Dont let the door hit ya on the way out ya cheap shot sucker punching (more like sissy glove to the face slap) captain of last years sinking ship! Bwhahahahahaahahahahahahaaha :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
The Official 2012 Boston Red Sox Death Watch thread
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Varitek is a fraud, always was and always will be, another Curt(ketchup stain on my sock)Schilling, they would make a beautiful couple.
I'll actually miss him this season......especially his .200 batting average with no power. :nod:
My guess is that he was forced out by Bobby V & that's why he was crying like a little baby today......he really doesn't want to retire, but only wants to retire as a Red Sox.
I have a feeling he'll be back with the organization, possibly as a manager next season or so after Larry the dick has fired Bobby V.
However, i actually can't blame Valentine for not wanting anything to do with him. Let's face it: the guy had become a liability as a player. He couldn't hit anymore, and he couldn't throw out my grandma if she's try stealing second base. And what made it worse, he was the captain. Captain of what? The HMS Titanic??? He had to go, and i agree with Bobby Valentine's decision.
I think i might actually like Bobby V as the Red Sox skipper! :nod:
I have always liked Bobby V, but now he is the enemy.The best thing about him getting a job in the majors again tho is now we dont have to hear on national tv all the time about his hard on for that boy who plays second for the sox.
I agree with you. However, would he still be your enemy if he gets the Red Sox off to a bad start & out of the playoffs by July or August? I'll bet that you'll have a change of heart and praise the guy! :lol:
I was wondering something tonight......is there a team that has had so many players retiring at the same time? Why now? Why not at the end of last season? Hmmm. I wonder why?
Bobby V maybe? Maybe when the begged him to manage their lame team, he told them that he'd accept the position as long as he didn't have to keep old worn out ballplayers like Tim "Grandpa" Wakefield & Jason "Heidi" Varitek. Now that i think about it, Varitek being captain for the past 20 years must have been one of the bad influences in the Red Sox clubhouse last season. I mean, he was the captain, right? It should have been his job to put an end to the b.s. that was going on in the clubhouse, with all the boozing & the Popeye's fried chicken feasting going on, etc.
Bobby V maybe? Maybe when the begged him to manage their lame team, he told them that he'd accept the position as long as he didn't have to keep old worn out ballplayers like Tim "Grandpa" Wakefield & Jason "Heidi" Varitek. Now that i think about it, Varitek being captain for the past 20 years must have been one of the bad influences in the Red Sox clubhouse last season. I mean, he was the captain, right? It should have been his job to put an end to the b.s. that was going on in the clubhouse, with all the boozing & the Popeye's fried chicken feasting going on, etc.
Wrist issue sidelines Doc Holliday's favorite player
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford will refrain from swinging a bat for a couple of days after reporting inflammation in his surgically repaired left wrist, manager Bobby Valentine said Friday.
"He probably overdid it a little bit," said Valentine, adding that he preferred Crawford to take even more time off before resuming hitting.
Crawford, who did not swing a bat Friday, is taking anti-inflammatory medication, but Valentine expects the issue is only a minor setback.
Crawford in early January underwent a debridement of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) of his left wrist, which is on the pinkie finger side of the wrist and affects the ability to rotate the wrist.
The wrist bothered him last season, he said, to the point that he had injections several times during the season.
But he came to camp already throwing and was soon hitting off a tee in the cage, exceeding projections and sparking speculation that he would be ready for Opening Day April 5 in Detroit. Crawford said the "odds are good" he would be ready and said he has set that as a goal.
Valentine said Friday, however, that he would prefer Crawford not push himself to be in the lineup on April 5, and instead proceed at a pace that will translate to him being at full health when he does return.
Crawford told the Boston Globe that he felt pain after several rounds of bunting drills Wednesday.
"I'm always concerned when there's a setback. I don't know how bad it is. But according to the doctor it doesn't look that bad," Crawford said. "I was feeling real good, too. I wasn't expecting this."
Gordon Edes covers the Red Sox for ESPNBoston.com.
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford will refrain from swinging a bat for a couple of days after reporting inflammation in his surgically repaired left wrist, manager Bobby Valentine said Friday.
