Given everything that has happened, why would any decent free agent want to play in Boston unless they grossly overpay for him? I think that is going to be the biggest issue we face in the offseason.
Marc On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Charles Battikha <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Ray, the feeling of disgust is wide spread. > > Selling of tickets may indeed be impacted. But first, we need to see what > happens in next couple months. > We need GM, Manager, and some large, gutsy off season moves. > > I'm not sure how we keep Lackey and Beckett after this meltdown. > Is the new GM/Manager going to have the guts to not sign Ortiz for crazy $? > How do we sign Elsbury? Do we want to? > How do we sign Paps? Especially given that Bard didn't rise in the later > part of the season. > > How the off season trades/signings go will go a long way to either > re-enforcing my disgust or getting me back on the bus. > > Right now I'm off the bus. I don't see how I spend $200+ for a day at the > park x 4-5 times over a year after this season's betrayal. That's a lot of > money to invest in a loser. Dumping good money after bad. And that was what > it feels like now. Betrayal. In other seasons where we've had failures, it > felt different in that we all were in the same boat - players, managers, > and fans. That we all were disappointed. Now, it's just us the fans. > > > -- 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.
