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Fathom is talking about cultural relevance, merchandise sales are distributed evenly across the league, it makes zero difference how many Abreu jerseys are sold, the Sox get the same cut as any other team. (2) You have a very strong victim complex and do zero research, it's not just the mods, it's everyone, the mods have just been around longer and post more in general.

Of course you have zero idea how merchandise sales work.

Colome is 179 days older than Montgomery and has one less year of control. Montgomery has 151 career appearances, 95 of which have come in relief.

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Sure we have a black and white situation (it's important we ignore the pun) but what if it were grey? This is a slippery slope. Could lead to a lot of other outrageous circumstances, I mean, just think of the possibilities. Man, what if?

Why are you even bringing attention to it? Is Joe West or Maldanado gonna go to the media with this bombshell? This isn't anything anyone knew about, you're not winning the day by creating a fictional bad language committee out of no where, no one is back slapping them for that other than themselves. Just ignore it. Promoting Anderson on Twitter was soooo damn good then they shot themselves in the damn face.

Departments and levels of management with differing goals competing against one another, the sign of a healthy business.

I don't dismiss this but why exactly do they bend over backwards to defend him? This was actually working out as a net positive for the league, Joe West as a villain seems fine? I know he's long tenured and probably respected internally for some reason but no one really gives a shit about umpires at the end of the day.

It really strikes me as not getting or respecting the input from people in the proper departments, a decision made exclusively by people at the top. You employ those PR and marketing folks for a reason, use them.

No they didn't. It wasn't broadcasted on a hot mic as is common in the NFL, it was a thing a handful of white and hispanic people heard on the field of play, they could have just, I don't know, did nothing?

Stagnated growth of your customer base is absolutely a sign of shit management. They are quite good at treading water with things like MLBAM, though.

Well, that's because MLB is ungodly terrible at PR, like unfathomably obtuse when it comes to their image and standing in modern American culture. They almost have to be actively fighting growth at this point.

Hilarious that MLB would throw themselves into the "if we can't use it then neither can they" stratosphere when they could have just ignored it.

Well that, yes. And the players show real emotion on the course, the crowd eats it up and it's a genuinely fun telecast to watch.

2 of the most popular tournaments are the Ryder Cup and Phoenix Open, anyone know what these 2 have in common?

Getting intentionally hit with a baseball: NBD. Intentionally taking out an infielder on a slide: cool. Yes, makes sense. This isn't tribalism, it's the hopeful elimination of baseball's unwritten rules because they're insanely stupid.

It is funny, people decrying the generations following theirs for being soft are the exact same people who wet their pants over a bat being tossed a bit too far. My heart aches for Keller's fragile ego, I only hope Tim Anderson receiving a bruise on his left cheek restores a bit of his manhood.

I think you'd be very much mistaken. The vast majority of fans give absolutely zero shits about "showboating" (aka: having fun and hurting absolutely no one). Renteria probably would ok the plunk and posters would be all over his ass for putting a free runner on base.

A White Sox won (sic) is fun, especially with Eloy launching bombs. Gonna need a bit more than that,

Yeah, that works for the era, better overall.

Yes, it's awesome. #1 and #3 overall prospects thriving is great, especially after trading elite talent on team friendly contracts to get there, just a little tough looking beyond that.

Eloy will be Manny. This I am certain.

Hit it with an optimistic take. I'm down with buying in, just need a good take.

I like Nick Madrigal and even Hansen but it's really hard to say this rebuild is going well, even including them.

Yes, it's super cool that a team that's been tanking for 3 years has those 2 dudes to fall back on right now. Would certainly suck if they were Atlanta or San Diego and have a dozen.