Generally lukewarm on Bill Simmons, but this says it all: "Their body language grew progressively worse as the month dragged on, with their manager seeming more hopeless and desperate than anyone. They blew basic baseball plays, botched fly balls, dropped relay throws, ended games by getting caught stealing, threw meatballs, bitched at each other, admitted to being scared … you name it, they did it. They choked away Game 162 by getting three guys thrown out on the basepaths, by blowing a 3-2 lead in the ninth, by botching a season-deciding fly ball, by letting Chris Davis, Nolan Reimold and Robert Andino beat them with two outs in the ninth. You can't say it was unbelievable, because, actually, it was totally believable. This was a mercy killing. At least that's what I will keep telling myself. The 2011 Red Sox needed to go away. And they did."
________________________________ From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Can we finally fix the pitching this year I agree. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: I think we give ourselves too much credit in the "Playing in Boston" thing. What are we, superhuman? New York would be much tougher. > > >If there is a "Playing in Boston" problem then that rests on Francona. He's >supposed to counteract that. It's his only job. > > > >On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >Not sure that's fair. If Lackey or Crawford just kept their career averages >we'd be in far better moods. >> >> >>Theo shares blame, sure. But these free agents aren't performing. >> >> >>And let's look at this playing in Boston thing a bit. This isn't the 80s and >>90s. This is far from a rabid, hypercritical fanbase. We've been pretty >>fairly fat and happy and have given struggling players a good deal of >>support. >> >> >> >> >> >>On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>I absolutely don't buy the "I got my payday" theory. These guys are ultra >>competitive and hate to lose regardless of the money. >>> >>> >>>The fault for this year lands squarely on Theo Epstein for creating a >>>vintage 1970's Sox team with vintage 1970's results. >>> >>> >>>-- >>>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. >> > > > >-- > >Author of Confessions of a Good Mother: The story of an assassin and mom who >struggles with life balance issues. > -- > >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.
