OFFICIAL BOSTON RED SOX 2010 SEASON THREAD - RIP 2010 SEASON - Time To Play Spoiler

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GUESS YOU GUYS GAVE UP HUH....SEE YA TONIGHT AT THE GAME...

LETS GO YANKEES!
 
How bout them Patriots?
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mikey lowell
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nice win after splitting with the yanks. hopefully texas can help us out a bit here.
 
JD...i want to get excited about it. but this team and season is just one giant !#@$ tease
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but nah, definitely still in it...as usual
 
I was at the Sox-Jays game 8/12-- wearing a Papelbon jersey no less-- and God, was that horrible to watch.

I could literally see the season slipping away...
 
we just put in a claim for johnny damon.


cue the michael scott "no! no!..." gif


what. the. fudge
 
Apparently looking at Dodgers OF #99 as well... (mainly to block the Rays from doing so.)

Life could get very interesting very soon.
 
Ok this is a big week, we gotta finish off Seattle because they are one of the worst in the league and we just gotta get these wins. And then Tampa this weekend. We gotta pick up some games and make this race close.

And if we got Manny back I would be EXCITED. We could use the bat since Youk is done for the year. And F Johnny Damon. Let that $@#$% rot in Detroit, or get sent home fishin wit the Rays when we land the Wild Card (or dare I say it...........................Take the Division)
 
Johnny Damon nixes deal with Red Sox
ESPNBoston.com

DETROIT -- Johnny Damon is staying in Detroit.

The Tigers outfielder says he's decided to pass up a chance to return to the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox had claimed him on waivers this week, and it was up to him to approve the deal.

Damon said before Tuesday night's game against Kansas City that he's turned down the move.

"I love Detroit," he told reporters.

The 36-year-old Damon helped lead the Red Sox to a World Series championship 2004, their first since 1918.
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[h1]Idiots for dummies[/h1]
Posted by Eric Wilbur, Boston.com StaffAugust 24, 2010 08:51 AM

Johnny Damon loves Detroit.

He just loves it.

"It's probably as tough of a decision for me to make right now as it was for me to leave Boston for New York."

Johnny Damon is a fraud.

A complete fraud.

The Tigers center fielder was weighing his options last night after the Red Sox put in a waiver claim on him, which means there could be a slight chance Damon ends up back in Boston, where he was vilified after jumping ship to New York following the 2005 season. It's a tough decision for no-trade Johnny because of how much he's enjoyed his time with the Tigers, the team he was always meant to play for.

Or, wait. Was that the Yankees?

Or the A's?

Or the Royals?

It's always hard being Damon, so emotionally attached to whatever city he and Puppet Master Scott Boras can con into signing his paychecks. So, if indeed he does decide to waive his no-trade clause and lands in Boston for the final six weeks of the season, here's how it will presumably play out:

Damon will arrive in town, swarmed by his adoring media members, and break bread with Red Sox fans. He will be cheered by the alternative hats in the Red Sox' first true sellout in weeks. Damon will then talk about how Boston is the best city he has ever played in, emotionally choked up about how he always dreamt of this moment of redemption. All is forgiven, and Damon and Red Sox fans will once again be in another fictitious love affair.

Until he signs with the Rays in the offseason and begins to wax nostalgic about how he always envisioned himself playing for Tampa Bay as a little boy. When reminded that the Rays didn't come into existence until 1998, Damon will flash a wry grin and wink into the camera with that enchanting twinkle in his eye. Reporters will swoon and continue with the ridiculous assertion that he's a Hall of Famer (Damon's top similar batter on Baseball Reference is the immortal Cesar Cedeno).

Wash. Rinse.

No matter where Damon goes, the story is always about him. It was about him immediately following the 2004 World Series when he "wrote" that ridiculous book. It was all about him immediately following the 2005 ALDS when Damon was crowing about his impending free agency before the White Sox celebration even had a moment to get off the Fenway Park infield. And now, should he jump ship to Boston and the Red Sox actually make the playoffs, how do you think Damon would relish the role of "savior?"

And by "relish," I mean play it up for a new contract in 2011.

Of course, all this news has certain media members drudging up all the wrong reasons why Red Sox fans can't stand Damon, simplistically stating that it was merely because he went to the hated Yankees why fans will never again buy him a beer in this town. Not true. Red Sox fans grew tired of Damon's shtick when he simply wouldn't shut up during that offseason, talking about how he was "flat-out disrespected" by the Red Sox and crowing about the Yankee tradition even before he had a chance to don the pinstripes in Tampa that following spring. He could have simply said, the Yankees came in and offered more money. Instead, he dismantled his legacy in Boston faster than anyone not named Roger Clemens.

Whichever team that happens to be paying Damon is his "special place." He's one heck of a ballplayer, but he's one hell of an actor.

"If I do this, and we pulled everything together and I could help them get into the postseason, it would change everything again," he said.

This is why by some time tomorrow Johnny Damon will again be a member of the Boston Red Sox. It does Johnny Damon no good for his 2011 contract to remain in Detroit. In Boston, he's in the headlines again, as either hero or villain, and not riding out the season with the free-falling Tigers.

He'll play it off as a shot at redemption. A con man to the end.

“The only reason why I would be considering it is to help out this team in the future. I love the Tigers organization, and I love the fact that they’re up-front and honest. If somehow they can get a good prospect back, a player that can help this team in the future, it would be beneficial for them. I would like to remain a Tiger, so I think that’s why these next hours are pretty important.
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well that's that...we're out. we can still play spoiler for homefield for the yanks



was a tough season to watch. too many injuries. we never had our squad healthy and on the field in entirety. starting pitching wasn't where it should have been. and then papelbon took a huge step back this year.

some of the positives:
- buchholz and lester
- bard
- the newbs: kalish, reddick, nava kinda
- beltre, ortiz, and vic

oh well...2010...[AIF]we off that[/AIF]
 
Yea I was gonna wait till it was official to post too. But aside from everything we were still in it the last week of the season so I cant be too mad. If we took care of some of the lesser teams throughout the season it would have been a different story. But injuries killed us this year.

We can only hope that this puts a fire under managements %%% this offseason and we make a couple moves. I dont know how Pujols is feeling but I would love to see us make a push for him. If anything to just check his interest in it. Dont just let him sign somewhere without atleast making a offer.

Pitching got much better at the end of the season so that was good too. I think it may be time time end the Dice K experiment. Hes just not working out. I feel like hes our AJ Burnett, you just assume the L when hes pitching. Other than that pitching was pretty solid to end the season.

Shame we not in the playoffs but they should be interesting. And Call me a hater but as long as I dont have to deal with Yankee fans celebrating again I will be good. I swear females are worse than dudes when they rubbin it in just because you know in the back of ur head that if they werent winning they wouldnt give 2 #$*** about it. /Rant
 
^^ Hey, at least Dice-K doesn't cut his hand on a staircase or pitch every outing with mysterious bruises on his face
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ESPN is still going to treat you guys like royalty during that weekend series in Boston.
 
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