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Well, we didn't; news media outlets reported on it this week. The only real news is top Red Sox minor league prospects are practicing together. If that's our spring training for awhile, at least we get to see the progress of some guys who may star in the hopefully-near future.
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At least this rumor is news this week... even if it's just filed under Suzuki reportedly showing some interest in Boston.
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Makes sense -- maybe the "tax" is that money not spent on players goes back into the general fund (to the other teams). But how does the language differentiate parts of a team's budget? They still have to pay non-uniformed employees, and sub-contractors to mow the lawn, paint the walls, etc.
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That doesn't excuse 65 pairs of shoes in the closet. On Footwear-reference.com, her WARpath is 130.
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(for Aaron Judge... Monster-to-Kike-to-Xander-to-Plawecki): Swimming through Sick Lullabies, Choking on your Alibis, But it's just the Price I pay, Destiny is calling Me Open up my Eager Eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside
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... wives. I put one on a pedestal once, and now she has a walk-in closet full of shoes.
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Seattle is also close to the North Coast, LA close enough to the South Coast... well, at least the N and S borders. These guys encompass the compass.
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My point was that Gooden was on a Hall of Fame track when his career started -- arguably the greatest teen pitcher of the century (record Ks, FIP), definitely the greatest 20-year old of all-time -- before unhealthy lifestyles derailed his career.
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The best players from the era will all get in, eventually. There are now at least five guys with plaques already whose bodies and stats both grew proportionately, as well as others whose careers overlapped and extended during that time -- old men throwing no-hitters or playing every single inning of every single game. Rules or not, the users -- as well as fans and writers -- all know what they were doing was giving them an unfair advantage. Harold Baines said something interesting the other day on MLB channel... to paraphrase: it really became noticeable in the dog days of August, when mere mortals are always dragging and banged up... and suddenly, vets were showing up with renewed energy.
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Ironic that so many careers and thus teams were disrupted or destroyed by this addiction -- even lives, as you mention -- and yet, fans and writers care way more about the scandal that immediately followed, when players were trying to enhance performances on the field (and not after the games). I can't recall this drug usage affecting votes for the Hall, either, except that it certainly prevented further achievements and probable enshrinement for guys like Gooden, Parker, etc. Still, Raines made it in, most likely because he had a mentor like Andre Dawson help him kick the habit...
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Here, I'll list the important facts for you: David Ortiz just tied Babe Ruth, as a Hall of Famer who won three World Series rings for Boston. They're now tied as the second-best Red Sox winners of all-time... to the immortal Harry Hoopaaaaahhh (four rings)!!!!
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This is all implied; Suz supposedly prefers stepping on large snails at night instead of tripping over invasive Burmese pythons...
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Even three would be a record in Boston for Bloom. Come on, Union, shake on it!
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I hope it's true, and not just because he could be a good player. The contract alone will be fascinating; will it be more than two years plus an option? If so, will it re-open the floodgates (or bank vault) in Boston? Does it signal that ownership is happy with the new CBA? Can Bloom stop at just one potato chip?
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OF Christin Stewart? Played the entire '21 season for the Toledo Mud Hens, impersonating a AAA player: 21 HRs, 100 Ks...
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... also be fans willing to go watch them: parents, grandparents, family, friends, fans. And for those who don't become pro players, many will still be fans all their lives, treating their own families to attend games, and coaching the next generation of hopefuls... Baseball -- following Major League Baseball -- may not be as popular as it once was, in relation to fan interests in other pro sports, as well as other leisure activities that didn't even exist last century. But it is still an American tradition, and owners know that after every single strike or lockout in history, fans always come back...
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20s David Hamilton DH (for now); 52 stolen bases in '21 minors -- always a need for speed 10s Jackie Bradley Jr. RF 00s Pokey Reese SS 90s Troy O'Leary LF; go ahead, walk Nomar to pitch to him... 80s Oil Can Boyd 3B (decent infielder when I played against him; good switch-hitter, too) 70s Cecil Cooper 1B; most hits AL 1977-85 60s Elston Howard C 50s *Willie Mays CF 40s *Jackie Robinson 2B *the Red Sox scouted both, and in my alternate reality, actually signed them
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While it's good business for an owner (no matter how rich), to hire a guy who's a proven success on a limited budget, maybe it doesn't make as much sense to then also toss him the keys to the safety deposit boxes. But yes, it could be a recruiting incentive, even pointing to prior mentors to make promises... with of course, qualifiers: the job is yours, provided if you get to the World Series, that you'll force your manager to bench all his top home run hitters against lefties -- or make him yank his starting pitcher throwing a shutout in an elimination game after two times through the order.
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Extending Devers to keep him in Boston for his prime would signal two things: the Sox are being true to their word that they want to retain homegrown stars they deem part of a core of sustained title contenders, and that they're willing to spend. Even the Rays committed big bucks to a player this offseason... Wander Franco, who only played a few months in the bigs. For all we know, Bloom could be waiting for his own top prospects to make the Show, before offering any longterm contracts (at reasonable market prices). I'm not saying Bloom is a disciple of Tampa-style blueprints, but it is ridiculous for anyone to think he was hired to be something he was not...
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I still don't understand: if the tax threshold is going to go up -- which makes it easier to spend -- than what were some big money teams waiting for? And even if say, LA, the Yankees and Red Sox know something that no one else does, would new changes to the structure really penalize clubs for transactions that happened before the lockout?
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Here's where I need help from posters good at math. The players want the tax penalty threshold to be increased, so teams will be able to spend more on free agents, while the owners want to keep it lower, to protect themselves from themselves. But until they settle upon a number, some GMs and CBOs are reluctant to use their budgets. And yet, eight different clubs still thought it was worth it to sign names from the list of Top 10-rated free agent pitchers: Seattle-Ray, Mets-Max, Cubs-Stroman, Jays-Gausman, Angels-Thor, Stros-Verlander, Tex-Gray, St.Loo-Matz. Some pretty big markets on that list. For those who have so far abstained, won't an eventual assumed tax compromise make it even easier for them to splurge? Meanwhile, are we to believe that LA, NY and Boston are trying to outsmart each other by not reinforcing rotations with the best available arms? Maybe when the dust clears they'll bid it out for injured Rodon or older injured Kershaw ... the suspense is partially somnambulant.
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Still waiting for Bloom to sign the anyone for more than two years...
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Houston seems like a franchise that picks and chooses which stars to pay to stay (cue Dombro: "We can't keep them all."). They did well to lock up Bregman when he was young at an affordable rate. But Cole was immediately wearing a different cap in the presser after the '19 Series, and Correa also seemed to know that he would go, after laughing at the Astros' offer that was half what he was seeking. Was Beltran in his prime ever offered fair market value? Big and short on Verlander looks like a good approach for savvy clubs...
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The lawfakers who won't pass any changes? Looks like baseball is doomed...
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It never seemed like Houston would be able to afford to keep Springer or Correa. But after 50 years of being a Red Sox fan, it never seemed like Boston wouldn't be able to afford to keep its best player...
