Lip Man 1

Reinsdorf is at the home games from what I've been told. The minority owners have absolutely no say in the operation, so regardless if the Sox win or lose or get rained out from that standpoint it doesn't matter to them. What does matter is they keep getting a good return on their investment.

They have lost 23 of the last 25 games.

Once again a lack of execution, the inability to get guys home from third base with less than two guys kills them. This is simply a really, really bad team.

it's hard to take this organization seriously.

Also Hill was DFA's another waste of JR's money.

I think they sent Ellis back down.

Great! Increase the possibility he gets traded.

Entering Tuesday, the bullpen was 1-8 over its previous 17 games with an 8.13 ERA, a .342 average against and nine blown saves. ? Absolute garbage from top to bottom. You talk about wasted money on Maldonado (which is completely true) but how much money has been wasted on this so-called bullpen by Getz? Again I keep going back to as "fiscally responsible" as JR is when it comes to starting pitcher deals and paying for premium talent how he's let his GM's waste literally millions and millions of dollars on stiffs, has-been's, injury prone guys and rejects yet that doesn't seem to bother him...it just doesn't make sense to me.

Another day...another blown late lead. for the 14TH time this season...the Sox had a lead in the 7th inning or later...AND LOST THE GAME. But... Even more incredible, this is the 7TH TIME IN THE LAST 11 GAMES this has happened. Words fail me. This maybe the worst bullpen in franchise history, I do know that Brebbia appears to be another garbage signing wasting millions of dollars of JR's coveted money.

Let's see how they invent new and creative ways to blow the game late again tonight.

You hit the nail on the head. He thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and his philosophy is the correct way to operate a club and to "win." History has shown it isn't.

Incredibly, well maybe not, this was the 13th time the Sox took a lead into the 7th inning or later...and lost! It also is the 6th time just in the last 10 games!!!!!!!!!!! You can't make this stuff up can you? Now halfway to 100 losses in the books. It is also the third time Kopech has been directly responsible for losing a late lead.

That's a lot of money relatively speaking given he never played an inning and as you said it could have gone to use elsewhere.

I don't think so.

By the way the notice from the Sox said he'd be ready for next spring training. ?

First time for everything. And it has to be better than the current owner.

More wasted money. How JR keeps allowing his GM's to keep doing this for a decade now is beyond me given how "fiscally responsible" he is when it comes to pitchers and superstars.

You make valid points which is why the Sox new new ownership that will embrace different aspects (including spending a great deal of money in all areas) to turn this franchise around. "Bad luck" and "targeted decisions against you" can still be overcome by smart people, hiring top talent for the front office and minor league system and spending money on the best free agents, not class C guys.

Like I wrote, I've thought in general terms that JR's ego is such that he would try to lash out at the fan base. I don't think this is the case but ticket sales as you know isn't as important as it was in the 50's and 60's, not with all the domestic and international revenue streams today. And given his stadium lease agreement and the fact that he is still making money you can understand why I'd think it wasn't beyond a slim possibility he basically was telling the fan base to shove it. I'm reminded of an example from a political/historical sense. Word got out to national newspaper columnist Jack Anderson that LBJ had finally decided to get a replacement for FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Anderson went with the story which made national news. LBJ wasn't pleased and held a press conference saying that he was naming Hoover director for life. Afterwards he got one of his aides to get the word out that this was an "FU to Anderson." Anderson friends and associates then started good naturedly ribbing him that, 'he the guy who got Hoover appointed for life.'

I've thought the same thing myself.

Hard to argue with any of the player comments. The results speak for themselves since the start of the 2007 season.

JR has publicly said in the past that managers and/or head coaches don't make that much of a difference. That's why the Sox will never get someone like a Dusty Baker, Lou Piniella, Joe Maddon or Craig Counsell. Like my dad always said, "You get what you pay for."

He’s 7-for-99 over 35 games with one double, one home run, and a .235 OPS. Maldonado is 1-for-46 with one RBI in his last 15 games, with his last hit coming on May 11 against Cleveland, and is hitless in his last 35 at-bats.

“Maldonado does a really good job behind the plate,” Grifol said. “Still in the sixth inning, I didn’t feel I needed to pinch hit right there. He’s really valuable behind the plate, but I understand. He’s not swinging it. It’s a hot topic every time he catches it. It’s going to continue to be a hot topic, and I’m going to continue to make decisions that I feel is best for the team, not just offensively.”?

Again that's a fair point.