BillyWilliams

Sure, he's got 145 million new reasons to be happy..........

Yeah, gotta be tough for these guys to stay in first class establishments while on the road ...........

I agree 100%, I love to visit but there's no way I would ever live there again.

Sometimes it's hard to tell with his posts.......

One could argue that the sawx did not "stand pat" and got worse on paper by losing kimbrel and to a lesser extent, kelly. Although the bullpen has not been the biggest culprit so far during this season's abysmal start.

Cool story but the sawx did not lead wire to wire last year. And any links regarding the swihart injury?

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/01/634626538/san-francisco-squalor-city-streets-strewn-with-trash-needles-and-human-feces https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/18/san-francisco-poop-problem-inequality-homelessness https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/recovery-blog/overdose-nation-state-top-10-overdose-deaths/

I have a fantastic view of the ocean and don't live in a blue state. Ah yes, the thousands of cases of human feces on the streets of San Fran to go along with hypodermic syringes from the junkies and the homeless tent cities........ The bottom line is they all have their pros and cons for living there, it really is a matter of personal preference.

40 players have reached the 30-30 club and 13 have done it more than once. While certainly not an every day occurence I'm not sure it qualifies as "nearly unheard of".

I certainly am not going to deny that there is a severe lack of education in places like Louisiana, Mississippi, etc., the article is a little misleading. Just because an area may have a high percentage of degree holders does not necessarily mean that they earned those degrees in that respective state. Many places like NYC and Boston have higher paying jobs that require these degrees, so people with those degrees move to those areas. And the article does state that the place with the lowest amount of HS diploma holders is California. As far as infrastructure is concerned, many of the blue areas are in serious disrepair. Have you driven in NYC, Detroit, etc lately? The roads are shot, bridges are in terrible shape. Now granted, much of that may be attributed to age and weather, but to say that their infrastructure is in much better shape is not the case in my opinion. And a recent report that I read showed that out of the whole Northeast the only state that had a higher influx of residents than people leaving was Vermont. So his original statement that that's why "everyone wants to move to blue states" is simply not true.

Whoopty damn doo. Still doesn't change the point of my post if you change "several" to "few"

Not to be a jerk, but exactly what has he accomplished that is nearly unheard of?

Not so sure about that. There's plenty of lousy schooling in blue states. And exactly what infrastructure are you referring to?

That's not true at all. And exactly what are these "services" that those states receive that the other states don't?

Nah, I find the clowns in here much more amusing......

And I care why?

But again, you don't have to be the top spender to be viewed that way. As I said, teams that spend a heck of a lot less view the sawx as "buying" championships no matter if you want to admit that or not. And the sawx will have the highest payroll 2 years running, that's what I meant as several.

I actually wasn't complaining about it as it doesn't bother me in the least. If ya got, spend it. I merely brought it up because of moonslob's not wanting to be "viewed like the Yankees" comment.

So are you embarrassed about last year's title because of your payroll?

Xander Bogaerts contract affects free agency WWW.MLB.COM Next year’s free-agent class took another hit on Sunday night, as the Red Sox and Xander Bogaerts near an extension that will keep the talented shortstop in Boston through 2025. According to a source, the six-year extension will pay Bogaerts $120 million, locking in another of Boston’s key contributors as

So DH's are cheap but jd, a DH, is going to get a strong return? Which is it?

Yeah, it conveniently stopped when you guys started doing it..............

But one doesn't have to have the highest payroll to be viewed as "buying" a championship. And for the record, I have no problem with it. I just think it's silly that you want to be viewed "differently".

I agree

Even before henry they still pretty much always had a top 10 payroll. henry certainly stepped it up a bit though.