What does Theo Epstein do? Really...
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by Laredoslider
I don't want to be a "hater", but my ship has sunk (the Mets), and I want to see all the people in the same payroll neighborhood go down with us. So I am a "hater"...I'm hating on the Boston area today. I hate those Dane Cook commercials (as well as anything Dane Cook represents, and he is a Boston native), I hate the fact that the Celtics are good again, and I don't hate the Patriots, but I'm jealous of a QB who gets to bang supermodels.
There's also something about Boston fans when you go out. You might as well have a patty wagon sitting outside of every bar. When they lose, they don't care, they just get drunk. When they win, they get stupid, and they get drunker (actually I met a girl at a bar who had a David Ortiz shirt on...she seemed drunk and ready...and, I usually like girls with fat asses, but looking at that "ORTIZ 34" kinda reminded me of Big Papi, and I was turned off). Tomorrow, I root HARD for the Indians...because they built their team the right way. They also haven't won anything in a while, so they deserve something. They have more likable players, and more likable fans.
The way a team is built means a lot when I decide who I'll root for when watching a big game, where I have no rooting interest. I like the Rockies because they got to the World Series with a lot of home-grown guys. The Indians have a lot of homegrown talent, that has been under the radar for years, and now it's paying off. The Red Sox have this recipe which isn't a bad one, as long as you have enough money to shop in their supermarket. It's like Theo Epstein has a crystal ball, and it tells him which players he needs to overpay. He sits down and Scott Boras comes out saying, in a eerie voice, "Sign J.D. Droooooooo...you tampered with him, so he knew to opt out in L.A...he's a time machine from being a 30-30 player", or,"Eric Gagne has regained his form...his form he filled out to get his last shipment of HGH", or, "Dice K throws this pitch called the gyroball...it will revolutionize the way the umpires say 'ball four'".
Then Epstein leaves in the winter of '05, and the organization makes the Hanley Ramirez-Josh Beckett trade. He probably set it up (by not being there), but that's a huge reason the Sox are playing now. I don't hate the Red Sox, yet. The hope as a NY sports fan is that the Sox getting knocked out will carry over to the Celtics and Patriots seasons. As always http://laredoslider.blogspot.com...and http://www.gankowns.com...I'm out, like the plunger after a BBQ at Big Papi's house... GO GIANTS!!!!!
