southsider2k5

Yeah seeming teams like the Dodgers and Padres "suffer" like they have, it just amazes me when people talk about trading people for no good reason just because the roster is currently tight.

Luxury tax payroll is based on average contract price, not on single year contract price. For example a contract that goes 2/4/6/8/ million gets a luxury tax of 5 million per season, and not the hit of the individual payroll numbers. With the Sox extentions weighting heavy at the end, we are still in the portion where the cap hit is bigger than the annual costs.

So will Sheets defense.

Worse than everyone being led on and disappointed?

I was thinking the same thing.

Here's the thing. If he really has "seen the books" he is 100% violating the obvious non-disclosure agreements he would have signed to be granted access to those records. Not only is he risking personal lawsuits, reputation ruin, and professional suicide, he'd also be risking his firms contract, as well as being stripped of whatever professional credentials he had which allowed him the knowledge which would have made his viewing any financials of a 2 billion dollar company, worth while. And on top of it all, it would take about 15 minutes to put together who talked based on the info leaked. Is it possible that this is real? Sure. But the odds are about zero of his version of the story being accurate.

He has spent the entire day yelling at people. Has anyone asked what he thinks of Bartolo Colon, because that is the last person I have seen speak with that kind of certainty about Sox finances.

Mountains of ?

Hopefully this is a good sign because if it is a player, there aren't many good enough to do this for.

Lol, wut?? The Rockies are a disaster. Signing a big contract doesn't fix that.

He'll force a trade soon enough.

Yes. Not holding a grudge for 34 years makes me a bot. How about get over it?

Yes, let's rehash 1988 some more.

Over/under 2.5 years as a Rockie.

That's not your worst theory.

There is always the chance something could have been lost in translation, but it could also be a case of recognizing that he makes a lot of money, and the Sox have both Vaughn and Sheets in the wings. It would also be a recognition of he will be 36 by the time the next season starts, and it is getting harder and harder at this age to stay ready for baseball. It's a grind. Maybe he wants to relax a bit.

At this stage, we can hope he takes over for TLR.