JoeC

Probably some combination of both. Gotta have the right combination of analytics and scouting to identify holes in their games that are contributing to a performance deficiency, and those holes have to be fixable. In other words, you have to have analytics and scouting to filter out the chicken s%*# from the rest of the chicken. Then you have to have the culture that allows (or forces) the players to buy in to the message and makes them open to fixing the hole in their game. You can't teach players to give a s%*#, but you can make them want to give a s%*# by having a good culture.

Awesome news!

A geriatric rookie would be so on-brand for this org.

Not sure if this even warrants discussion if not for all the other crap surrounding this organization.... Would be considered a big fat nothingburger on its own, but this is the Sox we're talking about here....

"No! Don't shoot him! That'll just make him mad!"

Still trying to figure out why this necessitates moving the franchise as opposed to just having JR's heirs selling the team.

Fans of comedy.

Ramirez instigated it, but TA escalated it. It takes two to tango.

With a buyout, what are the luxury tax hit considerations? Specifically, $15M applied against 2024? Or $1.5M applied against 2024 - 2033?

It’s like the world’s worst and longest running infomercial. ”…but wait! There’s more!”

Slap Shot is the most realistic hockey movie ever made.

All time classic. “I’m listening to the fucking song!”

To paraphrase a co-worker, "the dumpster fire is contained to a dull roar."

"Mr. Chairman, they're chanting 'put-out! put-out!' They must really like the defensive effort."

Yeah. Just funny given the timing… and one of those “because of course” things

Maybe Grifol is smart enough to know that he and his staff will f*** up the kids' development and give them bad habits that will ruin their careers, so he is brilliantly shielding them from his and his staff's incompetence. Next level genius.

Is Passing on Abreu something this board is doing? Also, I think the grip with the Rodon situation is that we had a chance to come away with a comp pick, but inexplicably walked away from that opportunity.

Meh. Not sure why people are upset over this type of move.

If he were ever on the hot seat, I'd agree with you. We all know he's never been on the hot seat.

and the mutual understanding from the Cleveland player like, "yeah - that's smart." Surely a veteran move honed through years of bullshit in the minors.

The bit about Remillard's glove got me.

7 hours. bump.

Was thinking a bag of hot dog buns

If batting gloves can do all that in a fist fight, imagine what Mosies Alou’s urine could do for you.

Mods, i hereby once again formally request a “crying because this is true and it hurts” reaction.