John Lackey Sucks Forum

Reply-to:the sox and the cubs are working out a compensation for the horrible loss of theo. Wouldnt it be a great idea if they handed over lackey and his contract instead of gaining a player

Yes. I totally agree with this. Whatever the circumstances, Lackey has got to go.

TRADE HIM TO HOUSTON AND EAT HIS SALARY THERE.  LET THE LOSER GO BACK TO TEXAS.  TEXAS IS A LOSER STATE, LOOK AT THEIR GOVERNOR

Reply-to:Theo Epstein would like you all to believe that it is Terry Franconas fault that John Lackey and Carl Crawford suck. I think it is time to open a Theo Epstein Sucks thread. Whos with me?

I think that's not accurate to say. Theo wanted Tito to stay. It was Lucchino, Werner, and Henry who weren't in support of Francona. John Henry has eaten salaries of other guys before but for some reason, he wants to try again with Lackey and Crawford. Maybe John Henry is running low on money (lol) because he doesn't want to buy these guys out and boot them. Lackey has tremendous behavioral problems. The FO had to know that but took him anyway.

He's been signed for a few more years. He'll be making $15 million next year.

John Henry has his yacht the Iroquis on the market. The asking price is $28 million. Hopefuly he sells it and buys out the contracts of some of these jerks.

I can see the Sox picking up Big Papi for two more years. It's very hard to be the DH. He's perhaps the best DH in history and he's also important to the now completely dysfunctional clubhouse. Another option would be to have Youk become the DH and let Ortiz go. I can't see that happen. Why lose one when you can have both?

Reply-to:His OPB is 398 so it doesnt matter about reaching second. You cant score unless you get on base so as long as he gets to first, hes good. Moneyball.

Really? His out was the second of the inning. Instead of men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out it was man on third with 2 out. The next batter ground out to 2nd to end the inning. Before you send him to Cooperstown I'll point out he had 1 homer in September. In the last week he went 7 for 29 with 1 RBI. Yes, I agree there were far worse players but I would not resign a 36 year old player that wants 12.5m plus per year for that performance.

Reply-to:Exactly how far does Ortiz have to hit a ball that stays in the park  in order to reach second? Lovely stop at first last night to enjoy a Little Debbies snack cake before having your fat ass thown out a second. Who are we kidding. Having Lackey intolerant starting a playoff game for all the marbles would have been as much fun as an iodine enema.

His OPB is 398 so it doesn't matter about reaching second. You can't score unless you get on base so as long as he gets to first, he's good. Moneyball.