thedoctor

agreed. it’s a terrible situation. apathetic to antagonistic fanbase, awful product and replacing a guy who was respected and let go for bad reasons. I’ll cut him some slack. he’s just a young guy trying to make the most of his big break.

only thing left to root for is maximum embarrassment for jr. of course, he has no shame so there’s nothing to root for at all.

getz saying he doesn’t like the team, then going out and assembling a much worse team makes a lot of sense when you consider jr’s disdain for his fanbase. probably why Getz was hired.

that winning obsession is so evident

yep, this is it. he’s in his last phase of ownership of this team. everything in his background suggested he’d make a hire like getz, because it was easy and comfort. and this is 100 percent about his comfort and zero percent about building a great baseball organization.

thanks. i doubt it drops that low, although it probably should.

what’s the sox record for lowest attendance? i’m thinking total and average.

is this what an obsession with winning looks like? asking for a friend.

“hell, this guy’s dead” we’re getting close to that

this year’s gonna be great

i think that was a huge load of bs jerry sold to explain a gm hire no one else would have made.

at times like this it’s bad form not to.

lol

🤮

they’ve stopped denying who they really are, which is good. not that anyone should be encouraged or optimistic about it.

better him than salvy

i’d b**** about this but it’s probably going to be the offseason highlight.

seems like a good hire. /shrug

in a year full of disastrous days this one takes the cake. confirmation this is all truly hopeless. sucks.

i hope the press conference is brutal.

in listening to this, it sounded like dan evans told them dan evans was going to talk to jerry. i'm fine with an informational interview to get a perspective on the org from someone who worked somewhere else, but otherwise, no thanks.

he hits the best homers. always just kilt.

hfs

it's a very good piece and does an excellent job of underscoring the hopelessness of it all. being bad is one thing, but being bad and unwilling or able to change makes it substantially worse. their solution seems to be to turn more inward and double down on strategies that have proven to be unsuccessful. it's maddening.

desastre personal, indeed.