Comments on: Remember, this is Peter Gammons talking http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/10/13/remember-this-is-peter-gammons-talking/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:43:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ogie Oglethorpe http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/10/13/remember-this-is-peter-gammons-talking/#comment-1190 Ogie Oglethorpe Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:50:37 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/10/13/remember-this-is-peter-gammons-talking/#comment-1190 Well played "WishfulThinking", well played. Some people (fans and media) like to complain about the 2004 team being broken up and talking about what might have been. We might have gotten the chance to see Pedro fall apart in front of our eyes (like he did in his return) on a regular basis, we might have seen Millar's batting average dip below the Mendoza line while making anonymous quotes about Schilling to reporters, we might have watched DLowe get shelled on a regular basis... Well played “WishfulThinking”, well played. Some people (fans and media) like to complain about the 2004 team being broken up and talking about what might have been. We might have gotten the chance to see Pedro fall apart in front of our eyes (like he did in his return) on a regular basis, we might have seen Millar’s batting average dip below the Mendoza line while making anonymous quotes about Schilling to reporters, we might have watched DLowe get shelled on a regular basis…

]]> By: WishfulThinking http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/10/13/remember-this-is-peter-gammons-talking/#comment-1189 WishfulThinking Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/10/13/remember-this-is-peter-gammons-talking/#comment-1189 In 2002, the Angels won the World Series. To a man, the players thought that if they kept that special team together they could repeat. Management forked out the money and kept the team together. The 2003 Angels finished in 3rd place in the AL West with a losing record. Pull out the DVDs if you want to remember the 2004 team. It's not management's job to keep the team together as some kind of memorial. In 2002, the Angels won the World Series. To a man, the players thought that if they kept that special team together they could repeat. Management forked out the money and kept the team together.

The 2003 Angels finished in 3rd place in the AL West with a losing record.

Pull out the DVDs if you want to remember the 2004 team. It’s not management’s job to keep the team together as some kind of memorial.

]]> By: roknrol78 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/10/13/remember-this-is-peter-gammons-talking/#comment-1188 roknrol78 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:26:52 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/10/13/remember-this-is-peter-gammons-talking/#comment-1188 Now two years removed from that magical season I'm still a little bothered that Theo broke up a team that was successful. In addition to having great players, that team had great chemistry. THAT team had guts and resolve as well as childish joy. Pedro, Derek Lowe, Johnny Damon, Orlando Cabrera (the image of him whipping out the swim goggles in Yankee Stadium still brings a smile to my face, even if it is a little "in your face," which is not my personal style), and Kevin Millar, among others. Do you think that team would have let themselves be swept five games at home to the Yankees? I don't think so. I think I read somewhere that Lowe thought that championship team, if kept together, could have won another one or two World Series. I don't doubt him. That was a special TEAM and now the Sox are turning into a less expensive version of the Yankees, with new players coming and going. I realize that economics had something to do with the breakup of that team, but still, I can't help but look fondly at that team, with its gritty, fun players. Now two years removed from that magical season I’m still a little bothered that Theo broke up a team that was successful. In addition to having great players, that team had great chemistry. THAT team had guts and resolve as well as childish joy. Pedro, Derek Lowe, Johnny Damon, Orlando Cabrera (the image of him whipping out the swim goggles in Yankee Stadium still brings a smile to my face, even if it is a little “in your face,” which is not my personal style), and Kevin Millar, among others. Do you think that team would have let themselves be swept five games at home to the Yankees? I don’t think so.

I think I read somewhere that Lowe thought that championship team, if kept together, could have won another one or two World Series. I don’t doubt him. That was a special TEAM and now the Sox are turning into a less expensive version of the Yankees, with new players coming and going. I realize that economics had something to do with the breakup of that team, but still, I can’t help but look fondly at that team, with its gritty, fun players.

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