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I was thinking, "Alexa, play LA Woman." Well, I just got into town about an hour ago Took a look around, see which way the wind blow Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light Or just another lost angel, city of night City of night, city of night, city of night, woo, come on L.A. woman, L.A. woman L.A. woman Sunday afternoon L.A. woman Sunday afternoon L.A. woman Sunday afternoon Drive through your suburbs Into your blues, into your blues, yeah Into your blue-blue blues Into your blues, oh, yeah I see your hair is burnin' Hills are filled with fire If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar Drivin' down your freeways Midnight alleys roam Cops in cars, the topless bars Never saw a woman So alone, so alone So alone, so alone Motel money murder madness Let's change the mood from glad to sadness Mister mojo risin', mister mojo risin' Mister mojo risin', mister mojo risin' Got to keep on risin' Mister mojo risin', mister mojo risin' Mojo risin', gotta mojo risin' Mister mojo risin', gotta keep on risin' Risin', risin' Gone risin', risin' I'm gone risin', risin' I gotta risin', risin' Well, risin', risin' I gotta, wooo, yeah, risin' Woah, ohh yeah Well, I just got into town about an hour ago Took a look around, see which way the wind blow Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light Or just another lost angel, city of night City of night, city of night, city of night, whoa, come on L.A. woman, L.A. woman L.A. woman, you're my woman Little L.A. woman, little L.A. woman L.A. L.A. woman woman L.A. woman, come on

You're right. I do that way too much.

LOL, yea right.

It's not a bad thing being biased against smug elitism. Sleep tight.

This will be a tough game to win, but the team is pulling together, nicely. Some players who have been struggling or on the IL are now coming to life. The pen seems to have settled down after a bumpy stretch. Let's keep the mojo rising! Go Sox!

Damn straight!

Better than Chavis, Duran and Casas... 1.248 4 HRs in 9 games

You have never said "I am wrong." Maybe I missed the one time, but I doubt it. Calling what you said about Pivetta some sort of admission of being wrong or an "apology" is a joke. BTW, I never said anything about an apology. I also didn't think I needed to say I don't like you, but if you feel the need for my stamp of disapproval, I'll oblige. I dislike you and your smug self righteousness and aggrandizement. One thumb down.

LOL. Did they ever agree?

See. You agreed with me and were right.

Maybe 4 for 7, if you count Marwin and Andriese.

It's the way of the world, these days. (I'm not claiming I never do it, too.)

That's how you admit a mistake? No mention that you thought he'd suck or any opinions you shared about him- just a comment on how he looks to be doing good, now. You crack me up. Try this as an real example of admitting I was wrong: "I thought we should have signed Odorizzi. He sucks. I was horribly wrong." There. Was that something you can't ever do?

Agreed. It's not like I think Chavis is going to rake, but Bobby Dee needs a change of scenery.

This proves this one manager does not look at the small sample size of just 2021 to use as "analytics," otherwise Arroyo looked like the clear choice.

I respect that opinion. I just focused on you saying the whole playoffs and that it was a "fact" we don't win without Price. I have no problem saying Price was the most valuable player in the WS, only. It would have been harder to win that series without him more than probably anyone else, except maybe Nate, but I'm fine with saying Price was numuero uno. My position is that the 2018 was so very strong, we could have won without any one player. Probably not easily, but yes, I think we were that good.

Sounds good, but it's kind of a long shot all of our 3 big prospects will contribute positively, especially right from the start.

.211 That's higher than Dalbec, and he has a .758 OPS in MLB during his short call-up (33 PAs).

It's not like the guy has been this bad his whole career or over the past few years. It's also not like other top 2Bman on last winter's market are tearing the cover off the ball. It looks like a bad signing- no doubt, but he has not even reached the 25% mark of his team control with the Sox. That can be viewed as a bad thing or as a hopeful thing, if he balances out this bad stretch with something that brings him back to his career norm. Kike did help the Dodgers win it all, last year. He was a net plus, just months ago. BTW, here are some numbers from other winter options (AVV x yrs): 2B 15 x 6 LeMahieu (.656 in 251 PAs) 7 x 4 H-S Kim (.585 in 156) 7 x 3 Profar (.614 in 211) 9 x 2 K Wong (.784 in 178) 6.3 x 3 La Stella (.650 in 75) 7 x 2 Kike (.654 in 184) 5 x 1 Cesar Hernandez (.684 in 245) It's easy to say we should have signed Holt instead of Kike, but almost everyone wanted us to go larger at 2B (short term). OF 25 x 6 Springer IL after 4 games 16.3 x 4 Ozuna (.645 in 208) 16 x 2 Brantley (.801 in 179) 12 x 2 JBJ (.504 in 186) 7 x 3 Profar (.614 in 211) 10 x 1 Schwarber (.727 in 203) We could have signed Odorizzi, someone I wrongly wanted, instead of Richards and Perez combined!

My guess would be super two day, but who knows? A lot can happen between then and now. If we could get meaningful inputs from Duran and Casas or two from Duran, Casa and Downs after super two day 2022, we'd be looking golden. Imagine having all the financial resources to focus on pitching (replacing or re-signing Barnes, Ottavino & ERod) and depth improvement (replacing Marwin, Santana, Chavis and others). The rebuilding timing has been the best we could possibly hope for, if 2 of those 3 come though. Then, on top of that, we have some outside hopes from Seabold, Houck, Ward, Mata, Song, Ronaldo Hernandez or several other promising youngsters. We, then replace Duran, Casas and Downs with Jimenez, Yorke, Bello, Aldo Ramirez and our 2021 draftees.

So, I was wrong about Pivetta, and you were right?

Exactly! I hope he stays hot, so the question does not come up again.

Hypothetical is not fact.

Yes, of course. I'm not the one trying to prove we would have won without Price. I think we would have, because that team always did whatever it took, but it's not a "fact" we win without him. It would have been harder, for sure. My guess is we'd have started Nate in one of those games and missed his great pen work. (Nate started 0 games in the WS and pitched 8 innings in 5 games. Maybe Porcello, Sale or ERod pitch the "other game." IP in 5 WS games 13.2 Price 8.0 Nate 6.1 ERod 5.0 Sale 4.2 Porcello Remember, we had 5 days off before the WS, so it's not like our other options were over-worked in the WS.

Bring up Chavis.