[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
I have a hard time seeing Boston not making it next year, [/quote]
Dude, Hell hath thawed. The sox are going, and quickly, back to foreverasecondteircontender.jpg, and all is right in the world.
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Haha, at least ticket prices will drop… hopefully.
lolz been reading about the Red Sox drama this year, this is what I found:
Here are all the sordid and largely speculated details:
Josh Beckett, Jon Lester and John Lackey spent their off-nights drinking beer in the clubhouse and eating chicken and biscuits, rather than cheering on their teammates;
Several starting pitchers ignored pleas from training staff to stay in shape;
Along with worries over a new contract, Terry Franconaâ??s prescription drug abuse, marital problems and nervousness for his son serving overseas distracted him from his duties as manager;
Jason Varitek was a lame duck captain who took no leadership role in the clubhouse;
David Ortiz acted as a disruption, committing two public acts of selfishness down the stretch;
Kevin Youkilis and Jacoby Ellsburyâ??s feud from last season made them both distant with the rest of the team;
Adrian Gonzalez didnâ??t accept a leadership role on the team;
Theo Epstein didnâ??t do enough to shore up the pitching staff and spent too much money on Carl Crawford; and
Ownership was obviously distracted from the Red Sox by its several other ventures, including most unforgivably, soccer.
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I think this fire sale because of what happened is foolish. I know bostonistas call for heads every time something doesn’t go their way but who the hell are they going to get to replace these guys that are definitely better? Epstein I think isn’t that big a deal, it’s easy to be a GM when you have deep pockets, but who’s going to replace Tito? He’s the only manager alive that was ever able to take this team to the WS and win it.
I blame the players. I think they are going to be luke warm next year.
