Theo Epstein
And you thought Shaughnessy was a big bag o' bile
By adamg - 10/12/11 - 1:12 pmChicago columnist welcomes Theo Epstein:
Epstein, see, has yet to win a Series without a juiced-up middle of the order. ...
I want Epstein to succeed. I'd love for the Cubs to win a World Series just to see whether that indeed marks the apocalypse.
But it's hard to get past the idea of the most embarrassing franchise in sports empowering the man in charge of the most embarrassing death spiral in baseball history without concluding that, yep, the Cubs are getting exactly what you'd expect.
Meanwhile, back here in Boston, Paul Flannery asks:
So, anyone want to buy a Fenway brick?
What's Theo Epstein done to Chuck Turner?
By adamg - 11/24/08 - 10:11 pm
16WadeSt photographed one of Chuck Turner's supporters at City Hall today. Sullivan (the US Attorney for Boston) and Feeney (the city council president), we get. Ainsley, sorta (he's the Globe publisher). But Epstein, Kraft and Grousbeck? Is there some conspiracy among sports executives to keep Turner from speaking truth to power?
More photos from the rally, mostly of people who seemed a tad more rational.
Theo Epstein's terrible record
By adamg - 8/27/06 - 7:57 amSean Holland makes the case the problem with the Sox is not the players but a general manager dooming the team to second place because he is no longer able to make good personnel decisions:
... The entire problem with Epstein's performance can be summed up by the bullpen. When he could have shown faith in the young guns by having them start the season with the big club, Theo instead chose to sign Julian Tavarez (5.13 ERA after the 2005 ASB) and Rudy Seanez (one healthy season since 1999). Once again, when Theo either could have stocked the team with veterans who could produce, or prospects who could prove useful, he chose neither. ...
The once and future GM
By adamg - 1/25/06 - 12:02 pmBasegirl sums up:
... It's not like the man never makes mistakes. I think we can all agree that the Renteria signing was, uh, not his finest hour. And he'll make mistakes again. But in the end, we're willing to overlook them because he's Theo. ...
Whether this is good or bad remains to be seen. But it is what it is. And Red Sox Nation will sleep a little more soundly knowing that King Theo has been reinstated in his rightful position. ...
The devil you say seems to be how David at Blue Mass. Group sums it up:
And in other news, Lucifer will be rejoining the choir of the angels, explaining that the whole "evil" thing was just a big misunderstanding, and it's all been cleared up now.
Condescending sportswriters who hate their readers
By adamg - 1/21/06 - 11:27 amFor this one post, Beth could change the name of her blog to Cursed to Worst, because she skewers know-it-all sportswriters who have to rain on the parade of happy Sox fans instead of actually trying to discover new facts:
... I want to know the conversations Theo had, with John Henry, with his friends and family, with a player on the team, perhaps? I want to have been a fly on the wall. I desperately want to know what happened.
What I don't want is some sports columnist's opinion on whether or not what happened is a good thing. What I don't want is to see Dan Shaughnessy pitch a fit because essentially, he was in somehow on the Theo departure and / or can't stand to see Sox fans happy about anything. It's not useful to me, what they're doing right now. What I want is the story they're (deliberately?) ignoring. I want them to use the access their job affords them to get me that information, get it out in the open. Of course, that's the one thing they're never going to do, for whatever reason, and frankly, I despise them for this. ...
Dan, meanwhile, was amazed to see the CHB thinking he can give John Henry orders:
... Whatever happened to journalists who ask questions? ...
Joy in Mudville
By adamg - 1/20/06 - 8:45 amA lonely Nation no longer turns its eyes to you, Theo Epstein.
Charley on Blue Mass. Group: I don't know what he'll be doing, but I like having him around. Best sports news this winter.
Red Sox Soul:Welcome to Theopolis!
I can't WAIT to hear the new title, although I'm pretty sure it's not Larry's Bitch...
Why is a New York Times columnist canonizing Larry Lucchino?
By adamg - 11/20/05 - 10:18 amMurray Chass declares: Lucchino: Just a Soul Who's Misunderstood.
Bruce wonders why a Times columnist would devote so much space to defending Larry. Part ownership of the Sox, perhaps? Bruce is willing to cut Chass a tiny bit of slack, but still, he asks you to imagine Gordon Edes writing a similar hagiography of George Steinbrenner. Hard to picture, no?
