Thursday, October 06, 2005
IT'S THEO'S FAULT
(And Puppet Meddler Larry's)
Epstein's Epic Tragedy of Money, Power, James, and Henry
The boy wonder got the credit last year, so he must take the blame for a 2005 team that has even more of his freshly bloodied finger prints all over it...Don't blame Door Matt "Cement"...He is what he has always been, which is a first half, small market, small game pitcher...
Blame small market owner John W. LowTalker, who didn't want back to back postseason heroe Derek Lowe in a Red Sox uniform for monetary and personal/lifestyle reasons...Blame Larry Lucchino, who lowballed and blabbed Pedro Martinez AND Alex Rodriguez to New York, with Manny to follow...Blame Bill James, who has belatedly admitted that his geek squad may be missing some of the subtleties of the game, like clutch performing and the art of the choke; Cabrera continues to beat up the Yankees with his gold glove and silver bat, while overpaid newcomers can't pitch, hit, field or throw in the post season...But most of all, blame Theo, who let 6 major Red Sox players, (most of them brought in by Dan Duquette), play out their contracts in 2004, then had to scramble to overpay Edgar Renteria and Matt Clement when the big fish went elsewhere. 2004's success was a team effort; 2005's Epic Epstein Disaster ultimately ends with the newly mortal and humbled Red Sox general manager.
-Red Sox Hub
