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so it does it keep it alot more fair that traditional european sports, especially football. is each team alloacted a certain tax threshold, or is it the same for everyone? seeing as both the Sox and the Yankess generate the most income, they do have a higher tax threshold?

Hi lads, as ive stated here recently, im a relatively new fan to baseball. Im in Ireland, so needless to say baseball its not exactly a common sport to watch. but one of the tv networks does show a few live games, plus i have a firestick so i can watch whatever games i like. a few things im trying to get my head around, which i hope someone can explain. how exactly do the finances work in baseball, i read about luxury tax and other stuff. So how does it work, can a team just spend what it wants and go out and buy/trade for the best players money can buy, or is there a cap on how much each team can spend, depending on how much they make. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.

Pointing out, that in my opinion. He's not exactly living the life of an athlete.

Is it me, or has he put on a fair bit of timber this season? I'm not saying he's a fatso, but every time the camera is on him, he's bloody eating.... You don't see Austin riley stuffing his face, that's for sure

time to set up a "go fund me" page so!!!!! all joking aside, how s*** are the yankees though......... i think that series demolitionb job that the Braves did on them this week ,has genuinely finished them off

pretty much. whats that old saying, "the only thing worse than making the wrong decision, is not making any decision at all"

Bloom, or probably more accurately, fsg missed the boat with trying to push in the transfer window for one, or possibly two genuine players...... They just don't have that killer instinct to win.

Maybe he fancied a change in scenery, and e even climate. He's a 30 year old man that's already spent 10 years in a climate, completely different to where he's from. It happens, but a decent replacement must be the priority now. Pity we didn't try for trea Turner....

The price is only ever remembered when the player doesn't deliver. I'm sure there's not one phillies fan is complaining about harpers hefty wage anymore. Ok, they didn't win the world series, but they came bloody close. The sox need nail down bogaerts and devers ASAP, not so much regardless of cost, but pay the guys the going rate and a bit more. Then add in two decent additions and a run at pennant, at the very least for next season is a very real possibility

Don't forget he allowed Kyle schwarber to leave as well......

I'm coming from a football (soccer) stance her, so excuse the naivety. Is there a deadline in the mlb trade season, and do most of the deals get done in the final days? Because in soccer here in Europe, there's a transfer window, but so many deals only get completed in the final hours of the window, which would have been open for months.

I'm coming from a football (soccer) stance her, so excuse the naivety. Is there a deadline in the mlb trade season, and do most of the deals get done in the final days? Because in soccer here in Europe, there's a transfer window, but so many deals only get completed in the final hours of the window, which would have been open for months.

To be fair, mookie could probably play catcher and he'd still be the best player in the park. Judge is a more than capable right fielder. Lots of chatter about the giants being willing to break the bank for him.

First time Post from a far away and new fan to baseball. What do you much more experienced guys make of the fans "privileged" Yankee fans booing the likely mvp yesterday? Sure the chap isn't exactly pulling up any trees in the off season, but show the guy some respect ffs.

i dont know if you lads have any interest in the Sox other sporting team Liverpool. but the appointment of the media darling Valentine is the exact same thing that Liverpool did 18 months ago. They basically sacked an excellent coach that had a band run (like Theo), and replaced him with a media favourite, (Valentine) needless to say it all went pear shaped. As the old saying goes, "The chicken has come home to roost"

Elk, with all due respect, Do you not think that if Sveum really wanted the job, then the Cubs offer woukd be irrelevant? Personally, is say Cest La Vie to Sveum, his loss, not ours. The RedSox are arguably the biggest baseball team in the world, and if Sveum thinks he's bbig enough to try and force us to make an offer before we're ready to, then that's a bullet dodged Id live to see Maddux change his mind though, that'd be the best case scenario

Yep, 16 runs last night, You're right, they are proper boring!!! :harhar:

I think lackey should be part of the deal Who cares about getting someone in return when one of Theo's best ever pieces of business is left here to eat KFC

As I've admitted in previous posts, I'm only watching baseball this season, so I know my opinion counts for little But I have to say I would much rather the cardinals beat Texas ass they seem a lot more aggressive and generally more exciting to watch That's just my 2 cents worth

i just read the piece there i find it astonishing that a well paid athlete can admit to eating Popeyes fried chicken (im irish, so thats a new one to me, we dont have that place over here) and drinking beer during a game, and then to nonchalantly say that he didnt believe it was the cause of the september downfall. seriously, in what other sports would you get away with that, and not just get away with it, but have the audacity to think it would not effect your performance????? i race bicycles on the weekends, and im sorry to say i never ever win, yet by the sounds of it, i prepare myself better than our starting pitchers!!!! ok, some people can argue that its not in the culture of the game to be the Uberathlete. But you just have to look at what Tiger Woods did to golf, he's an exceptional talent, but above all, compared to the golfers of yesteryear, he is an athlete. is it too much to as for our players to act like proper athletes, and dare i say, even look like them?

familiarity breeds contempt!!! saying he wouldnt mind going to the Wankees is an absolute disgrace, just disgraceful. im not american, but even i know the rivalry is huge between the sox and the wankees. take it this way, im a Liverpool fan. if Steven Gerrard said he wanted to join Man Utd, he would probably be shot!!! for these remarks alone, the Red Sox should not sign him up to a long term deal, hell, not even a short term one!!!! the only thing i will say though is. If they take Ortiz, then we should take Sabbathia, just as an "up yours" to them any chance they'll take Lackey???

thats a great article that. the bit about the Strength and Conditioning coach being ignored is interesting. i have a friend that spent this summer in New York working for a semi professional baseball team as their strength and conditioning coach. he was telling me last week they where the fattest and laziest "athletes" he'd ever seen. The first day my friend was there he just wanted the lads to warm up with some jogging, nothing crazy. The teams dedicated hitter came up to my mate and point blank refused to run, he said he hasnt needed to run all his career, so why start now. And the funny thing is, the guy is a fat bastard!!! he said compared to footballers and other sports we're used to, the player lack serious fitness (im irish so i mean soccer, gaelic football and rugby btw) judging by that article though, it would seem a lot of the Sox first teamers need to be f*cked off. you cant have people around the dressing room that refuse to work hard, they are athletes after all, and as for the drinking and playing xbox thing :thumbdown

fantastic interview by Tito there, honest, articulate, and very humble. as he said in the interview, sometimes things just run their course. i wish him all the best in the future, a good honest man, and for that he deserves our respect

i have to say im still just getting to grips with some of the rules of the game at the minute, and even more so the transfer system in baseball, its alot more different to what we're used to with football teams. i was only looking at the tigers and yankees game the other day and i sat there and said, "hmmm, why dont the red sox just buy Cabrera and Sabbathia, that would be a start" but it just doesnt work that way in America.

Vaughanny are you in Dublin yourself? i wouldnt jump up and say im a "die hard fan", but ive started watching the baseball this year due to having ESPN america on my television package. and i have to say, i was genuinely surprised by how much i enjoyed watching the games. and being a Liverpool fan, sure i had to allign myself to the red sox