A Realistic View at 2024: Part I

[moonslav59]

Like you don’t, or haven’t ridiculed anyone on here. Once again be realistic. There was nothing, or no point to me last season that said the Red Sox would win 87 games, but I guess what’s realistic to me is different than what realistic to you. Like I said I’m not one who is whining,and crying this offseason, and all down in the dumps like many seem to be.

 

Just as predicted- see I do get somethings right.

 

When exposed, you flip the script and attack others for doing the same,

[moonslav59]

Calling someone’s prediction wrong is fine. Repeatedly typing it and calling it a sham crosses the line. Doing it over multiple posts is well into ridiculing.

 

And not even ridiculing beliefs. Ridiculing someone for their allegedly unwarranted faith in Brad Keller is one thing. (And I admit it’s weak, but I think the Red is something there.) Ridiculing a Red Sox fan for getting excited about his team is a like taunting Catholics for going to church…

 

We were looking very good in July.

 

Many fans started to believe.

 

One stopped watching.

 

Which fan, if any deserves ridicule?

[jad]

You guys do realize that no one, including yourselves, has the slightest idea or interest in what you believe you are arguing about?

[Old Red]

Calling someone’s prediction wrong is fine. Repeatedly typing it and calling it a sham crosses the line. Doing it over multiple posts is well into ridiculing.

 

And not even ridiculing beliefs. Ridiculing someone for their allegedly unwarranted faith in Brad Keller is one thing. (And I admit it’s weak, but I think the Red is something there.) Ridiculing a Red Sox fan for getting excited about his team is a like taunting Catholics for going to church…

 

Are you guys for real? Really? Claiming foul over a perception of ridicule like I haven’t gotten that treatment many times on here like the eye test, and BA, and old time stats just to name two. Of course you wouldn’t call that ridicule since you’re the one doing it. All I’m saying is get something right on here once in a while when doing a prediction, expectation, or speculation, or being a BTV suggested trade. Really using Moon as an example of taunting Catholics is way, way, way over the top. I can’t wait to show the gang at PF this tomorrow.

[Old Red]

We were looking very good in July.

 

Many fans started to believe.

 

One stopped watching.

 

Which fan, if any deserves ridicule?

 

Looking good in July was nothing, but a mirage to me. Yes many fans bought in, and all it brought them was facing the reality later on. Fine if that’s how you like things, but I just waited for the Red Sox to come back down to earth, so there was no lost hope to deal with. I’ve already admitted I’m not a Red Sox super fan, and put them on the back burner when anything else is going on, so I’ll try to live with being called a bad fan. It certainly won’t hurt to much.

[Old Red]

You guys do realize that no one, including yourselves, has the slightest idea or interest in what you believe you are arguing about?

 

It all started with me saying I couldn’t understand all the long faces, and pouting, and shouting going on, because the Red Sox hadn’t met so many fan’s expectations on here up to this point with the season not starting until March 28.

[moonslav59]

It all started with me saying I couldn’t understand all the long faces, and pouting, and shouting going on, because the Red Sox hadn’t met so many fan’s expectations on here up to this point with the season not starting until March 28.

 

The guy who admits he pouted every day about Bloom now chides other for pouting before March28th, and doesn’t get why people call him out for it.

[Old Red]

The guy who admits he pouted every day about Bloom now chides other for pouting before March28th, and doesn’t get why people call him out for it.

 

I said I shouted from the time Bloom was hired to the day he was fired. If you want to call that pouting go for it, but I, and others can assure you I wasn’t pouting.

[moonslav59]

I said I shouted from the time Bloom was hired to the day he was fired. If you want to call that pouting go for it, but I, and others can assure you I wasn’t pouting.

 

Can you stop with the others can assure us crap?

 

Even if true, it just proves you hang with bozos.

 

You did nothing but complain about Bloom. That was pouting on an extreme scale because you shouted your pouts.

 

The common meaning of the word pouting is expressing displeasure or annoyance over something. Was that not what you were doing? Or, do you want to change meanings of words, again?

 

 

[Nick]

On December 31 each year, there's only one winner.

 

Ask the Dodgers. After winning 100 games and the Division, they get swept 3-0 by the team winning 84 regular season games. Despite supporting 2 super stars in Betts and Freeman, they invest over $1B in two players, including one that has never pitched in the majors. They won it all in 2020, season that deserves an asterisk. You have to go back to 1965 to make the Dodgers a four time winner.

