Brock Beauchamp

I'm trying to prep the site for our advertisers and that means searching for trolls and wildly inappropriate discussions. I'm amazed this forum still exists given the depth of depravity you've faced with trolling over the years. Are these Yankees fans? Or just awful people with no lives? I've never seen anything THIS bad.

SHOCKING! That forum is a hot mess. It's a bummer, as Mariners fans deserve a better place to post that isn't Reddit or Facebook.

No, the scores will be in their own thread once voting closes.

Anyone interested in casting their votes? Voting is still open for a few days but I wanted to bring this to more peoples' attention.

Mostly we refrain from continued bashing of player or personnel because it tends to spiral. Grudges are built and it spills over into the rest of the board. If some form of decorum is maintained, it prevents a lot of squabbling before it begins.

I suppose in that case it really boils down to frequency and intent. While I'm not a fan of speaking ill of peoples' physical appearance, way back in the day our forum called Sidney Ponson "Pitcherpotamus" and that nickname was just too effing funny to get upset about.

To be 100% honest, I was tired of those ****ty Octobers. It just wore me out and given how I've lived all over the country and have interest in lots of teams, it wasn't a big stretch for me to start expanding my horizons.

Thank you! I'd love to start a Mariners site but the only forum I've found is kinda toxic so... *shrugs*

Thanks! I'm one of the owners of Twins Daily. I'm the tech guy; kinda grew bored with the Twins over the years and wanted to explore other sites.

What are the names of your two accounts? And which one would you like to keep?

Yeah, it hasn’t been a great 4-5 days for the Sox.

Do you have an old account you’d like me to retrieve for you?

Thanks for helping us get through this transition, now let's dig into some of the new stuff that's available. Hi, welcome to the all-new Talk Sox website! I know the new software is a bit of a shock to the system after using the old forum software for so long but I promise you that there is a lot to like about this software once you acclimate yourself to it. On top of a much more modern interface, we'll be rolling out new features on the regular over the next month. For starters, I'm thrilled to take the next step with all of you, many of whom have been using this site for literal decades. I hope to grow together and your input is key for making this happen. So if you're a veteran user here every day or someone who drifted off years ago, please pop into the forums and give us your feedback. First, the forums still exist and you'll find them in the menu at the top of every page. But there are several differences now, including: Dark mode: at the top right of every page, you'll see a half-filled circle. That toggles dark mode on and off. Tweets: you can now paste the URL for any single tweet into a comment and the system will render the tweet on-screen. Pasting images: you can now paste any image into a comment and it uploads the image to TalkSox.com. GIFs: At the top of a comment toolbar, there is a searchable GIF library to insert into any post. We have a suite of tutorials available here as well. You'll have to forgive all the "Twins Daily" copy, I haven't had time to update the copy for Talk Sox yet but all of the content is accurate. Every registered Talk Sox user now has access to their own user blog. If you have an interest in trying your hand at writing, this is a great place to flex those muscles and learn the craft. As an introduction, I've written up a couple of blogs to help users use parts of the new system. Coming soon will be the new Talk Sox top prospects list. The wrinkle with our format here is that our users get to vote on the rankings! Voting is currently open now; it only takes a few minutes of your time and you get to influence our Red Sox prospects rankings. To vote, just click here for a brief rundown how the system works. New to the site, we also offer up-to-date active rosters and 40-man rosters. In the coming days and weeks, we'll roll out many new features such as video, handy guides to various aspects of Red Sox fandom such as minor league affiliates, Fenway Park, and much more. Over the winter, I hope to launch the Red Sox Players Project, which will be a wiki-style repository of all Red Sox players, past and present. Our ambitions for the site are grand: simply put, we want to be the premier Red Sox super-site on the internet. But that takes time and we're in this for the long run. And we can get there a lot more quickly with your feedback so please let us know if you see something you feel can be improved! One small thing that helps us a great deal is sharing our work on social media. If you're on social, please give one of our channels a follow. Thank you! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/talksox Twitter/X: https://x.com/talksoxball View full article

I figured it out, no serious issue, I just need to wait for the system to finish processing some stuff. Everything should be back up tomorrow morning.

Alright, so I suspect you're a troll but I'll approve this one post and see where it goes.

What was your username before? In past migrations, we've discovered some software stores old usernames and they can pop up during the transition. I'm happy to change your username to whatever you like.

I noticed he was in the booth the other day and I meant to bring it up here. Has the Rocket been rehabbing his image in Boston lately? I know the end of his tenure here was quite toxic and it seemed there was plenty of animosity to go around from all parties. Putting aside PEDs and all of that, how do Boston fans feel about him nowadays? And has that changed in the past decade since he retired?

It goes like this: 1. Provisional Member - this is the spam prevention category. A user has to have two posts approved by a moderator and then they move to 2. Verified Member - this is the basic member with all standard permissions but after something like 10,000 posts, you move to 3. Old-Timey Member - this has a few additional permissions that I'll customize as we go along and I get feedback from all of you. Basically, more freedom is allowed here because if you've been around long enough to post thousands of times, you're not going to cause too much trouble.

Perhaps you're taking my statement a little too seriously here.

Oh lord no, we have a Twitter account for the site but that's about it...

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