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NRaleighLiberal

(60,765 posts) Sat Aug 25, 2012, 01:55 PM Aug 2012

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Red Sox fans - blockbuster trade - good...or bad?

Bye Bye problems (Beckett, Crawford), snoozer (Punto), less-than-slugging slugger - the sacrificial lamb in this (Gonzo) - for Loney and a bunch of promising kids and the ability to unload bad contract money....

I for one am pretty happy about it - the team has become miserable to watch. Change is necessary!

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Red Sox fans - blockbuster trade - good...or bad? (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 OP

Carl Crawford was a very good player with the Rays. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #1

small market player, perhaps - Boston must be a tough place to play NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #2

He was well-liked here. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #3

BRUTAL??!! Voltaire Aug 2012 #4

LOL! I lived there from 84-92 and watched the fans kick the shit out of Schmidt! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #5

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

1. Carl Crawford was a very good player with the Rays.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 02:36 PM

Aug 2012

Don't know what happened with him in Boston.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,765 posts)

2. small market player, perhaps - Boston must be a tough place to play

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 02:49 PM

Aug 2012

they aren't quite as brutal as Phillies fans, but pretty demanding and vocal.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

3. He was well-liked here.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 02:52 PM

Aug 2012

Rays simply couldn't afford to keep him.

Voltaire

(2,639 posts)

4. BRUTAL??!!

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 03:39 PM

Aug 2012

We ain't brutal...LOL. Much.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,765 posts)

5. LOL! I lived there from 84-92 and watched the fans kick the shit out of Schmidt!

Reply to Voltaire (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 03:54 PM

Aug 2012

Loved it, really....it was the bizarro Ryan/Cunningham years - quite a time to be in Philly!

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