Look at Ray Ray Run

yeah, i don't like Manfred but the idea of him trying to make the game more entertaining is one baseball needs to address. The rules have changed plenty in baseball history. Did the mound change destroy the game? Did the DH? When they changed the size of the strike zone did that ruin baseball? When they banned the spitball? Did the wild card or divisional rounds ruin the game? Baseball has a problem; a big length of game problem. With reliever specialization, max-effort pitching all game, and 3 true outcomes rising yearly it's longer than ever and has less action than ever. I love the game, but I don't really want to deal with 4 hour game time averages, and fans aren't going to stay involved for that long. I would say Manfred has failed because none of his ideas really speed up the game but trying to make the game shorter and more active isn't a bad mission by any means.

No way... I would have never thought you believed this based on all your other 20 threads making the same point.

Charge your phone! Giving me anxiety!

I'm excited about the team. I'm not acting as if Rodon has suddenly figured it all out and is going to flourish. Rodon's problem has and always will be health. Arm health really isn't related to conditioning; you can either handle the motion or you can't. Rodon has been an all-arm thrower for a long time who has utilized a slider (bad on arm) more than most traditional pitchers. He was overused at NC State (a concern coming out of college) and he's been unable to maintain health and his delivery in the big leagues. Expecting a guy in his 7th year of MLB baseball to suddenly turn it all around after suffering from arm injury after arm injury is just a hope and a dream IMO. Rodon has looked unhittable MANY times in his big league career; times where the games actually counted. That has not been his problem. The fact is, most players are who they are, especially at 28 years old. If he stays healthy, he'll be fine and serviceable but I certainly wouldn't bet on Carlos Rodon to throw over 160 innings this year. Would you? Edit; Oh and if you need a wake up call as a professional athlete at 28 years old to "start trying harder" then you legit don't have what it takes to be an elite professional athlete. There's no switch you can turn on.

Yup, it's hyperbole season. BEST SHAPE OF HIS LIFE! THIS VET SUCKS FOR NOT DOMINATING SPRING! Fact is, most guys don't change much. The Cease is going to be this years version of Giolitos turnaround is probably my favorite. Giolito had a turn around that the game literally hadn't seen in 100 years, and now some people like Stone and others are saying Cease is about to do it. It's just nonsense. Rodon looks good; he's looked good before in his life. The problem is he doesn't stay healthy, doesn't maintain it, and his arm just isn't what it used to be. The entire Carlos just didn't try hard enough theory around Soxtalk completely ignores that reality that Carlos hasn't stayed healthy and it's likely due to the way he throws (very top heavy-all arm) and the amount of wear and tear he had on his arm in college and prior throwing that way. That isn't going to be fixed by Ethan Katz. Maybe Carlos is solid - he's been solid before - but it's very likely he can't stay healthy and sustain anything.

Spring doesn't matter when guys are bad and is very telling whe guys are good. Interesting how that logic works

Literally none of this matters. Injuries are the only thing one should worry about in spring. Most vets are working on specific things they may feel needs work/improvement.

similarly to how weird i find reporting something to an e-moderator, i find having to put a poster on ignore to actually just ignore them and not be bothered by them is odd. all goes back to just reading posts without reading who posted it first.

These posts honestly crack me up - not because you made it Tex, but because there are grown men in the world reporting internet messages/posts to moderators because a poster hurt their feelings and they want them punished. ?

Why would the Sox release Marshall? I don't trust the guy as far as I could throw him, but even I have to admit he's made me look stupid the past two years and last year his peripherals backed up his production. They'd be fools to release him outright.

Just confused why you'd ban me anyway lol. Ragah, you argue about how to argue. Coming from me, someone who is much more likely to respond to those I disagree with than those I agree with, your issue is you stop discussing actual topics and start discussing how people are discussing. When people take things OT, it usually furthers discussions that branched off the topic but you go pages arguing about arguing which can get pretty tiring. That's just my perspective and I get being argumentative. Also, you frequently call posters names, referring to them as ignorant or stupid and then expect cordial responses. I find pal and buddy works just as well to rile up the base without having to be actually disrespectful ?? by calling people names. Respond to the post, not the poster.

Lol huh? Why would you ban me. Didn't realize you were holding yourself back for banning posters who *checks notes* don't post exactly what you'd like. Weird stuff.

One guy called a 6 year old the leader of their clubhouse. The other guy has a lot of confidence in himself. Why you think those two things are at all equal is truly baffling. One disrespects veteran leaders, the other does not.

Almost as bad as the hate this one poster gives the reigning AL MVP.

this is such a weird take. If they didn't like Madrigal, they wouldn't give him the time of day; they certainly wouldn't have shirts made in fun to poke fun at his confidence. I'm shocked you're saying that you think high tier athletes are turned off by confidence; go sit in any high level Division 1 Clubhouse and every single player thinks they're the shit. It gets worse the higher the level you go; that's the attitude you need to succeed. You implied the guys hate him and that's why they're doing that. That's nonsense. If they didn't like him they wouldn't give him the time of day, and they certainly wouldn't go out of their way to have fun with him at his expense. I think it says they like Nick if anything. I wouldn't spend time poking fun at a teammate I hated; only the ones I liked.

