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    A Comics History of Women in Baseball

    I came across this bit of independent comics journalism by Ellen Linder thanks to a friend and thought it might be of interest to others. I’m not sure if this is the best place for this, but assume the dopes will move to the appropriate forum if it’s not. Lost Diamonds: A History of Gender...
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    How to Add a Starting Pitcher

    The primary goal of this offseason, stated both by SoSHers and Breslow, is to add two starting pitchers. Breslow also said ideally one would come via trade and one via free agency. The Sox have since added Giolitio via free agency, but also dealt Sale to bring in a young 2Bman. The rotation now...
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    The Red Sox Payroll Poll

    A good deal of the conflict this offseason stems from the team's spending, and that they have identified areas where they could improve (starting pitching, more starting pitching, RHH power, RHH balance to the OF, and even more pitching) but are not really spending. They are well below the...
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    Correa or Bust, or, How Much is that SS in the Window, the One With the Questionable Back?

    If we're going to consider Swanson, we should also consider Correa, who is in his second year as the premiere SS on the FA market. He has the best performance indicators on both sides of the ball, he's the youngest, and he doesn't have a qualifying offer attached. He also seems very bright and...
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    Garrett Whitlock

    So much of the discussion other threads come down to Whitlock returning to the 'pen or staying in the rotation for '22. Where does SoSH think he belongs now? The argument for him returning to the 'pen assumes his innings will still be highly managed, but that he will take up the same role as...
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    The Rafael Devers Extension Thread

    New threads are good and having to go into an offseason discussion thread to discuss a contract extension (or anything really) now that the season has started is making my brain itch. Ultimately how good Devers is, especially compared to his peers is up for debate, but I don't think it's going...
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    The Mainboard MLB Lockout Thread

    We're a month and a half in since MLB ownership locked out all players on the 40-man roster the second the CBA expired, bringing to an end the longest recent run of uninterrupted run of labor peace in professional sports. At the deadline the MLBPA had submitted a plan focused on the economics of...
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    2022 SoSH HOF Ballot

    The BBWA ballots for the HOF are due postmarked on December 31, and with not much else to talk about, I thought it would be worth having SoSHers post their own ballots. I was going to list this as a poll, but the board software doesn't accommodate that many options in a single poll, so just post...
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    JD: In or Out?

    The Sox off-season is going to start with whether a 34 year old JD Martinez exercises his contract’s opt out clause, or decides to stay with the Red Sox. The off-season omnibus thread has some certainty on both sides of the issue, so to the SoSH polls! This decision is entirely up to JD, so 5...
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    What to do with a found iPhone?

    While walking to a restaurant for my anniversary last night, I found an iPhone 12 laying on the ground. I checked and it was on the “Hello” start up screen, so had been remotely wiped and I presume activation locked. I’d like to get it back to rightful owner, so I called Apple and they don’t...
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    Sox Extend Barnes; 2 years, $18.75 M

    Per MLB: Link 2 years plus an option for 2024, thread title updated with guaranteed money.
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    The #4 Pick

    We're less than two weeks to draft day, and we're getting a little more clarity, and it seems like this draft just doesn't have a play with an absolute lock on 1/1. Depending on your view there may be as many as 8 guys who could shuffle around the top picks, with slot values and signability...
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    2020 MLB Draft Thread

    I can't believe we've come to draft day with nary a thread. The Sox have the 17th pick in a draft with Covid-19 altered rules that promises to have teams trying different strategies (or just going super conservative & trying to save money) in response. If you're looking to catch up, here's a...
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    Moving Hanley to 1B

    This is very simple: so far Hanley's transition to LF has gone so well that we're actually looking back favorably at Manny's defense in in front of the Monster. Napoli is not long for the Sox, so there will be a hole at 1B while there's still a surplus of OFs on the roster.   Do you think the...
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