The Kids Can Play

I wish I could have seen them play. My father absolutely loved them as I heard tons of stories, including the World Series played in a absurd football college football stadium which was a crime.

I agree if Robert wants to steal 30 bases he can do easily. He is one of the fastest men in baseball, who also gets a great lead and quick start. I also hope he gets to 40 HR's, 40 2B which he is on target for, along with 30 SB. He would be only the 7th player in ML history to achieve that rare feat.

I couldn't have said it any better about the biggest loser owner in baseball.

I go to the one by me for certain things. I think their fruits and veggies are the best of all the grocery stores near me. Also good for certain meats. LOL!

Wow, thanks for sharing this. Weren't those camps really expensive like close to $2000-$2500 for die-hard loyal men wanting their baseball fantasy played out? How dare this POS loser for getting into arguments with these guys who spent a ton of their hard earned money. The more I hear about stories like this, the more I loathe him.

Absolutely it's on hos legacy. What JR did to unravel the Bulls dynasty is a travesty and yet he loves to take credit for the 6 titles, which he had nothing to do with.

He actually wasn't that bad on Boston which is why Hahn traded Reese McGuire for him. You also mention Boston like he was there for awhile, when in fact, he only played there one year. You failed to name the other teams he played for where he had success like Oakland, Texas and Philadelphia. Maybe I should implore you to be more aware of other teams in baseball other than the Sox. I appreciate and respect you are a die-hard Sox fan which is fine, but you seem to be loyally blinded to a point of being a "homer", when others question your guys and certain inabilities compared to other teams. I like many other fans here, are just as damn loyal and die-hard as you, but that doesn't mean I or anyone else here, can't criticize the players, manager, coaches, owner and front office. That is what fans do instead of always justifying there is nothing wrong. Plus you are still taking the Diekman argument out of context and missing my point. I never mentioned anything about Boston. I simply told you how the Rays, who are a superior player development team versus the Sox, improved Diekman that Katz couldn't do. You still haven't explained that. Plus I am not going to play this game of you mentioning one or two pitchers that are better since coming to the Sox, because I can list tons of pitchers doing well on other teams after leaving the Sox. Yes you're right, Dylan Cease was a Cy Young runner up. Yet if Katz is the guru, why couldn't he get Dylan back to, or close to 2022 form...especially with his control issues. The bottom line is you think Katz is a stud pitching coach and I don't. We agree to disagree. But don't give me your condescending crap implying you know so much more than me or others here. I follow and read about baseball as much as you do, and I also actually played in high school and college. Some times we can agree to disagree, as my comments here are just as solid with facts and logic as yours.

For basketball, ZERO!

I'm not positive, but I think I read somewhere it's even worse when you compare the Sox to the Dodgers or Rays and some other teams besides the Cubs...for those FO baseball operations employees. Then again Jerry told us he knows best and he is so much smarter than all those other dumb owners.

JR and RH's delusional thinking is a cesspool.

Can't be soon enough!

You're right Robert is shy and will never be a big time extroverted leader. Yet that is totally fine. If this team had some real leaders guys like Vaughn and Robert wouldn't have to be forced to be leaders and they could just be good foot soldiers and teammates. I think both of them would do so much better around more talent and leaders. I just hope during Robert's time here, we don't waste it away and we surround him with some great players and leaders. Btw, I totally agree with you Robert has a chance to be one of greatest all-time Sox players. I think he has a chance this season to go 40 doubles, 40 home runs and 20 SB, which would make him one of only 6 players in MLB history to accomplish that.

I posted that YouTube video you are referring to, on two separate occasions in this forum. You're right it was a joke based on his bold promises and commitments from Hahn and Grifol, compared to the harsh reality of Grifol and Hahn's actual accomplishments.

