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So - Cut off his nose to spite his face so to speak Harmony? If he chooses to play somewhere else (Arizona) it will likely be because he just doesn't want to play in Boston. Boston's "lowball offer" still looks like a fairly healthy offer but if he really wants to play somewhere else, it might take a bigger overpay to get him. I personally am done with him. I really wish DD would head in another direction. If he signs with us and rips the hide off the ball, i still will have a very hard time being a fan. To them it might be a business, but to many lifelong fans it is a great deal more.
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you sarcastic scoundrel you
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It is a shame and pretty much a ******** stain on the current state of the game if this even a thought in a player's mind which I think it certainly could be.. It is about the money I guess. I'm so happy that I fell in love with this game in a different time. Ted sure as hell could have sat out the second game of that doubleheader as well but he made the right choice. I wonder if he got any extra loot for that? I don't think so.
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Got to say Fred that I am with you all the way. I will also say though that I have been ok with all this money being spent on entertainment but I have just about reached my limit. The pay scale for professional athletes is a joke. Trying to really determine what an average salary is is even more of a joke if for no other reason than none of their salaries are truly average. How is the average human being working at an average but maybe even good job supposed to identify with this world of make believe?
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I agree with this very much. I'm actually not 100% sure that I am going to watch this ml act very much longer.
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no I do not and I would be all for performance based clauses. At some point the Union gets involved and for all the good unions do and have done in general in an effort to treat everyone the same sometimes there just is a dark cloud.
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Oh stop - that makes too much sense!
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I was thinking of him. I'm ok with that - what you said also - lol
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I'm beginning to think that the establishment of things like a luxury tax in an effort to bring parity to baseball in order to just make everything equal has worked against our current crop of free agents who hope to get an even bigger piece of the existing pie. No one can blame an owner for not willing to go above and beyond an established luxury tax roadblock but when you own a franchise like the Red Sox you will still make money. Maybe Congress should get involved (we will be hearing this soon) and set limits as to how much $ an owner is eligible to earn - not. I am sick to death of hearing that someone who has been offered 125 million dollars for 5 years of any kind of work feels as though they are worth more. I would suggest to most of these overpaid athletes that if they scrimp and save than maybe one day, perhaps even before they are 40, they will be able to buy into a bigger piece of that pie on their own.
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I'm not sure which direction the "system" is heading but I will say that this game we love and what it at one time meant to us has certainly changed. There aren't too many kids using black electrician's tape and screws to keep their bats and balls together these days to say nothing of using cow patties for bases in the farmer's field next door. I beginning to think that I don't like this game anymore.
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Very true.
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Does this make what the owners of ml franchises earn wrong? It is all very relative. I know plenty of people who are self-employed who make more money through "under the table" work than they do with respect to what they claim. And by the way their poverty pleading makes a whining sound that keeps me awake at night.
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I like this
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Why? What incentive do they have to do that? People are still finding a way to pay the price. I find it quite ironic that people always complain about who can't attend these games but the seats are still filled for the most part.
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You are making a great case for the poor and downtrodden worker bees who signed those stinking contracts. Poor poor Mookie- I feel so damn sorry for these guys. Wonder when we will start seeing actively protest. it shut isn't right. They didn't really mean to sign those ridiculous contracts.
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As most of us have thought and said all along - Boston and Arizona - Good for DD - I hope that he continues to hold the line. He is not worth what he thinks he is. If Arizona can pay him, good for them. My guess is that he loses a lot of money if he does not sign with Boston. Screw him and the Arizona pony he rode in on.
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I think that the clear majority of players would say that they are pretty well compensated. How much of the pie should they be entitled to? I don't really even care but if I am the owner I would like to have a clear say as to how much I am going to pay the people working for me. Maybe owning a business like this is tougher than we think. Those players are very well paid employees. If the player's compensation for the work they do - they do not own the business- is adequate which I think it is, that is the way it goes. Maybe some day they can all own the business but for the time being they are very well paid pampered worker bees. I have no sympathy for either side. Basically i think that is ridiculous how important entertainment has become to us. f*** them all!!!
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I've got to chime in here because I'm really bored I guess. I'm hoping that Bucholtz never again appears in a Sox uniform. He had his day and his opportunity. Move on and far away. Don't care how cheap or even how much of a low risk he might seem to be. Run away.
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Like Devers much MVP? lol If wasn't for that Bill James projection I would be with you. Just kidding. We will need his 30 home runs.
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Nuttin Notin Nuttin - As in nothing happening.
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Just watched the video tribute to the 86 Celtics. That really was the best bb team that I ever saw play. The 80's in general saw some amazingly talented players with very special skill sets. They weren't all Celtics either! I have a new found respect for the Chief as well!
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To date I have seen no reports at all about any specific offers made by any other team. I have heard the names of 3 teams that might have or have had interest but nothing from any source making me think that he has received any offer to rival what Boston has made. It is possible that I just am not paying attention.
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You think harmony is starting to reach a little - I'm still trying to figure out why it seems to be such an engaging topic for harmony.
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If Hanley Ramirez is healthy and proves it by hitting consistently for power over the course of this season, I would hope that people would not be too concerned about the vesting option. If he is hitting, he is what we need.
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Oh I get what you are suggesting this time around. You think that there might be a bunch of mystery teams waiting to pounce in addition to really the only other two that even seem remotely like JD suitors. Hmm - I'll have to really think about that one.