moonslav59

We just missed by hours on saying we forced the Dodgers to replace Sheehan with a Skubal trade.

Are You-SHee- Dan me?

One more and the team ties the Rays in HRs (25th.)

Liam Hicks?

My idea is to play Abrams at 2B, but I was thinking more about starting next year. You could convince me to start it now.

I'd rather trade Avis than Arias.

Good day for the Sox farm. Woo won 4-1 as Burgos did well. Rivera and Uberstine K'd 5 out of 9 outs. notin's guy, Ward went 1-3 w a BB and 3SBs (50th!) POR WON 12-2 as Ziehl went 6 with 6H, 1ER, 1BB and 8 Ks. Rosario hit his 11th dinger and is up to .807. Cespedes K'd 4 times. GRE won 11-7. Azocar hit his 12th (.885) and Martin homered, too. Schaffner went 1 for 5 but had 3 rbi. 11.295) Newby Hull went 3-5 (1.245.) SAL lostb 8-4 but Montero pitched a nice 3.1 IP. Primera homered (.874) and so did King (his 11th)

Just don't trade Arias or Eyanson for a rental.

I don't really hold any ill feelings towards Story of the guy who signed him, and not just because I'd be a hypocrite, because I liked the signing, but because Story gave it his all, and it kept us from extending Bogey.

WSH wanted a MLB pitcher and some prospects. We gave em one.

As Yogi might have said, half want a bat, half want an arm and 90% want both.

I'm driving the B Lowe band wagon. I don't usually put much stock in these kinda numbers, but... 1.138 at Fenway career He's been a TOR and BAL killer, too but just .660 v the Yanks.

Maybe it was 50-50 then, although Talk Sox was 75-25 for a LHB. Mead may return, so a LHB is 75-25, now. The team does way worse vs RHP, and we face RHPs about 70% of the time. Seems like a no-brainer.

I'll bite: .925 OPS, 28 HRs and league leading 85 RBIs. Seigler and Monasterio can still play quite a bit. Durbin needs a day off, too. Abrams could even DH some. I'm not betting on 2B and SS being fixed for life.

Yes, I called it. (Then I woke up.... LOL) I do remember being blasted for even mentioning the WC3 slot. Now I'm thinking AL East winner, or at least the 2nd best AL record.

Yes, the future is now- just like last year when everyone wanted Tolle & Early. Kinda glad we didn't trade them, as they have morphed into a better Tolle and our future 2Bman Mead.

That's not close to what LAD gave.

And of all things, the game was won on a GIDP.

You can almost book it. Skubal extension or re-signing.

I see the Early-Mead trade as sideways. Young vet everyday player for young pitcher. Most deadline deals are prospects for a rental.

I remember when we got Story, I thought if we could get GG defense at SS and his .752 road OPS over a full season, it would be worth it. Instead, we got .697 OPS, declining defense and only 361 games out of a possible 750ish.

This is soooo you. Thanks for exposing yourself for others to see.

It's one thing to rightfully question Ceddanne's offense, but to say he "sucked in 2025" is hard to ignore. To not see he was clearly improving from year to year, despite still being below average and thinking it could continue seems like holding a grudge or not wanting to back off a first impression on a player. No doubt, Ceddanne showed historically bad K:BB ratios and out of K-zone swing rates. It was absurdly bad. I don't think anyone doubted that clear weakness. It seemed odd of lucky that he hit the ball as much as he did through the minors and at the start of his MLB career. The first impression Fred had was based on clear evidence. Why he chose to ignore or downplay clear improvements in these areas and make severely disproportionate negative statements about Rafaela vs other struggling players is for him to answer to. I really don't think I crossed the line to say it was absurd to keep the hyper criticism on one player and to say his 2025 season "sucked." Saying Ceddanne "lost the game" for failing to move a runner over is but one example of the petty assaults. The fact that we ended up winning the game was not even the issue. To then claim being "fair and balanced" and taking delight in "getting into people's heads" is a direction I found interesting for Red to support. Somehow I feel like he did only because Fred was battling me, but maybe I'm wrong. I'd hate to assign motives that are untrue.

It cuts down on the back and forth significantly. I don't get why you'd think I thought it's a punishment. I'm going to assume we both see things very differently and make assumptions based on our own way of thinking. Maybe it's best for everyone to just stop the back and forth or limit it as much as possible. That's how I viewed it. IMO, you misinterpret too many posts, not just mine and not just the motivations behind each post, but the actual positions and word meanings. I happen to think words and word choices matter and have specific meanings. I'm not pretending I'm smarter than anyone, and I often choose the wrong words or words that can easily be misinterpreted. I try to correct them or further explain what I meant, when I feel someone takes it in a way I did not intend. I'm fine with disagreement. I'm not fine with strawman building and little or no attempts at trying to agree on the actual meanings of one another's posts and motivations for stating opinions and positions before responding or attacking the points made. That's my biggest beef with you. Fred has admitted he trolls. That doesn't seem to bother you enough to point it out like you point out every fault you think I have. Look back at your responses to my posts. It's humanly impossible to disagree with nearly 100% of everything any one person says. I've actually agreed with several of Fred's positions, but you pick apart everything I say. I know I did pretty much the same to you, so I made an attempt to stop it by putting you on ignore. I realize I still made comments through posts you made to others that I couldn't help but read and have an opinion on, but my choice to do so did still limit the rancor and sheer volume of bickering. That's not patting myself on the back, but I do think it helped bring down the number of posts that nobody else cares to read. Call it "hiding behind a curtain." Call is may attempt at "punishing you." I could care less. I tried to cut back and I think it did help a little bit. I know I am to blame for much of it and admit it. You throw my admission in my face over and over while pretending you have no blame in it, or at least you've never come close to admitting you share in at least half the blame. Again, I'm not claiming I'm a better man for admitting it, but I do think I've at least tried to cut down on it. Obviously, I've failed at it, and it seems you take great joy is seeing me admit it my failures. I'll end by saying in all my experiences with family, several work places and my online bridge playing, I've never had any issues with co-workers, family members or bridge partners and opponents like I have with you. Take that for what it's is. I'll put you back on innore and will try to limit my replies to your posts through others, but I'm human. I find it hard to resist questioning statements made I think are untrue. You are right about one thing: it is a curse not a blessing, but you are wrong that you think I see it as a strength or blessing.

They had to trade Skubal or get just a comp pick. I think the Dodgers made the best offer.