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DD had better be working the phones. This is terrible news. ERod could be just another in a long line of pitching prospects that we waited for breathlessly who become distant memories within a few short years. I hope not.

We get that you don't like Curt for his political beliefs, and if you are a Red Sox fan, I call you an ingrate. But don't make up facts. He did not walk away from the business with plenty of money. Those are not the facts because you want them to be. He lost almost his entire personal fortune. I imagine that his home was protected, and his pension is protected (which is peanuts compared to what he lost). He also is still Curt Schilling and he can still get a gig. That doesn't change the fact that he lost a fortune. This notion of him as an evil businessman is preposterous character assassination and smearing. He is a bad businessman. Crooked businessmen don't lose their own fortunes.

He lost his entire fortune to the point where he even had to sell his sports awards. This has all been reported. He is not broke because he is still able to earn a living and market himself for memorabilia etc.

I am retired. I can watch both!

I didn't say that he is broke. He has his pension and the ability to still market his name. He had to sell his sports awards. He lost a fortune. He didn't steal money from the citizens of Rhode Island. Only their politicians could do that. And they can address that at the ballot box.

I don't think Doji is talking about politics. I will not speak for him, but I think he is addressing intolerance.

Yep, I get it that if he puts it out there people will react to it, and he brings the attention to himself. I guess that my only point is that sports celebrity views about anything are meaningless to me, and I would not sour on a sports hero (especially one who played for the Red Sox and got us to the Promised Land in a dramatic way) because of their personal views. That would make me an ingrate.

True. The bad thing for ESPN is that they are hypocritical.

"Sold out" "odious" "dicey" LOL!! I guess that you don't like the guy. Those are some pretty strongly negative words. Most evil businessmen don't lose everything if they are just out to screw people.

Chris Marrero has 6 Homers and is OPSing at 837 -- both better than Sam Travis. Maybe he will build some good trade value.

Agreed. if a sports or other celebrity is involved in criminal activity, that is news. It would be news regardless of their celebrity. Their celebrity makes it a bigger story. Their mere opinions are not news.

It is socially acceptable to ridicule religious people and their beliefs. That is not considered intolerance.

Their sports accomplishments are not only separate, but those should be the only thing discussed about the athlete or former athlete. Their political or social views are not news and really are not worthy of analysis or discussion,

Steamer was very underrated.

The Boston Press is the toughest and most unfair sports press in the country. It has always been that way. If there had been Free Agency in Ted Williams' Day, he would have been out of here. They were miserable to him. He didn't play nice with them, but they tried to destroy him. They went after Yaz and Rice too. At least back then they did not write about their political and social views.

He had a very odd batting stance.

Sell high!

No cats or dogs were killed, so I don't care. The people that don't like him don't like him for his politics. He lost everything. I don't throw rocks at him for being a bad businessman. He didn't defraud anyone. His intent was to keep the business going. He ran out of time and money. Case closed.

How would a pitcher go about avoiding bad innings?

This pretty much how governments operate. When I moved to my current home 25 years ago, the local government was trying to shove a incinerator down our throats. They were going to put it spitting distance from the Bethpage Golf Course. At a Town Hall Meeting, that was forced upon the politicians, "our representatives" told us that they couldn't put the project up for a referendum, because that would not be allowed by NY's Constitution. I pointed out to them that there were many other ways to gauge the opinion of their constituents, but they opted to go forward with the project under cover of darkness. Then the representative of the Incinerator company disingenuously tried to influence us by telling us that our taxes for garbage carting would go down, to which I replied that I wouldn't hold my breath, because what would be saved on garbage carting would be spent by the politicians on something else. Even the most politically unaware constituent understood that local taxes never go down. In the end the local citizens unmasked the politicians and their secret deal and they were all ousted in the next election. As his last act in office afterlosing the election, the Town Supervisor killed the deal. Damn politicians. In NH, the politicians managed to hurt the taxpayers and Schilling.

Unless he starts killing cats and dogs for fun, I will always put Big Schill on a well deserved pedestal.

I was right with all of it.

It won't be long before he is moving refrigerators again.

You might be getting a little caught up in the numbers-- on pace almost never means anything and certainly not this early in the season.

I love all these runs, but 8 runs should be enough to win on any give day. DD needs to shore up the pitching for when the offensive slump comes.