White Sox have made the playoffs 10 times in 121 years and fans out here talking about sacrificing value this year because maybe in 6 years the team might be OK.

Exactly. 6 years is not a guarantee. And messing around with a season that's projected to be a tight division race could literally destroy one of your few chances to win it all. Im also always going to be pro labor, but even beyond that it would be idiotic to potentially lose a chance at the playoffs getting cute with service time.

Nothing worse than fans pandering for their young stars to be screwed over with service time. It's honestly gross. Sox fans sure want to destroy player/team relationships. Good thing the Cubs got that extra year of Bryant. If the Sox are trying to win this year they should not be playing service time games and Sox fans arguing otherwise in a tight division race are hilarious to me.

i know this is just a part of your anti-jose bit, but if the Sox need a year of extra service time from a 1B then they are even more embarrassing than I thought. Vaughn is going to be a star, but first basemen aren't getting 200+ million dollar deals these days.

Why? Past injuries is the best predictor of future injuries; not age.

1. Greenspan is legitimately a clown; a guy who conned and schmoozed his way into elite circles. He's just a puppet in the game, he's not the one leading the charge. 2. This is a culmination of many things and many administrations. It all can likely be traced back to the infiltration of big money into politics that led to a slow decline and degradation of regulations and accountability. I still vividly remember reading that Obama didn't demand the big bank leaders didn't take massive bonus following bailouts because Larry said they would "lose them all" and the industry would weaken. As if the industry needed these morons to be there leading the charge with their securities fraud. 3. You're looking at Regan as the start of this entire process, so we're going on 41 years now. Glass Steagell repeal certainly hurt, which ironically enough was motivated by Rubin and other former direct workers who would benefit from the repeal. Clinton was a major player in this. But there are so many politicians complicit in this it's impossible to blame it on one person. As the emphasis is, it hurts the industry and the thousands/millions who are trying to make an honest buck in something that should be skill based on that speculatory driven by funds large enough to front load and move in their favor for profits.

My issue of this is obviously the "extreme" position definition. It's vague and not at all quantifiable in the sense that we could understand it. For example, the market has soared and following airline bailouts, bank bailouts and even auto industry bailouts we saw market hikes in those sectors influenced significantly by stock buy backs. Those buy backs are an artificial inflation of company/market value, given that they were basically funds taken from profits or government assistance and repurposed as shares in your own company. This reinvestment following bailouts should not be allowed, and additionally I believe most profit should be reinvested in company growth/employees and etc. The market right now is running at all-time highs in the midst of of a pandemic where an estimated 30% of small businesses have gone bankrupt. While the market itself has never been a direct reflection of GDP/business growth, it has mirrored financial progress enough so that it didn't feel out of sync entirely as it does now. THe issue has a lot to do with the easy access to money, the marrying of investment and non-investment banks, and the complete lack of oversight over not only those mergers but the continued actions in the world of securities. Additionally, these buy backs are toxic. My main point is I'd argue the market has been in an extreme position for months - influenced heavily by market insiders working directly with banking execs and QE with easy access/low cost funding. I see it often, and it's unfair and to me it feels illegal. Defining volatility and extreme positions always sides with the "experts" who are more-so insider trading money movers; using many avenues to exploit market moves for their profit and at the demise of people and companies everywhere. Even the GME thing was heavily influenced - moreso than by reddit - by other funds seeing an opportunity to capitalize off a completely idiotic position taken (the short % of float was simply a greedy play with far too much risk for any fund investing that much and controlling money from places like retirement funds) who helped bury a fellow fund allowing Cohen and Citadel to come in and "bail them out" (Who's shocked the person running Melvin is a former Cohen disciple, not me). I'm pretty sure Cohen has lost a boat load as well on this, but now he'll get it all back reinvesting in Melvin and getting a stake for well below the funds market value. In general, this boys club of insider moves, legalized manipulation via the media, and front loading of trade data has turned the entire market "extreme."

https://twitter.com/ParkinsSpiegel/status/1365416319642972162?s=20

Nothing about squashing my fun. I haven't expressed any real negativity here and I'm excited for the season. Frustrated with the FO but excited for the group of guys. I just find it incredibly hypocritical of you that you don't call out VAfan for starting the same nonsensical thread over and over because it's optimistic but you feel the need to constantly call out posters who post negative thoughts. Just my two cents. Have a good weekend. Edit: now not being blindly optimistic = pissing on threads Being blindly optimistic though = great board contributions Lol you cradk me up pal. And banned myself lol. I don't post as much because of nonsense like above