So…let's look at this team. Dempster walks away from millions of dollars because it's the right thing to do. He has a ring, he played toss with his Dad in Fenway Park, won a World Series with a team that quite simply did what it had to do to win, and experienced what sounds a whole lot like the dream that kids think about when they first put on a glove and play the game.
Lester is saying he will take less money to stay in Boston. Pedroia has already done so. Gomes is Gomes, Napoli took less to stay, and then you have guys like Nava and Carp and Ross…
There are home-grown players lined up to start and a front office willing to let them. It's easy to be cynical about MLB, players and front office alike, but seriously, does a player walk away from that much money unless he believes in the team and what they stand for?
I have been a Red Sox fan my whole life, but there hasn't been a time in the last 30 years that I have been as proud to be a fan as I have been this past year.
Lester is saying he will take less money to stay in Boston. Pedroia has already done so. Gomes is Gomes, Napoli took less to stay, and then you have guys like Nava and Carp and Ross…
There are home-grown players lined up to start and a front office willing to let them. It's easy to be cynical about MLB, players and front office alike, but seriously, does a player walk away from that much money unless he believes in the team and what they stand for?
I have been a Red Sox fan my whole life, but there hasn't been a time in the last 30 years that I have been as proud to be a fan as I have been this past year.