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    Anchor Investment or Distressed Asset? Where the Red Sox Fit in the FSG Portfolio

    As the media and some players ramp up their criticism of the Sox approach this offseason, I thought it might be a good time to dig into this issue. And apologies if Speier or anyone had done a good, fair deep dive into the status of the Red Sox and the approach of FSG – if so, I haven’t seen it...
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    Where Do You Want Bill to End Up?

    Well? Edit: ok I fucked this up good. Second other should be LAC but I can’t change it unfortunately.
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    Game Ball vs. Stillers

    Sure we all want a great draft pick but it was fun to see them beat the hated rivals from Allegheny County. Plus, it brought some much-needed good cheer to the @FL4WL3SS family. So who you got?
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    Why is the Patriots’ Offense So Bad?

    We have had a million theories and analyses over this. Yet other than everyone agreeing the wheels have fallen off, there still isn’t much consensus as to why. Vote for as many reasons as you want.
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    UMass Scholarship Shenanigans

    Bob Hohler with an eye-opening piece in the globe today about the UMass field hockey coach, doing a bait and switch on recruits. in the main instance, the article alleges that she initially offered a 50% scholarship for each of the four years and then right before the beginning of the first...
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    Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior says Spanish league ‘now belongs to racists’ after enduring more on-field abuse

    Is there a reason this hasn't been discussed here? I'm seeing this story all over my social media feeds and I am not really a soccer fan. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/21/sports/real-madrids-vincius-jnior-says-spanish-league-now-belongs-racists-after-enduring-more-abuse/
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    Pats Schedule Release Video

    This is amazing. Watch to end: View: https://twitter.com/patriots/status/1656812250039046146?s=46&t=4DK5sD-8gsSKFExcsnEJqg
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    Tony Romo: A Place for Ribbing & Word Salad

    In the two years since Romo got a record-setting $18M/year 10-year contract extension, he has taken a nosedive – going from being a boy wonder broadcaster who could predict plays to being almost unlistenable at times. According to Andrew Marchand on the SBJ podcast, CBS conducted an...
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    Pro Bowl Games Gamethread?

    Why not? Its actually kind of fun so far watching these dudes play dodgeball and catch balls off the Eiffel Tower (in Vegas). Streamable on ESPN …
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    When 59 Year-Old Satchel Paige Threw 3 Innings of 1-Hit Ball Vs. the Sox

    My wife found this incredible article from last year on Twitter. It features Red Sox Yaz (who got the only hit), Tony C, and Monbo among others, as well as a ton of insight from old friend Rene Lachmann.
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    Normand Leveille 40 Years Later

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/22/sports/now-40-years-past-normand-leveilles-life-changing-injury-reminder-an-athletes-fragility/ This was so upsetting to me as a 9 year-old kid. Norm was incredibly exciting player to watch. Sounds like he has found happiness in his life but still …
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    Pro-Bowl RB Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49er

    Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter · Follow Stunner: Panthers are trading Pro-Bowl RB Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for draft picks, sources tell ESPN. McCaffrey returns to the Bay Area, where he attended Stanford. View...
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    How Much Do You Hate the Shift Ban?

    Ok, this is SoSH. I fully expect this to be a landslide. And we know the two sides to this argument traditionally: “The shift a) Sucks because it’s taking hits away from players and making the game all K’s and homers and b) Is awesome because the game is always changing and, besides, players...
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    Week 18 game thread?

    LOL I suck
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    Setting Up My Own Email Domain for Business

    Here's my story: I have been a communications consultant for 6 years. I'm not a LLC. I don't work with state secrets. I'm a sole proprietor, and most of my work is done through PR firms of which I am a member of their extended team and I work w their clients. I work with a ton of different...
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    Sandbagging and Superteams: What Can Be Done?

    The Athletic just sent out a push notification for an article called “Inside the end of Stan Van Gundy with the Pelicans and the ongoing battle to keep Zion Williamson happy.” It leads with comments about family members pushing to get him traded to another team. Putting aside what people think...
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    Tara Sullivan: What Does the Globe Have Here?

    Reading her column on the hubbub caused a decade ago when Augusta refused to let her into the locker room to interview Rory McIlroy. When she first started at the Globe I felt they were kind of force feeding the “woman columnist who talks only about equality and social justice issues” angle...
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    Bad Coaching Hires

    Ok I fucked up and put this in the wrong thread. But let’s put it here: Mike McCarthy makes me think of coaching hires you knew weren’t going to work out the minute they were made. Who else qualifies for this? Off the top of my head I can think of: Eric Mangini w the Browns Rex Ryan w the...
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    Slightly Annoying Typing Behavior on iOS Safari

    Since Tapatalk broke, I’ve been using mobile on my iPhone, always updated to the latest iOS (13 currently). When I hit return twice while posting it doesn’t automatically capitalize – I noticed this am that the cursor also does some weird jumping around when I hit return in the middle of a post...
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    Peter Abraham: Taker of Globe Sunday Baseball Notes Mantle

    Which of course Gammons tweeted out in typical Old Hickory fashion with a dead link: Actual link is here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2019/03/16/rays-believe-they-can-compete-with-red-sox-yankees-despite-payroll-limitations/ylTsMz6RRnQHQgAEkm5wVL/story.html A number of us had...
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