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I love the part where Tito was jumping up and down in his underwear when he heard ARod was a Red Sox. Can you imagine if the Sox had given up Lester, Manny, and Nomar for ARod? The best thing that ever happened to the Red Sox was Theo's failure to pull off that trade.
Eh, it looks true in retrospect, though not as much as we think. ARod and Magglio would have been a nice tandem in the mid-aughts. Lester doesn't really factor in until this year. In 2007, he was a fourth or fifth starter. Not sure this was such a slam dunk. Do the Sox win three if they make the trade? Probably not. I'll take the '13 title over what would likely have been two titles in that time span.
Obviously what he was contractually obligated to be paid. If Theo and the Red Sox ownership had wanted him, they would have paid him or worked out a deal like Cashman did with John Hart.
Think perhaps they wanted him only at a certain price? I'm almost certain Theo didn't pay players out of his own pocket.
His contract was already signed. It was only a matter of making the Rangers pay part of his contract as part of the deal.
I wonder what he did when he signed Carl Crawford, JD Drew or Dice-K?Theo broke a chair in a hotel room when he lost the bid for Contreras.
No, but Duquette probably raised the roof again. (I can't find video of that, but if you'd seen him doing that...oh man)
Theo wasn't even there then. I just can't resist an opportunity to shoehorn The Fat Toad into any conversation.
Love the JD Drew signing. Crawford was ownership, and Dice-K was heavily bid on.I wonder what he did when he signed Carl Crawford, JD Drew or Dice-K?Theo broke a chair in a hotel room when he lost the bid for Contreras.
No, I know. He was probably still at Yale and not even interning for Lucchino in SD. Just keeping it light.
I tend to agree with you. Maybe the greatest trade ever was Slocumb for Lowe and Varitek.Love the JD Drew signing. Crawford was ownership, and Dice-K was heavily bid on.I wonder what he did when he signed Carl Crawford, JD Drew or Dice-K?Theo broke a chair in a hotel room when he lost the bid for Contreras.
I don't defend Theo too much. He inherited a pretty darn good club. Damon, Ramirez, Martinez, Nixon, Varitek, etc. He lucked into Ortiz. Lots of stuff there to make me think that it's sort of a lot of luck, despite the quantification and numbers. Mueller was a stroke of genius. So were Walker and Bellhorn.
That the '03 team was submarined by an utter idiot at the helm still hurts. I've never seen an offensive team like that in my life. They dominated almost everyone that year. I'm still stunned they lost, but it was the Yankees, and they're swimming uphill against an entire region of diehard pressure, so it took something Herculean and magical, which eventually happened.I tend to agree with you. Maybe the greatest trade ever was Slocumb for Lowe and Varitek.Love the JD Drew signing. Crawford was ownership, and Dice-K was heavily bid on.I wonder what he did when he signed Carl Crawford, JD Drew or Dice-K?Theo broke a chair in a hotel room when he lost the bid for Contreras.
I don't defend Theo too much. He inherited a pretty darn good club. Damon, Ramirez, Martinez, Nixon, Varitek, etc. He lucked into Ortiz. Lots of stuff there to make me think that it's sort of a lot of luck, despite the quantification and numbers. Mueller was a stroke of genius. So were Walker and Bellhorn.
I just watched the 30 for 30 short on Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe. Good stuff on Grantland.Baseball is in the air.
And Lowe. Two days rest and one hit, one run, and one walk through six? That was probably the most unheralded outing in playoff history.I tend to agree with you. Maybe the greatest trade ever was Slocumb for Lowe and Varitek.Love the JD Drew signing. Crawford was ownership, and Dice-K was heavily bid on.I wonder what he did when he signed Carl Crawford, JD Drew or Dice-K?Theo broke a chair in a hotel room when he lost the bid for Contreras.
I don't defend Theo too much. He inherited a pretty darn good club. Damon, Ramirez, Martinez, Nixon, Varitek, etc. He lucked into Ortiz. Lots of stuff there to make me think that it's sort of a lot of luck, despite the quantification and numbers. Mueller was a stroke of genius. So were Walker and Bellhorn.
Its kinda funny how the sports world goes from euphoria over the Red Sox finally winning their first world series in forever to nitpicking the Red Sox for not winning more than 2 with that group.
Oh, no nitpick. '03 hurt. Badly. I've never not said that we shouldn't have won in '03. I think that's why the Sox were going for broke in '04. Everything was falling into place in '03, and Little was completely in over his head. The bullpen killed in August and September, and he was still shell-shocked from blown saves in June and July. He just...blew it.
I couldn't disagree with this less.rockaction said:
I remember going to game 3 and 4 against Oakland and having the feeling that this team was destined to win the World Series.
