poppysox

Can you imagine Frank or Paulie in the outfield? Vaughn was fantastic under the circumstances. He's a good athlete who can hit. I have every faith that he will be a big bat in a year or two. He is the heir apparent at 1st base. We need a bit of patience until his time comes.

FYI it is not easy to get a flounder in a net.

Where do you get that I am bitter about any of it? I have a very strong opinion that the players and owners already make ridiculous money and they will continue to do so. If the players achieve major concessions from the owners it will be the fans that pay those higher costs.

Of course, they would honor the picket lines Texsox. The players are the little guys well deserving of our support. The owners are the bad guys deserving of our scorn. This is true of all employees and all owners.

Can't disagree with anything you said here.

You should try not to be intolerant of people with different views than your own. Name-calling is a grade school thing.

You should buy a team with a group of friends. You make it sound like anyone can make a small fortune doing it.

Perhaps a disease could sweep across the World and wipe out 2/3rds of a season. I know...unlikely but it could happen.

So he was overpaid and didn't produce...therefore cut. The situations are the same but just don't fit your narrative.

Jerry is not my boy but I sure don't think he is evil incarnate. Why didn't you bring up JR allowing RH to cut Eaton which was probably a 5 million mistake? Each situation is separate and I think RH has a plan for Kimbrel that is not dumping him for salary relief.

That's not money in today's game as you know.

Hahn did not pick up the extension in order to give him away for nothing.

I agree with everything you said here. Although I side with the owners...I believe work stoppages are bad for baseball. Both sides need to get this solved asap.

Because the owners take 100% of the risk of making those decisions.

They are the only ones who will benefit.

When is enough...enough? I don't want to pay more than I am already paying for a ticket or a hot dog. Is there some player you feel sorry for? I can't think of a single example of some player who would be doing better in some other line of work.

The minor leaguers...but these talks have nothing to do with them. Actually, I would favor a larger "minimum" wage. The top guys don't seem to need any of our help IMO.

Never misses a paycheck.

Yeah...have I told you about this great bridge I have?

How is the "average" major league player improving his situation under what the union is asking? What's in it for a guy like Leury?

Believe what you want...that's why they make chocolate and vanilla.

Every dollar won by the players will ultimately be charged to the fan. It's naive to think the owners are going to settle for less profit.

He would probably be correct. Do you think players like Leury want to take half a year off? I don't.

Just stating a fact.

The First Spring Training home game is scheduled for February 26th. If they are not talking about the important issues until January we will be lucky to have a deal by February 1st. FA signing period when it reopens will be a pure madhouse. If a deal is not reached by February 1st...lots of mid-tier type players will be very unhappy with their union reps IMO.