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  1. Old Red
    True, and how bad will the booth be next year with Eck not around? I haven’t been impressed with this years tryout candidates.
  2. Old Red
    REM Dawg was home grown, and one of a kind. Not so great in the beginning, but Ned Martin pulled him along, and he got better, and better especially with Donny O.
  3. Old Red
    The Red Sox have unbiased commentators?
  4. Old Red
    The Braves who won it all last year, and had a good BP still went out a signed a good closer in the offseason.
  5. Old Red
    Agree you have to have the starting rotation to get you to a good BP to be worth something.
  6. Old Red
    Agree, and losing all three to me would be total disaster on the field, and off?
  7. Old Red
    Like Eck said last night. If you don’t have a good BP you have nothing.
  8. Old Red
    Ok we basically agree. I don’t care about the budget mainly, because of the high, high ticket prices. That may be a wrong way to look at it, but I’ve felt that way for years.
  9. Old Red
    Who is giving up on Bello? He wasn’t ready to be brought up, and is going through growing pains. I agree on a third pitch.
  10. Old Red
    Who said spending $40M is no different from $60, or $90M who? Who is pretending there is no budget restrictions on Bloom who? Some just don’t care, and use that as an excuse the Red Sox are a losing team, and in last place in the Div.
  11. Old Red
    Ok I understand that JH has a budget, but I just don’t worry about it. It’s not like he can’t afford to go over the lux tax, and that’s how I look at it, but I do get it man.
  12. Old Red
    It’s the whole sum of the team that went to the postseason last year that Bloom tinkered with this year like JBJ for Renfroe, and not resigning Schwarber that made the team worse off, and not just how much Renfroe would have made a difference this year.
  13. Old Red
    Agree 100%. I don’t like $300M+ contracts, but on the other hand I could care less if JH had to shell out $500M for payroll. I don’t know why some worry about JH money. I sure JH doesn’t worry when any fan shells out big money for a ticket.
  14. Old Red
    And some on here were so worried that while he’s was worth $3M he would not be worth $7M, and he wouldn’t be able to duplicate, or come close to his numbers from last year. Also that JBJ would be better than he was last year. JBJ didn’t hit 160, but still sucked with the bat.
  15. Old Red
    Or a different, and better place to shop.
  16. Old Red
    Understood.
  17. Old Red
    I’ve seen it a lot worse, and usually gloom, and doom starts at the first sign of trouble.
  18. Old Red
    The point being that this team should have had a reliable closer on DAY 1, and then if you had one, and two reliable setup men would be the best way to go. I referenced the Twins in the first post, because that’s what they have done, and I wasn’t talking about the Red Sox current situation at the deadline.
  19. Old Red
    Which it is what it should be when the team is 5 games under 500. Last in the division, and 9 games back in the L column for the last Wildcard spot.
  20. Old Red
    Duran hasn’t pitched in more than 1 inning since Jul 16th like 16 appearances ago, which was before they picked up Lopez to close. No one was saying to trade for Lopez, but just to have a reliable closer, and 2 good setup men. God forbid if we had to give up a top 10 suspect from the farm to get something.
  21. Old Red
    They have been playing this since day 1, and yes it’s on the manager. He has to do more than just keep saying we have to play better, which he’s done 100 times already this year.
  22. Old Red
    I’d be more excited if we had someone other than Bloom to deal with the flexibility, and resources. Did Kennedy sound like a bad politician?
  23. Old Red
    I hope Bloom saw the game last night, and the backend of the Twins BP. A setup man in the 7th, a setup man in the 8th, and a actual closer in the 9th. To. Me that’s the way to do it. Guys who throw 1 inning at a time, and 98-103. Wow! Hey it’s nice to be able to throw 2 innings at a time but the Twins way to me is the best way.
  24. Old Red
    Wow! How low can this team go? 5 games under 500 7 games back in the L column for last place 9 games back in the L column for last wild card spot
  25. Old Red
    Or looked at the standings?
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