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  1. a700hitter
    I know that you didn't direct this question at me, but I have seen him play. He's a good defender, but he is not Paul Blair or Steve Finley. I'm not even sure that he is as good as Ellsbury, who brings a bat to the game. Lin is never going to start in anyone's outfield, so I reiterate that don't know how this could be a discussion when the premise is far fetched at best.
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    The owners would only do the deal for the additional revenue. The comfort of the fan would be a byproduct. They would profit handsomely from numerous additional luxury boxes. Also, I think that every dollar spent on the new stadium would be a dollar that is not subject to revenue sharing. That was definitely a motivating factor for building the new Yankee Stadium.
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    You are right. He's just trying to get people to read his column. In the 60's and 70's, most of the print guys were like him. They would drop hints of clubhouse feuds etc. that had no basis in fact. It was real tabloid garbage. Today, they can't get away with that stuff, because one of the other media outlets would expose false stories like that. As for AGon, IMO he turned off a lot of people with the comments about the collapse being God's plan. Blaming god is the ultimate cop out.
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    When prior ownership was pitching plans for a new Fenway with identical dimensions, they had planned on making the Green Monster and the field as a sort of museum, but they would have demolished the rest of the structure.
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    ^ This could never happen. The Red Sox have a veto over a franchise being moved within a certain radius of Fenway. They are not going to share their market.
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    I am not saying that their opinion should mean more. I am just pointing out that stripped of emotion it is more objective. Sound business decisions are made on objective criteria, not emotion. This brings us back to square one. If the owners thought that they could get a new ballpark in Boston in a reasonable time frame, we'd already have one. I and others here have agreed that Boston politics and special interests have been the stumbling blocks. Instead, the owners made a decision to go forward with major renovations at Fenway.
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    God, you are cranky tonight. I have work tomorrow too. I'm not getting snippy with you.
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    I'm not arguing for the sake of arguing. I made a comment that as bad as Shaughnessey is that the Boston Press has been much worse. Shaughnessy is the sole survivor. I also made the point that the Boston Press isn't as bad because the Red Sox have much more control over the media today than they used to have. I don't think that is necessarily a good thing. I also don't advocate someone losing their job, because i don't like them. What part of that is arguing for the sake of arguing? What part of that is defending Shaughnessey?
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    Ah, don't let it get you down. I have been at the bottom of the pile plenty of times. You will not let it deter you.
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    He can be snide and smug, and I always thought that the so-called "Curse of the Bambino" was opportunistic contrived drivel, but I wouldn't pull the book from the library shelves and burn them in a pile.
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    I really don't see how I did that, but I have never condoned piling on, and I will not participate in it. I wouldn't sweat it though. I have seen you in much nastier dust ups than this one. This one seems pretty tame. No one is hating on you. They are just disagreeing with you about this.
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    Of course it is a subjective statement, but it is based an opinion based on objective facts. I am emotionally tied to the Red Sox as much as any person that I know, and I always love going to Fenway to see the Sox. It is hard for me to be totally objective about Fenway, so I have relied in large part of the opinions of guest of mine who aren't no Sox fans who aren't big baseball fans who have been to games at a number of different venues. They are not emotionally tied to the team, so they can be objective about their experience. My wife and other non Sox fans that have attended Sox games with me unanimously do not think highly of Fenway. The tradition and history are just emotional things for us that add to our subjective assessment. It means nothing to people without the emotional ties to the team or ballpark. As I said in an earlier post, ownership spent millions renovating the place, because they needed (not wanted) to enhance the game experience for the fans.
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    He's largely right factually in that first paragraph. People don't like to be confronted with negative truth. And he is a snide guy. But by all means let the factions rule and silence all of the dissenting voices. That's the American way.
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    Sometimes you just want to post a thought. Every thought doesn't have to be debated. Right? I have a wife for that.
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    I am so damn good looking and charming that you would be threatened.
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    Cook looked good today. Considering his medical history, I am not getting my hopes up yet. But maybe we shouldn't cross him off the list yet.
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    I don't like Shaughnessy at all, but if he is a puppet, whose puppet is he?
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    Lin is never going to hold a starting OF position for any ML team, so I don't know how this could even be a discussion.
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