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It's embarrassing for a lifelong Sox fan to see Hahn and not pummel him.

Never thought of that before but you are absolutely correct.

Yeah...Neither one of you would do that. .

Just ran into him outside of my office and we chatted for a few minutes.

Looks great and is enjoying the year off.

Did you at least throw your car keys at him with disdain, or simply hand them over?

Yeah...Neither one of you would do that. .

Just ran into him outside of my office and we chatted for a few minutes.

Looks great and is enjoying the year off.

I thanked him for doing his best to try and bring a World Series. He was very open when I asked him a few questions about certain players. I wouldn’t post them here publicly.

Suppose he got his pick of managers, would it have changed anything? His high flying prospects crashed, that was the problem. I don't necessarily blame him for that, they were all well regarded when he acquired them. However, it's a results oriented business and someone has to answer for failure.

He only did what everyone demanded he do.

Doesn't matter. Owner isn't a GM who gets to call up his buddy. It sends a horrible message and sends ripples through what left of the organization. And THEN when the buddy shows up, he shits his pants and falls asleep. He gets woke up by the fans to tell him he needs to pinch run.

If Hahn gets his pick of managers, he's still talking to Seacrest in the fall of 2024 about his year off.

What the fuck does that mean?

We’re still burning a hole in the Machado money. I suspect that cash will still be in Jerry’s partners’ bank accounts for another couple few years.

Nobody demanded an 80yr old open the WS window. No idea if Hinch can fix a culture that seemed to tell people it’s ok to be bad and injured. Idk, maybe expecting something from people makes a difference. What I do know is that there’s a big cross-section of people who tell me that TLR did a good job and those that tell me nothing could’ve changed the trajectory of the Sox failures.

I’m completely ignorant of the lower level talent development stuff. What I see now is the guy Hahn had in charge of player development putting together one of the worst franchises in the history of the sport.

People just accept this shit like everything is bad luck. It’s management failure.

My question is why he didn't draw a red line on his choice for manager. Had he resigned over it, he'd get a lot more respect. He kissed Old Man Potter's feet. This isn't something said in hindsight and I'm not the only person who said it then.

Did you at least throw your car keys at him with disdain, or simply hand them over?

He offered to resign months before he was fired. When I see him again, I'll ask him if it coincided with LaRussa coming onboard. I told him about my interaction with Getz last year. His face said he was surprised by Getz sticking up for him, but he said he had given him his start, and that was to be expected.

I asked him if Luis Robert had a phlegmatic temperament, or if he just played like he didn't give a shit. He said he cares a lot.

I asked him if Luis Robert had a phlegmatic temperament, or if he just played like he didn't give a shit. He said he cares a lot.

I learned a new word today.

I learned a new word today.

Suppose he got his pick of managers, would it have changed anything? His high flying prospects crashed, that was the problem. I don't necessarily blame him for that, they were all well regarded when he acquired them. However, it's a results oriented business and someone has to answer for failure.

Suppose he got his pick of managers, would it have changed anything? His high flying prospects crashed, that was the problem. I don't necessarily blame him for that, they were all well regarded when he acquired them. However, it's a results oriented business and someone has to answer for failure.

Each of his three big trades were logical moves that were applauded across baseball. I always hated the idea of trading a unique piece like Sale just on principal. It sucks that they didn't scout mental makeup on Kopech or Moncada, but I just don't agree with trading Sale under any circumstances. Better scouting gets you Devers instead of Moncada but I don't know if that changes things.

Those offers for Quintana and Eaton ended up great, just not for the Sox.

His drafts were terrible. When some of the trade items failed, he had nothing with which to back them up. It didn't help that Tim Anderson went from winning a batting title to being terrible in a matter of a couple of years during his 20s.

I'd say Hahn's biggest sins were drafting and giving a series of bad contracts to bad players as an aggregate in place of giving one big contract to a great player

I'm pretty confident that he wouldn't ask for Yoan Moncada again.

I'm pretty confident that he wouldn't ask for Yoan Moncada again.

I’m not even sure if it was the drafting or the development that was the problem. Guys would get worse in the Sox minor league system as time went by.