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I care about Puerto Rico. I care about anybody suffering whether you believe it or not. There's this perception Greg needs to post on every topic equally. I still am hesitant to start threads cause people get mad and say it should not be a new thread. I had buddies drive boats down to Houston when the hurricane flooded all the streets and supported them. I care about the suffering of families at the border. I care about the people of Puerto Rico. I can't imagine being without power for so long and water. I don't know how to answer the charge of "glossing over" Puerto Rico. I think it's impossible to post equally on all topics that happen. I'm also depressed over the fires when they hit and the volcanic lava ruining homes and endangering lives in Hawaii. If you pay me a salary I'll sit here and comment equally on everything that happens in the US and all over the world.

It's hard to judge players when we fans know little to nothing about their psyche. How much they want it. The eye test tells me Moncada will be great on offense and defense. He needs to work though. His hitting from the one side needs work/improvement.

I did enjoy reading one of the employees was on TV saying the building has absolutely no security. I'm assuming he was pissed at the parent company for not having better security. Good for him. America has jumped the shark. We all hate each other. We all have easy access to guns. We have millions of people who have been on medication forever, we have angry people who have nothing to lose so they shoot kids and people in churches, newsrooms, wherever. It's too bad. Interesting this happened so soon after Sanders was kicked out of the restaurant. We all despise each other except after tornadoes and hurricanes. Then we respond in niceness. Bizarre country.

He got his wish. This is pretty sick.

Good point on Oprah, Richie. If she runs she gets the nomination, period! If Oprah is going to run, I bet TMZ.com could find out. Talk to people around her and see if she's taking a lot of world history classes and studying world affairs and the globe. Does Oprah know all this stuff? Almost everybody I know is a dunce toward world history and the map. If Oprah is an expert already on those things, more power to her. I confess I did forget about Oprah. I'd say if Hickenlooper, McAuliffe, Bullock and Cuomo are the leading candidates, Oprah will run and run away with the nomination. If Biden, Hillary or Bernie run, Oprah would stay on the sidelines. She is not going to run for the nomination against Hillary or Biden for gosh sakes. maybe she'd run against Bernie.

Girardi is our next manager if we are serious about hard nosed baseball and winning baseball. If we want to take our chances with a nice guy manager we either keep RR or hire Omar Vizquel. Omar might be OK.

Ricky blows but he seems like a very nice guy and obviously he's helping the young guys from other countries on our team. It probably does take a certain kind of guy to get along with Coop. We have to remember Coop is sort of like assistant manager. He runs the all important pitching staff and is a very crabby guy.

That's pretty sad. Woulda been nice if Moncada coulda won it in the ninth. Sox have been playing well since the 8 game streak. This will probably start another bad losing streak. Gio looking good I assume? I didn't watch it but watched the highlights and he had a no-no for a long while.

I really don't think people want to hear long responses from me, so I'll try to keep it short but you guys make it difficult peppering me with questions. a.) I don't say stats and information be damned, but I also don't think Balta's stat guarantees Abreu soon will be a replacement level stiff. I still go by emotion and I say part of his possible decline is and will be playing for such a hopeless team/organization. It has to be difficult excelling day in and out playing for a yearly loser. b.) In regards to your third paragraph, you say I want the front office to make an irrational decision based on my fandom. Geez. Quite a take by you. An irrational decision?? How dare you. Let's see what my irrational decision regarding Abreu is: to let his contract run out and to actually let him become a free agent instead of "flipping him" at the break this year for what all of you agree will be a horsecrap return! It's irrational to let his contract run out, then join the rest of the teams in assesssing his value and trying to sign him if the front office deems it's not too much money for projected production?? So if we are just accepting Balta's observation as 100 percent fact and indicator of Abreu's future, please get his post to all the sportswriters; please send to Hahn via email now. They WILL WANT this information if it is correct. Yes I base my decision on keeping him because as a fan I WANT HIM TO BE ON THE WS teams. Guess what? His intangibles will HELP US WIN. He is beloved by the players and can help them and relate to them. I will not apologize for being a fan that wants him on the team. He will have his usual great numbers before this year is over unless he succumbs to all the losing. I can't believe I have to defend Abreu so much. The man is an all star! Geez. It's not like I'm wasting your time saying this about Engle or Trayce Thompson or Narvaez or some stiff. THIS IS ABREU!

I guess just cause I'm a fan and he's one of my favorite players and I want him to be on our WS teams. Just fan related stuff. On another Jose topic, let's say you are just a fan like me. Don't even consider trading him. Let his contract simply run out and then let him be a free agent and see what happens. You don't have to trade every player out of fear you can't sign him, especially a team with as many prospects as we have. Then he's a free agent. If he really is becoming worthless, you sign him to a 3-year deal at 8 mill a year or something. No big deal. Fans like me have their hero around and we win WS with him enjoying it as well as the young studs. Now lets say you are a stat guy who has deduced he can't hit a fastball and is about done and certainly not worthy of being on a WS team. Let the contract run out also. Why trade him? Other teams aren't going to offer anything but crap. Then he's a free agent, either sign him out of mercy for bargain money or let him walk. What's the big deal? The common denominator is keep him. There's absolutely no reason to trade the guy whether you are a.) an unabashed fan not wanting to hear he's declining or b.) a guy who has checked the facts, figures and deduced he's replacement player level. What is so hard to understand about my arguments?

