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I understand the sentiment that there wouldn't be any sort of closure or enlightening responses from JR, but when that's the closest thing we have to even a inkling of accountability for the colossal failure he's created and subjected the fans to, then yeah, I think there's some satisfaction in that.

Lol at this phrasing. Very controversial take here, but yes, I think the billionaire whose laziness and stubbornness is the principal reason the team sucks should indeed have to explain himself to the fans that he continues to take money from.

Very brave of Jerry.

Most of the players aren’t major leaguers and should never have been put in this situation. They were set up to fail.

For all intents and purposes, that one specific person IS the team. And, fair or not, everyone else is guilty by association. They went from a World Series contender to the worst team in baseball history in three years. That is unfathomable. They do not get handed the benefit of the doubt, they have to earn it back. And they have a loooooong way to go.

Both things can be true. 1) Sports fans are often stupid, irrational and mean-spirited (myself included) and it can definitely look silly in the grand scheme of things. 2) Due to the emotional connection many of us have with the team, we have every right to be upset. It’s supposed to be a pact between the team and fans. The fans buy in, literally and emotionally, and the team is supposed to hold up their end of the bargain. Instead, it’s a one-way relationship. The fans invest in the team, the team doesn’t give a s%*# about the fans. F*ck em.

Battery about to die checks out.

Rumor has it Dwigt Rortugal is off the table.

W-L record definitely does not matter, especially with this team. And I get what you’re saying, but Touki or whoever else you have in mind was not going to give you 160 innings. Hell, going into the season, I just assumed Flexen would be a guy DFA’d by June. It’s not sexy by any means, but he provided value to the Sox by filling an SP slot so that they only had to juggle 3 of those spots all season and not 4.

Yes and no. Ideally he’d have pitched well enough to flip at the deadline, but they also desperately needed an arm to eat innings just to get through the season.

This fucking guy has a life time contract with the team.

I understand the sentiment, but then what's the solution to getting a positional player core? Develop their own Trade for prospects Sign free agents Wish upon a star

*Getz eagerly pulls up the 2022 prospect list* Edit: Oh, fathom beat me to this joke by like 12 hours

It’s really annoying that JR gets to dodge the embarrassment of it happening at home, all while collecting an unexpected amount of $ from these relatively large crowds.

BORING

Are we really comparing strip clubs and tools to being emotionally invested in a sports team?

Angels are so pathetic.

Angels, can you not?

What a waste of time.

Alright let’s do this.

If he only wants to win his way, he doesn’t actually want to win that badly.

It's the complete opposite of turning a blind eye.

lolololol

I don’t know, I think we can all relate to loving something so much that we make an absolute disgrace of it while forever tarnishing our name.

Oops. It’s almost like they should’ve put more chips in as legit World Series contenders.