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September 19, 2012 · 6:52 AM

The Tour Continues

Two years ago I reported back from Camden Yards in Baltimore how great the stadium was and how the needed to get rid of Fenway. I just got back from Miami and Marlins Ballpark and I have to say once again, it’s time for a new ballpark in Boston.

Marlins Ballpark wasn’t that big. In fact at capacity it only holds about 3,000 more people than Fenway but the difference is those people are comfortable in Miami. Opposed to sitting with their knees jammed into someone’s back, staring at the bleachers because your seats face the wrong way, or stuck sitting behind a pole.

I bring all this up because I know I’m in the minority with people that love Fenway. You love Fenway from TV or in the $200 EMC Club seats. You don’t love it when you’re sitting in the grandstands, staring at the center field bleachers with some guys knees in your back, spilling beer on you. God forbid you’re in the middle of the row and have to go the bathroom, then you’re making 32 other people get up that all give you attitude about it.

I bring this up because last week it was rumored that the Sox are exploring selling the team. Well, I made it extremely clear the last time they went up for sale that whoever bought the team would need to build a new ballpark. Said ballpark could have the same dimensions on the field as the existing Fenway but it would need a retractable roof (like Seattle or Miami where I just was).

When John Henry ever said that Uncle Larry isn’t going anywhere, that was it. He’s not going to dump his friend, nope, instead he’ll bring him on whatever journey he does next.

I pray in my heart of hearts that the team goes up for sale soon. I don’t care if it’s $2 billion dollars or whatever they want to sell it for. I hope someone with some balls buys the team. Someone with balls that says, Fenway’s cute and all but we need a bigger stadium that can make so it’s not $20 to sit in the bleachers. Someone like Mark Cuban comes to mind. I’d support him as an owner in a millisecond.

Of course John Henry denies they’ve looked into selling the team. But didn’t they shed a ton of payroll right before he sold the Marlins? Yeah, the same Marlins that just built this brand new stadium after Henry was gone?

Yup. So get on your yacht, sail to England, watch your soccer team, and leave Boston in your wake. We’ll pick up the broken pieces you’ve left behind, and with Uncle Larry out of the picture and possibly a new park, we’ll be in a better place.

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May 3, 2012 · 3:23 PM

The Red Sox Walking Wounded

Who would have thought I’d get so much use out of that photo?

I had a friend in college that would grab your cell phone and flip it open. He’d yell “Buy low, sell high!” then flip it closed. I bring this up because that’s really the best way to play the stock market. Or the real estate market. Heck pretty much anything. You want to buy at a decent price and when the value reaches its peak, you want to sell. You don’t want to hang onto it and watch the value drop again.

Welcome to the 2012 Boston Red Sox.

You go back in my columns and who did I say should be traded this past winter. I said the team should have tried to move Beckett and Youkilis. I also slammed the team for bringing back Ortiz and how they’d screwed themselves being saddled with his contract when they’re testing for HGH now.

Well I was wrong about Ortiz. He wrapped the best April of his career and one of the best in recent memory for any player. Right now he’s batting .391 with six home runs and 21 RBIs. If he keeps this production, I’ll gladly eat my words.

Youkilis and Beckett, not so much.

We’ll start with the Texas Tough Guy. When the Sox first traded for Beckett there was talk of him wearing #21. He was going to be the next Clemens (minus all the steroids and HGH). A “tough” fireballer from Texas that would be your #1 starter. In his first year here, he was pretty much that. He was a front of the rotation guy that was in talks for the Cy Young as the team won their division and the World Series.

From there, he’s been a disappointment. With his blisters, avulsions (another word for blister), lat injuries etc. he’s been anything but a “tough guy”. In fact he has become the JD Drew of the pitching staff. So much so that he’s going to be skipped in his start on Saturday, replaced by Aaron Cook, why? Because his arm is sore from throwing 126 pitches in his last start.

Well real front line starters like Justin Verlander and Roy Halladay do that every time out. Clearly you’re not an ace. You’re a fraud. The problem now is the whole league knows it so if you tried to trade him you wouldn’t get top dollar. You missed your peak. You can’t sell high. You can only sell middle right now and what you’d get back wouldn’t be what you could have gotten this off-season.

The same can be said for Youkilis. Who in their right mind would trade for this guy now, unless they needed a first baseman. Since his move to third he’s done nothing but get hurt. Combine that with his miserable start, batting .219 and you’ve clearly missed your sell high window with him too. Just like Beckett, you’d get pennies on the dollar.

But what if you packaged the two of them as I’d proposed? Could you get something back? Something semi-decent? I think it would go a long way in not only cleaning up the attitude in the clubhouse but it would also bring some of the fan base back.

Or you could fire Lucchino. That’s the Sox ace in the whole for me. Fire him and I may actually buy a ticket this year. I’m thinking of purchasing the domain name http://www.firelarrylucchino.com. Who’s with me?

Have a great weekend. Back Monday with some Celtics recaps.

