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He doesn't want a super spreader out there in the middle of the field. The season is different. On the field, in the socially distant clubhouse and the empty stands. You guys wanted to do it, but wanting to do it from... There's a lot to talk about. Who are you kidding? Don't give me all that bull crap. And this is the place to do it. This is the baseball reporters with Tony Mass. Brought to you by Big Wye. Safety insurance.

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The big picture goal here was to make sure that we were setting ourselves up to win consistently

and to be able to compete for championships every year. And obviously this summer has shown we're certainly not there right now. And it was a question of getting ourselves to a point where we could do that consistently and making sure that every move that we consider we're measuring up against that goal. I think with everything we're able to do, you know, we feel like we've taken steps towards that. We still have a ways to go. You know, there's a lot more that we want to do to put this organization on more sustainable footing. We also know we have a lot of talent in-house, which is a great place to start. In totality, I think we can look at the talent we brought in the organization. We can look at the sustainability of the roster, the depth of the talent base and feel that we've taken positive steps. I'm not going to lie. I kind of zoned out there

towards the end. You know why? Because it's just so robotic. And that's the problem. This is so

robotic. It's so formulaic. But my question is, have they taken those steps? Have the Boston

Red Sox taken those steps?

And that's Chief Baseball Operator, Officer, Chief Nerd, Higham Bloom, the general manager

of the Boston Red Sox, the president of baseball operations, whatever you want to call it.

He makes the baseball decisions allegedly with this franchise.

And that's Higham Bloom earlier this week on the trading deadline the

steps that the team has taken and that's where i want to start tonight the steps that the red

socks have taken or have not taken to position themselves for success in the future because we all

know that 2020 is a joke right two thousand i mean the season is frankly kind of a joke, but the organization in 2020 is frankly a joke.

But if they turn this thing around and if they get this thing back on the rails quickly,

well, then you just say, hey, it was a 60 game season.

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