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  1. notin
    So who was? LBJ and the mafia? Masons? Keyser Sose? Or was it - and it scares me to say it - Heat Miser?
  2. notin
    Exactly why do you think Crane knew anything about this? The guy, like most owners, is a billionaire businessman who made the overwhelming bulk of his money in non-baseball ventures that he presumably still spends a fair amount of time on. Plenty of owners buy teams for the simpler reason - because they can. It’s a lofty stays symbol. Henry seems like the rarity in his involvement in day-to-day operations...
  3. notin
    Now you’re just being silly
  4. notin
    Should I assume the same for Lyle Overbay?
  5. notin
    No. It’s absolutely not the same as throwing a game. If you throw a game, barring severe incompetence or an opposing like-minded manager, you lose 100% of the time. Is that true for electronic sign stealing? Teams have been “legally” stealing signs for over a century and it’s NEVER resulted in that level of perfection. In fact, teams have been illegally stealing signs using this same equipment for DECADES and it’s never impacted the game like throwing a game does. And it’s not closee. What’s next? Should we have a poll to determine if Cora is closer to John Gacy or Jeffrey Dahmer?
  6. notin
    He probably should ask. Although if he does, he runs the risk of exposing a giant conspiracy...
  7. notin
    That it is. While not in the same vein, I like the name “Kotsay.” Not many managers have Pig Latin names...
  8. notin
    Same logic when a last place team fires the manager...
  9. notin
    Just how obligated is Morrison to talk to Manfred? LoMo is clearly a techie on some level and has voiced that electronic sign stealing is ok in his eyes. So if he thinks it’s ok, how willing is he to throw people under what is obviously a bus roaring in his direction?
  10. notin
    Good. Hope they hire both of them to keep them out of Boston
  11. notin
    No. And it’s not even close. Throwing a baseball game for gambling gives the game a predetermined outcome. Stealing signs doesn’t. It’s the baseball equivalent of counting cards at a blackjack table. Cora cheated and was fired for it, and his next managerial gig will probably be along the lines of Long Island Ducks. But no need to be so overly dramatic about it. ...
  12. notin
    I like Bochy. But he rode off into the sunset...
  13. notin
    Really? Price is a 2.3 fWAR pitcher. Start there. More important to SD was Myers’ salary jumps from $5mill to $22.7 mill this year for the next 3 seasons. That’s a heckuva raise for the fifth outfielder on the depth chart, and if the Padres dealt him for Price, they would be getting a 2.3 fWAR starter for a net cost of $9mill per season. Even in limited action, Price outpitched Tanner Roark last year, and Roark got $12mill per. How does that NOT make sense for San Diego? It only makes sense for Boston because that massive raise means that while Myers is making $22.7 mill, his luxury tax number is still $13.8mill. That does represent a $17mill cut into the reset. But if the Sox replace Price externally, it’s going to cost a big chunk of that $17mil. And THAT is why the deal is a no-brained for SanDiego but makes a lot less sense for Boston. And why Bloom didn’t make it...
  14. notin
    I’m willing to bet it was the Red Sox who refused any Price-Myers swap, based on Myers not being good at baseball. Price’s contract is 3 years long; is anyone going to be reassured about paying him $1mill/start over the next 3 years based on a couple post-injury innings?
  15. notin
    Travis wasn’t in the 1b picture anyway...
  16. notin
    Electronic sign stealing isn’t and shouldn’t be in the same category as betting on baseball, and every clubhouse in the past 100 years has had a sign warning that betting on baseball would result in a lifetime ban...
  17. notin
    Actually the Sox kicked in $12 mill, which was less than 5% of what those players were owed...
  18. notin
    Said no actual drug test report ever...
  19. notin
    Fairly certain the pending Boston investigation played some part in Cora’s dismissal...
  20. notin
    So “where there’s smoke” logic only applies to Ortiz and steroid usage?
  21. notin
    And the Yankees were reprimanded for misuse of the clubhouse phone in 2017. This stuff is ubiquitous...
  22. notin
    He did let the Tigers and A’s know. He just didn’t go public...
  23. notin
    Is mvp78 still available to manage this team?
  24. notin
    3 down. 27 to go...
  25. notin
    That depends. At what point was Crane aware what was going on? Or Henry?
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