I don't know what he's worth in trade. I don't want to find out. I want him to be an integral cog in the WS teams.

I don't trust the advanced stats he cited. I think he can hit a fastball.

I endorse this post.

Balta has stats that prove when his contract runs out he's a replacement level player. Basically worthless. Considering other teams study new wave stats as well, you are getting NOTHING for him via trade. He can't hit a fastball anymore. So why would anybody want him? Let his contract run out and sign him to a deal way below 3-4 years at 15 million per year. Again ... are the Sox the only smart team? If Sox fans have deduced he's turning into crap think other teams are going to offer anything but Trayce/Engle type prospects?? They study the same stats. Yes I feel he's daily being dogged on in this thread.

Holy Toledo. Hillary Clinton is back. She's still a popular choice to run in 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/06/27/democrat-2020-field-poll/740370002/

I think his post was mocking me for praising you so much and wanting your opinion.

And if you have noticed all of this, new-wave general managers know this all as well and Jose is effectively done. So why not let his contract run out and try to sign him for 5-10 million a year? If he's rapidly becoming as you say a "replacement level hitter" then what's the big deal. If you trade him you are only getting organizational fodder, lousy prospects. Let the contract run out and sign him for scraps. It's not that complicated. Again ... you looked up the facts/stats. Other teams haven't?? They know he's a replacement level hitter so they will offer the Sox 2-3 stiffs to acquire him at best. For some reason you guys don't just want to let his contract run out.

So you guys are proving me right. I said only a few guys on the Sox could have had a better four year run. I've read you guys mention a few guys which is what I said. I give up. Abreu has joined the ranks of a guy Sox fans, at least on this board, don't want around any more. They don't want him to share in the fun when we get good even though he's contributed so much to the horseshit teams. Nobody will just let his contract run out and see what happens they want him gone cause he would need a new contract to fit our competitive window. Nobody wants that except a few of us, so bye bye Jose. Many of you are OK pretty much giving him away cause of his age, get him out of here. Considering he's only worth scraps, why trade him at all? Let his contract run out and see what happens. So what if he's one guy, who just walks in free agency. Nobody's going to offer him much if it's true he's finished. Considering what you all are reporting on his decline and imminent decline, he could be signed for a reasonable contract.

I encourage everybody to read that story. This is what I'm talking about. I mean person breaks her foot, it's $110,000. The baby goes to hospital and they do nothing for the baby except say the baby is OK and it's $20,000. Our healthcare is a scam and there's nothing we can do. Nobody in government cares. This is an outrage. I wonder if the politicians and their families don't have these problems when they or their relatives go to the hospital. There have to be some scandals out there because even politicians could be wiped out by a simple 3-day hospital stay. Is anybody else concerned about this or do you all have money to burn? Major purchases in life - cars, hospitals, boats, vacation homes are considered a big deal. A hospital stay, albeit a short one, has become a major deal. All because of rejected charges by the insurance companies if you happen to have insurance.

That is true. He's definitely not loafing and cares about the team and his craft. I bet Coop has helped him though and he probably doesn't ever wanna leave Chicago since he's figured something out likely with Coop's help I'd imagine.

I won't change my opinion. I dislike Trump and feel he's very evil. But I have to be selfish here. I want him to succeed if it means I'm not homeless someday. Democrats and Republicans alike don't care about the middle class and poor. Social security is dying; medicare/medicaid is dying and of course health care is the biggest scam ever and is preparing to bankrupt all Americans in the middle to poor class.

You wait. He won't run. He'll either be long gone via impeachment or just decide he's ready to count his money and golf every day.

Damn I forgot Paulie. I worshiped him.

Frank's one of my favorite Sox of all time. But for a four-year stretch, I bet u only Frank, and maybe Robin and Baines had as consistently productive a four-year span (when you use regular stats BA, HR, RBI.

Glad to see the Sox playing better after the 8 game losing streak. Tilson is hitting over .290. Good to see Avi mash the HR. Moncada's defense. Shields has had some stinkers that would prevent him from bringing back anything useful but if the Sox want to dump him, I will concede some team that needs a No. 5 might take him. He's to the point he appears to have a chance at helping somebody that needs one back of the rotation starter badly. No way a GM will give up much for him, but somebody might take him off the Sox hands after yet another good outing from him. I would not go there if I was a GM because this all might be Coop related. You bring Shields in without Coop and he could cost you games if you are a contender. Nice win, though Minaya should be DFAed or sent down. No need to see him again.