JoeBrady

I told Yankee fans at the time, that they'd like Ellsbury, but he wouldn't last because of injuries, and his arm might've been worse than Damon's.

My choices: Grich (by far) Ken Boyer Freehan Reggie Smith (yes, look it up) Dewey Evans Nettles Dale Murphy El Tiante

He was an awful CF. He couldn't reach 2B with his throws. I saw a lot of Yankee games back then, and players ran on him at will. I held no animus towards Damon, but I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed watching him in CF for the NYY.

But we don't know that. If a doctor looks at his knee and says he'll never be able to run again, then he is gone. But does anyone know that at this moment?

Dregs of Humanity might be the funniest episode in TV history.

Back when I was collecting, I was flipping a coin between 200 Eric Davis 1985 rookies or 200 Clemens. It might have been more. I thought Davis might be a 400/400 players which would've been a lock for the HOF. Clemens look real good but had been injured in 1985. So I bought the Davis. I'm in Vegas 3 days later watching Clemens put up 20 Ks. I literally felt nauseous.

Losing Tony C and Lonborg is almost legendary bad luck. Tony led the league in HRs at the age of 20, and missed a few games. Lonborg won the CY at the age of 25. Having both of them for another 10 years might have meant a much earlier WSC.

His obsequieness in NY annoyed the crap out of me. The sun in NY is sunnier and the grass in NY is greener? But it was a legendary game. The best line of the century is still "I knew the Yankees were in trouble when the ceremonial opening pitch had more velocity than Kevin Brown's first pitch.

Brady annoys the crap out of me, but how could anyone badmouth Brady as a player? He might be the best QB of all time. A distinction that probably doesn't matter one whit to Fred.

They didn't let him 'get away'. They had no opening for him. He couldn't play CF, and we had Manny in LF and Papi at DH.

If your point was about the timing of the $10M payment, then it is not a point worth considering. It's like saying my 401k results don't count because I am not taking a withdrawal this year.

There is no way the Red is going to accept data from professionals (if it disagrees with his opinion).

That still boils down to trading an outfielder so that we can sign Sato. At the heart of this is that we are adding Sato so that we can move someone to DH, when we already ranked 11th in OPS at DH, and have kind of a logjam there.

Someone has to pay the deferred amount. Who would that be?

IMO, everyone should be an agnostic on this issue. Once I spend my money, I don't care how they divvy it up. But a couple of modest proposals: The owners and players should agree on what constitutes a fair distribution of revenue. If they agree on 50/50, for example, and define what the sources of revenue are, most of the work is done. I like a floor and cap. Consolidate all TV revenue under the auspices of the league office and distribute that evenly. That will level the floor. Local teams keep all local money, hopefully providing motivation to provide the best reasonable product for the fans. The numbers for the floor/cap is less important, since the players still get their 50%. But I'd like to see a three-year rolling average for the floor. If the floor was say $120M, and a team is re-building, this allows them to spend $80M, $80M, and then $200M. Reducing the season to 154 and expanding the playoffs are a no-brainer. I think most fans, on both sides, agree that more should be done on the lower end. I've mentioned this before, but if a player is promoted for one week, he gets a minimum of one month pay and one month service time. If there are 100 players affected, the total cost might be $10M. Let the team absorb the added payroll and let the union absorb the extra service time costs.

Oh hell yeah. I love LV anyway, but the idea of catching a Monday night RS game is sensational.

Until what? Both sides have screwed this up badly. I have room in my heart for both nuclear and clean replacements, but both sides hate one or the other idea. France is my energy muse.

Absolutely not. Collective billionaires v rich billionaires?

I grew up in a lifetime employment in the same company environment. There is a lot to be said about that. But if a better opportunity, with more money came along, I would consider it.

My bet is that we can cut back usage by a solid 10% if we drove more efficient cars and used them a little less often. That alone would drive down the price.

I agree. I think the cap is a illusion designed to trick the players into accepting less overall. There are 8 teams over $265M, and 5 teams > $300M. They don't seem overly interested in a cap. And 10 teams under $145M who aren't competing for the big names.

Good responses from Willson. It's rare to have players that are both candid and analytical.

I'd make that deal with Rutschman.

None of that makes sense to me. We won't move Anthony or Mead to just open up a slot for a free agent. And we won't sign Sato to put Durbin on the bench, when we don't even know if Sato is as good as Durbin.

I have no problem with a Arias-ELDC construct. I just had a problem with moving Durbin, starting Story, and thinking it was an improvement. The comment I responded to was an overpayment of about 100%.