Milkman delivers

OK, I hardly ever look at the screen names of people, basically go by the avatar. I thought the last bunch of posts were one guy having a conversation with himself ?

Why the asterisks? Does Soxtalk blur out the word “madness” or something? Edit: Nope. So is “madness” one of those unacceptable words now?

I’m not a gambler. I don’t care about others gambling, but this kind of thing seems like the natural endpoint of all these leagues, teams, and individual players/celebrities getting in bed with the casinos/websites. Now the leagues will have to walk a tightrope when these incidents come up. They will have to decide who gets punished and who doesn’t, which will lead to conspiracy theories like the above posts. There will be accusations of hypocrisy. And you know what, they deserve it. Can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Uh, that’s the Air Force. NASA was too busy faking moon landings to be bothered with that.

This is what stuck out to me. Seeing the Sox at #29, I thought the A’s were surely going to be #30. I suppose the possibility of moving and starting fresh offers the slightest bit of hope? That’s my best guess.

What is the most innings he’s pitched in a game, including college? Sorry if this has been answered already.

He definitely is, but he’s just never gonna be healthy. It just is what it is. And I believe you’re absolutely right about Sheets.

Dude, you’re getting way too upset about this. People are mocking a non-story. It’s not a big deal.

I’m guessing you meant to quote WestEddy? My opinion of Crochet is that he’s already been ruined and the best we can hope for is a marginal major leaguer.

None of that is surprising at all, yet it’s still incredibly depressing to see the drop put into numbers.

How is it a “fun development” though. He’s simply the only option that’s been on the team. We have no ace and we don’t even have a #1 starter by any decent team’s standards, so you go with the guy who’s been on the team the longest. You are correct that it’s a lost season. That’s why the reactions are mostly people who just don’t care. The ones getting upset or defensive are likely just doing it as a coping mechanism due to the repeated failures of the franchise. The people upset about it are Randy Quaid in Major League. The people who don’t care are all the empty seats around him.

I don’t have strong feelings on this move one way or the other. I will tell you one thing though. The Sox were funny/entertaining bad last year. I was beginning to think this year’s team would be more untalented bad, as in they’d play decent defense and the basics, but they would be outclassed by more talented teams. I’m beginning to think they’ll be funny bad again.

Don’t we frequently have that exact issue with multiple players on this team?

You called this one. The bullpen is gonna get fucked for the rest of the season on day freaking one.

I think it’s mostly Chicago-based, but more superstition than anything else. People seem to just believe that he can’t be good because he’s going to the Bears.

No you won’t, just like everyone else saying that. If they tried to do right by Fields at the expense of the team, they should all be fired and no team should give them a second chance.

Everyone besides a decent percent of Bears fans did. I think very little of him as a QB, and this is embarrassing.

The f***? Very glad I don’t know any details about that.

I’m sure he meant in terms of a professional athlete that is doing his job well, not infidelity in general.

Heaven help me, I think I understood a Caulfield joke. He’s making a comment on the misspelling of Hahn as Hanh, which is more Vietnamese looking (as in Banh Mi).

Oh, I don’t think I was around then. But I can see the similarities without having ever read it haha.

I’m not sure they’ll crack 60 wins though. I’m actually not sure what you’re referring to ? Which?

So a 4-month-old thread with close to 400 pages of discussion and anticipation ends with an underwhelming, if not so-so, trade. Ah, is there anything more appropriate for the Sox?

Sure, if they’re idiots.

Have you heard our Vice President speak? Sorry to bring politics into the conversation, but I think we can all agree that she wins the nonsensical word salad Olympics.