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Post by bigpupp on Jul 8, 2017 11:19:19 GMT -5
So if Henry doesn't burn his money using the specific lighter fluid you want him to use then he should sell his team? That seems totally logical.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 8, 2017 1:37:05 GMT -5
In what way? Is there a rule change I have not noticed? Do the Sox sacrifice something? Are we supposed to weep for John Henry's bottom line? If he can't deal with it he can sell the team. The degree to which I don't worry about John Henry's bank account can not be calculated. You shouldn't care about Henry's bottom line, but you should care that the Sox are using the resources that Henry provides them in the best way possible. If calling Castillo up causes the Sox to go over the Luxury Tax line, and that causes the Sox to lose an opportunity to spend that money in a better place later on, then you should certainly care.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 5, 2017 16:25:37 GMT -5
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 4, 2017 23:20:19 GMT -5
It's amazing how few posts from people I've blocked there has been in the past week. It's almost as if we have trolls among us...
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 4, 2017 9:38:08 GMT -5
I always find it amusing that people spend their free time coming to a sports message board to argue their opinion and then act offended when an athlete says their own opinion. Price isn't the type of person to back down from an argument. It's a personality trait he's always had and it's one of the things that make him good at his job. We, and the Sox, knew this about him when he was signed. So let's cut the crap when something like this comes up. It's a non-story, and it's embarrassing that these types of stories only seem to happen when dark skinned athletes from Boston don't toe the line and take their abuse like some think they should. Lol, I must have imagined some of the whitest dudes on the team getting crucified and a virtual witch hunt being staged over some "chicken and beer" nonsense a few years ago. Certain elements in the Boston sports media love to drum up silly drama, and race doesn't have much (if anything) to do with it. The bottom line is that Price isn't getting a ton of sympathy because the fights he has picked (blowing up on Drellich after a series of benign, non-critical tweets, and then confronting Eck for saying "yuck" to an objectively poor pitching line) don't make much sense. Now, if he wants to give Shaughnessy a piece of his mind, watch how many supporters he'll have... The "whitest dudes" quit watching games before they were finished so they could go in the clubhouse and start the party early. All while during one of the worst team collapses in baseball history. Price had a verbal argument with someone on a team flight for a comment they made about a teammate. There is a pretty big difference in what it took to make the news on these two things. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems a bit odd to me that when Hanley gets thrown out at second base he is "dogging it" yet when other members of the team do it there is no problem. It seems a bit odd to me that David Ortiz felt the need to to write an article in the Players Tribune about how horrible the Boston media (mostly CHB) treated him during his time in Boston, Adrian Gonzalez was criticized for making a comment about God, Carl Crawford was criticized for having the nerve to be offended that someone called him the N word, and JBJ felt the need to completely stop talking to the media a few years ago for their treatment of him. So while it's obvious that the Boston media doesn't ignore valid stories about the "whitest dudes" on the team, it's also obvious that there is a threshold for having a negative story written about you in Boston, and that threshold is a lot lower for certain players than it is for others. Or maybe I'm wrong and every single one of the players mentioned above had what was coming to them and is thin-skinned for commenting on it.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 3, 2017 23:18:12 GMT -5
Scoring more runs than the other team is fun!
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 3, 2017 23:08:59 GMT -5
I'm listening on the radio, but did they really walk the bases loaded and then bring the infield in?
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 3, 2017 20:42:48 GMT -5
A couple questions...This was a disagreement on a team charter. How is it Price's fault that this didn't remain closed doors? And do you think this is the first argument to ever take place on a team flight? If not, why is it that this is the first one that was leaked by the media? Does that not seem a little odd to you? I just don't get it. We are all in control of how we are perceived by how we act, and everyone certainly makes mistakes. If he doesn't care what people think, that's fine. But don't throw in some qualifier like "nobody knows how hard this game is" (as was reported) and expect that your going to be a sympathetic figure. He is the one bringing the attention to himself, he really shouldn't have an expectation of privacy, when it appears that he is the aggressor in these situations. So there's basically never been an article written about a verbal argument that happened on a team plane, but he should have known better?
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 3, 2017 20:13:34 GMT -5
IMO Price is way in the wrong here. This should have been closed doors. We've already seen Price going off-the-wall when he was with Tampa and throwing at Ortiz. No accident imo that he got the young kid at the time from Tampa wound up too. I can remember Ortiz blasted a shot and the kid went nuts. Price was his "mentor." Then you add in it is very obvious he is not a fan of Boston (i.e. Price is uncomfortable here). Then with the battle with the reporter and now with Eck. Has Eck had other feuds? It's not just one of the things I just mentioned but all of them combined along with Eck seems very comfortable in Boston and as far as I know nothing like this has transpired during Eck's run here. There is no reason to believe Eck was pushing for a fight. That does NOTHING for him-- but for Price he has already shown he can go a bit "off-the-wall." IMO anyone that thinks that Eck started this is just being deliberately argumentative. I think it's very transparent that anyone sticking up for Price has either closed their eyes or has an agenda. **However most importantly -- if the Sox continue to win - no one will care. Neither would I. I don't really care for Price but root for him madly when he is on the mound. I hope the media doesn't slack off- continues to bring issues to light. And I hope David will just realize he's not in Tampa Bay any longer and just chill out. I like it that the Boston media won't turn into homers. I hope Eck continues with his analysis as he has done for several years without incident before David came to town. And I hope David will continue his improvement this year and keep getting better and better on the mound. As for the poster who brought up politics. I love the guy's input - he knows more than I as many of you do. But come on, can we cut out the politics please? I guess you'll do what you want to do. I just hate politics. That's why I'm posting on a sports site and not on a political one. A couple questions...This was a disagreement on a team charter. How is it Price's fault that this didn't remain closed doors? And do you think this is the first argument to ever take place on a team flight? If not, why is it that this is the first one that was leaked by the media? Does that not seem a little odd to you?
