We've gone over Theo's free agent failings a few times on this list. He's clearly had more success with players he's acquired through trade (like Gonzalez.)
But the free agents we've brought in behave as if they've already scored their payday and no longer have to compete. Why is that? Is it a failure of Theo to understand their personalities or make up? Or does the fault lie with Tito? His steady management served this franchise well in our early years when there was no shortage of frenetic energy, but have we gone too far in the "talent will win out in the end" mentality? I'm not sure what the answer is.But I'll amend with my blame assignments of a few weeks ago. Players deserve the bulk but I'm splitting the remainder evenly between Theo and Tito. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected] > wrote: > Why Youk? To me, try to milk another year or two from him at 3B while > looking down the road for a replacement, at which point he slides in at DH > to replace Papi. > > -- Matt > > *From:* William Marino <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:10 AM > *Subject:* RE: Can we finally fix the pitching this year > > Who goes and who stays for next year? > > Tito? (stays) > > Theo? (goes—other than Gonzales (who a trained monkey would have signed), > give me a good signing he’s made) > > Youk? (goes) > > Pap? (goes) > > Bard? (stays) > > Jacoby? (stays, hopefully) > > Lackey (burn him) > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Can we finally fix the pitching this year > > The horrible month of September. > > The Sox scored the third most runs in the majors: 135 > The Sox came in next to last in runs allowed: 161 > > Of course, pythogorean says we should have won 10, not 6. > > Ray > > > > > -- > Author of Confessions of a Good > Mother<http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Good-Mother-ebook/dp/B005LSR57W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315785606&sr=8-1>: > The story of an assassin and mom who struggles with life balance issues. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
