As the debate rages on I find I
cannot tolerate it. There no exchange of
ideas, there is only the typical rhetoric and accusations without any real
substance. The one obvious take away for
me is Jim Lehrer has no control over the debate, and almost anyone, or better
yet no one, could fill the role of moderator better then he did.
So lets talk about
baseball! The Red Sox season has come to
a painful conclusion with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses. The last time Boston has lost 93 or more games
in a season was 1965. Bobby Valentine
gave an interview today where he said his coaching staff undermined his
efforts. At game time it was he and 5
players standing for the National Anthem.
The speculation is he will be
fired before the night’s out. I would
assume the owners would keep him as manager at least until they get back to
Boston. If they only fire Valentine I
think we can look forward to more of them same next year, and here’s why.
Ben Cherington, the GM, has
sold off the heart and soul of the team when he cast off Kevin Youkilis, and
when Adrian González went to the Dodgers as the sweetener to get rid of some
expensive dead wood. The replacements
for these two offer some promise but most of what I saw in the Red Sox line up
were journeymen players. I wonder what
kind of farm system he will have to rebuild from? I also wonder if the current owners will sell
the team in the winter. So many rumors…
I’ll concede the Sox were
injury plagued this year, but with the lack of pitching it really didn’t matter
now did it? That old baseball saying of “wait
‘til next year” will be a tough one for Red Sox Nation.
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