 

How about our rival Yankees? Team with opening cash payroll of $277M in 2023 and not even making the playoffs, they have added a rental at estimated $32M plus prospects in desperate search for ever evasive World Series ring, last won in 2009.

 

I really only care about winning the Oct/Nov series. I like our position players. Sure, we can upgrade it but the young core is there. I'm patient.

 

Texas Rangers won the last game played in the majors. Everyone else lost.

 

Positives

Casas (5 yrs)

Bello (5 yrs)

Duran (5 yrs)

Wong (5 yrs)

More to come?

Rafaela (6 yrs+)

Abreu (6 yrs)

 

Don't we have a window of 4-6 years?

Edited December 28, 2023 by Nick

[Bellhorn04]

Can you stop with the others can assure us crap?

 

Even if true, it just proves you hang with bozos.

 

You did nothing but complain about Bloom. That was pouting on an extreme scale because you shouted your pouts.

 

Shpouting, for short.

[notin]

Are you guys for real? Really? Claiming foul over a perception of ridicule like I haven’t gotten that treatment many times on here like the eye test, and BA, and old time stats just to name two. Of course you wouldn’t call that ridicule since you’re the one doing it. All I’m saying is get something right on here once in a while when doing a prediction, expectation, or speculation, or being a BTV suggested trade. Really using Moon as an example of taunting Catholics is way, way, way over the top. I can’t wait to show the gang at PF this tomorrow.

 

1. I don’t deny ridiculing people. I just fry not do it over them getting excited about their favorite team.

 

2. No one ever repeatedly hit you over the head with BA/RBI stuff like you’ve been doing. And frankly, you started that with your “I don’t care for OPS” stuff on you first day here, and then got into RBIs as more important.

 

3. You missed the perfect comeback to the Catholic (of which I am one) example. Sad.

[Old Red]

Can you stop with the others can assure us crap?

 

Even if true, it just proves you hang with bozos.

 

You did nothing but complain about Bloom. That was pouting on an extreme scale because you shouted your pouts.

 

The common meaning of the word pouting is expressing displeasure or annoyance over something. Was that not what you were doing? Or, do you want to change meanings of words, again?

 

 

I hang with Bozos? Wow!🙈. I’ve already admitted I complained about Bloom from day 1 until his final day So what? There was plenty to complain about, and of course I wasn’t a Bloom guy like yourself, so complaining was all there was to do, and I really don’t care if you call it on a extreme scale, or anything else you want to call it.

I’ll stop with the others can assure comments when you get something right, and I haven’t seen that happen starting with you saying I hated Cora. As for the Bozos I know I converse with one on here, and yes the people of PF have voted, and confirmed it. Unanimous decision too.

[Old Red]

1. I don’t deny ridiculing people. I just fry not do it over them getting excited about their favorite team.

 

2. No one ever repeatedly hit you over the head with BA/RBI stuff like you’ve been doing. And frankly, you started that with your “I don’t care for OPS” stuff on you first day here, and then got into RBIs as more important.

 

3. You missed the perfect comeback to the Catholic (of which I am one) example. Sad.

So it’s alright to ridicule as long as it’s not about someone getting excited about their favorite team. Wow! I’ve heard about the eye test, and old time stats many times over, and I don’t think it happened on the first day here. I was called a hater early on here though just, because I said i wouldn’t have hired Cora back for his cheating. I didn’t think I needed any more of a comeback to the Catholic example.

[notin]

Shpouting, for short.

 

The world needs more portmanteaus…

[moonslav59]

I hang with Bozos? Wow!🙈. I’ve already admitted I complained about Bloom from day 1 until his final day So what? There was plenty to complain about, and of course I wasn’t a Bloom guy like yourself, so complaining was all there was to do, and I really don’t care if you call it on a extreme scale, or anything else you want to call it.

I’ll stop with the others can assure comments when you get something right, and I haven’t seen that happen starting with you saying I hated Cora. As for the Bozos I know I converse with one on here, and yes the people of PF have voted, and confirmed it. Unanimous decision too.

 

Once again you are responding to something which was not the point.

 

You voiced your annoyance and displeasure about Bloom and recently JH. That is pouting.

