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southsider2k5

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  1. Though i remembered seeing his fouled one off of his foot.
  2. I don't move in that world, but I have to imagine it is not great.
  3. They already said last week he wasn't going to be ready and was going to Charlotte, at least for a while.
  4. Here's the thing. If you look on paper at the Forbes rankings, there is a bit of a hint there. On paper, the Sox have lost money in three straight seasons, and probably 4 once last years numbers are published. From Forbes the Sox lost $53.4 million in 2022 $10 million in 2021 $34 million in 2020. You can absolutely think that the Forbes numbers are missing some valuable revenue sources which are off of the books, and you are almost certainly right, but do you think the Sox are pulling in another $100 million in those three seasons to cover those numbers published? They are cutting based on past losses, and it wouldn't surprise me if they are looking at another $25 to 30 million paper losses for last season, plus more expected losses for this one. I know the Sox historically expanded and contracted spending in a pretty close ratio to those previous revenue changes over the history of this publication. Usually if they saw a big profit, payroll expanded the next year, and vice versa. I will say that without going back and looking at all of the historics here, I can't ever recall the Sox putting up 3 straight years of losses, let alone 4 during the time Forbes has published this list.
  5. While it isn't a #1 need, they do need pass rush help almost as badly as they need the other two things.
  6. I would 100% agree with that. All of the AML laws and post 9/11 banking changes were made around knowing exactly who was moving around large sums of money. Really everything over 10k is reportable, as are repeated transfers under individual 10k, but adding up to more than that when they are all added up. I can't see any bank just taking their word for it. I find the idea that Shohei didn't know anything about this the least likely scenario vs he knew and was trying to bail out a buddy, or he was gambling himself.
  7. The Bears are really in a great spot. Either OT or DL falls or the Bears see a ton of premium offensive threats on the board they can either pick or trade out of the slot because of.
  8. That's a whole lot of words with nothing really said. You can rationalize all you want to rationalize, as can I. But at the end of the day, we will see. You might even re-read what I said to see what was actually said.
  9. It's either wire fraud for Ohtani sending money directly to gamblers for a gambling debt, the end of Ohtani in MLB for gambling, or Ohtani didn't realize that this dude had access to his bank accounts and was stripping him of millions. I have the popcorn.
  10. Forget it, he's rolling. So I tried something different this year. Instead of picking individual games, I kind of packaged up some groups of games to see if I could turn an overall profit. I took each of the top 10 most likely upsets at to win odds. I also did the same for all of the 2 seeds. If one of the 2's gets upset, it pays off for at least 2:1 I think I need 2 to 3 of the decent upsets to pay off for all 10.
  11. Overreacting to spring training and one start is the classic Wild E Coyote set up for baseball fans. The next frame is you opening the box that blows up in your face.
  12. I have a feeling this post gets regular laugh reacts for the next two years.
  13. I get the feeling this story is just getting started.
  14. Part of me feels like better than last year, but that isn't saying much. We also are missing any real decent pitchers this year, like we had for parts of last year, which is scary. I guess we see who steps up, but it feels like the depth is much better than the last few months of 23. I wouldn't bet on it, but it feels like a Beatles year... when I'm 64.
  15. Even the Soxtalk headline preview has jokes on this one.
  16. Another example of the weirdness around Williams. Brett Farve went to Southern Mississippi, how did he turn out?
  17. It's why depending on how the first 8 picks go, could really see him trading down for multiple extra picks this year.
  18. Thinking about this a little bit more, this seems like something we in the trading world would call a pump and dump. I literally can't think of another reason for why.
  19. https://x.com/SlangsO nSports/status/1769813932921762295?s=20
  20. His glove might actually be better than his bat, which is saying something because his glove is about as awful as it gets. His OPS+ last year was freaking 63!
  21. Yeah every single QB that moves ahead of the Bears pick just makes sure that the Bears have the chance at a player who helps them on day 1.
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