Do the Red Sox still do the Beckett trade if they know what Hanley Ramirez would be?

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Originally Posted by Hardkore Kidd J I disagree . I think Boston's best shortstop may have been Nomar Garciaparra without a doubt. I really think the short stop position has been weak since he left,

First of all, I didn't say Cabrera was Boston's best shortstop.

I said the position has had problems ever since he left. Nomar left before Cabrera, in that same trade. Even then Nomar was declining and his injuries were hurting the team.

The fact is, it has been weak since Cabrera left. You can't tell me it was weak while he was there. They won the 2004 world series and Cabrera was hitting like hell, and playing amazing defense. He was a big part of that massive second half charge they made, and their posteason success.