Unless the Sox go and get their man, Gordon or Cespedes, preferrably Cespedes, I can't take them seriously.
I think Kenny Williams is a scurge that got lucky in 2005 that his eclectic pitching staff started firing on all cylinders, and Joe Clutch Crede went nuts for a couple post-seasons before his body fell to pieces.
What else has Kenny done to deserve a GM job? Beurle, Garland, the 45 year old false birth certificate cuban Yankee dude,
I'm not saying it wasn't a good job putting that staff together....but lets be honest they just all happened to get infuego at the right time and most of that staff quickly fell apart for different reasons. Age, injury, league catching up to the younger guys. It was a perfect storm Kenny had little to do with other than taking a chance on some cheap values.
Reinsdorf is so hard to take serious. I avoid this forum and discussion just mostly out of sadness and 36 years of futility with one lucky post season run.
Kenny Williams isn't enough for me.
You go get me Cespedes and my eyes will open. Thats a winning move on a proven high metric player who can carry your team. The A's were phenomenal with him in the lineup, crashed without. The Mets get him and go on a historic tear.
Thats 3 teams though that don't want him, so does anybody know what the locker room issues are? Cocaine? Ass hole? Its possible the A's and Mets are cheap, and he didn't fit well or was just in a funk for the one Detroit team. I'll consider that, but his talent is winning talent you pay a premium for if you want to win.
Gordon would be a serious prize as well without potential baggage, I can't answer what inside sources say about Cespedes, I just know he can rake and is a hall of fame talent, he can carry you and would murder our ball park come July heat wave.
Upton I don't want to pay for to pry away, but I think he would fit in here as well as Jermaine Dye did.
I suspect Kenny is finally under the gun, by his desperate moves to improve the infield. Reinsdorph has to open the purse or the Sox will continue to fail to get over the hump. We are so close that its criminal not to add that outfielder we need, fuck...if you were actually serious you would get Gordon AND Cespedes and say abra cadabra bitches we have a top lineup.