You are completely missing the point on Diekman. It's not about him be valuable or just a middle reliever as you call him. The point is Katz and whatever pitching coaches the Sox have could not fix Diekman. The FO said he is done and washed up at 35 years old and DFA him. The Rays because they have a much more extensive support staff in their player development system in terms of research, coaches, analytics, etc, figured they would take a shot and maybe be able to tweak some things in Diekman. Whether you want to call Diekman a meaningless loser middle reliever, then go right ahead as that's your right. However he went from 7.96 ERA when he left the Sox to 3.96 in 8 weeks, by recording a 2.16 ERA with the Rays. I'm just curious why your guru Katz and his other coaches couldn't fix him?

They shouldn't and Katz should be gone.

Yeah that makes a lot sense. No way in the world could other successful winning teams like the Dodgers, Braves or Rays to name a few, even dream of making Cease as good as Katz did. Seriously? You're right Hahn has done a horrible job with talent on this roster, but some of them were good and I don't think Katz is the guru you make him out to be. You are missing the point on Lynn and Diekman. Both of these pitchers were struggling badly with the Sox. That is not debatable. Then two separate teams have made big improvements for both pitchers. My question is if your guru Katz is such a genius, why couldn't he do it with these two pitchers while they were still on the Sox.

I love the first paragraph. It’s hard to picture an owner wanting the unraveling of a professional sports franchise to be part of his permanent record. But what if an owner doesn’t see it as an unraveling but as a few loose strings being yanked by a hyperventilating media and a genetically cranky fan base? Actually it's not hard at all, once you know what a loser Jerry really is. This is the most arrogant, delusional and loser owner in sports. Jerry loves to walk around with his bravado and arrogance, but deep inside, he is one spineless weasel that is scared and intimidated to face the Sox fans, knowing they will embarrass him with hard questions he won't be able to answer without some BS rationalizations and nonsense from him, which would shame his huge ego. I've had to deal with this losing for too many years as a Sox fan, so as much as I hate to wish more bad things on this team...but as long as Jerry is the owner, I sincerely hope his team keeps losing and sets a new Sox record for losses, as well as less and less fans showing up to the home games. I only wish all loyal Sox fans still wasting their money going to the games, truly knew how little Jerry cares about them. Like Morrisey said, he probably sees them as genetically cranky fans.

That is why I can't wait until JR is long gone.

That part of the Orioles reprimanding the announcer was horrible and they are taking a lot negative publicity nationally from it. I think that was more from their idiot owner than the front office.

Wow, I didn't see that coming. I take that back, actually I did. We just saw Jake Diekman killing it on the Rays after the Sox FO/manager/pitching coach were convinced he Diekman sucked and was over the hill. Btw, thanks for posting this, because this once again shows everyone, that from A-Z in every single aspect of this organization...we are pathetic and clueless.

Nothing! It's time for the Sox to start hiring their future front office people and manager from the outside and quit promoting within, or feeling the manager has to be an ex-Sox player. We simply need to go recruit and hire from the winning clubs for their modern day knowledge and expertise. Take a page from the Baltimore Orioles for one example. They were struggling for many years. Then they go out and hire a successful GM Mike Elias from the outside, not from the Orioles org. He hires a manager Brandon Hyde, again with no Orioles' affiliation. How is that working out for the Orioles right now? Not only do they have a good major league winning roster, but the #1 farm system.

Anyone still defending Hahn in August, 2023 and not playing close attention to his overall record as a GM, terrible farm systems rankings, botched trades, horrible free agent signings, current horrible roster, terrible selection of a manager and coaches, along with a toxic team culture, is either clueless, a Cubs troll, or one extreme die-hard "Homer" fan. Or better yet, maybe those fans justifying Hahn is still great and the man, still believe the championship window contention is still in play and fully confident Hahn will make sure they can cheer loudly at the championship parade ceremony.

You're right and it's even worse that Moncada is still on the roster!

Another great offensive game strategy from the Sox. - Swing at pitches outside the zone for 13 K's - Have a lack of plate discipline and draw only one walk. - Hit 8 groundballs, of which 7 are groundouts. - Once again, the only run produced comes from the only position player on this team that is a legitimate ML all-star. -

So glad Hahn chose to draft Gavin Sheets in 2017 on the round 2 with the #49 overall pick, when we already had Jose Abreu handling 1B/DH in his prime, putting up all-star numbers.