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I don’t believe you can narrow it down to a single turning point, as all of the above have contributed to it. That said, management/coaching and the failure to fill roster holes have without a doubt had the biggest impact IMO. But with THAT being said, I’m not quite ready to call the rebuild a failure just yet.

This dude may not have 10 IP by the all star break.

Ah, right, he has to earn his right to have a personality. It’s a shame he doesn’t have the demeanor of Yoan, which goes over so well on this board.

I suspect we're ultimately saying the same thing, but I'd say they did quite well leading the rebuild. It's the handling of any team that's not losing on purpose that they completely fail at.

This notion sounds simple enough on the surface, but it’s my understanding that many people of color have a lot of pride in their race and heritage. Skin color should be able to be celebrated, not ignored.

I could see Tim hitting a couple opposite field bombs this series.

TLR thread bout to blow up

Friendly reminder that they got their 3 runs already.

Someone on here did the math on this a week or two ago and, yeah, there's just no way it's happening.

It's weird that these are two very different statements, but I somehow agree with both of them. That's how bad things seem to be right now.

Yeah, until I start seeing otherwise I’m just assuming whatever lineup is out there will score 3 runs.

Lol. Classic Howie Clark.

I believe I saw somewhere that he’s playing in Mexico in now.

I suspect you may be right, but pretty awful timing to try transitioning to a 2B prospect smack dab in the middle of the contention window, no? Let me clarify that NOW it seems fine to do considering the non-existent production we’ve gotten from the position, but a pretty questionable plan if that’s what it was.

Thank you. The “once we’re finally healthy” comments are pretty baffling to me at this point.

That’s not how a GM should operate, though. The “if everything goes our way” thoughts should be left to fans.

Oh boy, that Menechino thread is gonna be 400 pages long if the Royals put up like 6 runs tonight.

Oh yeah, wasn’t meant to be an endorsement of Gonzalez. More so the current sad state of the Sox with a sprinkle of salt in the wound.

Fun fact of the day: Sox cast off Luis Gonzalez, now with SF, would be leading the Sox in Avg, RBI, OBP, OPS (aside from Yoan and his 5 games played) and tied for 3rd in BB.

I don’t even know if we have enough fingers to point out all of the blame. The manager sucks, the players can’t get their heads out of their asses, the front office is incompetent and the owner is trash. Other than that, though.

How about we also hold the players accountable?

So they generally do not do well against some lefties and most righties. Good times.

I guess technically he didn’t HAVE to throw strikes.

What’s he sitting for those of us not watching?

I imagine they’ll give him every opportunity to break out of it, even if it would benefit the team to do otherwise.