RTC

Surely this is part of some master plan that we are yet to understand. Right?

Keeping Kimbrel would somehow make it less desperate garbage?

In the battle for public opinion, who would of thought that a bunch of old guys would underestimate the power of Twitter and not realize that the world has changed since last time? Go figure. But hey, they’ve always got Jon Heyman.

Did everyone see the post on MLBTR that Ross Stripling said the owners changed the small print on their offer in the wee hours Monday night trying to sneak stuff through? F ‘em at this point. Based on latest quotes from guys like Scherzer, Miller, Rizzo, and Giolito, it sounds like the players have been expecting this battle and are pretty unified on fighting for the future.

Benetti is campaigning for Bill Walton

Better make sure you get Giolito locked up

Manfred to media: Manfred to owners: Damnit boys, I miss the days when Tony Clark was their lead negotiator. Owners to Manfred: You mean we can’t walk all over them this time?!? WTF Rob!!!!

That’s the first time I’ve actually witnessed someone being drawn and quartered. Outstanding.

KW: we didn't want someone like Leury Garcia, we wanted THE Leury Garcia. TLG!

EAR WORM!!! No no no no no ……………

IMO, the biggest question this raises is, related to comments in the other thread ….. how does this affect the odds Hahn stays or goes???

TL;DR RH: Something something obviously disappointed something something something nobody is more disappointed than Jerry, Kenny, and myself something something our window is just starting to open blah blah blah take the next step

You are wise. It’s nothing special, lots of hype. It falls in the same category with Fat Tire and Blue Moon. Mediocre beers with great marketing , but I always try to show people there’s much better beers in those respective styles.

TLR does not approve when retirements are not sincere

Has anyone ever seen Yermin and Ron in the room at the same time?

This is their penance for letting Jim Thome go

No. Their beers are too meh to warrant that kind of attention.

Totally agree. And I wish the Sox would behave like this and I’m not sure, based on their apparent budget, that they don’t NEED to. The problem is that it takes balls that either: - most teams don’t have or - most fan bases can’t tolerate Rays seem to be super unique and have set expectations.

So let’s get more of that? #allthemediocrity!

Yes, they could. And could JR still be cheap? Hard to criticize a team that signs Michael Brantley when you’re stuck with Spanky Mc Gimpy.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Point taken for sure. Damn, pesky Sox fans ….

I would add: 5. Never, under any circumstances, turn the tv on after 5pm. Any “news” channel is no longer news at that point (most BARELY are before that) 6. Delete all your social media accounts

They're actually going to weave a statue of Eloy into the foul netting

So what is the unwritten rule when someone worse than a position player is pitching?