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That's been the story on him since he was drafted. High floor innings eater, but mid rotation ceiling.

That baller .325 OBP.

Sure, but because of that history, writers felt an obligation to have standards here. Now that is gone.

I just read up at who was pushing Rose's cause. Yeah, Manfred is a coward and caved, and this was his trying to pretend it wasn't just because he got pressure on Pete. Manfred is a total spineless b****.

Honestly, until I hear otherwise, I am going to assume there were politicians behind this.

Shadow banned for the same reason's that Rose and Jackson were. Integrity of the game.

If I had a nickel for everytime this has come up recently, well I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. But past that, again, tell me how to market this mess to a notorious fickle, angry, and fair weather fan base? The only thing Sox fans care about is winning.

Open it up to the steroid era too then. If we aren't going to have standards, don't have any at all.

This was not even the most complete changes of the past 45 years, so no, I can't take you seriously here. They do this WE'VE CHANGED thing about once a decade. Hell, Jerry has ran off Hall of Famers in the past. The Hemond/Harrelson/Himes/Schuler era was a civil war. Guys like Dombrowski and Evans being shoved out too. This is a blip on the radar compared to those days. But back to the actual central theme, until Jerry leaves, this is just more people telling Jerry what he wants to hear getting promoted, telling the same stories we have already heard. I have even posted links to Rick Hahn and Chris Getz saying the exact same things that you are here telling us today. Again, the last real house cleaning was 1980, not 2023.

The first house cleaning in 45 years? Good lord man. I hope you don't believe this stuff.

1980

I am just happy to hear a shred of optimism about a top guy.

Maybe eventually you will get the hint and move on.

SIGH. Hagen's velocity and control are having problems, and Grant Taylor is going to the pen. Why can't we have nice things?

I knew this post would come, but I expected more random and names.

This is one of those ways by evidence that I can be convinced that things might be changing around these parts. So far we have seen none of it.

Yes, that is obviously exactly what he means.

It's just a way to punish the actually innovative teams, by the owners who still believe baseball should be stuck in 1955.

Yes this exactly. And some vague "they have a plan" isn't it. Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth. Or so the saying goes.

If you need to believe they are good to love them, that is a whole different line.

Don't confuse blind optimism for intelligence.

Two months ago he was going to be the opening day starter

I swear. Living in the era of if you repeat it often enough it becomes reality is surreal.

If you continue to apply circular logic that always results in the Sox being perfect, absolutely.

This is exactly what I am afraid of.