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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 28, 2018 10:37:14 GMT -5
If I had to guess that includes revenue sharing and it makes sense. Payroll is not even close to the only expense a team has. The information I'm going by was articles explaining why Jeter and company had to have a firesale. Saying the team lost 10's of millions in 2017 and that would like double in 2018 if they just kept the team intact due to salary increases. Which makes zero sense for new owners that just paid 1.2 billion for the team, given that the team had no chance of truly competing. And the sources for those articles you're remembering were either Jeter or someone from his ownership group. I think it's pretty gullible to take those articles at face value. I don't buy for a second, and the facts certainly don't back it up, that even though MLB is rolling in money (including a $50MM lump sum this off-season to each team), that this franchise would be bleeding money the way they want you to believe.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 27, 2018 20:31:01 GMT -5
Red Sox owe Rosario thanks for not trampling their first baseman. No joke.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 27, 2018 20:25:17 GMT -5
I really don't know who to blame that error on. They both looked equally dumb.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 27, 2018 18:55:51 GMT -5
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 25, 2018 9:55:45 GMT -5
Welp, don't love that. Seriously, someone talk me into this. How are 10 Nathan Eovaldi starts worth six-plus years of Jalen Beeks? Isnt Eovaldi on contract for next season too?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 23, 2018 22:05:05 GMT -5
TheYankees, behind by one run, had runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 9th with no outs. Then after an intentional walk, a runner thrown out at home. I missed the last play that ended the game. Sanchez hit a ground ball up the middle, Rays tried to get the force out at second and was too late, but Sanchez was jogging out of the box so they still had time to throw him out at first.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 23, 2018 21:57:53 GMT -5
OK Kimbrel. Haha. Very funny.
Now cut the crap
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 23, 2018 21:53:16 GMT -5
Brain fart doesn't do that justice. Brain shart maybe?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 23, 2018 21:38:33 GMT -5
Sanchez jogging out of the box costs the Yankees the game. Love it.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 22, 2018 15:50:51 GMT -5
You must have missed the first 8 pages. Either that, or I've got some memory issues from slamming my head on my desk repeatedly.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 22, 2018 14:42:39 GMT -5
Big fan of a trade rumors? What trade rumors?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 22, 2018 14:42:17 GMT -5
Yeah, that was all on the 3b coach there
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 22, 2018 13:59:18 GMT -5
I <3 this thread
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 21, 2018 15:42:32 GMT -5
We need him to become GM of the Twins, Orioles, or Rays so that he can return to trying to block our ability to get radar gun readings in Spring Training. Need more info please.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 17, 2018 21:34:52 GMT -5
In sharp contrast to the NFL.. What do you mean by writing this? I think he means that even NFL players wouldn't be so bold to blatantly disrespect the flag by wearing it like he is. I mean, it completely goes against the US Flag Code outlined here: www.usflag.org/us.code36.html#170.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 8, 2018 15:53:02 GMT -5
Ricky says "Chill the f out SP"
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Post by swingingbunt on Jul 4, 2018 16:31:46 GMT -5
In last year's OOTP game I traded for Kyle Wren, mostly because I wanted to change his nickname to Kylo. He ended up winning the rookie of the year and having a pretty darn nice career.
Here's to hoping.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 30, 2018 19:25:00 GMT -5
Probably would have been safe if he would have just slid like a normal human being.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 25, 2018 20:19:52 GMT -5
Speaking of Biblical, WWJD? Jesus would never associate with criminals! Um, would he? Sure he did. But he didn't FaceTime with criminals. That's where we draw the line around these here parts.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 24, 2018 21:07:18 GMT -5
I know commenting on stories, even without having at least a basic understanding of what actually happened, is a "thing" now, but this seems especially harsh when all you know about the situation is that Hanley, at some point in his life, gave out his number to a guy.
I mean, it would REALLY benefit you take a step back and think for a minute before posting every now and then.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 24, 2018 18:38:22 GMT -5
Wait...I read that Hanley was "officially not a good dude." Now he's back to being OK? If I can't read into crapily sourced tweets and make them fit my prejustices, then what the hell is the internet good for?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 21, 2018 13:27:00 GMT -5
Anyone have predictions for tonight?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 20, 2018 19:49:00 GMT -5
Urge to kill: rising
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 11, 2018 23:46:40 GMT -5
Sometimes, I really wonder if we should make rehashing the 2013 draft a bannable offense... Should we talk about Michael Kopech's dead arm or how bad the Kimbrel trade was instead?
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Post by swingingbunt on Jun 11, 2018 23:38:52 GMT -5
Meadows was thought to be tweener with no carrying tool and I remember him being firmly outside the top teir. My recollection had him as the next best pick, and the person I wanted, but still a huge letdown considering most people wanted Frazier to fall. That is not true at all. Most mocks in the spring had him in the top few picks ahead of Frazier. Him or Frazier was a major storyline, regarding which would be picked first. Frazier was heavily mocked to the Sox until it came out a couple teams in front of us wanted him. Then it was a matter of if the Marlins would pick Meadows or Moran, and most people were hoping we would get Meadows because at the time Bogaerts was just coming up and we had other great 3rd basemen in the system and needed an outfielder more. Then when we didn't pick Meadows the overwhelming majority were upset about it, and just trying to convince ourselves it wasn't awful. The report on Ball at the time was that he was tall so surely his fastball will get better, and that was basically it. I just don't remember it like you do, I guess. The Soxprospects 2013 Mock draft, Jim Callis' 4.0 Mock, and Sickels final Mock all had had Ball going ahead of Meadows, and doing a quick read through of the day 1 draft thread from that year there were quite a few "worst case scenario" posts after the 6th pick. I agree that most people were upset at the pick right away though - but that was mostly due to the fact that basically no one thought Ball would be the pick.
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