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Sure seemed like it was being recognized by the hitters. They didn't look like they even thought about swinging at off speed stuff.

Did they have a 4 month lockout followed by a 3.5 week spring training in Japan too?

It's not a "sure" answer. Nothing in baseball is. it is 100% playing the odds. But at the end of the day, when you have a guy who has qualified for an ERA title ONCE in 7 years, it would make sense to believe that this year won't be different.

Rodon being on the roster and useful in October is a legitimate question. Kind of hard to be a contributor if you can't play. The question about Rodon has never been about ability or potential. It is 100% about health.

The thing is, a strikeout is always a .000 OBP. Working a count is one thing, but simply focusing on strikeouts isn't the right focus.

*Pigeon

We have a couple of more days to survive of this, and then we finally get to spring-ish weather.

That might not be in the last 10 years.

So freaking excited for this.

Looking at this one on paper, I am thrilled to push this game out.

Not really. The ball is dead right now, and it is holding offense down for offenses in general in Chicago, and not just the Sox. This team has yet to play a warm weather game, and the offense is reflecting that. The showed a stat over the weekend that the Sox have lost something like 4 homers in their first 8 games due to the cold conditions.

NOW you get it. It has nothing to do with costs, but profits.

Yet, we have been at record revenues and franchise valuations, so why haven't prices stagnated or even gone down?