Cherington "first-born child"!!!!

[Olerud363]

"The Red Sox are looking "pretty hard" at free agent Cuban righty Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, president and CEO Larry Lucchino said on WEEI's Dennis & Callahan show this morning (Tim Healey has quotes). "The auctioning can begin," said Lucchino. Noting that GM Ben Cherington guards the team's prospects "like his first-born child," Lucchino explained, "Reaching into your pocket for your wallet is much easier." Lucchino confirmed the Sox are searching for rotation and bullpen help."

 

This pretty much sums up the difference between the Red Sox and the Blue Jays. The red sox retooled without giving up a single draft pick or significant young player... For those who think the Presidents job is "uniiform changes" and "stadium renovations" follow Lucchino for a while.

 

Larry Luchino seems proud of the fact his GM guards the teams prospects.

 

Paul Beeston encourages AA to get some savy vets and get rid of those pesky prospects....

 

Paul won't spend the money to get a guy like Gonzalez, but will spend money and prospects on Mark Buerhle.

 

Fire the Beest!!!!!!!

[Laika]

You sir, are a mess.

[P2F]

What is this? It's somewhere between the Dogg and raysjays.

[digiblader]

And the Red Sox's protection of their prospects will cost them a playoff spot--they need another pitcher, especially with Buchholz not due back until Late August/early Sept. when rosters expand. Texas and Baltimore aren't going away.

[G-Snarls]

What is this? It's somewhere between the Dogg and raysjays.

 

With a bit of DJBlowRay thrown in

[Olerud363]

With a bit of DJBlowRay thrown in

 

All I pointed out was that the Red Sox value young players. I realize they need another pitcher and that is why they are going hard after Gonzales... they really like Gonzales because they can get him without giving up young players.

 

I also pointed out that clearly Luchino is actively engaged in player acquisition issues and is very happy his GM likes young players. A little different then Beeston.

 

Another important point is that (so far) the Red Sox have done a great job retooling. 15 wins better then the Jays. They did this without giving up signifificant young players.

 

One of my beliefs is that to be a good organization you should respect the great division rival organizations that perform better then you (Boston, NY, Baltimore, Tampa in our case).

 

I don't think Beeston does, he is more like you guys, one sentence "Red Sox and Farrell suck bro... not wasting a brain cell on it"... but he says it in his 65 year old politician lingo, not your lingo.

 

A "Dogg/Blue Jays Rays" thread starts with a one sentence low-information ridiculous statement... then you have long winded replies trying to refute.

 

For example the "Walks are overrated thread"... starts with some guy saying "Walks are overrrated- so there"... then you get 5 pages of guys actually constructing informative replies...

 

My threads start with giving some information... then you get the low-information replies from you guys, one sentence, no information. The exact opposite dynamic then Dogg/Rays Jays threads.