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No kidding. Just imagine the bulletin board fodder. "They had the balls to pick us!" I'm not a fan for it to always be that way but for this season it will create fan interest. At least they are trying something original.

Got it. I have not personally been in there but friends who work there treat it like any other clinic, they have to wear a mask coming into and when they are in there. What they do outside is another story.

I never attacked the media, it's the people reacting to it that I have the problem with. The media only reported what he said in response to a question. Unless he was misquoted there is no reason to.

Of course he did. He made the point to A) let everyone know next year will be tough financially and there will be decreased options for players, B) to let the players know they won this round but there will be a greater battle for the next CBA. My point is that people who continue to focus on it and say he continues to "cry poor" just have an obvious bias to continue to attack it. His tactics are no different than the players union with the refusal to take a cut in pay per game while the owners took a greater decrease in revenue per game. Some people just only see the one side and refuse to admit that the players are doing the same thing.

Buerhle, Buehler?

You cant really social distance in the training room as the AT has to have their hands on the player. They do use every other plinth and only a certain number of p,layers can be in at a time so there is space between the player/AT groups. This is the way it is in all clinics now.

They do wear them in the training room. Its required.

Wow, we really took our conversation differently. I do not think he is an idiot. I dont always agree with his philosophy but he's not an idiot. My comments were about the people who only comment about a small piece of his interview and hammer it to death. I know why he put it out there and many people took they bait. I just happen to think he has a valid point while many others dont seem to think he and the owners ever do.

I have no problem with the quotes and I'm sure he doesn't either. He said everything straight out. It's just a shame that there are so many people out there that will jump all over just the one part of the interview. Te whole interview wound up on ESPN and twitter, some people just choose to focus only on a small part of it. Which of course is their right, it's just sad that they pick and choose for their own agendas. But such is life.

Right but he was just answering a question. He didn't go on and on about it. It was actually a very small part of the entire discussion. The way people are portraying it here is he complained that he is going to have to fire everyone and he's going to lose the mortgage, won't sign any players etc. He wasn't crying poor just stating he is worried for next year and they lost quite a bit of money. That is really all he said. Again, if you prefer him to not comment about it or not do interviews that's fine but people will complain about that as well.

That's what I voted for as well.

I have a term for these students: popcorn brain. Strategies for getting them to focus can be challenging.

Still doesnt mean that he doesn't treat the players on the team fair financially. Letting a player go just because another team offers him more money doesn't mean he wasn't treated fairly financially when he was with the team.

This is not possible. He may not sign players from outside to big money deals. But everyone on the team either accepted a free agent deal, signed to an international free agent or is in the same promotion process as every other pre-arb player in the league. The only players he could possibly not be paying fairly are the ones not on the team.

Yeah but its fun to listen to the old 8 track, faults and all. Just not all the time. He is great for studio shows but never again as a manager.

But he wasnt crying poor as posters here insist. He didnt go to the press to complain about the situation. In an interview he was asked the status of sports for next year. He answered honestly that he was worried about the financial state due to there being no fans. He said the losses would be 100 million or nine figures. Whether you believe the number or not and most here insist the owners are liars and cheats but the players are pure as snowlakes, he did not go crying poor to the public. He just answered a question about the state of sports. And people wonder why no one wants to answer honestly or even talk to the media.

People loved veeck because he played Eddie gaedel and had an ash tray in his wooden leg. He was a great character for which he was loved.

The team looks like it could be good so Sox fans being Sox fans have to complain about something. They can't complain about the people that put the team together right now so it's back to complaining about the owners. If the team starts out slow it will revert back to evil incarnate and Hahn.

Except for madrigal. He is looking overmatched these last 2 games

Pitchers should never throw this team a fastball.

Keuchal was the only pitcher I cared if they signed. He is the one I would trust to give the Sox quality innings and not be cost prohibitive. Dunning hasn't even pitched in AAA yet. He isn't in the they have to see what he has category. He probably will this year due to the lack of days off and no kopech but it might be pushing it.

I get it. I just wouldn't bet on it and change the odds as that post mentioned.

Yes. Berrios just scares me as a pitcher against the Sox. It's like playing KC. The Sox will be no better than 1-2 over .500 against them.

McCann will leave after this year for a better contract and Collins will be the cheap backup catcher.

I dont think the Sox should ever be favored with berrios on the mound.