Recent content by Xander Betts Jr.

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    Rethinking Barstool?

    Not sure if this is tongue-in-cheek, but this situation actually occurred and it was as ridiculous as you'd imagine. https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/06/mass-gaming-regulators-examining-cant-lose-parlays.html
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    Top Players under 25

    Colin Cowherd had a wonderfully inept take on this exact topic today. View: https://twitter.com/BackAftaThis/status/1518650221135335426?s=20&t=2sYerY6x5C975uTlqsJmzg (This may fit better in the Media forum)
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    Remy ceremony Wed. 4/20 at 6:30 on NESN...

    Pam is full of shit. If, as she says, "You do not recognize the career of Jerry Remy without Don Orsillo." - Why did they go and do exactly that? Did they really expect him to skip out on the Padres and fly across the country when a video would have been perfectly acceptable? Just a...
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    Thank you Brock Holt (signs with Brewers, now with Nats, got 1 AB at Fenway on 8/29)

    When my younger brother developed a neurodegenerative condition around 10 years ago, one of his and my mom's favorite activities was to go to 5-10 PawSox games every summer. My mom developed a great relationship with Mike Tamburro and the PawSox PR team, and through that had the opportunity to...
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    Mookie Betts 2020 FA Watch

    What do you have? An elite (top 3) player in his prime for several seasons. The entire career of the best homegrown player the Red Sox have had since Yaz. Maybe this is slightly off the topic, but what strategy gives us as fans the greatest enjoyment from the team? I'd argue one which makes an...
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    Emotional Rescue: or How I Learned to Love the Sox After They Traded Mookie

    We traded this guy: https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/10/27/mookie-betts-feeds-homeless-boston-red-sox For this guy. https://highheelsonthefield.typepad.com/all_heels_on_deck/2019/02/dodgers-after-dark-the-sexual-assaults-mlb-never-investigated-a-teams-culture-unexamined.html Year of control blah...
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    Whose Departure From the Sox Devastated You Most?

    Mookie will be by far the worst. Perennial MVP contender fan favorite in his prime. just an utter shame this is happening. Nomar was tough, but he was clearly declining, and the relationship was sour. Pedro was tough, but he was also clearly declining and wasn't worth the Mets contract. Adrian...
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    Memphis Grizzlies 2019-2020

    Blaming Crowder for this situation is a garbage take. I guess you can call his play "disrespectful" in that it wasn't necessary to shoot that 3... but it would have been a nothingburger if Payton doesnt take the cheap shot. It was a dirty play that could have hurt someone. "That shot was...
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    Sox talking Mookie trade with Dodgers, Padres - News & Discussion

    View: https://twitter.com/Mike_Dyer13/status/1221858924275609605 Here are the situations where the Red Sox should trade Mookie - Mookie has told the team he doesn’t plan on re-signing next winter, even if the Sox have the best offer, because (reason X). If he has told them that, go for it. If...
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    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    Apparently Hinch disapproved of the whole scheme, even destroying the dugout adjacent TV, per a Passan tweet above. So this defense is unlikely to fly.
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    Down on the Farm, 2019 edition

    Despite the recent policy changes, Noah Song's waiver request to defer his service was officially denied. Reason for the denial appears to be some combination of a) he already graduated and the new policy wasn't in effect yet, and b) the new policy states that athletes deferring service won't be...
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    2020 MLB Hall of Fame News and Notes

    Derek Jeter has 3,000 hits, calm eyes, and intangibles; pretty sure he's first ballot.
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    Another Surgery for Pedey

    Under what "precedent" would a player voluntarily take an 80% pay cut to a negotiated salary under no obligation to do so? I certainly would not- even if it would really help my employer's tax situation. The Red Sox assumed risk of injury when they agreed to this contract with Dustin (which...