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Bo Jackson Trivia Time Bo Jackson enhanced his legend by becoming the first player to play in the All Star game for two different sports when he played in the 1989 MLB All Star game and the 1990 Pro Bowl. Who is the only other athlete to play in an All Star games for two sports?

So Betts = Sale + Price

Maybe but it seems that way with a lot of MLB contracts, if not all of them. At best, you're conjecting. If the Sox had one player in the last 25 years you would give that type of deal to, who would it have been?

Well, did they just decide that number was too much on its own? Or was the decision it was too much on top of all the other expenses Dombrowski was responsible for? Those are very different questions...

And like Betts, no one considered Boggs to be much of a prospect...

All of whom were before Boggs. I went with Boggs as he was a clear HOF talent. Whether or not Mookie was a "better Hall of Famer" seems a bit nitpicky to me. At some point, we have to recognize the elite qualities of anyone in Cooperstown...

One thing about the "once in a lifetime status" for Mookie is, unlike players like Harper and Trout, Mookie was never a really highly regarded prospect. BA ranked him one time, and even then at #74, back before the 2014 season where was ranked below Garin Cecchini (#74). In 2013, Fangraphs had him at #15 in the Sox system. For some perspective, Brandon Jacobs was #13 that year and Anthony Ranaudo was #14. So Mookie was really not so much a "once in a lifetime" player as much as he was a "came from nowhere" player who was just overlooked by every evaluating staff out there. The big question for us Sox fans is, can we find another player to rise up so far from such obscurity? It's tough to picture, say, Hudson Potts or Connor Wong being so successful. On the other hand, Betts numbers in the minors were good (.880 OPS in 1315 PA), but they were also far from legendary. Wong has a .852 OPS in 904 PA and Potts has a rather pedestrian .743 OPS in 1792 PA, but has also been very young for every level. Obviously I don't think Wong and/or Potts are sure things to be the next Betts. But it is actually not out of the realm of possibility that someone is... .

Maybe "once in a Boston lifetime." Who was the best talent to come u through the Sox system before him? Maybe Boggs?

Well, there was definite Bait Potential in that statement. But I do think he is a different player next year...

Bloom passes on all at those numbers. Except maybe Stroman...

Now compare their weights at both ages. There is a reason they call him Kung Fu Panda Express...

The Royals did it with Greg Holland in his final arb year in which he was recovering from TJ. If the Sox tender ERod and he still cannot pitch in 2021, he’s still testing the market. The goodwill is going to get them nowhere...

Probably not thought of well, but undeservedly does. As Dallas Green once said when asked the difference between a good manager and a bad manager, replied “a good bullpen.” Cash has a good bullpen and needs to balance not overusing them with not overusing his starters as he enters yet another long series with no off days...

He’ll get a tender. The Sox aren’t going to try to save $8-9 mil gambling he won’t pitch. They really need to be taking a few gambles. If he doesn’t get a tender, it’s because the situation is worse than we’re hearing...

I was saying this just the other day to Gabe Kapler...

If there is one positive to come out of this series for the Rays, it's that they have watched Manny Margot turn into a star at the plate...

Well, as every parent knows, that someday will come when your own little boy has to leave the nest and be replaced by Will Venable...

Going out on a limb here - Joel Sherman has never been to medical school or watched an NFL football game...

According to Pablo, a chocolate loaf is a mere appetizer..

Friedman wouldn't give up Gonsolin to get Betts. Safe bet he won't do it to get Eovaldi and company. I think prying young pitching from the Dodgers is harder to do than prying a chocolate-covered meatloaf away from Pablo Sandoval...

If Houston keeps this lead, they’ll become only the second team ever to fall behind 3 games to none and then force a game 7. So naturally, no team has ever gone up 3 games to none and won game 7...

He passed away 5 years ago...

Yeah I'm not really sure why our equivalent to Liberatore is Yairo Munoz....

I believe if San Fran deals him, they can still keep that money. It's just paid to the Padres and does not have to be earmarked for Longoria. Of course, if they kept it, Boston might insist on an even greater return...

Everyone knows Altuve is 4'4"