Red Sox/MLB 2025 Off-Season Hot Stove II - Who’s at Third?
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Smitty93
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Nashville, Charlotte, and Indianapolis seem like the obvious candidates. They already have strong support for minor league teams, and each supports multiple teams in other sports.
Chevalier du Clavier
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The Debartolo family (owned the 49ers) are interested in moving them to Orlando.
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How old is CC?
Old enough for his return to be hilarious. Meanwhile, the Yanks have a lot of dead money.
EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
The mere thought killed John Henry. He read this and died.
Linda is moving the team to Tampa. They're gonna play home games when the Rays are on the road.
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Jim Rice had a heated conversation with a Red Sox staffer after he offered a hitter advice. Here’s what Rice said happened. - The Boston Globe
The Hall of Famer has no formal responsibilities with the team beyond his NESN work, but will offer his thoughts to players who approach him for feedback.
www.bostonglobe.com
… But last week, Rice said, he was watching a young Red Sox player hit indoors. The player approached him for feedback — specifically about drifting forward in the batter’s box, rather than keeping his hands and body in a properly loaded position to create harder contact.
Asked for his thoughts, Rice offered them. According to Rice, an unidentified staffer intervened, saying the Hall of Famer’s advice didn’t align with the team’s approach.
“It was something I didn’t like, because I felt like I was disrespected,” said Rice. “I didn’t throw myself on anyone. I’m sitting down, having a coffee. Nobody’s bothering me. Someone comes over and asks me a question. What am I supposed to say? I didn’t go and get this kid. I didn’t go and bring this kid and say, ‘Hit like this.’ He came over and talked to me.
“That’s where I got [ticked] off,” Rice added. “I hear, ‘[the team doesn’t] want it taught like this. We want to hit the ball in the air and hit it hard.’ I’m like, ‘Hey, we weren’t talking to you. We were talking. This is our conversation.’ ”
Rice said he asked the staffer in question whether he’d played and was told no.
“ ‘Then you can’t talk to me,’ ” Rice said he responded. “ ‘Look at the [video] monitor, do what you do, and don’t talk to me.’ ”
EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
Jim Rice had a heated conversation with a Red Sox staffer after he offered a hitter advice. Here’s what Rice said happened. - The Boston Globe
The Hall of Famer has no formal responsibilities with the team beyond his NESN work, but will offer his thoughts to players who approach him for feedback.
… But last week, Rice said, he was watching a young Red Sox player hit indoors. The player approached him for feedback — specifically about drifting forward in the batter’s box, rather than keeping his hands and body in a properly loaded position to create harder contact.
Asked for his thoughts, Rice offered them. According to Rice, an unidentified staffer intervened, saying the Hall of Famer’s advice didn’t align with the team’s approach.
“It was something I didn’t like, because I felt like I was disrespected,” said Rice. “I didn’t throw myself on anyone. I’m sitting down, having a coffee. Nobody’s bothering me. Someone comes over and asks me a question. What am I supposed to say? I didn’t go and get this kid. I didn’t go and bring this kid and say, ‘Hit like this.’ He came over and talked to me.
“That’s where I got [ticked] off,” Rice added. “I hear, ‘[the team doesn’t] want it taught like this. We want to hit the ball in the air and hit it hard.’ I’m like, ‘Hey, we weren’t talking to you. We were talking. This is our conversation.’ ”
Rice said he asked the staffer in question whether he’d played and was told no.
“ ‘Then you can’t talk to me,’ ” Rice said he responded. “ ‘Look at the [video] monitor, do what you do, and don’t talk to me.’ ”
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Absurd for like 13 different reasons.
That Red Sox staffer would be former Red Sox staffer.Jim Rice had a heated conversation with a Red Sox staffer after he offered a hitter advice. Here’s what Rice said happened. - The Boston Globe
The Hall of Famer has no formal responsibilities with the team beyond his NESN work, but will offer his thoughts to players who approach him for feedback.
… But last week, Rice said, he was watching a young Red Sox player hit indoors. The player approached him for feedback — specifically about drifting forward in the batter’s box, rather than keeping his hands and body in a properly loaded position to create harder contact.
Asked for his thoughts, Rice offered them. According to Rice, an unidentified staffer intervened, saying the Hall of Famer’s advice didn’t align with the team’s approach.
“It was something I didn’t like, because I felt like I was disrespected,” said Rice. “I didn’t throw myself on anyone. I’m sitting down, having a coffee. Nobody’s bothering me. Someone comes over and asks me a question. What am I supposed to say? I didn’t go and get this kid. I didn’t go and bring this kid and say, ‘Hit like this.’ He came over and talked to me.
“That’s where I got [ticked] off,” Rice added. “I hear, ‘[the team doesn’t] want it taught like this. We want to hit the ball in the air and hit it hard.’ I’m like, ‘Hey, we weren’t talking to you. We were talking. This is our conversation.’ ”
Rice said he asked the staffer in question whether he’d played and was told no.
“ ‘Then you can’t talk to me,’ ” Rice said he responded. “ ‘Look at the [video] monitor, do what you do, and don’t talk to me.’ ”
If a player wants and requests feedback from Jim Rice then he should be able to give it.
McGarnagle
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Devil's advocate, I can see how the organization wouldn't want to confuse players with conflicting advice and different philosophies. If they have orders from the coaching staff and Breslow to focus on launch angles and selective pitch taking, and Rice just tells them to hit line drives and be aggressive swinging, it can muddle up things. I get it on that end. But the staffer also needs to read the room because it's Jim f***ing Rice.
quietbruinfan
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Remember also that Rice's tenure as hitting coach was not great. To this day, I remember Troy O'leary making fun of Rice's "keep the ball on the bat" theory. (Note, this was after a 312 foot home run off the rf foul pole in old Yankee stadium.)
