Henry Preparing Red Sox Fans For Theo-less Future?

If you listen closely you can hear the moanful cry of Red Sox Nation as management slowly and painfully blame everyone but the people that should be blamed. They drive away the only manager that has ever brought a World Series championship to Boston (and New England)..
Between NASCAR and British Soccor, I’m beginning to wonder if the Red Sox actually matter to the owners. Just like the the government, all that matters is lining their pockets with gold
They should be ashamed. They certainly have brought a very distasteful situation to the fans.

good as gone. The owners would have made the announcement of an extension of Theo during this interview, but they didn’t because they most likely know he has interviewed for the position with the Cubs, and is going to accept it. The contract is probably being drawn up, and they are still working out the compensation, which if I’m the FO, I would be driving up the price everyday that goes by, because this situation is extremely inconvient for the Sox because of the fact that they need to hire a manager, but the person who’s entrusted with that search is in between positions, so how can they really proceed until the whole situation is settled. The vague answers they gave during this interview were for two reasons, some dealt with club policy, which should be secret. The other was baseball policy and they could have been reprimanded for breaking those policies.

I am so disdusted by this season. I choose not to think about baseball again until spring training starts then I’ll see how I feel then.

I have sen the Sox nose dive to end the season on several occasions and have been unfortunate enough to witness the Sox lose the pennant to Detroit by half a game, losing the WS on Duffy Doyle’s throwing error to first which allowed Pena to tie the 7th game in 75, the epic collapse of of 78, the loss of Fisk, Lynn, Burleson, and Hobson because The front office couldn’t get it’s act together enough to tender contracts in time which made them free agents, and gutted the team for nearly a decade. I watched the teams of the late 80’s get mauled by A’s and the 86 squad come within a strike of winning it all in order to set up yet another sickening end and it wasn’t Buckner who cost that game, it was Stanley who couldn’t get an out. I watched the first Playoff with yanks with the Phantom catches I nearly cried when Martinez was left in to allow the Yanks to tie in 03. I watched the 06 and 10 teams disintegrate under excessive and freakish injuries. Now I have had the misfortune to watch what could have been the best team in baseball make history once again, by losing a 9 game lead, eclipsing the Phillies 7 game swoon, and edging out this years Braves 8 1/2. Worse, in a good number of those games they held healthy leads and blew them. And at least the 78 squad won a 1 game playoff with the Yanks by eliminating a MFY lead of 6 games in the final two weeks, winning six in a row to end the regular season. This years team just went to sleep and never woke up, by the first week of September you could feel the depression. The team just quit on itself. I could live with all of the rest, but this….. Francona was not at fault and I don’t blame him for bailing. Nor do I blame Epstein. The team just quit. The entire Season was perfectly summed up by Papi’s last at bat when he left a steaming pile about a foot from the plate.
I am not sure I will be watching The Sox anymore, I got 04 and 07, (My father went his whole life waiting for the title that never came)or for that matter, the game I loved for my entire life. I am that completely disgusted. Or Maybe I’ll Just follow Theo and become a cubs fan.

I have no concern weather Franconia leaves, Theo leaves, or any other person who is leaving, weather it is players such as Papelbon and Veritek, or more or all of the coaching staff. What I am concerned about is who is staying and who is coming to right this very wrong ship. Who will lead the team going forward? what pitching changes will be made because that is where the major melt down happened.To think that the top three starters are going to dominate the league, after proving they can not stay healty together for a full season would be crazy! Another front of the rotation man and back of the rotation man are needed going forward. The heart measuring stick needs to be picked up and applied again going forward, God does not will the team with the most talent to collaspe and not make the playoffs. I consider myself a very Spiritual person but that is just an excuse for being weak. We pick up guys with great numbers coming in but no proff of heart. And we gave up an Adrian Beltre and Victor Martinez, What did we gain? Certainly by their play this post season one can not say heart. The people I feel sorry for are the owners, they spent what they have to try to put a championship team on the field and entrusted that money to the wrong person. In turn they never recieved the return on their millions. As well as us the fans we deserve more than 2 consecutive years of not making the playoffs, watching as less talented teams have advanced. It is not acceptable with the way the great city of Boston supports this team. What is even more disheartening is going to Fenway on Sept. 20th and watch a starting catcher who was hitting 240 at the time totally ignoring the kids that were cheering for him during warm ups. A simple wave or even a gesture of a smile would have been something. I am sorry because in the business world he would have been fired for his performance. the children deserve better. My hope is that these egomanics take a hard look in the mirror this off season and really face themselves before facing another season!