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  1. Bellhorn04
    Actually, SoxHop, the Red Sox have made their budget for payroll fairly clear - they try to keep it at or around the luxury tax threshold, which makes perfect economic sense. The threshold the last few years has been 189 million. But that includes some costs that do not show up in the salary figures you see for the players. The biggest amount is benefit payments which are now somewhere around 12 million a year. So the real budget for salaries is somewhere around 175 million. Signing David Price would be great. But his 30 million a year obviously takes up a big chunk of that payroll budget. That's why it matters to us as fans.
  2. Bellhorn04
    I would argue that it is your money. You're one of the people who goes to games and supports the team financially. You're one of the ones who pays those bloated ticket prices.
  3. Bellhorn04
    You can blame it on the owners, or you can blame it on us, the fans. We're the ones paying the tab. We're making them all rich, players and owners.
  4. Bellhorn04
    There are good reasons to shudder. If the player doesn't live up to the big contract (Hanley and Panda) they can screw up your team pretty good.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Plus, many pitchers have their own routines for celebrating getting out of the inning or whatever.
  6. Bellhorn04
    I feel bad for Andrus. 2 errors in one inning directly leading to the loss. That's hard to take.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Yet another reminder that with baseball, nobody knows s***.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Just do what I do, Kimmi, and be thankful he's over in the other league now.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Agreed.
  10. Bellhorn04
    But what makes you think Washington would want to move him - he was even better than expected in Year 1 of his contract.
  11. Bellhorn04
    DeGrom vs. Greinke is a pretty nice matchup for a Game 5.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Covering his bases, sure. He'll probably try to trade Hanley but if there are no deals that make sense the cover story will become the actual story. I think DD has been sending some messages Hanley's way that he better get it together for 2016.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Nah, the rigged gun went to Chicago with Theo.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I'd say a chance, yes. Depends on other offers he gets.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Actually, sk7326 has also promoted signing Lackey, and I am on board too. Make it happen!
  16. Bellhorn04
    Yes, it's amazing how fast the chicken salad can turn to chickenshit. Price was completely out of sorts in the first game.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I think Kimmi was into the red wine when she posted that. J/K She's talking about the Yankees. She's still burned about Damon signing with them. She fears their offseason shenanigans. I can relate to that to a degree, though a lot has changed since George was calling the shots.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Cubs for me.
  19. Bellhorn04
    How can you possibly pass up our hot stove action? It's gonna be good!
  20. Bellhorn04
    Well, as bad as Porcello was this year, he was much improved after coming off the DL.
  21. Bellhorn04
    A decent piece on the Sox by Joel Sherman of the NY Post. Interesting comment in here by a scout about E-Rod's potential. http://nypost.com/2015/10/03/is-red-soxs-sudden-rise-for-real-3-questions-before-the-stamp/
  22. Bellhorn04
    Porcello ERA currently sitting at 5.01. C'mon Rick, 2 scoreless innings and you're below 5!
  23. Bellhorn04
    And then you woke up, unfortunately.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Here's a perfect example of something the advanced stats uncovered and then confirmed: in spite of the Gold Gloves, Jeter was a poor defensive shortstop after a certain point in his career. Not because he made a lot of errors, he didn't, because he was very sure-handed. But his range eroded over the years until he was a virtual statue compared to many other shortstops.
  25. Bellhorn04
    You have some issues, man. But you're likable.
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