Can Adam Kaufman of The Globe get a little love around here?

[Don Buddin's GS]

Sure, he looks like he is only about 15 years old, but Kaufman is strongly advocating that the Sox run rather than walk away from AJ Pierzynski, so he has that going for him....which is nice:
 
http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/columnists/kaufman/2013/11/red_sox_should_stay_away_from_aj_pierzynski.html

 

[Homar]

So how does a guy like AJ, apparently hated by nearly everyone with whom he has played, get a gig on the World Series stage for Fox?  He have embarrassing pictures of someone?  Buck naked?  McCarver leaving the clueless academy? 

 

[TheYaz67]

Well, no former or current teammates of AJ were going to invite him to join any fishing, hunting or golf trips, so he was available where many others were not...   Presumably he is also so despicable that his wife and two children also do not want to spend time with him.

 

[joe dokes]

So how does a guy like AJ, apparently hated by nearly everyone with whom he has played, get a gig on the World Series stage for Fox?  He have embarrassing pictures of someone?  Buck naked?  McCarver leaving the clueless academy? 

 
"Being hated by everyone" is a different skill-set than being competent on TV.
He was actually pretty good on TV in the limited time I saw him.
 
But getting back to the thread....no love from these parts. Based on his work this year, anything resembling a good column today is part of the broken clock being right twice a day.

 

[The Talented Allen Ripley]

Adam Kaufman sucks. Like, really really sucks.

 

[Homar]

 
"Being hated by everyone" is a different skill-set than being competent on TV.
He was actually pretty good on TV in the limited time I saw him.
 
But getting back to the thread....no love from these parts. Based on his work this year, anything resembling a good column today is part of the broken clock being right twice a day.

I don't disagree, Joe, I thought he was OK on TV too.  I just don't know how he got the gig, if in fact he's as unpopular as he seems to be.  
 
And I agree on Kaufman, too.  Not much has impressed me so far.

 

[Corsi]

The first time I ever saw porn was using Adam Kaufman's computer.  That's all I got.

 

[SydneySox]

Sure, he looks like he is only about 15 years old, but Kaufman is strongly advocating that the Sox run rather than walk away from AJ Pierzynski, so he has that going for him....which is nice:
 
http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/columnists/kaufman/2013/11/red_sox_should_stay_away_from_aj_pierzynski.html

 
Thanks Adam

 

[E5 Yaz]

 
Thanks Adam

 
Nonsense. It's Adam's mother

 

[SydneySox]

She's a lovely woman.

 

[Don Buddin's GS]

 
Nonsense. It's Adam's mother

Wrong on both counts.  No relation, don't know him. Just thought the kid could use some kudos for jumping on the "forget about AJ" platform as soon as Carfardo yelled "All Aboard!" for the AJ bandwagon. 

 

[E5 Yaz]

Wrong on both counts.  No relation, don't know him. Just thought the kid could use some kudos for jumping on the "forget about AJ" platform as soon as Carfardo yelled "All Aboard!" for the AJ bandwagon. 

 
What part of a) disagreeing with Cafardo and/or b) thinking AJP would be a bad choice for the Red Sox deserves praise as original thought?

 

[Don Buddin's GS]

Kaufman does a pretty good job on spinning the Dreamboat-to-the MFY situation:  http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/columnists/kaufman/2013/12/jacoby_ellsburys_departure_is_good_news_for_red_so.html

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Not sure summing up his time with the Sox and comparing the contract with Teixeira's and reminding us how badly that one turned out is really doing "a pretty good job". 

 

[Don Buddin's GS]

Kaufman goes holiday shopping:  http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/columnists/kaufman/2013/12/red_sox_holiday_wish_list.html

 

[AbbyNoho]

"Make an Impact Trade"
 
Oh, okay, sure thing Adam. I'll just go do that. 
 
Doesn't matter who or what, just do it for the sake of doing it.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

So what is Adam Kaufman really like DBGS? What are his hopes, his dreams?
 
Does he bleed like other men? Can he turn a full-sized automobile into twisted metal with just his bare hands? Can he single-handed reunite the cast of 'Friends'?

 

[joe dokes]

No.

 

[Don Buddin's GS]

Kaufman goes full Cafardo over Drew:
 
http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/columnists/kaufman/2014/05/stephen_drew_may_represent_red_sox_best_chance_to.html

 

[WenZink]

Kaufman goes full Cafardo over Drew:
 
http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/columnists/kaufman/2014/05/stephen_drew_may_represent_red_sox_best_chance_to.html

 
I like Kaufman's observation, "There isn’t a single .300 hitter on the roster."  Well if that's the "problem," just how will Stephen Drew solve it? 

 

[Harry Hooper]

Drew will sign a multiyear deal as an unencumbered FA in a couple of weeks. The Red Sox have no interest in offering Drew a multiyear contract. End of story, except the local mediots need something to write about.

 

[Haunted]

Yesterday Utility Lou said that if the Sox had signed Drew and played X at 3rd, they'd have 4-5 more wins.  I was dumbfounded.

 

[Buffalo Head]

Drew will sign a multiyear deal as an unencumbered FA in a couple of weeks. The Red Sox have no interest in offering Drew a multiyear contract. End of story, except the local mediots need something to write about.

Ding dong, you're wrong!

 

[Harry Hooper]

Ding dong, you're wrong!

 
 
Yes, indeedy! The story had legs after all.