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I'm never angry at the number of apologists justifying what the rich and powerful do. I'm just surprised they have nothing better to do with their intellects.
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I'm just glad the JH apologists are willing to pony up their cash for gear and season tickets, so those skeptics like myself can watch this train-wreck of an organization for free.
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Correct. The RS are an absolutely unique organization, and none of the rules that apply to all other businesses apply to them. As for the customers? (fans), just read my signature line. (i.e., pay up and stop complaining).
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I wonder if fans here feel the same about other forms of entertainment: 'Oh well, that movie sucked, but the studio is saving for a blockbuster next year"; 'yeah, the concert sucked, but there's no way they can or should pay top dollar for a guitarist'; 'the food is awful and pricey, but they're training a new chef' 'I went to the Farmers Market and there was nothing there, but you know, gardening is hard and takes many years to learn' ...
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LAD will never trade with Boston, knowing how they got fleeced the last time.
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Better profits; lower overhead.
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"We" did not save any money; nor do "we" have a secret budget. Ownership saved money; we have a worse product because of it.
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Wow. Ownership apologists out in force for the new year! But I agree entirely that multi-billionaires always deserve the benefit of the doubt. Because how could they have all that money if they weren't more virtuous than the rest of us?
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??? I tend not to distrust factual claims that require extensive use of the subjunctive.
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We can hope!
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Sounds like a great acquisition. What's his rap sheet like?
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Nope. It doesn't. Because you give a different argument each time, generally involving speculations of how the team will be in the future, long after we're all dead. (or perhaps something involving abstruse dvdRWAR+ calculations).
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Ha ha! Stars for prospects! The Red Sox way. Nice gesture, though, to pick up part of his salary. Now who will be the first apologist to argue this shows the RS commitment to home-grown talent.
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Exactly. (Too bad other fans are more concerned with Henry's bank account than what appears on the field.) I'm sure those fans are still p.o.'d that the RS didn't get rid of Williams, when they had that far better fielder Gene Stevens ready to step in.
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This looks as if it is going exactly as ownership wants. (well, they'd like maybe 20 more wins to appear by magic each season, but if not, who cares, really?)
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For some guys here, the glass is always 1-1/8 full apparently.
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You guys do realize that no one, including yourselves, has the slightest idea or interest in what you believe you are arguing about?
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Right.
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But wasn't the argument that the RS were fine because they were acting just like LA/NY/Tx/PHIL? Now you say we don't want to act like that? So how are the RS going to get better? by signing the right kind of boring replaceable journeymen? rather than the wrong kind of boring replaceable journeymen?
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Agree 100%. Part of the problem is free-agency, of course, but no one wants that changed (except owners). It's hardly riveting for old farts like us to watch a team show up each year made up of a different selection of journeymen, as if players were simply pieces in a fantasy league. Th RS are not going to the WS or inspire fan interest because suddenly they pick up McGuire, or Tommy Pham, or Korey Kluber, or even Jensen, or whoever they get this year who will be completely forgotten in two years.
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And how many of those teams have had last place finishes 3 or the last 4 or 5 years?
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Good question. Equally good questions: what if they win all of them? What if RS pitchers pitch 80 shutouts? What if McGuire has 69 home runs by then? What if they trade a prospect for Mookie? What if Ted comes back from the cryo-sphere and hits .411? We really should consider these questions in detail before making any judgments on the team.
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The subject, as you know perfectly well, is not "economic considerations generally"; the subject is STATE TAXES, which a number of you were arguing was a key factor in determining where to live. Now just in case there's confusion here, let me state my position again: anyone who bases 'where they live' on the difference between state taxes is someone I just cannot relate to. (Now for further clarity, I'm not even saying it's BAD or MORONIC to be a money-grubbing Scrooge who would sacrifice happiness for a few extra bucks. If that's what someone wants to do, go for it.)
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Unlike many posters here apparently, poor people do not choose where to live based on state taxes.
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Those who choose where to live based on state taxes deserve to live where they live.
