Some Red Sox, like Bay, could depart in offseason

Jacoby Ellsbury wove his way through a crowded clubhouse, carrying above his head one of the bases he was awarded while breaking the team's single-season stolen base record.

[Chistar Sox Fan]

Sure, the Sox fell apart at the end but losing to the Angels, instead of the Yankees makes me feel better for some strange reason. Winning 90 plus games, in a season where Ortiz stunk, Dice-K's arm went dead, and the countless innings that Wakefield could have pitched, if not injured were a major factor of Boston's problems. Please sign Bay, not Wagner. let Varitek go to front office and let's get our shit together for 2010 !

[lwc]

Save some money, let them all go then maybe the ticket prices will come down so families can at least watch the games on regular cable.

[Prove me wrong]

I figure that next year's Red Sox will look very different. Say bye bye to Varitek, Drew, and Ortiz.

[Go Yankees]

The Red Sox nation is crumbling...LOL...all the so called fans that jumped the band wagon are leaving...Boo hoo...Yankees all the way.
Poor Papelbomb...looked like he was crying in the dugout...I loved it.
GO YANKEES!!!!!

[Go Yankees]

...And here is your broom!!!! SWEEP SWEEP.
LOSERS

[El Viejo]

Boo hoo hoo, Boston's hired guns stunk up the joint and Paperbone proved how unique Mariano Rivera is.

[kevin]

Chistar Sox Fan wrote:

Sure, the Sox fell apart at the end but losing to the Angels, instead of the Yankees makes me feel better for some strange reason. Winning 90 plus games, in a season where Ortiz stunk, Dice-K's arm went dead, and the countless innings that Wakefield could have pitched, if not injured were a major factor of Boston's problems. Please sign Bay, not Wagner. let Varitek go to front office and let's get our **** together for 2010 !

We definitely need Bay and one more big bat

[kevin]

Go Yankees wrote:

The Red Sox nation is crumbling...LOL...all the so called fans that jumped the band wagon are leaving...Boo hoo...Yankees all the way.
Poor Papelbomb...looked like he was crying in the dugout...I loved it.
GO YANKEES!!!!!

Only took them a billion dollars

[El Viejo]

kevin wrote:

Only took them a billion dollars

What team was second when it came to spending? The Beaneaters! How'd Smoltz, Penny, Wagner, and Kotsay do? John Henry is spending just like the Steinbrenner Yankees, only he's in George's 1980s phase for level of return. All that money for Dice-K's .500 record is reminiscent of Ed Whitson.

Don't get me wrong: the return of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is the best thing to happen to baseball in the new millenium. It certainly beats Cubs-Cards!

[thebabe]

How sweet it was to watch papelbon cough one up in front of the Nation,when they neede him most!

[kevin]

thebabe wrote:

How sweet it was to watch papelbon cough one up in front of the Nation,when they neede him most!

Again go back to being dead

[Wowsa]

Amazing how I haven't heard a Red Sox fan brag about anything in months....

[kevin]

Wowsa wrote:

Amazing how I haven't heard a Red Sox fan brag about anything in months....

How can we ,you Yankee fans never shut up

[El Viejo]

kevin wrote:

How can we ,you Yankee fans never shut up

After those first eight games, you Red Sawx fans were all over these forums, crowing and thumping your sunken chests about winning it all this year. Now it's over and you'll have to play "Sweet Caroline" and the Dropkick Murphys in your basement. Maybe Paperbone will drop by and tell you why he choked.

[kevin]

El Viejo wrote:

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After those first eight games, you Red Sawx fans were all over these forums, crowing and thumping your sunken chests about winning it all this year. Now it's over and you'll have to play "Sweet Caroline" and the Dropkick Murphys in your basement. Maybe Paperbone will drop by and tell you why he choked.

Cant argue,sometime in sports your the windshield and sometimes your the bug

[Wait and see]

Prove me wrong wrote:

I figure that next year's Red Sox will look very different. Say bye bye to Varitek, Drew, and Ortiz.

There isn't a general manager in all of baseball dumb enough to take the bloated contracts of Ortiz or Drew. Boston is stuck with them and also with Lowell's contract.
With nobody in the farm system to replace Bay, they better sign him but he doesn't seem enthused with staying in the silly college cowtown.
The so-called Red Sox renaissance ship has sailed. Back to 1918 again.

[kevin]

Wait and see wrote:

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There isn't a general manager in all of baseball dumb enough to take the bloated contracts of Ortiz or Drew. Boston is stuck with them and also with Lowell's contract.
With nobody in the farm system to replace Bay, they better sign him but he doesn't seem enthused with staying in the silly college cowtown.
The so-called Red Sox renaissance ship has sailed. Back to 1918 again.

God you act like they lost 95 games.They will do what the Spankees do,spend a lot of cash and come back next year

[Wait and see]

kevin wrote:

<quoted text>God you act like they lost 95 games.They will do what the Spankees do,spend a lot of cash and come back next year

John Henry would prefer to spend the fans money on his 30-year old bride. He'll just keep on snookering the fans by putting fresh green paint on the old relic of a ballpark and the delusional fools will keep coming back to a hike in ticket prices to be squeezed in Jurrasic Park.

[El Viejo]

kevin wrote:

God you act like they lost 95 games.They will do what the Spankees do,spend a lot of cash and come back next year

There are a lot of Red Sox fans with that "It's a catastrophe" attitude around here, and they get mad when I tell them they want the Yankees North in Boston. My God, the wild card team had more wins than the AL Central champions! Their attitude is "World Series or bust," which is just like a bunch of younger Yankees fans who only know 1995-2009 as their team.

[Pete Hodges]

Personally I think the Red Sox need some sweeping changes if they expect to get to the post season and beyond in 2010.....They need some solid punch and they are not getting it from Ortiz or Drew....Mike Lowell needs to retire hurt to much and isn't delivering...so they need a new right fielder, a DH that can deliver big time, and a third baseman who can play every day and deliver, and a couple of dependiable starters who you can count on to go 7 solid innings, and a reliever who can throw other stuff besides a fast ball who you can count on for the save...The Yankees are real and are going to be there every year, from here on out..The Rays well who knows ? If the red sox sit still and dont get some good quality in the off season you can forget it for next year and beyond....you have to look at your weaknesses and adjust accordingly....they need to resign Bay no question...go Sox so we dont have to say every year "wait till next year"....