Slasher9

be careful with buying into this nonsense about cream puff division. since 2001 Patriots VS AFC East winning percentage .780 Patriots VS EVERY OTHER OPPONENT .753 If the AFC East sucks so does the rest of the NFL also, the AFC East winning percentage takes a big hit because each of those teams have to play the juggernaut NE Patriots 2x a year. they basically start the season 0-2. While the Patriots’ 86-24 record against the AFC East is staggering, their winning percentage (134-44, 0.753) against everyone else is the best in the NFL, while they have 25 more non-division victories than any other team. New England’s record against eventual division winners (24-14) makes them the only team in the history of the NFL with a winning record in this category. Against teams who eventually made the playoffs in a given season, the Patriots (60-33, 0.645) are the best in the league, with the Steelers at a not-so-close second with a 0.480 winning percentage. Their success against teams who finished with a winning record (75-45, 0.625) is also an NFL-best mark, with the Steelers trailing by a considerable margin at a 0.440 winning percentage. It’s settled then. The Patriots don’t just take care of business against the AFC East, but no team is even close to their level of success against teams outside their division. Shaughnessy can suck a bag of D's.

wait...would this void the contract????!!!!????

you make great points here S5. but unfortunately BB has way more power over the players as in NFL most contracts are not guaranteed so you can cut the throat of any player at any time and not be on the hook $$$. baseball is that other animal that once the contract is signed the player has all the power......

if only they would cheat as much as the Green Bay Packers! but i guess no one cares that their own team cheats because they jealous they never have parades at the end of the year? https://yourteamcheats.com/

i think it matters to Cleveland. listen, i get it...we are out of it this year. but any game we play that could aeffect the postseason we should be playing full tilt to win. and this doesnt mean we have to manage it like its a game 7 but we should be managing it like its a regular season game with our best available lineup. integrity. seems this whole country has forgotten what that word means the last couple years. Sad!

Wtf!

lol. yes, that is what i meant! accepted/ignored.

also, it was ok to beat your wife and kids back in the day. nobody gave a s***.

i enjoy reading your posts and sometimes debating or agreeing with you. i hope you only take a short break to recharge your TalkSox forum batteries and come back posting soon. i'm tempted to type "or not" to be funny but i am serious so wont do that.

i would love some of the dodgers prospects. if they dont win it again this year...perhaps?

i'm not sure how many people on here are fortunate enough to be wealthy or have friends/acquaintances that are. there are many traits that these individuals share but 1 stands out. it is very very hard to separate wealthy individuals from their money. we have been blessed....BLESSED...with an owner that has been willing to spend...nay OVER spend...his money on player payroll. on top of the payroll he has paid an obscene amount of "tax" to MLB over the past few years for going over the LT threshold. he is basically giving his $$ away. dont kid yourself by thinking its Red Sox $$. its not. its john henry's money. if he decides he only wants a $100MM payroll...guess where that other $140MM goes? nowhere. it stays in John Henry's bank account. no doubt his wife gives him so much grief every year he "over spends" on a baseball team. as for Mr. Betts. who can begrudge a man from trying to earn as much of these billionaires money as possible? the boston red sox make a TON of cash selling #50 jerseys and tshirts. they use his likeness and name in advertising. come see the MVP. if an owner is willing to give mookie a $430MM contract i cannot blame him 1 bit for taking it. and that is what he will end up signing for. owners are 1%ers because they are cutthroat/shrewd/insanely intelligent businessman/woman. they dont get there by giving $$ away. thank you John Henry for giving your $$ away and granting us 4 parades in the process. i honestly never thought i would see even 1 in my lifetime.

He gave us some solid stretches and helped get a parade. But unless he is taking a 2 year very team friendly deal that somehow allows us to reset next year he needs to move on.

Maga!

AL East > AL West

uh oh, he gonna be mad. his girl better hide.

who has more hits - red sox or german?

Roid Rage! hide the women and children....

if 2020 is the reset year...i'd just as soon have Sale blow his elbow out today and get the surgery. 2021 we are back in business.

yup. they actually toured around and beat MiLB teams too. the baseball hitters could not adapt to the distance/speed for the 1 game expositions...

is this an afternoon start or usual 7pm?

Mal you need to find yourself a 30 something year old girlfriend and have her read you the forum posts and type your responses for you while you dicktate. whatever it takes sir. whatever it takes

might be able to get a ticket under face value for those games.....

just not the one in blackface.....

I'm ok with one of those 2. if it's both you may have a new neighbor named slasher9. we can bbq some moose meat and drink labatts....

lets go sox.