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Teel yes. Hays I anticipate will be like Tauchman, on and off the injured list all season.

That feels like way too high of a bar IMO. There’s no reason it CAN’T be that good, but I don’t necessarily think it NEEDS to be. It’s such a great site that I actually think it’ll be pretty hard to screw up.

This is true, and I totally get the reality of the situation. But until they actually show that they can pull off the Rays/Brewers thing, might as well let yourself get excited about the rare bright spots that appear in the present day. It makes the existence of being a Sox fan slightly less miserable IMO.

If you won’t allow yourself to get excited about Schultz because of those reasons, I truly don’t understand the point of following the Sox at all right now.

Fandom gatekeeping is the dumbest s%*#.

No one was gloating about it, just like no one is happily accepting losing. Deep breaths, y’all. We all want the same thing.

The dreaded “Show more”

Not a getaway game (they play again tomorrow), but I get that most Sox games can feel like getaway games.

Solid call. I like the Orioles PBP guy. Plus you’ll probably learn more about the Sox than you would on their own broadcast.

Not sure I understand the Wrigley and Fenway hate. What about them makes them overrated? Season tickets to either obviously lessens the charm as you deal with seating, sight line, etc issues on a regular basis, but I always think of ballpark rankings based on relatively few visits rather than what it would be like to regularly attend games there. Wrigley and Fenway are both really unique experiences and I totally get why they’re bucket list destinations and always near the top of lists.

This was one of my criticisms of him in his first year and it doesn’t seem like he’s gotten any better. He calls games like it’s our hometown heroes vs a bunch interchangeable nameless enemies who don’t deserve to be recognized. And if he does say something about an opposing player, it sounds like he’s reading straight from the intro section of their Wikipedia page. Broadcasts are so much better when you can feel a little extra drama and a different energy based on who the opponent is. When the Sox are playing the Marlins, I want it to feel like Sox vs Marlins, not Sox vs <insert opponent here>.

What a bum that he couldn’t even homer on his first AB of the season.

Yes, known terrible human Jason Benetti.

Exactly how I’m feeling.

Yep, totally fair assessment. Admittedly I was initially only looking at it through the lens of “teams will always exploit loopholes for a competitive advantage.”