a700hitter
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Possibility of rain at Fenway tonight. We have had intermittent deluges on Long Island in the last couple of hours.
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Three games of watching Scioscia argue balls and strikes. His act has been very tired for years.
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I fear that we will revive a last place West Division team after having revived the last place Rays from the East and the floundering White Sox from the Central Division. Facing the Red Sox seems to be just what the doctor ordered for ailing teams.
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You will need some strong mojo for Saturday and Sunday. Are you going to wear a garlic necklace to ward off the evil pitching spirits?
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And Blechhh for Sunday too!
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I agree that the Red Sox should not tell MLB to investigate other teams. That is bad business. However, if this is a common practice as the insiders say, no investigation should be necessary. It should be a matter of public record. It would not be the same as ratting on someone else.
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I agree with the spirit of your post. MLB just screwed those kids. A warning or clarification should have been issued first. MLB acted heavy handed, but on the other hand, Red Sox management left themselves wide open on this. The practice was patently deceptive, and they got burned big time, and probably deservedly so. The kids were the innocent pawns here.
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We are going in circles now.
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Then the Red Sox should challenge the ruling. If what you say is a fact, and arbitrator would reverse the finding. This is business. They are not in this business to make friends.
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I did not say that what you posted was inaccurate. I am accepting that you are accurate. I am just asking you if the technique seems right to you. To me it looks like the contracts are out and out lies.
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The issue isn't whether I am more credible than "industry experts". The issue is whether MLB is right about this. "Industry experts" is just another set of opinions.
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The contracts were approved, but they were deceptive (basically they were lies), and the technique was not approved.
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Read what you have posted above. Does it really seem kosher to you? To me, it seemed like they were playing fast and loose with the rule and that they were not operating within the spirit of the rule.
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Have the red Sox given any public reaction to the ruling?
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I may move there someday after Global Warming gets a bit more of a foothold there.
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If it was and teams avoided the limits in that way, the Red Sox should challenge the selective application of the rule. I said that already, didn't I? LOL!!
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It might have been prudent to get agreement from MLB on this technique in advance. They played cute with the rule and they got burned. IMO, it was avoidable and stupid. As a tax attorney, before I would apply a new interpretation of a rule for a client, I would get an advance ruling. They got cute and got burned. The culprit has already been fired. End of story. At least they didn't fine Tom Brady.
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If the rule was applied selectively, they should challenge the ruling in arbitration. If they don't, I have to assume that they were the only team that actually exceeded the limits using this technique.
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Oh, they celebrate being Canadian? LOL!!
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The penalty for circumventing the rule is meant to be punitive with a deterrent effect.
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And we have been banned from international signings for a year.
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As I said in my earlier post, if other teams package or bundle the deals, the Red Sox must be the only team that avoided the limits by doing so. In other words, if you unbundled the deals by other teams they still would have been within the limits. If other teams did the same thing and circumvented the limits, the Red Sox should challenge the ruling.
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I have never seen the Toronto Blue Jays wearing the red jerseys that they are wearing today.
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I think MLB just ruled that said technique was not a technical loophole and that it was a violation. They took a chance and blew it.
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Betts, Bradley and Bogaerts are going to keep a lot of guys in the minors. Unless we trade them or they get a career impacting injury (knocking on wood), there will be very few openings for a large group of prospects. The numbers are that most will not make it with the Red Sox.
