And were was Ben Cherington during the day? Was he out getting coffee for everyone like a good office intern? I friggin' hope so, because if he was sitting at his desk during the day and these two deals are all he/they got done, then what the hell are they paying him for? He needed to make some major moves and try to rebuild this team one piece at a time and he failed. His obligation is (and should be) to the baseball operations side of the Red Sox, not to the "Three Amigo's" (see Lucchino, Larry; Henry, John and Werner, Tom). For Ben Cherington to not trade Josh Beckett and anybody else attached to last years collapse is thoroughly and utterly unacceptable. We as fans deserve better. It is almost a slap in the face to watch this team day in and day out win and lose with the coming of the tide. They are one game over .500 (52-51) and are 8.5 games out of first. Ben Cherington should have stepped up to the plate (pun intended) and started wheeling and dealing with everybody. But did he do that? No... he just sat and played the role of Pinocchio perfectly while Geppetto, aka Larry Lucchino, just pulled the strings. It's really sad to know that one of your favorite teams makes it so hard to watch and root for them. I get sick to my stomach when they win because that means the ownership gets to smile and say "See, I told you this team isn't that bad." Do they not hear the boo's? Do the not listen to the fans talk about how they need to fix this team? Apparently not. The only things they care about are revenue and bringing in a profit.
And screwing their fans out of fun in October.
