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Can we wait to see what this years half a billion dollar players sign for?

Good.

I am really hoping this kid works out. This might be one of the best scouting and drafting stories I have heard in quite a while.

Also interesting is that the ownership structure that has been set up for the Cubs might not be the same one that is forming the TV network because of the unique nature of their structure they used to maximize tax avoidance with the Cubs. There is no reason the Ricketts couldn't have either formed a separate company or set it up to flow back to them personally instead of the Cubs.

I did pretty well this Christmas, though it was pretty much my doing at the Garage sale this year. Found a spring training jersey with my birth year on it for $10, along with Chris Sale practice jersey as well. Found a couple of the bobbleheads I had been wanting, along with some other assorted T-shirts and other smalls.

Of course. If you were at the last agenda items Committee meeting you would have known that.

You'll have to file a formal request with the Rules Committee.

Except for those that excel at #7.

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On an MiLB deal, but I would rather have someone in a healthier state to count on for IP this season.

I think a lot of this thread needs to start in on the egg nog sooner rather than later...

If the Sox aren't going to get Harper, I kind of would like to see the Cubs get him. That would tie up a huge amount of money for a guy that doesn't really move the needle on anything they need, plus they are going to have to move some quality pieces and unbalance the team to get him. They would be much better served throwing big money at Craig Kimbrel than Bryce Harper.

I bet on the same team they would love each other. They are peas in a pod.

I concur, if we had made this move in the Reds situation I would be pissed.

Having done it before, it is all about getting your name out there at this stage.

If they are in the final 3 with the Yankees that can only mean they have outbid them. Also to be in the final stage of teams after 100 losses means they did something to get Mannys attention. I suppose he could really be excited about our minor leaguers, but there is about a 99% chance this means we offered an obscene amount of money to him to keep his attention.

To be fair, I was on #TeamNeverGonnaHappen.

Well I guess the good news is that we haven't been eliminated. Yet.

The Reds didn't gain at all from this deal. Just awful.

So the question really is, will Manny take less money to go to NY and if he will how much less are we talking? If it is significantly less, we never really had a chance anyway.

And just to tack on to this, we as a staff do try to give posters some room to have personalities (even if untraditional), and show some emotion at times, so it is a balancing act between a lot of freedom to be Sox fans, but still not letting this turn into a troll-infested hole on the internet. Despite the jokes otherwise, it is hard to get suspended here, and that is by design. Again the people who do this on Soxtalk are great people who put a lot of thought and effort into every decision made here.