Tito's strength is the ability to keep 25 boy-men focused on the prize in a media-crazed town like Boston.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > Glad to see Tito keeping his sense of humor and perspective here. I think. > > Terry Collins of the Mets ripped his team last week after a game, saying > they basically lay down and rolled over. They are playing > for nothing. And they have played a lot better since he did that. Of > course, they have a much younger team than the Sox. But I'm > just sayin'. I am a Tito supporter, and not just because he has won 2 WS. I > think he is a very good manager, especially in the AL > which doesn't rely so much on in-game 'strategery' (not his strong point). > But I wonder some times if maybe a little Gatorade-jug > bashing might not be a bad thing. > > Of course, in the vein of his comment, if he were to do that, Gatorade > might splash in JD Drew's face and he'd be on the DL again. > > Dan D > Central NJ USA > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:51 AM > > *Subject:* Re: Time for apportioning of the blame > > Relax bro, if I was going to kill you it would have been when we shared a > room and I would have been charged as a minor. > > Now I'm going to have to settle for destroying you with thousands of tiny > cuts from my rapier-like wit. > > Honestly though, this team is something. A year ago, Ray lobbied for > blowing the thing up. I thought that as rash after one seasons, and given we > will win 90 it still may be too drastic. But we can't spend another > off-season counting on Lackey to save himself and count on Beckett having > another strong year. > > In Beckett's defense (and this is weak) his wife is due to deliver a baby > any day now. But that doesn't excuse the meltdown. It did afford Terry > Francona to make a kind of funny on the radio. "The way things are going for > us, when her water breaks one of our guys is going to slip on it and injure > themselves." > > Gross, but made me chuckle. > > He also told Ordway. "You and I have different agendas. Your agenda is to > have the phone lines light up. Mine is to win ball games. I'd have to say, > right now, you're doing better than I am." > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Blame? I'm assigning blame. > > I blame Tom for our chemistry. Yup. Tom is the hothead, and the one with > the vicious wit, and he has a tendency, at family events, to sit in the > corner and twirl a steak knife between his fingers muttering "Soon they'll > all be asleep." > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds like not much chemistry in the Salemi family...! ;-) > > I think it's way to early to hand out blame stickers. They are not dead > yet. Just playing really badly right now. > > Dan D > Central NJ USA > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:20 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Time for apportioning of the blame > > I'm not saying a pat on the back. I'm saying someone who can help them > relax a little bit so they don't drop flyballs that need to be caught or > make other silly gaffes. > > You're focusing on Crawford so I don't need to really refute that but a > 29-year-old doesn't age faster than expected. I'm not sure what that means. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sorry. I don't see that there is some sort of unique psychological > makeup for baseball players that enables a pat on the back from Dustin > Pedroia to make it all better and enable the person to hit. > > The Sox are injured, Crawford is aging faster than expected. I can't see > chemistry making that up. > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > And selling software is EXACTLY the same as playing baseball. > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have never successfully had a fellow employee remove pressure that I was > feeling due to my poor performance on a given day. > > So I don't see it even in that case. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think there is value in being the kind of player who can withstand the > lightning bolts that might char others and taking those for the team. > > I think you're refining my argument too much. I didn't say Pedroia can help > Crawford hit, but perhaps he can help relieve the pressure that's causing > other Sox to make stupid errors. > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Clubhouse leadership means nothing when it comes to hitting a baseball. > I've never understood this leadership argument. What do you really expect > Pedroia to do about Crawford being too slow to hit a fastball? > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > 30% goes to Theo Epstein - As I said earlier, his reasoning that the > starting pitching would right itself was reasonable. He bolstered the > bullpen and the offense with what seemed like wise moves at the time. > Crawford, Jenks, Wheeler, Gonzalez all seem like good moves. But three of > those four did not pan out and he also money up on the struggling Crawford. > I can't blame him for those players did, but he did pick them so he deserves > some of the blame. The injuries to Dice-K and Buchholz were not his fault, > and Doubront's failure to stay in shape has to be the players fault and his > fault alone. > BUT, we're supposed to be a player development machine, and I haven't seen > that. > > 20% to Terry Francona - I don't know. This might be too high. I'm not sure > what the manager can really do to ger major league players to play good > ball. One can question the Aceves move, but it's a close call. Plus he's > been pilloried by some for not using Papelbon in close eighth inning calls. > It's now clear why he does not do that. (Pap, you are NO Mariano Rivera.) > > 50% players - Let's face it. They're playing shit ball right now. The > answer lies within. Someone in that locker room needs to either jangle or > calm nerves, and no one is stepping up. No Damons. No Millars. We could even > use a Manny to take the heat off everyone else. But no one is doing it. > WHERE IS PEDROIA? WHERE IS YOUKILIS? WHERE IS PAPI? I know Gonzalez is the > new guy but that level of salary comes with some responsibilities to lead. > Can he do it? Crawford clearly can't. Ellsbury is a wonderful player but he > seems to have zero clout. 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