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 3, 2017 19:23:27 GMT -5
Nevermind. Not with it.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 3, 2017 17:38:17 GMT -5
I always find it amusing that people spend their free time coming to a sports message board to argue their opinion and then act offended when an athlete says their own opinion.
Price isn't the type of person to back down from an argument. It's a personality trait he's always had and it's one of the things that make him good at his job. We, and the Sox, knew this about him when he was signed. So let's cut the crap when something like this comes up. It's a non-story, and it's embarrassing that these types of stories only seem to happen when dark skinned athletes from Boston don't toe the line and take their abuse like some think they should.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 3, 2017 15:47:15 GMT -5
There's a context for these stories that all of us should keep in mind. It is very tough times for all of the old line media. So many new non-traditional channels got opened up, that they are constantly pimping for the eyes and ears of an ever more diffuse and shrinking audience. Moreover, many try to engage those body parts through a tension-filled narrative. My suggestion is to ignore the noise. On a scale of 1 to 10, this barely registers. Eckersley shoots from the hip and I'm glad he does. But then I grew up listening to Ned Martin who was brutally honest about what were truly lousy Red Sox teams. Price is understandably hot under the collar since he became a favored target for those overblown narratives, most of which are the intellectual equivalent of cotton candy. There isn't one journalist out of ten willing to do the hard work needed for a real story. That's about the average if your looking for top notch performers in any field in my opinion. Ask yourself how hard it is to figure out that Price is on a timetable that barely had him out of spring training,. Yet there's no room to highlight that on any of the rehab stories? Give me a break. He blew up at nearest target. So what? He wasn't brought on to be a diplomat. And Eckersley isn't paid to cater to any player. More power to both of them. He's blown up multiple times in settings others could hear. That's not smart no matter what excuse you want to give him for why. If you are "hit under the collar" then after the first time you should smarten up if it bothers you. It's really not hard to stay away from certain criticism in Boston he's just failed at it on every turn. It's not his job to do so but for someone so sensitive about it, it would behoove him to do so. So he should know his place, and keep his mouth shut? Is that what you're suggesting?
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 2, 2017 18:19:55 GMT -5
I mean how many articles were there ripping Price during his rehab outings. That he was still injured and pitching like **** Against inferior competition. Then when they (the Sox) said they would activate price early the media freaked out. I think he is protecting e-rod. And that's something a leader should do. A leader should defend a guy who's not even that by making a public spectacle of himself?FTFY
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 2, 2017 14:50:29 GMT -5
Plenty of posters like to throw around the phrase "embarrassing" when the Sox give up a couple runs.... No. This is embarrassing.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 2, 2017 9:18:02 GMT -5
I'm confused as to how the Cubs are able to sign a prospect for $1 million. I thought they were still under the $300k hard cap penalty. Ben Badler mentioned this in Twitter that explains it: So if they paid 1 million, but only 25% counted against the cap, then they're still good. Edit: I'm too slow!
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 1, 2017 23:20:56 GMT -5
Its kinda funny that Gurriel just destroyed the Yankees right after the silly Porcello for Gurriel discussion. Neither here nor there, but I found it funny that on the season Gurrier has the same number of walks that Mookie Betts has.... ...since Wednesday.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 24, 2017 22:29:55 GMT -5
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 12, 2017 19:30:37 GMT -5
At a BWW with 3 of Trevor's former teachers. Very excited to see him go this early.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 12, 2017 6:27:26 GMT -5
Happy Draft Day everyone!
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 11, 2017 20:45:13 GMT -5
How do you get out of this? SO and DP ...or you don't. K, K, Flyout. That was impressive by Drew.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 8, 2017 15:56:50 GMT -5
Good lord. That's legit going to take him off some teams' boards entirely. Hopefully the Sox are one of those teams.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 4, 2017 14:23:25 GMT -5
Because it's not an error. A fielder's choice is a different thing, like a hit or a walk or a hit batter by pitch. But not an error. but wouldn't a fielders choice be considered an out and the last one of the inning? Fielder's Choice only describes what the fielder did on the play, not the result. It doesn't have to be an out.
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 4, 2017 13:49:08 GMT -5
Release Sandoval. Brings ZERO to the team. FWIW, he has the highest SLG% and ISO vs RHP on the team right now. Lalalalala I'm not listening
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 4, 2017 13:39:18 GMT -5
Can someone please explain to me how the 3rd run is earned? They called it a fielder's choice instead of an error
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Post by bigpupp on Jun 4, 2017 13:25:11 GMT -5
He's basically Julio Lugo without the domestic violence.
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