Red Mosquito

Good stuff, lament.

They'd really take it over the top if they could bring back Sombrero Day too.

holy shit

cutuphalfdead wrote:holy shit

Best news I've heard today.

Sam Kennedy is now president, but will not be involved in baseball operations. So does Ben have more control? Can Allard Baird go too?

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:this blue jays/royals game is fun to watch

The guy I'm playing in fantasy this week has both Zobrist and Bautista so he has all the home runs today.

I couldn't watch yesterday's game, but Friday's was amazing. Should be fun today... and Price tomorrow!

elliseamos wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:holy shit

Best news I've heard today.

Sam Kennedy is now president, but will not be involved in baseball operations. So does Ben have more control? Can Allard Baird go too?

Lucchino might be a snake, but he was good at being a snake and the Red Sox will miss that. Anyone who thinks Cherington had anything to do with that Dodgers trade a few years ago is crazy, that was all Larry.

One thing I've found funny, all the Sox writers keep making remarks like this is not a surprise, worst kept secret, etc, etc. None of them had the story until yesterday, though.

numbers wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:holy shit

Best news I've heard today.

Sam Kennedy is now president, but will not be involved in baseball operations. So does Ben have more control? Can Allard Baird go too?

Lucchino might be a snake, but he was good at being a snake and the Red Sox will miss that. Anyone who thinks Cherington had anything to do with that Dodgers trade a few years ago is crazy, that was all Larry.

One thing I've found funny, all the Sox writers keep making remarks like this is not a surprise, worst kept secret, etc, etc. None of them had the story until yesterday, though.

Lucchino was also the one behind lowballing Lester, and the one who drove the negative PR campaigns against everyone who left

Chris_H_2 wrote:I really wish they would move the deadline back to August 15th

i wish they'd just get rid of it entirely; that's what the offseason is for.

i've hated the deadline ever since the blue jays picked up david cone in 1992.

MattA75 wrote:

numbers wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:holy shit

Best news I've heard today.

Sam Kennedy is now president, but will not be involved in baseball operations. So does Ben have more control? Can Allard Baird go too?

Lucchino might be a snake, but he was good at being a snake and the Red Sox will miss that. Anyone who thinks Cherington had anything to do with that Dodgers trade a few years ago is crazy, that was all Larry.

One thing I've found funny, all the Sox writers keep making remarks like this is not a surprise, worst kept secret, etc, etc. None of them had the story until yesterday, though.

Lucchino was also the one behind lowballing Lester, and the one who drove the negative PR campaigns against everyone who left

Looking at the Dodgers trade, how much of a part did Larry play in acquiring Gonzalez and Crawford to begin with? How about the decisions to go from Cabrera to Renteria to Lugo? Acquiring Beckett and Lowell worked out great for Larry, but why bring Hanley back now when he doesn't have a position? They finally get a solid season out of Lackey and then trade him a year early. And then there's the Lester negotiations which must have been the final straw.

Larry needed to step away from Baseball Ops a while ago, and hopefully this reorganization means baseball people (including Bill James) can have more influence for a change. I would love for this to provide a single direction for the team, but I'm sure Werner, Henry, and Stienberg will tinker and screw it up every other year.

I know there's plenty of bad that he was responsible for, but he was good to have around sometimes.

numbers wrote:I know there's plenty of bad that he was responsible for, but he was good to have around sometimes.

I'll choose to remember him for being part of the group that brought three world series titles to Boston. Beyond that, I'm going to look the other way (positives and negative).

Yesterday the Trout-Kershaw matchup was the first time two reigning MVP's faced off:
https://twitter.com/MLBGIFs/status/6275 ... 49/photo/1

MLB.tv makes me thankful that the Red Sox aren't on a Fox Sports or CSN owned network.

cutuphalfdead wrote:MLB.tv makes me thankful that the Red Sox aren't on a Fox Sports or CSN owned network.

Oh wow, so you can actually watch the Sox in Boston?

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:MLB.tv makes me thankful that the Red Sox aren't on a Fox Sports or CSN owned network.

Oh wow, so you can actually watch the Sox in Boston?

huh?

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:MLB.tv makes me thankful that the Red Sox aren't on a Fox Sports or CSN owned network.

Oh wow, so you can actually watch the Sox in Boston?

huh?

Red Sox games aren't blacked out on mlbtv for u?

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:MLB.tv makes me thankful that the Red Sox aren't on a Fox Sports or CSN owned network.

Oh wow, so you can actually watch the Sox in Boston?

huh?

Red Sox games aren't blacked out on mlbtv for u?

Yeah they are, but I watch those on tv.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:MLB.tv makes me thankful that the Red Sox aren't on a Fox Sports or CSN owned network.

Oh wow, so you can actually watch the Sox in Boston?

huh?

Red Sox games aren't blacked out on mlbtv for u?

Yeah they are, but I watch those on tv.

Are you simply referring to the coverage style?

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

spike wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:MLB.tv makes me thankful that the Red Sox aren't on a Fox Sports or CSN owned network.

Oh wow, so you can actually watch the Sox in Boston?

huh?

Red Sox games aren't blacked out on mlbtv for u?

Yeah they are, but I watch those on tv.

Are you simply referring to the coverage style?

Yeah. The vast majority of regional networks are owned by Fox or CSN and are imaged pretty much identically nationwide.