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I completely understand what you are saying. When the team has played for nothing for so long, and had so many meaningless losing months of baseball, eventually you have to lose interest just a little bit. Then the lack of interest keeps expanding. In my case, I used to check the standings all the time. It's April and I can say I haven't looked for the standings once. If we were 15-9 I probably would. Sox should be worried. I'm not saying I'm Super Fan but if somebody like me loses interest, I can only imagine the casual fan. Now will all fans come back once we start winning? I guess? It happened in Kansas City. The frontrunners returned those 2 years the Royals were good.

I'm surprised he purchased all those bad players at about 50 million total just to lose. He still coulda lost with guys like Tilson, the catchers we have, etc. Didn't need Alonso to lose. We had candidates to make outs at DH. If I owned the team and the plan was to lose, I'd want that 50 million chump change for me and my family. Perhaps you have to act like you are trying to win to avoid repercussions later from the commish.

I noticed that was an horrific at bat.

Exactly. It offends me that Jay figures to get at bats and Tilson won't this year. Why not give the Jay at bats to Tilson? Just DFA Jay and wish him well spending his $4 million. That 4 million alone sets him up for life and his kids.

Thanks. Sounds like it has some life in the local press. I doubt national will continue covering all that. They should, though, but it all is gonna take time, time, time. ...

Boy we stink. I'm turning off now so maybe that will help us rally in the ninth.

I think this story lost its 15 minutes of fame about a week ago. Lasted a while. The outrage has lessened a bit.

Keep us posted on if/when he loses. Thank u.

Hahn has trained me to not even look at the standings anymore.

Are you a Madrigal fan? He's what u got for rooting for losses 2 years ago.

What a miserable game. And last night was so much fun. I love the fact they are talking about taking away draft picks of tanking teams in the future. Tanking is so un-American.

It'd be a better world and a better city if the Sox resisted signing Jay and donated the 4 million to public high school sports teams. That woulda been awesome. There's simply no reason a tanking team give Jay ANY at bats or reps in the field this season. Let Cordell play or Engel or anybody 25 or younger. Geez.

I just hope Jay takes it easy and sits out the season. I really don't wanna watch him perform for the Sox.

They pretty much conceded the game again in the early innings. They knew Nova had nothing after the third homer. It went from 7 runs to 9 and game ova. He shoulda been lifted after 7th run but that's still too many to come back from.

This Nova guy will be an excellent batting practice pitcher if and when the Sox give up on him. He lays it in there quite nicely.

I wonder if there's ever been 2 games in a row in which both teams pitched a position player in successive nights. One night the home team pitches a position player and in game two the visiting team pitches a position player. Who is this year's Davidson for the Sox?

This Nova guy is no(va) good.

Great great idea. Would the Cubs do it? He is 6-foot-2, 21 years old and almost ready. Man, this would be AWESOME. Odds of it happening?

He's not great at .192 of course, but he does have 13 walks. And 10 RBI. We've had worst hitters I guess.

Or the independent league. Those rosters need to be stocked too.

All I hear from Fathom and others on here is even at Christmasgift time you couldnt' find any Sox merchandise in stores, even at one big one on the South side. How come the mods are so mean on this board generally speaking?

How bout trading him to the Cubs for Montgomery and a Top 50/can't miss type prospect? Might as well trade him. We ain't winning the lousy Central so try to rob the Cubs again. Eloy Trade sequel, baby.

I wonder what sport he should have taken up. If he's that fast and athletic ... soccer? At 6-foot-2 a speedy wide receiver? Maybe a John Stockton clone? Seems a waste if he can't hit a baseball.

Last night was fun. My eye/memory test tells me we don't win a lot of blowout games. Me likey. Please.Keep.It.Up.

I just don't understand how the Sox make so much money. Horrible attendance figures. Bad merchandise sales compared to their competitors. All I hear is how bad the Sox TV deal is. How is baseball so profitable? Just cause of MLB?? I mean try to start a new sports league. They all fail and lose gazillions like the new football league that didn't even last a season. So it's not all sports that turn to golden goose. Again ... how are the Sox worth a billion when by normal standards they are a huge failure (historically low attendance; second class media TV contracts compared to Cubs, bad merchandise sales compared to Cubs)?