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MLB reportedly found no evidence of wearable devices:
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Or Washington State. Or Wyoming. Although state and local income taxes are prorated on where each game is played. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2017/04/18/income-taxes-for-pro-athletes-are-reminder-of-how-complicated-u-s-tax-code/#79dcbe2c411e
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I can't vouch for these sources, but ... https://twitter.com/jomboy_/status/1217886556263940098
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Does Mookie Betts want to traded in light of the current circumstances? Would Betts prefer to be traded midseason to avoid the qualifying offer? Or is Betts so elite that the qualifying offer would not deter his suitors next offseason?
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Perhaps it would be better to get all the negative stuff out of the way at one time instead of dragging everything out. Or not.
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Who Will Be The Red Sox Manager in 2020?
harmony replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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ESPN columnist Jeff Passan reports that other owners are unhappy: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28477741/why-anger-boiling-scenes-houston-astros-sign-stealing-punishments
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Fascinating franchise. Four World Series titles this century, three last-place finishes in the past decade, baseball's highest payroll the last two seasons, luxury-tax concerns hinder team's ability to keep big-ticket players, president of baseball operations fired before end of 2019 season, Red Sox part company with manager under pressure in January.
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No denial here ... just waiting for the results of the investigation.
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What if Rob Manfred and the MLB investigation find no wrongdoing by the 2018 Red Sox? Is it still "time to crush Manfred like the insect that he is"?
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MLB will almost certainly investigate all credible reports of sign stealing in violation of the announced rules. For all we know the MLB investigation may clear the 2018 Red Sox of any wrongdoing. Or not.
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Perhaps many, or most, teams put an immediate stop to any attempt to steal signs in violation of the announced rules. Or not.
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https://ethnicelebs.com/dustin-pedroia In light of the injury incident, it's interesting that Dustin Pedroia's paternal grandmother was apparently born with the surname of Machado.
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I thought the front office would notify Alex Cora that the Red Sox were actively looking for his replacement but waiting until MLB announced its sanctions before officially severing ties. Got that one wrong.
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A trade could still happen within a week.
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Yes:
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From Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy: https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2020/01/14/red-sox-should-fire-manager-alex-cora-wake-cheating-scandal/yVLqHv4NweKeqQDgfG0R7N/story.html?et_rid=1739401789&s_campaign=108stitches:newsletter
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The point may have been made if Dustin Pedroia and another player from the San Joaquin Valley were under investigation for similar behavior the month the valley experienced yet another natural disaster. Or not.
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No accusation made, only a question that leaves open the possibility that the bench coach had no role.
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What was the bench coach's role (if any) in all of this?
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Likely depends on the bench coach's involvement in illegal activity, if any.
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In the criminal justice system, a person is often placed on probation for a crime, for example, that carries a jail sentence of up to one year. If the person commits a new crime, that's a probation violation that authorizes a judge to impose a jail sentence of up to one year for the first crime in addition to the punishment for the second crime. If the second crime occurred after the first crime, but before the person was formally placed on probation for the first crime, that's not a probation violation (nevertheless it's part of the person's criminal history that may enhance the punishment for the second crime). MLB may have a parallel system ... or not.
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Not a good month for Puerto Rico.
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The MLB investigation continues, according to the baseball commissioner, who wrote: "I will withhold determining the appropriate level of discipline for Cora until after the DOI completes its investigation of the allegations that the Red Sox engaged in impermissible electronic sign stealing in 2018 while Cora was the manager." https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/cglrhmlrwwbkacty27l7.pdf