Of course he would have stayed..

What's a high school graduate with one strong arm and no options worth to a business? Not much. Take the $3.1 million and leave the team once eligible for free agency. Bridges shouldn't be burned before you even hire the guy!

If you look at any meaningful educational ranking across the globe, it's pretty clear that Americans aren't very competitive.

I know the Yankees are rolling out a new mascot. It's a giant Derek Jeter who hands out gift baskets to people who will fuck him.

Didn't the Miami Heat win two championships in four years?

What are you talking about? LeBron James is a basketball player, if any fan was that emotionally attached to him then you're right, Cleveland fans are pathetic. LeBron left because Cleveland made it impossible for him to stay, and now that the team actually has made moves to court LeBron (for the first time in his…

Here come the wise cracks.

You're proving my point. You defend the decision to let Francona go because, "it just felt like the time was right for him to go" and then the media went on their quintessential cluster fuck of bashing the poor guy. While most of the more seasoned fans remembered the guy for the good, many more obnoxious fans we're…

You just proved my point perfectly. Thank you.

I think you just proved my point. Every Red Sox fan looks back at these departures KNOWING it was the best decision for the team and can easily defend the choices surrounding their departure spinning it as the best possible outcome for the Red Sox.

I 100% agree that AJP is a piece of shit. I was addressing the articles reference to the customary "let's shit on every outgoing player." I have spent much of my life in Massachusetts and I know that every fan base is bias in a sort of way, but the level of loyalty Boston fans have for their teams is really…

The media spews out this garbage because the fans are looking for a scape-goat. Cell phone use in the locker room? Is that really the smoking gun in the AJP firing... I mean come on.

I don't think this is an issue with the Red Sox players, coaches or management. I think this is an issue with their fans and local media. These men and women all share an undying loyalty for their team and can't fathom a player leaving Fenway on his own accord, and they certainly cannot imagine their…

Why don't we keep things equal and have only one prize pool that both men and women are eligible for?

I WANT CAKE NOW!!! I WANT IT NOW!!!

$90 million? Wow. I guess it's go big or go home in the world of international ticket scalping gangs.

I'm glad you read the article:

It's a shame people resulted to personally attacking the guy for defending the name. It's a football team, it's not worth spreading more hate around.

I respect this article, but if we're talking about the men's team in the men's world cup isn't the "men" in "all-time leading men's US scorer" implied? I mean, if I'm talking about the WNBA and say "[insert WNBA player's name] leads all players with xx rebounds." Isn't it assumed I'm excluding the NBA? Maybe not.

I knew the answer before I even read the article. Freedom.