"He probably overdid it a little bit," said Valentine, adding that he preferred Crawford to take even more time off before resuming hitting.
Crawford, who did not swing a bat Friday, is taking anti-inflammatory medication, but Valentine expects the issue is only a minor setback.
Crawford in early January underwent a debridement of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) of his left wrist, which is on the pinkie finger side of the wrist and affects the ability to rotate the wrist.
The wrist bothered him last season, he said, to the point that he had injections several times during the season.
But he came to camp already throwing and was soon hitting off a tee in the cage, exceeding projections and sparking speculation that he would be ready for Opening Day April 5 in Detroit. Crawford said the "odds are good" he would be ready and said he has set that as a goal.
Valentine said Friday, however, that he would prefer Crawford not push himself to be in the lineup on April 5, and instead proceed at a pace that will translate to him being at full health when he does return.
Crawford told the Boston Globe that he felt pain after several rounds of bunting drills Wednesday.
"I'm always concerned when there's a setback. I don't know how bad it is. But according to the doctor it doesn't look that bad," Crawford said. "I was feeling real good, too. I wasn't expecting this."
Gordon Edes covers the Red Sox for ESPNBoston.com.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...aces-listing/2012/03/07/gIQAbHYTxR_story.html
This may be a red sox death thread but the main thing that should DIE is gonna be saved so generations of fans can continue to laugh at the ugly ballpark (if you can even call it that, thats a slam to ballparks everywhere IMHO) the sox call home...... fEnway is 100 years old april 20th and instead of being named on the National Register of Historic Places, it should be given a few thousand sticks of
[video=youtube;7DG-pNt5fus]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DG-pNt5fus[/video]
This may be a red sox death thread but the main thing that should DIE is gonna be saved so generations of fans can continue to laugh at the ugly ballpark (if you can even call it that, thats a slam to ballparks everywhere IMHO) the sox call home...... fEnway is 100 years old april 20th and instead of being named on the National Register of Historic Places, it should be given a few thousand sticks of
[video=youtube;7DG-pNt5fus]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DG-pNt5fus[/video]
Bwhahahahahaaha......... should we get into "typical" boston ethics?....... newsflash, there are NONE!
I dont give a rats A$% if u say leaves, laffs, skankees or even yanks suck,.... who cares... grow a thicker F%$#*@K skin or dont post, I only stopped saying red sux and scabs cause one time when mod 8 had, had enuf he said no more , so I played by the rules he/she set forth, no less no more.
Any thread that says Red Sox Death Watch or Yankees Death Watch is clearly NOT a OFFICIAL thread for serious debate/talk. Grow up merlot and "Have Fun" like your compadre in arms always said. (and STOP sending me pm's again, you have been warned about doing so, which was what you wanted when you got back what you were giving, and when the kitchen got too hot and you could not find the freezer)
I dont give a rats A$% if u say leaves, laffs, skankees or even yanks suck,.... who cares... grow a thicker F%$#*@K skin or dont post, I only stopped saying red sux and scabs cause one time when mod 8 had, had enuf he said no more , so I played by the rules he/she set forth, no less no more.
Any thread that says Red Sox Death Watch or Yankees Death Watch is clearly NOT a OFFICIAL thread for serious debate/talk. Grow up merlot and "Have Fun" like your compadre in arms always said. (and STOP sending me pm's again, you have been warned about doing so, which was what you wanted when you got back what you were giving, and when the kitchen got too hot and you could not find the freezer)
Papelbon: Philly fans smarter than Boston's
Former Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon took a shot at the Fenway faithful Thursday, telling a Philadelphia radio station that Philly fans "tend to know the game a little better" than fans in Boston, who he said were "a little bit more hysterical when it comes to the game of baseball."
Papelbon, who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent after spending six seasons as the best closer in Boston history, made the comments to a CBS radio station in Philadelphia when asked to compare the fans in the two cities.
"It's a religion (in Boston). It's a way of life," Papelbon said on 94WIP's "Angelo Cataldi and The Morning Team." "(Fans) come to the field and they expect certain things out of players. ... It's an environment where you put up or shut up. I enjoyed that. That's what got my motor running every day. ... I've had a guy take off his prosthetic leg and throw it in the bullpen in Boston and want me to sign it."
