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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Just like I can't fault Cora for making in-game moves when he knows his players' status day-to-day -- while I'm just a detached observer -- then I guess I should give Bloom the same benefit of the doubt for the new players he acquires and for the ones he doesn't. I will give Bloom credit for picking up a few complementary players who have exceeded their past baseball card feats... even if they weren't major impact guys, the sum of the whole is the goal. But when ex-Sox-turned-media members like Merloni wonder the same as fans how a CBO goes into a season without a bullpen or 1st baseman (like '22) or shortstop or starting rotation ('23, preseason or deadline), it confirms other concerns. Leaving glaring holes unfilled is just glaring in Boston -- and there's just no disputing it -- whether it's the fault of ownership or the front office...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The thing is -- and this has been stated by posters you view in let's say, different contexts -- a GM of any Big League team is judged by most fans of said Big League team on the records and standings of that Big League team. Would you even agree that is true? And by most, can I say at least 51% of the fans?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    On McGuire's very next AB, he did the exact same thing -- run the chalk line like he was taking a DUI test -- but this time he dove head-first straight into the bag. SAFE! The throw came from the other direction, so that must make it ok to violate all rules of fan comprehension...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB Top 100 prospects just updated. Mayer #13, Anthony #37...Rafaela #78, Teel #88... Bleis is MIA (not in Miami). The Yankees have zero in the top #78. Jays only have two in the top 100. But the Orioles have four guys in the top 28, six in the top 55. Tampa has three middle infielders in the top 36; still?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Freaking hypocrites. They love not loving, and hate hating. Can't we all just, like, like...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We need someone good at building a Mr. Potato Head. At least no upside down mustaches.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd like anyone who has ever umped at any level to explain that call on McGuire last night. I saw it live and watched the replay three times, and he ran directly down the chalk line through the middle of the bag at first base. If that's a violation of any kind, then everything we've ever been taught or have coached on baserunning has been wrong our entire lives. The obligation has always been on the defense to compensate in order to get the out and not hit the runner with the throw -- just like when the first baseman lines up a throw from the catcher on a sac bunt and yells, "Inside!" or if the first baseman is throwing to second trying to start a 3-6-3 DP.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What are we waiting for!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm glad you included Pablo -- tonight's leadoff batter!
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe... is it possible that batting statistics in Worcester are just a tad inflated due to park dimensions and jet stream conditions? For instance, Dalbec is a 4A monster this year, and legend has it, he hit one 515 feet. That's like 258 minor leaguers away from home plate (one of them hopping on one foot)! Rafaela is also CRUSHING it (as Youk says), but for those fans wondering what's taking the Sox so long to call him up, I just assume the front office is keeping a Woo perspective on progress.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That bites. But he's such "an elite athlete" we should expect him to make the proper adjustments... ... except this is hardball, where the hardest thing to do in sports is hit a baseball. Or in the immortal words of the mortal John Kruk: "I'm not an athlete, lady -- I'm a ballplayer."
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    NESN announcers noting "rust"... For the few fastballs Story has missed, ok... (gotta get that bat hanging down the back of the shoulder up in time) But for the dozen sliders down and away that he's missed by two feet -- no different than last year. Perhaps batting him 3rd in the order is adding more pressure initially. It doesn't help a desperate team if he drags down the middle of the order... maybe everyone would be better served with him hitting 6th or 7th.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thank you for contributing to the thread. MLB.com just today also cited Cespedes' rep "earning praise for his baseball IQ and work ethic." Adding a guy with those attributes seems even more important for a franchise with a big league roster marred by players making the dubious decisions we've seen on defense and on the basepaths this season.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right or wrong, if another pandemic started picking off baseball execs, these obits would be likely today -- JH: "Won 4 WS as Red Sox owner".... CB: "Traded Mookie Betts" And Bloom had to know and agree to that idea when taking the job... thus, the pressure on himself to finally win a title
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pivetta pitching lights out.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This has been my main criticism since Year 1. I think building the farm is very much a GM's job, so I refuse to give any guy too much credit in this area -- unless more than 20% of any year's harvest makes the Show (counter to the estimated 80% of all pro "prospects" who don't make it). The trick is building a good MLB roster, blending acquisitions from all avenues to produce a consistent quality club that usually wins more games than it loses. Chaim has not done that yet -- so we just don't know if he can... or how long (or how much) ownership will give him to prove himself.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even if ownership is happy Bloom didn't blow money or prospect capital going for it, they can't be glad he didn't optimize more expiring assets before they're gone... two deadlines in a row, now.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Moon, can you see how these can sound contradictory? As Sox fans, we're all disappointed... and all on this forum together. No one is happy to root for a last place team. Some of us just express our angst in more graphic ways than others, but no one here should be disparaged from fellow fans for also feeling down about what we've witnessed during the Bloom Era on the parent MLB club that plays in Boston. Some of us deal with it by wise-cracking. At least we have takes. Unfortunately, there are others who are so bitter they waste their posts mocking soxtalkers, using adjectives to insult. Maybe they could work on their own takes on the Red Sox... or at least mix in some vivid verbs along with their cliches (at least something that didn't get George Carlin banned by the FCC).
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know. Football's the enemy.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I had a girlfriend who I was really close to, and we cared a lot about the same things, but she hasn't been around much for the past four years. I heard she's been spending more time with European soccer guys, and hockey players, even race-car drivers. But I know she'll be back. How can she resist? I just know it. You'll see...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, I'm saying you didn't read my post about building "next year's Red Sox"... not next year's Drive or Seadogs or WooSox. I wasn't referring to drafts or farm development at all. But as a fan of a mediocre major league club the past four years, I'd just like to see Boston's big league team fill any future holes with established MLB players who regularly play those positions. Marwin's not a leftfielder, Arroyo's not a rightfielder, Schwarber's not a first baseman, and Franchy's not a big leaguer anywhere on defense. Some will also argue Kike's not a shortstop and Duvall isn't a centerfielder, because those aren't their best positions, either. Bloom didn't invent square pegs in round holes. But in the past when we saw Hanley stumbling around in LF or Swihart getting injured and hurting his career out there, it seemed more outrageous. Now there are so many guys bumping into each other, misjudging plays and throwing to no one, fans are just inured... it's easier to just change the channel.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No matter who they decide to let build next year's Red Sox, he or she better start with the basics. Recruit fundamentally sound players for the positions they actually play -- if you need a centerfielder or shortstop or catcher who can actually catch and throw the damn baseball, then go get guys who are legitimate big league players at those spots. NO MORE versatile utility types who the front office thinks can move to those positions because they played there once in college or high school or Legion or Little League. If you need starting pitchers, go get one or two or three. NO MORE castoff DFAed relievers who the front office thinks can open (because they can't close). I know, imagine we fans figuring out a better approach for the offseason. We must remember more baseball than the young analysts in the front office ever forgot...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The CBO of a big market sports team builds a roster that annually produces the worst record in its division... ... then brags about being the underdogs?
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Do it today, John Henry.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He'll give Bloom the two most valuable assets an asshat could want: versatility and control. But he can't pitch.
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