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  1. 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.
  2. 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?
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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."
  10. 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."
  11. 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?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom was also indecisive in sergeant, in corporal, in private first class, and in deserter.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and more -- who else but Tris Houses argues with the ball when it's crossing the damn plate!
  14. 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?).
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Uh... Chaim? Pink slip!
  16. 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.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Then it's not happening, because Congress can never agree on anything.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, neither are the Red Sox -- they already cut Trey Ball, dumped Jay Broome, traded Lars Anderson, and made Middlebrooks an announcer.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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