Papelbon continued: "The Philly fans tend to know the game a little better, being in the National League, you know, the way the game is played."
Papelbon also said he had expected the Red Sox to be more aggressive in pursuing him in the offseason. The Phillies signed him early in free agency, locking him up with a four-year, $50 million deal.
"It was a situation where the Red Sox didn't really come at me the way I was expecting them to come at me in the offseason," Papelbon said during the radio interview. "And I told my agent that the first team that shows me interest and shows me loyalty, I'm going to show that right back to them, and that was Philadelphia."
Dropkick Murphys' front man Ken Casey caused a bit of a stir earlier in the week when he said Papelbon, whom he calls a friend, couldn't come out of the Phillies' bullpen to "Shipping Up To Boston," the popular Dropkick tune Papelbon used for years with the Red Sox.
Papelbon on Thursday would not reveal his new entrance song, but did say it wasn't by the Dropkick Murphys.
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story...hia-phillies-fans-smarter-boston-red-sox-fans
Former Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon took a shot at the Fenway faithful Thursday, telling a Philadelphia radio station that Philly fans "tend to know the game a little better" than fans in Boston, who he said were "a little bit more hysterical when it comes to the game of baseball."
Papelbon, who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent after spending six seasons as the best closer in Boston history, made the comments to a CBS radio station in Philadelphia when asked to compare the fans in the two cities.
"It's a religion (in Boston). It's a way of life," Papelbon said on 94WIP's "Angelo Cataldi and The Morning Team." "(Fans) come to the field and they expect certain things out of players. ... It's an environment where you put up or shut up. I enjoyed that. That's what got my motor running every day. ... I've had a guy take off his prosthetic leg and throw it in the bullpen in Boston and want me to sign it."
Papelbon continued: "The Philly fans tend to know the game a little better, being in the National League, you know, the way the game is played."
Papelbon also said he had expected the Red Sox to be more aggressive in pursuing him in the offseason. The Phillies signed him early in free agency, locking him up with a four-year, $50 million deal.
"It was a situation where the Red Sox didn't really come at me the way I was expecting them to come at me in the offseason," Papelbon said during the radio interview. "And I told my agent that the first team that shows me interest and shows me loyalty, I'm going to show that right back to them, and that was Philadelphia."
Dropkick Murphys' front man Ken Casey caused a bit of a stir earlier in the week when he said Papelbon, whom he calls a friend, couldn't come out of the Phillies' bullpen to "Shipping Up To Boston," the popular Dropkick tune Papelbon used for years with the Red Sox.
Papelbon on Thursday would not reveal his new entrance song, but did say it wasn't by the Dropkick Murphys.
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story...hia-phillies-fans-smarter-boston-red-sox-fans
Cheer up and Toughen up as well lil fella, the red sox wont break your heart again this season, they wont have the chance to as the Rays and Jays will likely make sure that you do not have a chance to pull off another collapse of monumental proportions, or should i say, the WORST COLLAPSE in the history of all sports. :lol:
Ok, time for dinner........mmmmmmmmmmmm fried chicken and a nice cold Molson to wash it down in honor of the boston red sox! or should i have a sam adams instead Nah, anything Canadian is always better than anything mAss! Bwhahahahahahahahaahahahah! (then again, anything is better than...... ahhhh nevermind haha)
Ok, time for dinner........mmmmmmmmmmmm fried chicken and a nice cold Molson to wash it down in honor of the boston red sox! or should i have a sam adams instead
Nah, anything Canadian is always better than anything mAss! Bwhahahahahahahahaahahahah! (then again, anything is better than...... ahhhh nevermind haha)
Oh do you mean sorta like being the best team in baseball for 4 months in the middle of the season but then missing the playoffs by 1 game...that kinda "very good season"?
The kinda season that has posters on sports threads relentlessly spouting off about fried chicken and beer for months
Yankees Universe is the same, only X 10 and is as global as global can be. While the Yankees set the bar, the red sox SIT at the "bar." Congrats on your win tonight in spring training red sox fans, you won the big game lol!
