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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    None of 2020-23 was just Bloom's fault, but it all happened on his watch, when he occupied the top position in the front office. For all I know, he's a good guy, as are many of his colleagues in Sox management -- including those who had good reps for years before he was even hired. But unfortunately, those who remain employed by the Red Sox may also have to step aside if Henry and Co. are really intent on changing things. What I'm getting at is the new CBO/GM/JEFE/HONCHO probably needs to be hired from outside the org, and be allowed to bring in his/her own staff to run things. That may also mean a new manager and coaching staff on the field. Otherwise, fans should not expect all that much to change right away... and realize that Bloom's firing was just for show. But not The Show.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Damn soxprospects -- calling Teel carefree. Now all we need is Lars Anderson to teach him guitar lessons... if the ghost of Lou Gorman catches Teel playing "Box of Rain" on the team bus, he's going straight onto the trading block.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You'll never see me guys type any adjectives that disparage other posts. But now you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. No one said Bloom should have won a title or even more games than he lost in 2020. I merely pointed out the fact that in his first year -- the year HE, HIMSELF, signed, traded for or promoted TWENTY new players (20 in '20) who threw a pitch for the Boston Red Sox -- that the pitching staff set an all-time franchise low with the highest ERA in club history. It's a fact. And I seem to remember you, yourself, also stating at some point that the 2020 Sox pitchers were the worst you've ever seen as a fan. Please stick to your post yesterday when you literally typed, "I can't say anything" because it's "beyond discussing." Let it go. Just like the Sox let Bloom go.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The guy knew what he was getting into when he accepted the job. He even told us the truth when he said the Red Sox weren't going to be as good. And he did sign, trade for or add 20 new players who pitched for Boston in 2020 on a pitching staff with the worst Earned Run Average in franchise history -- that's 120 years. And it happened on his watch.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In 2020, new Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom acquired or promoted 20 new pitchers -- including three position players -- who threw at least one pitch. His pitching staff had the worst team ERA in franchise history. Perez, Mazza, Godley, Valdez, Brice, Springs, Osich, Covey, Kickham, Stock, Hart, Hall, Triggs, Leyer, Tapia, Houck, Pivetta, Lin, Plawecki, Peraza.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't know how anyone could possibly place blame on the chief officer of a ballclub that finishes 5th out of 5 teams in their division in 75 percent of the years he's in charge. Glad this is beyond discussion and there will be no more words on the topic, ever again.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've been watching just as long, and I am adamant that there has been no worse pitching and no worse defense than what we suffered through in the Bloom Era. The 2020 club had the worst ERA in team history. The bullpen had more blown saves 2019-2022 than any Red Sox team ever. The rotation threw less quality starts in each of the past four years than any other Sox staff in any season the past 100 years. Argue all you want about how the game has changed and how stats are deceiving, but numbers aren't opinions. As for defense, no data can do justice to the injustices we witnessed in 2023, because nobody knows for sure how many actual "errors" official scorers made on plays they somehow ruled as "hits" -- when we all know what we saw were called Es the past 100 years.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's see: last place three of four years = failure 75% of the time... if you fail 75% of your classes at Yale, you're not getting fitted for a cap and gown -- no matter how much new knowledge you have stored up in your brain for future use.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Post of the post-Bloom Era.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the insults won't be as pointed, and the metaphors will confuse, as our cognitive abilities fade. We'll call him Obama, caution against starting World War II, and confess to all sorts of crimes in order to defend past posts we've forgotten.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What if you went to a job interview, and the owners of the company gave this description of duties: "We want you to reduce payroll, cut overhead, fire overpriced employees, replace them with unemployed journeymen at first-step minimum wage, and develop a training program for entry-level recruits. We understand productivity will initially suffer, but we'll pay you a million dollars for four years, with the outside chance you'll be retained if somehow you can make this look good..." Would any applicant -- who has never held, but always aspired to, a position of such authority -- refuse or hold out for more money or years?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Has to be either Covid or the vaccine -- one or both must stunt the sense of smell, taste, and common. Or, like me, the owners have deviated septums (among other things).
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree with this entire post. That's why I think the quickest -- and safer budget way -- for a new boss to turn the Sox back into a contender is to trade prospects for good starting pitchers who may still be a year or two away from free agency, and then immediately extend the new #1 or #2 to longterm deals... (I realize that's living in the Pedro past, but if it happened once...) Never know -- maybe the idea of blowing out an elbow and losing a fleetload of mullah like Ohtani just did would appeal to an arm from the Brewers or Marlins.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The bad thing is Bloom's worst moves impacted one season in 2020, one season in 2021, one season in 2022, and one season in 2023. The worst thing about being a Red Sox fan in those seasons is if you were a Red Sox fan in those seasons. That will be the memory of this era for diehards in decades to come. Hopefully, someone like Roman Anthony -- not easy draft picks like Mayer or Teel -- will become a star, and improve the future legacy of Bloom in Boston.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pads and Orsillo were on MLB channel last night. Don was interviewing Snell live during game action. It was revealed that Nate Quickly has never pitched into the 8th inning in his big league career. Watching a double, he also yelled, "Go, Bogey!" to a teammate who leads all NL shortstops this year in OPS.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now does that make sense? ... maybe, if they each agree to one-year/$10M deals. Seriously, I can maybe see this franchise splurging on one pitcher at market rate. But I'd be shocked if these owners suddenly go Steinbrenner 2009 and blow a billion bucks on a CC/AJ/TEX winter. 2004 will be two decades old next season.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That was just the front office doing its duty to delay, deflect and distort. None of us believed them, but judging by announced attendance, they're still duping the dubious.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Most of us last spring - coming off another last-place finish - would've taken a season of staying in contention through the third week of September. We don't know Alex Cora's fate yet with this club, but don't forget he somehow used openers every other day for a month in July when the Sox played the best baseball in the majors, before upper management totally abandoned ship and mocked the roster they assembled as "underdogs."
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the new boss is hired from outside the org, it will be #1. If the new boss is an old guy/gal already working here, it will be, "The Sox sign both Flaherty and Lorenzen."
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But... Sam just said Red Sox fans deserve as many world championships as they can give us! Could it be we're just not as deserving anymore? Fess up: how many posters this year paid their dues (a couple of Benjis) for Bearclaw shirts, pink plastic trash bags to keep them dry and nourishing grilled cancer and peppers?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom was also indecisive in sergeant, in corporal, in private first class, and in deserter.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and more -- who else but Tris Houses argues with the ball when it's crossing the damn plate!
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm in on Gray, and actually don't expect anyone better... or for him to stay healthy by the end of his contract -- just like every other free agent pitcher since Wayne Garland signed with Cleveland for 10 years and $2.3 million! Cleveland! Can you believe it... (which Joe marred for all skeptics by emphasizing the wrong word; can you believe it?) Gray and Montgomery would be a major upgrade for a team with its eye on third-place in '24... that Sam Kennedy would never admit to, telling us the Sox are all in to bring a world championship to Boston (but which year, Sam?).
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Uh... Chaim? Pink slip!
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    DD didn't really sell off the farm, but just dug out all the weeds. And only a few of those ultimately made it into frisbees or gatefold album covers for actual cleanings.
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