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  1. 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.
  2. 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."
  3. 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."
  4. 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?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom was also indecisive in sergeant, in corporal, in private first class, and in deserter.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and more -- who else but Tris Houses argues with the ball when it's crossing the damn plate!
  7. 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?).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Uh... Chaim? Pink slip!
  9. 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.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Then it's not happening, because Congress can never agree on anything.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Great line, Max. Teammates also can't block for each other or slap the pitcher's arm to weaken the pitch. Baseball is the sum deeds of isolated individuals.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd rather trade Duran and keep Rafaela. Both are speed burners who showed a lot of pop in the minors. But one has struggled to become even an adequate defender, while the other has been touted by opposing scouts as a future Gold Glover. A team with deplorable D needs to consider every edge if it wants to improve.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Sox do the right thing and bring in a GM from outside the org, the new regime may give certain players one more year to prove (and improve) themselves, before making radical changes. That very much includes Chaim Bloom players like Story, Yoshida and Verdugo -- contracts be damned. JH and Co. know that part of the revamping might require eating some money and cutting a lot of losses from their annual 5th-placers.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And don't forget, the '04 Cursebreakers had a GM who actually did something to make the club much better on D at the trade deadline... those numbers reflect overall seasons, but the Sox improved in the second half with acquired Gold Gloves at shortstop and at first base (the latter in later innings).
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, neither are the Red Sox -- they already cut Trey Ball, dumped Jay Broome, traded Lars Anderson, and made Middlebrooks an announcer.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This has been the unspoken truth behind most non-moves of the Bloom Era. If guys are hurt, just wait until they return from the IL. Sale will be back soon, againandagainandagain, and Paxton, Whitlock, Houck, Eovaldi, ERod, Hill, Wacha, Braiser/Taylor/OrtOrtOrt. Schwarber's coming, as soon as his leg heals, and Story will be here, as soon as it's too late to unlose all those early games... That's life in the slow lane. Imagine George Steinbrenner's Yankees suffering an injury to a key guy, and not replacing him in the line-up or on the pitching staff with at least a bonafide big leaguer. Those bad old New Yorkers would never wait around for injured players to return so they could contend again.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The thing about the years of control that some forget is that their best years just might be now. Athletic bodies mainly age wastefully, unless enhanced.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In what has been a season of inconsistency, Devers just tied Jim Rice for most HRs in history by a Red Sox batter before turning 27. Rice fell off a cliff at about age 34 and still made the Hall of Fame. Their career on base, slugging and OPS are nearly identical... Raffy should be ok.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A lot of Larry Andersons, but no Bagwells. Pivetta has the most value so far, in that he has opened, closed (in the playoffs), bulked, and #5ed the rotation. Wink's had a decent season and Gambrell is finally getting enough sun and water, which may eventually win a deal for a big leaguer who once had better numbers (like most did when the MLB played juiceball). Abreu looks like he can play, but can he stay?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale was the last blockbuster Red Sox trade that Boston actually won: Dec. 16, 2016. That said, I'd like to place an order from harmony's menu. I'll take a #3 (Burnes), and either an #8 or #12 (Alcantara or Cease). I understand these transactions to be cashless, and shortstop-prospect-only.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There were a few of us the past deadline that thought the Sox could trade Paxton and still have just as much chance (or just as much no-chance, as it were) at making the playoffs. Not trading Paxton was right up there as one of the worst Bloom non-moves. He could've fetched maybe the best prospect Bloom could acquire in a trade in his four years -- just look at what other clubs gave up for starting pitchers who did not win AL Pitcher of the Month in June, like Paxton did. But alas, Paxton stayed, immediately burned out, and eventually went back on the IL with another injury -- like we all knew he would. Too late now.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Did you try shaking hands with Raffy or Tris Pitch-Speaker this summer?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Watching Montgomery last night; he'd be the perfect guy to add -- a lefty, not too old, not too expensive, throws an effective curveball, which induces lots of grounders. The only problem is that may not be ideal with a shaky defense behind him. Gotta wonder how radical the new regime shakes up the line-up... will they add a full-time second baseman? keep a .180-hitting shortstop? make changes on the corners -- or just assign Devers and Casas extra practice all winter?
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Awesome -- take the Mass Pike to Fenway and $140 million dollars!
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nice quip -- glad to see you joining the rest of us, consigned to the helpless humor of our situation with this club right now. I've never been on board with the Story signing, and don't expect he'll become an offensive star ever again. But looking at his best years -- 2018-2020 -- may give us hope. While always a K machine, Story's .909 OPS had to be boosted by Colorado's thin air... but did such conditions really help his .292 batting average? Grounders or line drives wouldn't be affected much, though maybe Trevor's fly balls eluded outfielders more often in Denver? (researchers: consult your spray charts)
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