See, this is why I don't know sports
Headline #1, from ... a while back:
Red Sox, Snow agree to one-year, $2 million deal
See, fair, but I thought we already had a first baseman (Youkilis). We still need a shortstop and center fielder, right?
But no worries, we had another signing today:
Red Sox, Graffanino agree to one-year, $2.05M deal
See, I thought we already had a second baseman (Loretta) when we need a shortstop and center fielder.
Fortunately, we've got another signing down the pike:
Red Sox Get More Relief Help, Sign Julian Tavarez
See, now we're getting somewhere. He may not be a shortstop, but Tavarez is a short pitcher. Granted, we have about seven starters and seven relievers, but at least we're moving forward. Maybe part of my problem is I just don't get Larry Lucchino's governing philosophy:
"I have a theory that you never give up on superstars," Lucchino said.
Well, I suppose this doesn't apply to keeping your superstar GM when doing so would require you not to dime out your team's resident media darling and trading extraordinaire. But really, when was the last time not giving up on a superstar won them the World Series? Was Frank Thomas the hero in Chicago this year and I just missed it? Seriously, when has a team re-signed an aging free agent veteran and won the World Series with that player in the driver's seat? Jack Morris in 1991? That Epstein is a fool for leaving when he has such mandatory wisdom raining down upon him.