Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> AL East:
> Boston - Pedro Martinez - maybe the best pitcher in history. Nomar
> Garciaparra - one of the ten best shortstops in history. Manny Ramirez - a
> Hall of Fame caliber right fielder. This team _should_ be good. It has the
> misfortune of trying to compete with New York, having a GM with people
> skills that make George Steinbrenner look like Mother Teresa, a history of
> disfunctional clubhouse cultures, and so on. Give Billy Beane this team and
> the Yankees would be eating his dust in 5 years. But it's not happening
> with Dan Duquette. A good team, but (like the 1996 Seattle Mariners) one
> that just doesn't have the supporting cast in place, and nothing to speak of
> in the farm system to try and play with.
What do you think of Boston now that Duquette is gone? Or is it too
early to make any predictions based just on his firing?
Julia
