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Luck actually had a really good season in 2016, including a career high in Y/A and his second best QBR. The real mismanagement of Luck came in 2017 when they kept teasing the world with a comeback they knew was never coming....

Except Logan Morrison, who lets it all out on Twitter...

It’s easier to learn control than to learn to throw 100mph. Throwing 100mph all over the place already makes him Brian Ellington...

You can find people complaining about most managers on any forum regardless of heir success. At some point, people here might even complain about Cora. I’ve seen posters complain about Francona/Francoma during the World Series...

They’ve given out ONE. The Sox do have a longer and more significant history, along with the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants and more recently the Cubs. Certainly some unforeseen teams will get in on the bidding, but I think we all expect Boston to be heavily involved...

Then death is too good for him...

Missed what was said. I assume it was deleted and don’t need a recap. I will say the tendency to attribute all trolling to Pike on BDC was probably a bit hasty and presumptuous. Sure it could have always been him, but there is whole world full of whack jobs out there...

Wow. You must have been heavily influenced by all those American Tall Tales of man vs. machine, like Paul Bunyan and John Henry with your constant rants against the march of progress. Well, in case you forgot, Paul Bunyan lost and John Henry died. Also, it’s always been this way in baseball. Always. There was a time when ERA was a bold new concept. (And it was originally used to quantify another bold new concept called relief pitching.). But I’m sure there were a bunch of turn-of-the-20th Century dannycater equivalents (and possibly ancestors?) back then wailing, too. “This ERA crap is ruining baseball,along with relief pitching!! Give me the good old days when Hoss Radbourn would pitch 90 games and throw 810 innings like a man!! And you know how we knew he was great?? Wins!! When Kid Nichols started, Kid Nichols finished! Now there’s a man!! And you knew he was a man cause we called him ‘Kid!’ Oh but now we have ‘relief pitchers’ coming in like their ‘heroin pills’ cause the widdle pitcher got a tummy ache!! If my 9 year old can work all day in the coal mine, you can pitch all 9 innings!!” That’s my best early 1900’s style rant. Complete games, child labor, and Bayer brand heroin. And no ERA...

Again, people rehashing my jokes. Keep up!!!

Apparently it’s Swihart’s birthday. Is that why Cora started him?t

Ummmmm.... yesssssss

He’s cut...

At least it’s a finger...

. Six infield flies and counting...

Already did that joke....

Hard to say. I can’t remember the last time they scored...

This Sunday?

If Sale had gotten hammered again, I’d be more concerned. Even without the velocity, this was an encouraging game for Sale. Some nights, for whatever reason, pitchers just don’t have it. But Sale showed is he can be effective even without his best weapon. Not every pitcher can do that...

Most bubble players go there to die. Bryce Brentz and Sam Travis will probably retire as Paw Sox...

They re-signed Gardner to take his at bats. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Yankee fascination with Harper died the day they acquired Stanton. How many $300mill corner outfielders can any team handle?

That he also sucks at hockey and probably can’t even skate might also be factors here...

Is AAA even a necessary developmental step anymore? The International League is filled with players signed on minor league deals and 40 man roster overspill. The average age is like 28. It’s ok for a player to go there, but I don’t think it’s necessary...

I don’t even see signatures on these posts. Where are they? Or did I make some setting that blocks them?

How did you expect the Tigers and Orioles to be? The Mariners and A’s were the two teams that started the season early in Japan. As Cora made very little effort to get the Sox regulars going in ST, we might be looking at preparedness issues with the Sox. None of the Sox SP threw even 10 IP in ST. I think the price is being paid a little for that. There were positives to that approach. For example none of the Sox starters got injured in those games. But I can see it contributing to a slow start...

But with the best bullpen in the Major Leagues...