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Great point. I was just thinking the kids at the mid-majors who are good nuff to help their teams win enough games to catch the interest of the community, still could hook up via NIL in those towns. But yes the Dukes and KU's and Carolinas could come poaching the starts of the mid major teams, sure.

Nice win. Donaldson is a fool. Thanks for doing your part to fire up the Sox bats. Sheets looks good at the plate. ... Mercedes seems like he has fun playing baseball ... Abreu seems to be locked in (sort of). ... Grandal is valuable. ... Cease ain't half bad. ... Tony has had an excellent return to baseball, his only mistake the ridiculousness involving the Twins and Yermin which still angers me. ... Vaughn looks like he belongs despite the low BA. ... Sheets is very important to team's future. Would be nice if he's good.

What are they doing??? Throw it on the concourse if you must. Why copy the Cubs? Keep the damn ball or throw it on concourse.

I hope one Sox gets a bunt single and another homers to anger Tony. I mean the options are limited to not "show up" the 45 mph hack they put in. I guess line singles are OK as long as they don't beat the shift.

When the Twins put in a position player to pitch how should Sox handle it? Just strike out?

I was thinking, even some mid major kids could make some good money I'd think ... if that town loves its college teams. For instance, a Western Kentucky kid could get a ton of deals in Bowling Green. How bout kids who go to Bradley? Isn't Peoria crazy about its hoops? Or SIU if the Salukis get good again? Obviously kids at Kentucky will make a ton of $$ from NIL. But some small towns are awfully proud of their colleges and they have businesses there too that can get the players some good money. But like you said the kid has to be a decent player probably and the team has to be a winner.

I was thinking, if the NCAA now is competing against the NBA, I would think the NBA would win. Though I don't watch a lot of NBA the players obviously are the elite of the elite compared to college guys. I think most people though would agree the NCAA athletes deserve a piece of the pie. Coaches make 5-8 million a year; the players now have the right to make some deals for money.

Let the man hit. Who cares if Sox might be "rushing" him? Sox need some pop. He might be good.

I want Rutherford in the bigs.

I was gonna say Fathom coulda hit those pitches like I used to post but thought better of it this time. But I thought that.

Way to beat the shift. Players should do that every time vs the shift. No exceptions.

This Goodwin guy needs to go. Just hit the damn ball, put it in play.

Timmy gonna hit it hard. This guy has nothing.

Inexcusable at bat. Move the runners. Don't hit a weak pop fly.

No bunts.

I'd hate to see Gavin's hit get erased. No rain please.

Way to go, Gavin Sheets. Actually goes with the pitch and hits a single. Oh how I wish there was more of that in baseball, a simple single. Nice job, Gavin. Love the way he kept his eye on the ball and stroked it.

I hope the vaccines work. Should be interesting to see how the USA handles this predicted wave of cases. Too bad I've run out of my cloth masks that I liked. I forget where I ordered them. Looks like masks ain't going anywhere. So let's summarize where we are in the fight against COVID 16 months in ... Full attendance is being allowed at sporting events with no masks needed; Broadway is opening soon; Vegas is open; concerts are returning or have returned; even my church next Sunday is allowing full capacity and no masks required; our grocery stores are not requiring masks; our bars and coffee shops no masks needed. .... Any bets this will still be the case in a month? I sure hope so. Not confident tho. Covid is still in the headlines and the news isn't positive. (new variant is contagious; only have the country willing to be vaxxed; hospitals filling already again in some U.S. cities; yikes baby!) https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bringing-back-mask-mandate-is-a-good-idea-doctor-on-delta-variant-135926196.html

Oh I don't trust corporations either. I said to trust nobody but your family. Times have changed. There are a lot of sinister people in government and of course business. I can only list maybe 5 politicians I "like" and of course I would never list them here. Too much hatred and unwillingness to agree to disagree everywhere in 2021. If somebody has a view different from somebody else .... look out.

Rabbit is on to something here. Look ... in 2021 NOBODY should trust the government, Republicans or Democrats. NOBODY should trust mayors or governors blindly. Folks these are uncharted waters. Trust only your family, folks. Everything else take with a grain of salt. We so badly need leaders in it for the right reasons and I'm not referring to becoming very wealthy.

Thank u. So far so good regarding me and covid and me and vaccines. I do think if the hesitant weigh "everything" the logical conclusion is to sign up for the shot, then as I did, ask the nurse a few questions, and see if you feel a good vibe or a bad one. I felt a good vibe and confidently took both shots. On the second one I didn't even ask any questions as I did before the first one. Personally ... I really would like to avoid COVID.

Maybe but I saw and heard the fear expressed by her. I didn't even bother to try to talk her out of it, I just said, "I had no problems with the vaccine. I've been apprehensive as well but I got the shots. Fortunately no problems." I even told her to talk to the nurse who admins the shot. I gave her the name of the store I got mine at. I said "after you talk to the nurse you should feel better about this." She said not happening,

Yes, there's a lady at church who wants to "wait and see." She's afraid of vaccine.

How come u can't believe some of us are scared to take the vaccine. I took it anyway (two moderna shots) after going through all the reasons to take it vs. not taking it. I overcame my fear of the vaccine. The brain works in mysterious ways which is why we have so many prescription drugs to help cure wild thoughts, mood swings, erratic psych behavior. Some of us were afraid. Some still are afraid to be vaccinated.

No way I'm going into any of this on the board. I'm sure I'd get banned. I'm trying hard to stay within the rules.