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Sweet Valentine! The saga of the 2012 Boston Red Sox

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Priceless said:
Bowden was out of options and was DFA anyway. Odds are that someone would have picked him up for nothing on the waiver wire. So at least the Red Sox got something...

Best part of the rainout is that the Red Sox can't lose! I hear the staff is still going to play Sweet Caroline at about 11:30 anyway.
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well yeah, i think all of cherington's moves have been pretty good value so far. they got rid of people that were no longer part of their plans and received pretty good major league pieces for them. but i still question the move to waste his options in the first place. also that they could have tried to grab another arm - even if it wouldnt help them right away. serious lack of pitching depth in their system.

though weiland could be a guy they gave up too soon on.
 
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Marlon Byrd says he's eager to play in the post season for the first time in his career...so I guess he's already demanding a trade...
 
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Sounds like this next series is between two teams with no pitching. Should be fun.
 
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Priceless said:
If I was John Henry...

Dump Larry Lucchino. Trade Beckett and Youkilis because they are clubhouse cancers. Either tell Ben Cherington the Red Sox are his baby, or get a GM you trust to do the job. That means when you tell him to hire a manager and he finds a manager he wants to hire, you don't take his balls and stuff them in a jar. You hire the freaking manager.
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Disagree big time with the Lucchino comment. I agree mostly with the rest of it. This team has a culture of whining and aside from Pedroia doesn't seem to care if they lose. That's one reason I was sorry to see Papelbon go. The guy cared. Ownership needs to make a statement that Valentine is running the team and can discipline players as he sees fit. I too cringed when he retracted his correct comments calling out Youk. Either Youkilis is going to stop missing games for hangnails and paper cuts or he should be shipped off. If a guy can play QB with a broken rib in a much more violent game than baseball, then this idiot can get out there and give the team 130 games a year. I could also live with dealing Beckett. What I don't know is if that would change Lester or Bucholtz behavior any. Were I Valentine I would have benched Pedroia for a game believe it or not for contradicting him to the press. Shut up and play ball already.

Cherrington is on a short leash. I don't like the team he put together. Too thin at starting pitcher and in the bullpen. If money was a concern, okay you let Papelbon walk. Its not for the Sox so sign him. That's cascaded to the rest of the team. The set up man is needed in the rotation (really, who takes Bard's place every 5th game?), the long relief man is the closer, and a bunch of journeymen are manning the rest of the spots. That's on the GM, not the manager. They didn't address any of the critical issues in the offseason (RF, C, SS, back end of the rotation, outfield depth) and created one (Closer).
 
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Priceless said:
I'm done with this team until things change.
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I started the season this way and, aside from a few small moments of conversation when something else awful happens, I'm continuing this attitude until further notice.
 
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Game tied 5-5 bottom of 8th
Morales relieves Lester
Triple
bounce out
Bard in
Line out
Intentional walk
pop out to short

Ross homers to give the Sox a 6-5 lead. So do you bring in Aceves or leave Bard in, who was throwing gas @ 95+ to close it out?

Acevas - or AvGas to his many fans is now in.

MIRACLE!!! he saved it!!!!
 
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what happened there?? nesn was still trying to sell coffee and we missed action
 
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Avgas trying to give Valentine a heart attack.
 
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Of all the second quessing that Valentine has received the choice to start Aviles at short has so far been
a great one. With Elsbury down he done a great job filling in at leadoff
 
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Cat lover said:
Of all the second quessing that Valentine has received the choice to start Aviles at short has so far been
a great one. With Elsbury down he done a great job filling in at leadoff
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I'm happy to see some pushback in the usually idiotic local press about blaming Valentine for everything. The guy can't go out there and pitch. Aside from apologizing for rightfully calling out the Youkilis' of the world, I don't have a problem with how the guy is managing.
 
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Can Boston show us all up, sweep another road series, and get above .500?

Is Beckett still an ace in anyone's mind but his own?

This afternoon could be fun. Who'd have thought it a couple weeks ago?
 
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amherstblackbear said:
Can Boston show us all up, sweep another road series, and get above .500?

Is Beckett still an ace in anyone's mind but his own?

This afternoon could be fun. Who'd have thought it a couple weeks ago?
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TONS of fun. Currently being no-hit against!
 
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Scarlet said:
TONS of fun. Currently being no-hit against!
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Looks like the effect of our collective negativity had worn off until that post. :D

Runners on 2nd and 3rd now.

So on that note . . . at least if they lose, they won't have made Youk exert himself more than he wanted.


edit: BAM! rbi hit for Ross. Too bad Punto is next. He sucks.
 
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Is this a Bridge Year?

Bridge-To-Nowhere.jpg
 
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I give Cook credit for coming back out and pitching after a nasty gash on his leg. Showed more balls than the rest of those wimps. Can't believe how lazy this team is. Can anybody on the staff pick up the team with a complete game? How about 8 innings, one earned run or something like that? Unreal.
 
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Yesterday marked the first time both teams used position players since 1925 when Ty Cobb and George Sisler took the hill.
It was also the first time a Red Sox cleanup hitter went 0-8 at the plate. The low point for Gonzalez was getting struck out by a position player with two runners on and no one out. But it was God's Will, so that excuses it. Hopefully God becomes a Gonzalez fan again soon...

On the bright side, they did play Sweet Caroline to yet another *cough* sellout crowd.
 
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My only hope for optimism is that they don't determine the playoff participants until after the last day of the season.

Priceless - The sellout "streak" is becoming a joke. I can remember when my Dad was flabbergasted that the Sox played to 90% of capacity in the late 70's. NOBODY did that back then.

The Indians are in town on Thursday night -- good seats are still available. Loge 132 Row MM $35 for 2 seats.
 
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