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March 26, 2012 · 9:43 PM

I Continue

I started with a Facebook post around eight last night…

I continued after Couto chimed in…

And now I’m going to continue with even more ranting.

I love that ESPN actually promoted the game that Bobby V and the Red Sox were taking on the Phillies. I love the Jordan’s Furniture (Official Furniture company of the Boston Red Sox, don’t forget) commercial where Bobby Valentine and his incredible acting ability are shown off to promote the wonderful promo. Of course it ends with him saying “We have guys that can do that.”

Do you shithead?

I don’t think you do. No one has hit the sign the last two seasons and last I checked you didn’t add any power hitters in the offseason.

Assclown.

Now there’s beef with Cherington and Valentine.

Really?

Again, who gives a fuck. Both of these fucking losers are Larry Lucchino, hand picked, fucking puppets. They’re fucking drone bees working for Queen Larry.

I guess the only positive to take out of this whole fucking debacle that started last fall is that it’s not over yet. The team will continue to fall, but it’s OK, NESN will make you think it’s the greatest season in Sox history. The 100th Anniversary of Dumpy Fenway. Where unless you’re rich or a midget you can’t sit comfortable and watch a game.

The Yawkey Trust proposed a beautiful, brand new park before they sold the team, Remember? No? Here’s some photos:

Ah, the dream that got away.

As the team climbs down the cellar stairs this season, the good news is that Valentine will be fired eventually. Sure it may not happen this year, but it’s unlikely he’ll finish his contract. We can only hope.

Just enjoy the one positive in all this. You’ll be able to buy tickets this summer. To see a fourth place team, but hey, at least you’re able to get tickets and not at 4 times face. Nope, you’ll be able to buy face value or cheaper.

Fun, fun.

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March 1, 2012 · 7:35 AM

Don’t Fool Yourself

A couple days back, remember I’m still catching up from the vacation, the Red Sox announced that new manager Bobby Valentine had banned alcohol in the clubhouse. I know I’ve gone on several rants over the last few months and will try to keep this focused to just this one item, but know I am going to fail.

Well, former ringmaster manager Terry Francona said on ESPN that it was really nothing more than a PR move. Um, no shit.

The Sox join 18 other teams that have already done this including the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers and defending World Series Champion Cardinals.

But seriously, do people really think that because a few pitchers drank beer that’s the only reason the team lost. Come on, don’t be so naive. Uncle Larry wants you all to drink the Kool-Aid and think that since they had this press release that alcohol is banned that everything is great. It’s not.

This team is a mess.

You still don’t have a right fielder and won’t have your $142 million left fielder till probably May. You still don’t have a starting shortstop. Your bullpen is a giant question mark just like your rotation. That many question marks heading into a season after a collapse like last under the watch of a new GM (who’s a puppet) and manager (also a puppet) is too much to overcome.

Like I said before, all I can hope is that Old Man Henry finally realizes that Uncle Larry is the one pulling all the strings on this disaster in waiting and when it fails, cans Lucchino. Enough of making everyone else (Beckett, beer, Francona, Theo) the scapegoat. Lay this corpse (with its Dr Charles spin) at Uncle Larry’s feet and pray it costs him his job.

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February 17, 2012 · 8:00 AM

You Thought It Was Bad Before?

Oh, we haven’t seen this piece of shit at Fenway in quite some time, thank God. Well, it’s about to change.

Yup, Uncle Larry’s master spin doctor Dr Charles Steinberg the mastermind behind half the bullshit at Fenway that has nothing to do with baseball, is on his way back. And I couldn’t be more pissed off.

I fucking hate this guy. I’ve touched on the topic before in 2007 when he left the team to go play spin doctor for the Dodgers. But with the Dodgers in a tailspin and the Sox in their worst PR position pretty much ever, Uncle Larry needs his guy to come in.

Sports Radio has been talking about the PR nightmare for a few days now. Asking if an apology from the players for last years meltdown would make things better.

Here’s my take.

An apology is the first step. Just step up to the podium, admit that you were a video game playing, beer swilling, fried chicken eating loser that gained 25 pounds over the season last year (paying attention Beckett?). We already know your actions wouldn’t have registered on anyone’s radar if you’d won, don’t bring it up. Admit that your actions cost the manager his job, and that you’re sorry.

An apology will go a long way. Because not apologizing puts you in the same boat as Uncle Larry and Old Man Henry. You think that regardless of what you do, the fans will keep coming and keep supporting the team.

We won’t. The fans are very on to you at this point.

So here’s my message to Uncle Larry. Bringing in your fucking spin doctor just upsets us even more. Show some fucking accountability for everything. Stop shifting the blame and trying to throw other people under the bus. Take one on the chin and admit mistakes, call out the players that were part of the collapse, and stop assuming the fans are stupid. We’re not.

Bringing back Dr Charles just proves how scared Uncle Larry and Old Man Henry really are. You thought Sox Appeal and the other bullshit that existed before was bad, it’s only going to get worse. Just you wait.

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