Btw, I have seen "red sox nation" up close and personal as I have family who are red sox fans (the black sheep of the family no doubt lol) and it is nothing different than any other fanbase in sports. It is special to you and your fellow fans, just like other fans of their teams in all sports are, big deal. The only difference between fanbases is Yankees Universe is much bigger and always will be. Fate was sealed way back long before any of us were around, except maybe one person lol.
So with a name like Tom Terrific, were you a Tom Seaver fan once? Mets fan at one time as well? Anyways, whatever you are, welcome and hopefully you partake in discussions during the season, afterall it is all for fun, although some peeps cannot seem to understand that. :crazy:
Btw, I have seen "red sox nation" up close and personal as I have family who are red sox fans (the black sheep of the family no doubt lol) and it is nothing different than any other fanbase in sports. It is special to you and your fellow fans, just like other fans of their teams in all sports are, big deal. The only difference between fanbases is Yankees Universe is much bigger and always will be. Fate was sealed way back long before any of us were around, except maybe one person lol.
So with a name like Tom Terrific, were you a Tom Seaver fan once? Mets fan at one time as well? Anyways, whatever you are, welcome and hopefully you partake in discussions during the season, afterall it is all for fun, although some peeps cannot seem to understand that. :crazy:
You mean the writers behind this masterpiece?
At least they got it right after game 162 last season in what was one of the best baseball nights of my life
At least they got it right after game 162 last season in what was one of the best baseball nights of my life
Jays destroy Daniel Bard & the Red Sox 9-2
FORT MYERS, FLA.—Travis Snider had an early two-run double and David Cooper drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 in exhibition baseball action Tuesday.
The Blue Jays got to Boston starter Daniel Bard in the second inning, with Snider’s double scoring Eric Thames and Edwin Encarnacion, and Cooper following with a sacrifice fly to score Colby Rasmus.
Bard, converted from a reliever to a starter this year, settled down to retire his last eight batters and 12 of his final 14.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseb...-s-two-run-double-sparks-9-2-win-over-red-sox
FORT MYERS, FLA.—Travis Snider had an early two-run double and David Cooper drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 in exhibition baseball action Tuesday.
The Blue Jays got to Boston starter Daniel Bard in the second inning, with Snider’s double scoring Eric Thames and Edwin Encarnacion, and Cooper following with a sacrifice fly to score Colby Rasmus.
Bard, converted from a reliever to a starter this year, settled down to retire his last eight batters and 12 of his final 14.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseb...-s-two-run-double-sparks-9-2-win-over-red-sox
Bobby Jenks spends night in jail; charged with 5 misdemeanors including drunk driving
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks was arrested early Friday morning and charged with five misdemeanors, including driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a crash involving damage to property, according to the Lee County, Fla., sheriff's office.
The police report indicated Jenks was booked at 3:43 a.m. and released on bail at 8:45 a.m. Jenks was also charged with three counts of DUI and damage to property. He is tentatively scheduled to appear in court on April 9.
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine did not provide any further information in his daily meeting with the media Friday morning, saying he found out about the arrest about 10 minutes before talking with reporters.
The 31-year-old Jenks was in Fort Myers rehabbing after multiple back surgeries during a harrowing offseason. There is no timetable for his return to the mound.
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story...obby-jenks-arrested-charges-driving-influence
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks was arrested early Friday morning and charged with five misdemeanors, including driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a crash involving damage to property, according to the Lee County, Fla., sheriff's office.
The police report indicated Jenks was booked at 3:43 a.m. and released on bail at 8:45 a.m. Jenks was also charged with three counts of DUI and damage to property. He is tentatively scheduled to appear in court on April 9.
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine did not provide any further information in his daily meeting with the media Friday morning, saying he found out about the arrest about 10 minutes before talking with reporters.
The 31-year-old Jenks was in Fort Myers rehabbing after multiple back surgeries during a harrowing offseason. There is no timetable for his return to the mound.
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story...obby-jenks-arrested-charges-driving-influence
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