Does anyone dispute that "playing in Boston" is an actual trait?
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected] > wrote: > This leads me to a question for the esteemed board: > > The proposition is: Theo fails to take into account the challenge of > playing in Boston when he cuts free agent deals: > > Exhibit A: Orlando Cabrera. Was immediately comfortable with team and town. > Theo ignored that and signed Renteria, whom he'd longlusted after. Didn't go > well. (And I know there were other issues there.) > > Exhibit B: Jason Bay. Maybe an overrated player, but he worked in Boston. > Theo's two attempts to fill the LF gap (Mike Cameron to CF, Ellsbury to LF; > Crawford) have been disasters. > > Exhibit C: Alex Gonzalez. Had two productive stints with Sox, pushed out by > Theo both times --first for Julio Lugo (catastrophe) and then for Marco > Scutaro, who's been useful but less productive for more money than > Gonzalez. > > Exhibit D: Lackey. Not sure anyone expected him to be this bad but the > guy's always been a head case. The Angels didn't seem too broken up by his > departure. > > And I haven't even gone into JD Drew... > > -- Matt > > > > *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2011 11:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: Yay! Beer! > > We'll have to eat his salary as we did with Renteria. > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Marc Lederman > <[email protected]>wrote: > > But given Lackey's horrendous season, how can we expect anybody to take him > off our hands? The best that we can hope for is he rebounds enough for > someone else to want him. > > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > D-bag, dirtbag, knucklehead...they all apply. > > I'm trying to be fair. We don't know the whole story, but this guy does not > handle adversity well. He needs the next Renteria Express out of here. He > can't handle Boston. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
