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Post by dridiot on Oct 18, 2018 0:12:44 GMT -5
gift
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Post by dridiot on Oct 18, 2018 0:11:50 GMT -5
why why why why why why
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Post by dridiot on Oct 18, 2018 0:10:00 GMT -5
fucking. danger. zone.
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Post by dridiot on Oct 18, 2018 0:08:37 GMT -5
why are you warming price if you DONT USE HIM
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Post by dridiot on Oct 18, 2018 0:06:55 GMT -5
EVERYONE has done their part today KIMBREL DO YOUR PART
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Post by dridiot on Oct 17, 2018 23:55:12 GMT -5
J B JUGGERNAUT
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Post by dridiot on Oct 17, 2018 23:34:53 GMT -5
i need to get more drunk
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Post by dridiot on Oct 17, 2018 23:26:11 GMT -5
xander wants to DO SOME DAMAGE??!
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Post by dridiot on Oct 17, 2018 23:23:22 GMT -5
time for JD to STEP UP
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Post by dridiot on Oct 17, 2018 22:27:09 GMT -5
6 pitches
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Post by dridiot on Oct 9, 2018 22:44:19 GMT -5
What a weird ending. We won but I’m now exactly in a celebratory mood yet. Definitely need a drink. Whether it's a celebratory or medicinal is up to the reader's interpretation.
I've been downing whiskey since Kimbrel walked his first batter.
It's happy time now
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Post by dridiot on Sept 16, 2016 20:46:22 GMT -5
Outraged Yankee fan petitioning to can Girardi: Link"only 93 pitches" with a 4 run lead
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Post by dridiot on Sept 16, 2016 20:39:30 GMT -5
I know it doesn't really work like this but... if only Hanley didn't run
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Post by dridiot on Jul 20, 2016 0:29:36 GMT -5
I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader* Are you by chance a mathematician?
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Post by dridiot on Jul 16, 2016 23:38:39 GMT -5
I don't understand the logic. Either Devers is one of the top bids, and you risk having to actually make a trade you don't want to. Or, he's not, and it doesn't make a difference. There are a lot of bidders. The other bidders will drive up the price themselves. I don't see why the Red Sox have to take on risk to do this. Well, Machiavellianism is an alternative system of logic; it is the logic of popularity, dominance and duplicity. The Devers bid sets the market (popularity). Once Beane has Devers in hand then he can go to the others and say (dominance), I have a bid from the Red Sox I am prepared to accept unless you can give me [insert demand] (duplicity). It's sort of what the Sox did with Andrew Miller. They got a bid from DDo that DDo thought was a done deal, then used that to demand Erod from Baltimore. You gave me a theory when I asked for a clarification on your logic, i.e. the logic of your argument. Your response also doesn't really address my issues. (Also, Machiavellianism, whatever it is, is not "an alternate form of logic" despite what your linked article thinks. This is a semantic bait-and-switch and I'm not falling for it.) The Miller example doesn't really apply, because presumably DDo actually wanted Miller and made a bid accordingly. Anyway, I'm not interested in any Machivavellian schemes to win arguments on the internet, so if you won't clarify your reasoning it's really not a problem for me.
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Post by dridiot on Jul 16, 2016 17:40:48 GMT -5
There has to be a downside to bluffing like that. I mean if Oakland says yes and then DD backs out that can't be good. It's a small world of baseball GMs and reputations like that spread fast and stay with you. Well, if you figure that there will be a 3x overpay, due to the intense bidding, and if Rich Hill has about $15M in excess value, then you'd need more than Devers (excess value of $38M). Also, Beane won't take a high A prospect who is too risky, like Devers, straight up. The Sox got Erod for a half season of a reliever Andrew Miller. At the time, Erod was ranked 4/5 with Devers. So yeah, the winning bid for Rich Hill will be more than Devers. I don't understand the logic. Either Devers is one of the top bids, and you risk having to actually make a trade you don't want to. Or, he's not, and it doesn't make a difference. There are a lot of bidders. The other bidders will drive up the price themselves. I don't see why the Red Sox have to take on risk to do this.
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Post by dridiot on Jul 16, 2016 13:56:03 GMT -5
I would say, hope, and pray that this thread is out to rest. Trading. For hill would be a terrible move for this franchise at this point. The reasons to think about it are 1) Texas, KC, Balt, Tor, Hou, even Det, are all competing for Hill, who could be the best pitcher the rest of the year; 2) These teams will all be forced to beat any bid the Sox make, and potentially hurt themselves. The somewhat Machiavellian strategy would be that DDo bids Devers for Hill, just so that the other teams are forced to beat that. This, by the way, was a good reason to take Pomeranz off the market early, so the frantic game of Rich Hill musical chairs could begin, and DDo was not caught in the game. There has to be a downside to bluffing like that. I mean if Oakland says yes and then DD backs out that can't be good. It's a small world of baseball GMs and reputations like that spread fast and stay with you.
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Post by dridiot on Jul 7, 2016 20:52:47 GMT -5
And how do you know they have/had this deal in place? Because I'm calling bullshizzle I suggested that one of the SoxProspects writers could ask the Sox to confirm, as a scoop. You might get a no comment, but you won't get a denial. To be fair, if it were me, I wouldn't be staking even a little bit of my reputation on what some guy on an internet forum said.
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Post by dridiot on Jul 7, 2016 20:48:42 GMT -5
I would also like to acquire all of the Oakland Athletics without giving up a Top 100 prospect. Let's be fair, we have to at least give them some value. I think Sandoval and Craig would do it.
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Post by dridiot on May 1, 2016 21:53:53 GMT -5
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Post by dridiot on Apr 30, 2016 21:02:49 GMT -5
jbj loves hitting triples
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Post by dridiot on Apr 30, 2016 18:33:41 GMT -5
"Breaking ball misses outside" -- YES announcers.
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Post by dridiot on Apr 30, 2016 18:30:36 GMT -5
Ridiculous
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Post by dridiot on Apr 28, 2016 18:33:48 GMT -5
On Gameday, so no idea what happened, but... Edit: It's changed. Now it makes slightly more sense.
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Post by dridiot on Apr 27, 2016 19:52:41 GMT -5
Can Ortiz un-announce retirement? Semi-serious.
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