QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 23, 2008 -> 11:28 AM)
Why do you have to give it to Epstein? While I agree he has a done a good job, what has he done that makes him so beyond a doubt better than everyone else? He came to a team that already had Manny and Papi. Signing Dice-K doesnt count, that was only a matter of who had the most money. He aquired Beckett and Lowell but he gave up Anibal Sanchez (no-hitter) and Hanley Ramirez (top 5 player IMO at age 24). A GM is repsonsible for putting pieces together but he cant control how the players play. The team we had in '06 and '03 should not have choked like they did, and thus it is not a GM's fault.
Not true. Epstein was the GM when Ortiz was signed by the Red Sox.