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  1. In my lifetime

    The value of being "competitive"

    The primary mistake the front office has made in the past few years is deluding themselves at the trade deadline that the team should be a very fringe buyer instead of sellers. Personally, I'd rather tank then have a .500 team and load up on prospects for expiring contracts (1 and 2-year deals)...
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    Duran homophobic slur fallout thread; suspended 2 games

    Who among us has never done or said something that has hurt another person? Who among us has never been on the receiving end of some utterance that has been bitterly hurtful towards us or a group we identify with? Being unable to forgive someone will lead to a very unhappy life for both the...
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    Red Sox Acquire Danny Jansen from Toronto

    You would always trade 2 nickels for a dime, because roster spots are also valuable
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    Plummeting Ticket Prices

    I wrote back when the consecutive sell-out streak was becoming threatened that this became a house of cards: In the midst of the sell-out streak, it was almost risk-free to buy season tickets, because whatever tickets you didn't lose could be sold at a profit or at least break even. In addition...
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    Brayan Bello signed to a 6 year, $55 million extension

    This adds just over 9 MM to RS salary for LT purposes. It could be a signal that the RS are passing on Montgomery/Snell and will spend money in other ways. If so, it would make sense to try to get Casas done as well. They might as well spend up to the LT this year and next with the hope of...
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    Offseason rumors

    From a team perspective, I am on the side that that player opt-outs are almost never beneficial for the team. However, in the RS case with Montgomery that might not be the case. The RS are facing a certain amount of fan dissatisfaction this year. If they were to sign Montgomery, much of this...
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    If the RS sign Montgomery are you satisfied with the off-season?

    If the RS can sign Montgomery, they would have signed 2 of the top 12 free agents (as measured by this year's fangraph's projected performance ) with a total projected 2024 WAR of 5.5. Of course they did lose Paxton in free agency, who is projected for a WAR of 1.8, which is being replaced...
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    If the RS sign Montgomery are you satisfied with the off-season?

    I didn't realize Montgomery's wife is a Derm resident in Boston. That has to help.
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    If the RS sign Montgomery are you satisfied with the off-season?

    Obviously, the great majority of us are not satisfied with the off-season so far. What is your opinion if RS sign Montgomery (edit) at 5 yrs or less @ no more than 25 million per annum ? To help with your decision, I have included all the FA signings and the RS significant trades thus far...
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    Red Sox signing Liam Hendriks

    Hendriks was diagnosed with Stage 4 NHL. I was unable to find what type - it is usually broken down into either diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma. But they have very disparate survival rates. Stage 4 non-Hodgkin's diffuse large B-cell lymphoma has a five-year relative...
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    Baseball America Top 100 ‘23: 5 Red Sox

    Baltimore does the best: 4 top 50 including 2 top10 and 8 top 100 The Red Sox are the only other organization with 4 top 50. Although that does not mean they have the 2nd highest ranked organization in terms of prospects since they have 0 in the 50-100 range and only 1 in the top 30. It does put...
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    Red Sox Rumors - Just Kidding

    Great and then we could bring back Sullivan and the Yawkey Trust. 20 years ago, the question was if the RS would ever win a world series. In the last 20 years, the RS have won 4 all under JH's ownership. During that time: SF won 3, Houston and the Cardinals won 2 each. No other team has more...
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    The 5 Dumbest Moves in Franchise History

    1. Selling Ruth 2. Reneging on Mays contract 3. Mailing Fisk contract 2 days late 4. Trading Bagwell for Anderson 5. Leaving a hobbled Buckner in the game and Stapleton on the bench reportedly so Buckner could be on the field to celebrate to WS win 6. Sparky Lyle trade for Cater Honorable...
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    Pats select Michigan OL Andrew Steuber at 245

    I coached Stuebs in high school, where he was part of a state championship team. (The blog comment that it was hard to rate him since he had only 1 year of playing football is completely wrong. He was a 3-year starter at Darien HS.) Of course, the competition is quite different. He however did...
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    Red Sox in season discussion

    Probably better off in Views..... but given the above comments. I know laws are laws, but I am surprised all the vitriol is reserved for the unvaccinated players and not also the requirement (IMO - neither positions make complete sense). The Canadian law makes no exception for a player who has...
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    Chris Sale aiming to return

    Do you really think it would be a good thing if the RS had Mookie on the team today with his current contract? I'd pass on that and think that money could be better spent. Now if you are saying who would you rather have for the next 4 years at their current contract, then Mookie becomes the...
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    The Mainboard MLB Lockout Thread

    Although it is certainly not the only issue, I am nowhere near as pessimistic Players won't accept anything below 230 Owners won't approve anything over 220 Sold at 225 Solve the other issues and this gap is easily bridged. Certainly, 4 owners are unreasonable and should cash out and just...
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    NBA Standings Watch

    As I look at the play-in tournament, it has got to be the most contrived setup of any playoff tournament in the history of US sports. Any time you need a flow chart to figure out who a team's opponent is, there is a problem.
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    The Mainboard MLB Lockout Thread

    The 1st offer was lowering the luxury tax threshold and adding a floor. I wrote at the time that is was posturing, the owners knew they could not lower the threshold, but the floor was the start to productive talks. Now the owners have increased albeit very slightly the threshold. The two sides...