The stance is the same. Arms folded, sunglasses down, face turned toward early drills on a spring training field populated by players in red and blue. There is mid-February warmth, there are baseball diamonds, there is Theo Epstein, watching his team.
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Epstein did really good things for the Sox and should be congratulated, but he left the franchise in a mess, and many of his mistakes still haunt the team. His record of signing free agents was abysmal as witnessed by his leagacy of Dice K, Lackey, Crawford, Jenks, etc. He wasted precious resources on the likes of Julio Lugo, Mike Cameron, and JD Drew. The reason the Sox couldn't sign any significant Free Agents was because of the slaries that kicked in this year such as Adrian Gonzales and Carl Crawford. It will be interesting if the Cubs show little improvement over the next few years. Don't forget he inherited a solid team from Dan Duquette. It will be interesting to watch. For one I am glad he is gone.