 

You can deny what pouting means all you want. It doesn’t change what it was.

[moonslav59]

1. I don’t deny ridiculing people. I just fry not do it over them getting excited about their favorite team.

 

2. No one ever repeatedly hit you over the head with BA/RBI stuff like you’ve been doing. And frankly, you started that with your “I don’t care for OPS” stuff on you first day here, and then got into RBIs as more important.

 

3. You missed the perfect comeback to the Catholic (of which I am one) example. Sad.

 

I’m Catholic, too.

[Old Red]

Once again you are responding to something which was not the point.

 

You voiced your annoyance and displeasure about Bloom and recently JH. That is pouting.

 

You can deny what pouting means all you want. It doesn’t change what it was.

 

Nor does calling it pouting change anything just like you pouting, and shouting sham, sham, sham won’t change anything now.

[Bellhorn04]

It might be interesting to track how many posts moon and red have made about each other today.

[Old Red]

It might be interesting to track how many posts moon and red have made about each other today.

 

If I remember right you went on, and on for 2 days over Monty when you said Sean McAdams didn’t know what he was talking about, because he didn’t rank Monty as high as you do.👍

[moonslav59]

I hang with Bozos? Wow!🙈.

 

It was a conditional statement. Maybe they are bozos- maybe not.

 

If they deny you changed your excuse, then it looks like they are.

[Bellhorn04]

If I remember right you went on, and on for 2 days over Monty when you said Sean McAdams didn’t know what he was talking about, because he didn’t rank Monty as high as you do.

 

Sean isn't a poster here, so it's a little different.

[Dipre]

Red has single handedly made this site basically unreadable today. Kudos!

[Old Red]

Sean isn't a poster here, so it's a little different.

 

That is true, but the funny part was how certain you thought you were right, and Sean was wrong.

[Old Red]

It was a conditional statement. Maybe they are bozos- maybe not.

 

If they deny you changed your excuse, then it looks like they are.

 

I haven’t changed my reason it was always I stopped for a while for what I considered was a watered down product. You took it to a whole new level that was wrong that it was, because the Red Sox were winning, which is about as far out as you can get. Do you think I’m the first Red Sox fan who stopped watching the past two years?

[moonslav59]

I haven’t changed my reason it was always I stopped for a while for what I considered was a watered down product. You took it to a whole new level that was wrong that it was, because the Red Sox were winning, which is about as far out as you can get. Do you think I’m the first Red Sox fan who stopped watching the past two years?

 

You changed your excuse. Lying about it changes nothing.

 

I know you are not the first to stop watching. I’m not sure why you think showing you are not the only one changes the point being discussed, but you do it often.

[moonslav59]

I haven’t changed my reason it was always I stopped for a while for what I considered was a watered down product. You took it to a whole new level that was wrong that it was, because the Red Sox were winning, which is about as far out as you can get. Do you think I’m the first Red Sox fan who stopped watching the past two years?

 

You came back as soon as we started losing.

 

I’m sticking to my assessment.

 

I know you never mentioned these recent excuses, last July. You repeatedly said you stopped watching because baseball was watered down. Suddenly, when the Sox started losing, maybe the league was no longer watered down.

 

[Old Red]

You came back as soon as we started losing.

 

I’m sticking to my assessment.

 

I know you never mentioned these recent excuses, last July. You repeatedly said you stopped watching because baseball was watered down. Suddenly, when the Sox started losing, maybe the league was no longer watered down.

 

 

You can stick to your assessment all you want, but it’s 100% wrong. I’ve told you before too that I’m not a cheerleader, and wave the Pom Poms either. To me it’s gotten harder to watch the Red Sox from what I consider not as good talent throughout MLB as there used to be, a bad product on the field, and listening to the YUCKERS in the NESN booth.By the way I would have no problem admitting I stopped watching the Red Sox, because they were winning as far fetched as that would be, and that would be far fetched. I wouldn’t waste my time to sit there after the things I’ve mentioned just to watch the Red Sox lose. Only you would come up with that explanation. Sherlock you’re not.

[Randy Red Sox]

It might be interesting to track how many posts moon and red have made about each other today.

 

i don't bother reading them

[Duran Is The Man]

It might be interesting to track how many posts moon and red have made about each other today.

 

i actually read them at one time, now i just skip them.