Red Sox 2012: A Trade Deadline Rant

Was anybody else surprised at the Red Sox and what they did at this years trading deadline?  I for one am not.  This is ownership group is nothing but a bunch of PR experts who know how to put shine to shit and sell it.  And sell it they do.  After Larry Lucchino sent out the letter to the season ticket holders, you should have known they were not going to make a big splash in this year's trade deadline.  Not only is this ownerships/management gutless for not going out and trying to make a big impact and get rid of some of the issues in the clubhouse, but more importantly... THEY ARE CLUELESS!  They think this is actually a good team.  They actually think they have a chance to not only make the playoffs, but also win the title.  Hahahahahahaha!!  (breathe)  Hahahahahahaha!!  And I'm sorry, but trading Matt Albers and Scott Podsednik to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Craig Breslow doesn't exactly shake up the team.  Neither does trading Lars Anderson to Cleveland for double-A knuckleballer Steven Wright.  If "Larry Lucchino runs the Red Sox" as John Henry so eloquently put it earlier this year on 98.5 The Sports Hub, then Larry should be ashamed of himself.  That is if he was a baseball guy.  Unfortunately Red Sox fans, he is not.  He is a business pitchman.  A richer, and less enthusiastic Slap Chop guy.  Hell, at this point, I'd prefer the Slap Chop guy.  At least he seems like he cares about his job.

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.