Well, if we look at Crawford, for example, he played for what, 9 years in Tampa which - even last night, with the Yankees in town and everything at stake - was maybe 50% full. Maybe. Contrast that with Boston, playing in front of a full house every night, in a small city where every move is scrutinized, where you probably can't go out much if you want any privacy, where everything is new in terms of your personal life, where guys like Dan Shaughnessy are asking stupid questions and writing stupid columns about
curses every time the Sox lose 3 games in a row... Yeah, these are professional, highly-paid athletes who are coddled and protected as much as possible, but they are human. I just think the change to everything in your life HAS to have some effect, and it seems reasonable to me that it might take some time - maybe even a year - to get used to it. All made worse by big contracts hanging over the head. This is not to excuse Theo for signings like Lackey, Dice-K, etc, that haven't panned out like he thought. Just stating what I think happens in many of these cases. Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:16 PM Subject: Re: Can we finally fix the pitching this year I think we give ourselves too much credit in the "Playing in Boston" thing. What are we, superhuman? New York would be much tougher. If there is a "Playing in Boston" problem then that rests on Francona. He's supposed to counteract that. It's his only job. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: Not sure that's fair. If Lackey or Crawford just kept their career averages we'd be in far better moods. > > >Theo shares blame, sure. But these free agents aren't performing. > > >And let's look at this playing in Boston thing a bit. This isn't the 80s and >90s. This is far from a rabid, hypercritical fanbase. We've been pretty fairly >fat and happy and have given struggling players a good deal of support. > > > > > >On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >I absolutely don't buy the "I got my payday" theory. These guys are ultra >competitive and hate to lose regardless of the money. >> >> >>The fault for this year lands squarely on Theo Epstein for creating a vintage >>1970's Sox team with vintage 1970's results. >> >> >> -- >>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. > -- Author of Confessions of a Good Mother: 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.
