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Post by caseytins on Aug 22, 2019 20:43:45 GMT -5
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 23, 2019 4:18:38 GMT -5
I wonder if Venezuelan players will be allowed into the AFL.
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Post by cdj on Aug 23, 2019 6:52:51 GMT -5
I can think of about 1000 other things that should have been a priority instead of banning Venezuelans from playing baseball in Venezuela
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 23, 2019 7:27:02 GMT -5
I'm assuming there are thousands of other things besides baseball.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 23, 2019 7:55:57 GMT -5
I can think of about 1000 other things that should have been a priority instead of banning Venezuelans from playing baseball in Venezuela The administration ordered an embargo and MLB interpreted it as requiring they ban players from playing in the winter league. The Trump administration didn't directly order that baseball players not play there or something. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 23, 2019 7:58:01 GMT -5
I wonder if Venezuelan players will be allowed into the AFL. Darwinzon played in the AFL last year. That rule doesn't seem to exist anymore already. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 23, 2019 8:46:19 GMT -5
The real question as far as the Sox are concerned, since they've been so heavily involved with Venezuelan IFAs, is whether or not they will be able to continue business as usual (paid staff) and whether they will be able to sign players next July 2 (or the rest of the year for that matter).
This could change how the Sox approach that market considerably. There is already some twitter speculation that Venezuela might ban it.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 23, 2019 9:38:44 GMT -5
This discussion needs to stay on baseball. I get there's a related political piece, but there is plenty to discuss related to the baseball side here. Thanks.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 23, 2019 9:42:02 GMT -5
The real question as far as the Sox are concerned, since they've been so heavily involved with Venezuelan IFAs, is weather or not they will be able to continue business as usual (paid staff) and weather they will be able to sign players next July 2 (or the rest of the year for that matter). This could change how the Sox approach that market considerably. There is already some twitter speculation that Venezuela might ban it. Great point and the linked Passan article gets into that a little bit. |
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Post by cdj on Aug 23, 2019 11:24:36 GMT -5
Would be interesting if Venezuela becomes another Cuba in re: to baseball
Would suck since that’s a market the Sox do well in, but would still be interesting
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 23, 2019 11:51:36 GMT -5
They'd find it much easier to defect.
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Post by Gabriel Fidler on Aug 23, 2019 11:53:00 GMT -5
I wonder if Venezuelan players will be allowed into the AFL. Darwinzon played in the AFL last year. That rule doesn't seem to exist anymore already. Were Venezuelan players not allowed to play in the AFL at one point? |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 23, 2019 11:58:31 GMT -5
Darwinzon played in the AFL last year. That rule doesn't seem to exist anymore already. Were Venezuelan players not allowed to play in the AFL at one point? I believe the rule was (is ?) players from countries that have a winter league. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 23, 2019 12:42:19 GMT -5
^ This.
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Post by caseytins on Aug 23, 2019 19:11:39 GMT -5
Parts of the article keep getting clipped out. I feel bad for the baseball players on the fringes who need to play in these leagues to get by and earn a modest paycheck. The stuff going on in DC is a shame. This is just further proof.
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