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Misio is stupid talented but also still young and if you make him work he will get wild and tire himself out in 3-4 innings. Just be patient and try and work some counts.

The past time is back. Let's roll. Surprise us.

The problem wasn't that nobody was willing to give up anything it's that he was probably worth like a A ball lotto ticket, which is fine, and Getz tried to trade for some guy that MLB had already really decided was no longer a prospect -- I'd imagine because they thought they had something they could fix with him. Just a real longshot that didn't fit with our timeline at all, it's not like Mead even if he turned into the 99th percentile version of his tools is anything more than an average regular at a position we already have filled given the other options over the same time frame.

Optimistically you'd say they quickly acknowledged a mistake. But yea.

I hear he's also a switch hitter.

What a putrid OF, goodness. There's no way we win more than 70 something games imo. Mead, we all saw it, guy has zero tools. Stupid target last year.

The irony of him actually trying for a needless ball in ST and blowing out his shoulder, when he was consistently lazing about when the games really counted is just too much man.

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I was thinking that this morning as well. It's plausible. I wouldn't usually put incompetence down to malice but given this new lawsuit, hey, maybe so.

Site feels really nice response wise now, better than prior version. Like the in window updates that will be great for game threads. Not a fan of some of the formatting, at least in 4K on the desktop. That said, it's a mobile world and thanks for all the hard work the admins do.

Yep. I think you've got basically that boomer crowd (my father for example), then the 2005 folks (so people already 35+) and almost nothing after that iconic player wise or success that moves the needle. You can say MB and Konerko but again those names are long gone now. Who is our most iconic player in the last 5 years? Probably Garrett, and he gawn. Sale was fun but he never won s%*# here either and will forever be known mostly for his time with the other color Sox. Nothing lasts forever, and JR turning the Sox into what he claims is a money losing enterprise is a prophecy self fulfilled largely.

Elbow holds very little force hitting compared to throwing. Plenty of position players play through substantial elbow pain at every level. That said, based on what that report you relayed says -- not great, Lip.

Seems zero chance Baldwin doesn't start the season on the 15 day IL, maybe they can back date it a bit. Not much out there on the injury just that he has elbow inflammation. I'd assume it's in his throwing arm or he'd probably be trying to play through it. Bummer. I guess as a position player he could try and play through a partially torn UCL but let's hope it's not that.

He has some tools but his hit tool is like 30/35 and that just won't ever play even as a catcher. xwOBA of .257 for his career. He's a mediocre defensive catcher and he'd have to be Pudge back there (the 2nd one) to even hang on as a useful backup.

Damn just activated it, took all of 30 seconds. Much smoother than prior years it seems.

f*** yea! I was hoping it was still on given the BS with the ESPN sub now for non T-Mobile folks. T-Mobile has always been great for me, going on 25 years now with them. Free wifi on a lot of flights, priority line at the Ichiro bobblehead game last year, a free drink at the T-Mobile lounge same game, really solid perks and a fair price for unlimited on a good network.

It turned out it was just his love of Eloy and attention imo. I'll never forget the dumb f*** hanging out in the net instead of retrieving the ball and turning what should have been an out into a triple.

If nothing else it will be nice to not get the snow / rain outs so much as a fan. And I'm sure the players appreciate it. Baseball is not meant to be played or watched on a 38 degree windy day. It's a warm weather sport and fan experience.

I asked two people in Sox hats if they were fans. Nope, just liked the hat. One of them even told me the team sucks and I should be embarrassed to be a fan in so many words. I wasn't going to argue.

Yea but on the flip side Clevinger can't get enough Sox, so it balances out.

That is ash tray money to these parties. There is def a grudge here.

I can see Fanatics doing it tho and I can see the Sox not doing DD to make sure everything was good there. That said, I do see that side as well, Frank would totally file a lawsuit to f*** with the Sox, and it sounds like he's doing a bit better financially so maybe he decided to stick his finger in their eye.

Man, how the hell did the Sox let it get to this point? Just pay the man a fair value for his NIL. Given that I've never heard of such a lawsuit I'd assume there are pretty standard agreements between clubs and ex players -- an agreement the Sox apparently couldn't come to with Frank.