It's a monster of their own creation, called the "sell-out streak", in which they do all sorts of machinations to continue the "streak", not limited to crazy FA signings... I suspect they are working overtime to try and maintain it these days, with a listless, mostly indifferent team that seems to view success as getting over .500 - then allowing themselves to slip right back again.
I'm actually thankful that they will be on the road during my annual August vacation on The Cape, so I won't be tempted to waste my money seeing them in Fenway. Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 5:20 PM Subject: Theo's theory Speaking of anemic. There was an article in the Herald in which Theo was supposed to lay out where he thinks the Sox went wrong. The article is 98% fluff, but there was one nugget. Theo suggests the the high profile signings of Lackey and Crawford were driven by a need to win now. He seems to suggest that these were overreaching moves. I have trouble with that idea. I think that we expect a team like the Sox to make occasional big free agents moves. It just so happens that they weren't very good at that kind of maneuver. Ray -- 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.
