Again, what's not to like for Sox. The environment has changed with Cora showing that 2018 was not a one-hit wonder for him. Anyway, Go Sox!
  23. dannycater
    Heathcliff Slocumb save....I don't have to explain that to some of you...others look him up.
  24. dannycater
    Believe it or not, I did.
  25. dannycater
    LOL, of course 3 home runs....too funny. Always seems to happen that way.
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