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I'm good with this

It is funny how you can have 13 pages of decently nuanced discussion (mostly @chw42 kicking ass) that arrives at an approximation of a board consensus that this is a solid if unspectacular move that will help the team then someone will waltz in and post "Horrible fucking trade, this guy sucks shit" and it feels just a little bit deflating.

ah, that's what I thought, wasn't sure if you were referring specifically to something I've said, now it's clear

I don't get the context

He's pretty good at it, the Abreu shit is just annoying at this point but some of the rest is funny.

I usually find my way out by game time, I very publicly enjoy the pre-game discourse, at least those that post in earnest.

I mean Ron's the very definition of troll, there's no real logic to any of it, he posts exclusively to get a rise out of people. Dude likes attention.

You can't off the QO to a player you acquire mid-season so any rental the Sox trade for will come with no compensation when they lose them in the offseason.

Incredibly good deal. Extraordinarily happy.

Let's fuckin go!! Feels like it's been an eternity. Baseball seriously becomes such a staple of your life, it's just expected that there'll be a Sox game on that night so when we get a few off-days in a row it's hell.

That's Billy Simas' kid.

You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to doing this.

Rehab assignment can only last for 20 days, so yeah.

Really fun win, feels good to bury the Twins. 8 game lead in the central, incredible.

For a DFA it's a legit exciting move because of all that it signifies.

You gotta be available to be valuable and his body's about done. I just can't imagine with Engel dealing with injuries and the high probability that Goodwin turns into a pumpkin sometime soon I think they're going to get someone, admitting to this mistake was the first step.

Yeah, this move shows they're not fucking around, I'm shocked as well but also delighted, he's clearly on his last legs. I do think this signifies they're making a deal for an outfielder.

The notoriously un-clutch Jim Thome

The season is extraordinarily long and it's really hard to watch bad baseball, they've been playing mediocre baseball for awhile now. It's exhausting to live and die with every out of a baseball season, sometimes you just need to take a step back, nothing wrong with that.

This should be a decent collection of WAR in the years to come.

3 firstbasemen in the lineup and it's Grandal playing first today. Not complaining, that's what I'd do too but it's funny.

Really wish they'd sit Abreu down for a game or 2 and see how he feels after, he's not doing anyone any favors playing through pain, he's certainly not helping the team.

Despite the offense doing its best to ruin my night with weak grounders to short I enjoyed my time at the ballpark. Man, did it feel good to just be out in a crowd, will probably haunt me for awhile that they couldn't get that crowd to explode, we were looking for any opportunity, the mini 8th inning rally felt good and the Yas homer but they blew it, wasted a 32k raucous crowd.