BoSox Injection » MLB Commissioner http://bosoxinjection.com A Boston Red Sox Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 25 May 2013 12:40:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Amphetamine Use in MLB: DA Jack McCoy charges Bud Selig with “depraved indifference” http://bosoxinjection.com/2013/01/31/amphetamine-use-in-mlb-da-jack-mccoy-charges-bud-selig-with-depraved-indifference/ http://bosoxinjection.com/2013/01/31/amphetamine-use-in-mlb-da-jack-mccoy-charges-bud-selig-with-depraved-indifference/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:22:24 +0000 Earl Nash http://bosoxinjection.com/?p=17153 Since 1998, when he was anointed Commissioner by his “owners,” Bud Selig turned a deaf ear to the rampant use of amphetamines in baseball.  If this were an episode of “Law & Order,” DA Jack McCoy might charge Alan Selig with “depraved indifference”— a felony in New York. Specifically, McCoy might have used the term [...]

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]]> http://bosoxinjection.com/2013/01/31/amphetamine-use-in-mlb-da-jack-mccoy-charges-bud-selig-with-depraved-indifference/feed/ 0 Bumbling Bud Bothered by Bubbly, not lack of MLB alcohol consumption policy http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/10/16/bumbling-bud-bothered-by-bubbly-not-lack-of-mlb-alcohol-consumption-policy/ http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/10/16/bumbling-bud-bothered-by-bubbly-not-lack-of-mlb-alcohol-consumption-policy/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:40:49 +0000 Earl Nash http://bosoxinjection.com/?p=16388 Bumbling Bud Selig is fretting like a modern day Temperance activist about players spraying champagne on each other to celebrate a milestone victory, while lives may be at stake, because the Commissioner has yet to create and implement an MLB policy for the responsible consumption of alcohol. Oh, tsk, tsk, Alan; are you worried that [...]

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]]> http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/10/16/bumbling-bud-bothered-by-bubbly-not-lack-of-mlb-alcohol-consumption-policy/feed/ 0 Management Morons…time for the fans to buy the Red Sox http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/08/16/management-morons-time-for-the-fans-to-buy-the-red-sox/ http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/08/16/management-morons-time-for-the-fans-to-buy-the-red-sox/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:39:11 +0000 Earl Nash http://bosoxinjection.com/?p=15693 We call “horseshit” on the Fenway Brain Truss [Larry, John & Benny] for the way they are “managing” the Boston Red Sox franchise. Isn’t it way past time that the citizens of Red Sox Nation buy the team from these management morons? Imagine your place of business; you are a middle manager, or supervisor, and [...]

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We call “horseshit” on the Fenway Brain Truss [Larry, John & Benny] for the way they are “managing” the Boston Red Sox franchise. Isn’t it way past time that the citizens of Red Sox Nation buy the team from these management morons?

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Who kidnapped our Red Sox?  The Owner? CEO? GM? Manager? Players?

Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger: ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take their team back!

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]]> http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/08/14/taking-back-the-red-sox-full-text-parts-1-through-6/feed/ 0 Taking the Red Sox away from these FAILURES: PT. 6: Fans Buy the Red Sox http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/08/12/0-taking-the-red-sox-away-from-these-failures-pt-6-fans-buy-the-red-sox/ http://bosoxinjection.com/2012/08/12/0-taking-the-red-sox-away-from-these-failures-pt-6-fans-buy-the-red-sox/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:26:37 +0000 Earl Nash http://bosoxinjection.com/?p=15662 [Ed. Note:  We have attempted to make the case that the current owner, CEO, GM, manager, and players are ruining the Boston Red Sox.  Now, in the last of the 6-part series, we propose a solution.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We the people of Red Sox Nation, in order to form a more perfect team, believe it is [...]

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[Ed. Note:  We have attempted to make the case that the current owner, CEO, GM, manager, and players are ruining the Boston Red Sox.  Now, in the last of the 6-part series, we propose a solution.]

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We the people of Red Sox Nation, in order to form a more perfect team, believe it is our duty to the Boston Red Sox franchise and the game of baseball to buy the team and own it forever.

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We ask for a FIFTH time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox?

Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger, YET, ONCE AGAIN!

A: ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take their team back!

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We ask for a FOURTH time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox?

Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger, ONCE AGAIN!

A: ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take their team back!

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We ask for a THIRD time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox?

Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger, yet AGAIN!

ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take their team back!

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We ask for a second time: Who kidnapped our Red Sox?

Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger, AGAIN!

ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take their team back!

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Who kidnapped our Red Sox?

Hand me my Red Sox souvenir Giant Foam Finger: ALL of the above! And it’s time for the Citizens of Red Sox Nation to take their team back!

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It’s long past time to revise the voting for the All-Star game by taking the Commissioner and the managers out of it, limiting the role of the fans, and allowing the active MLB players to decide which of their peers gets the honor of playing in the Midsummer Night’s Dream Game.

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If Carl Crawford’s injury woes continue and he never returns to his former level of performance, will it be the worst contract in MLB history?

You may come to a different conclusion, after reviewing the list below, but the Crawford contract–$142 million over 7 years, or $20.3 million per year–leaves the Red Sox with a potential budget albatross that could drain their resources and crimp their spending until 2018.

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As the experts pick through the details of Bud’s new Playoffs’ format, who knows what they might pull out; but, on the face of it, there are already new implications for the Red Sox and, if you think it’s all good news, we can tell you it’s not.

Remember when winning the division was “ho…hum…”; whether the Red Sox or the Yankees finished with the AL East pennant, the other team always got the consolation prize, the Wild Card slot.  Not anymore: listen:

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