RIP JP,
I never got the fascination with Peskey?
He wasn't much as a player,just a nice personable guy that the players loved to have around.

Now Yahoo reports there was a major blow out between players and the owner,calling for Bobby's Head.

Management has to clean house from top to bottom.

I wrote this team off the day they hired Bobby V.
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The fascination with Pesky might be partially due to his being a career .307 batter even with losing 3 years of baseball to the Navy. Or it may be due to his over 60 years of service with the Red Sox. There is a lot to like about the guy.
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Well said, Paul. Was at the Springsteen concert @ Fenway last night, and Bruce did a really nice tribute to Pesky during the early part of the show. The crowd absolutely exploded.
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Shame on the Red Sox Players, that is why I gave up on this team in spring training...I could smell it.

Report: Red Sox brass upset more players didn't go to Pesky's funeral
August 23, 2012, 9:39 am
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Four current Red Sox players attended Johnny Pesky's funeral this week, according to the Boston Herald.

From the Herald:
Word from Yawkey Way is that the Sox front office hired buses to bring players, office and staff to the funeral from the ballpark to the church. The suits, we hear, were surprised and disappointed when the vast majority of the 40 players on the roster didn’t bother to show up for the services.

“We ordered the buses for the front office to go, knowing that any players could join us or drive separately from their homes,” Sox spokesman Charles Steinberg told the Track. “Between the ownership, front office, current players and staff, and former players, we were well represented by the people who knew Johnny best.”

The current players who attended the funeral were David Ortiz, Clay Buchholz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Vicente Padilla.

The Herald says that most of the team showed up to Josh Beckett's annual Beckett Bowl and country music show at the Lucky Strike Lanes and the House of Blues.

"The front office was not happy," a source told the Herald.

Tags: David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox, Johnny Pesky, Jarrod Saltalamacchia
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Maybe they should have bent the rules, and offered free beer. :-)
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Major blockbuster house cleaning in the works
It can't happen soon enough :-)
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Sigh, feels like deja vu, the Olde Town Team has reverted to their pre 2004 persona. Well, if you've been a fan as long as I have, you are accustomed to it.
A few thoughts:
How do you think Dan Douquette is feeling these days, (can you say vindicated?)
Will John Henry actually let Ben Charington do his job rebuilding the team or will he be forced again to march to Luchino's, (you know the guy who insisted on hiring Bobby V), drumbeat?
I could go on but sadly the only thing to say at this point is the old "wait till next year" (of course Belicheck & Company could help us forget sooner)
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Mercifully it is almost over. Let me be the first to say goodbye to Bobby V. It was not all his fault, but I think it is inevitable. I hope Ben Charington has a good offseason (a good start would be to make a deal with Toronto and sign John Farrell ASAP). He needs to decide who is worth keeping and who has to go and then be decisive about his moves. Should be an interesting hot stove season
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This Brave is checking in to share w/y'all a hilarious Onion Sports article about Bobby V:

"Bobby Valentine: 'The Red Sox Suck **** This Year And I Hate All My Players'"

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bob...year-an,29637/

:-)
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Well it's time to resurrect this tread.
Ladies and Gentlemen Boys and Girls your 2013 first place Boston Red Sox, Kick some Yankee a$$:-):-)
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Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets: How long shall it take for this thread to die again? :-)
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I would be embarrassed to be a Yankee fan.:-)
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And I would be embarrassed to have you as one. :-) :-)
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I'm checking in what do I win .. please let it be one of those UH-13s or UF-13s or UHF-13s :-) Oh I checked in too late I'm guessing :-)
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Two out of three ain't bad. Off to Toronto.
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I'll take it.
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Bats come alive and blowout the Bluejays another two out of three series.
Opening Day today in Boston nice weather on the way........Go Sox!!
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Sox win the home opener..people not expecting much from this team, but they look darn good?
Sox have pitching and a great bull pen with three power arms.
Hanrahan was hitting 99 with his fastball :-)
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Tito got lost walking 2 blocks to the park in Cleveland today :-) ... love the guy but that right there is funny, I don't care who you are.
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