Last week, we put to a vote on Fire Brand who should win the honorable mention spot on the All-Aughts Team of the Decade. The winner of the poll, which looks to be Mike Lowell, will be officially added to the team later this week when we recap his accomplishments in Boston.
Today, I bring to you the dishonorable mention candidates. No Team of the Decade roster is complete without recognizing those that made waves in Boston for all the wrong reasons. Below are five candidates, none of which are Manny Ramirez given he’s already made the team. Please take your time and vote for the candidate you feel belongs on the roster, either at the end of this article or on the right sidebar, near the top. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my displeasure to present… well, click through and find out!
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Drew Silva, 22, contributes to Rotoworld.com, MLBTradeRumors.com and FanGraphs. Check him out on Twitter. Silva takes a look back at 2004, the season of salvation for the BoSox and revisits where the seminal players on the World Series teams are now…
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See, in a perfect world, every team would have a General Manager/Front Office that could make good moves, while spending as little money as possible. In this world, the top-tier payrolls would have a distinct advantage. If every GM was skilled at their job, and there wasn’t much difference between the minds that are within each organization, then the extra money that a club would have, would play an even more significant role.
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Letting Orlando Cabrera go was Theo Epstein’s biggest mistake of his short career as a general manager, and we’re feeling the effects of this to this day.
Let’s backtrack a little [...]
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In 2003, 2004 and 2005, the Red Sox lost Opening Day and went on to make the playoffs. In 2006, Opening Day was won and … well, let’s not talk [...]
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In one of the most unkept secrets of the offseason, the Red Sox are the favorites to land shortstop Julio Lugo. Lugo, a former Houston Astro, Tampa [...]
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