"That said, the 2006 Red Sox look like an 84-78 squad with a management team that is playing rotisserie baseball. The Sox still can go out and get players, but there seems little regard for how they fit together. And until we learn otherwise, there is simply no way to know that Mark Loretta and Mike Lowell can shine in Boston, that Julio Lugo or Coco Crisp is coming (or that they, too, can succeed), that Kevin Youkilis can play every day or that Keith Foulke can close again.

Yes, Johnny be gone.

And the Sox be in trouble.

"Oh my, unexpecting Sox president Larry Lucchino replied when asked what message he might deliver to fans frustrated by this most tumultuous of offseasons. "I would acknowledge that this is a setback in terms of our short-term (goals), but to keep the faith."

Like the Bible says:

Blessed are those who believe and have not seen. "

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