On the other hand, my faith in my understanding of baseball is restored. A the end of last season, we were presented with the idea that a highly talented baseball team could collapse due to nothing but the manager's loss of control of some of the veterans along with some beer and chicken.
Francona and Theo threw around a lot of bullshit about "not fighting for each other on the field" and such, and how the Sox needed a new voice. They didn't. What the Sox needed was for Dice-K, Lackey, and Crawford to deliver the goods. They needed Youk and Pedroia to be healthy. The needed players who could physically do the job, and the didn't have them. The Red Sox didn't lose because Francona lost his connection to the players. Francona lost his connection to the players because the team was losing. These guys were being force-fed a giant reality sandwich and they didn't like it. This myth that a bad clubhouse killed the club allowed us to believe that a new manager and a group of penitent pitchers would solve the problem. But it can't because the problem is that we don't have Dice K, Lackey, or Crawford in the lineup. We let Papelbon go, hired a new closer, and saw that guy go on the DL. We're left with a middlin' team that will score a ton of runs (perhaps more than any other team) but will probably not make the playoffs and certainly can't beat Playoff pitching. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > Not only did we become the Yankees but we proved that being the Yankees > isn't as easy as it looks. > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It's had a tangible effect for a while now, starting in the off-season >> when they refrained from spending to fill holes. >> >> The pertinent question now is: Do you believe the management team in >> place can fix the problem? I'm not convinced. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ray Salemi <[email protected]> >> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> *Cc:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:34 PM >> *Subject:* Reaping what we've sown >> >> I think it's clear that the money wasted on Lackey, Dice-K, and Crawford >> is now having a tangible effect. This team is no longer an elite World >> Series caliber team. >> >> -- >> 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 redsoxcitizens+ >> [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.
