southsider2k5

They could have had both.

Probably the same thing that happened to the floor proposal.

Those aren't awful, so I am sure there is more. The owners seem to have a preset number in mind, and when they add in one spot, they subtract something else to stay in line.

It's that time of year. Bleh.

The only question is what are the owners not telling us which will sink this ship.

Imagine that, MLB owners are being disingenuous.

With the carrier fees that go into my cable bill already, I will be damned before pay Apple money for games I should already get and that they are taking from me.

Your very first sentence should be telling. The Sox know more about him than anyone else, yet refused to make him a QO. There has also been zero information about the two parties talking this winter. Last winter he resigned after spending the entire winter looking for a job, and settling for $3 million from the Sox with a pretty clear path to a shot at a starting job. This isn't last winter's situation.

Pretty sure the MLB was 100% opposed to what they called the "gimmick" playoff structures. No ghost wins or anything else odd. They want a pretty straight up 14 team playoff with no additional benefits for top teams other than the lack of play ins.

Which is exactly what happened in the initial offer that was made with it. Everything else was so regressive, it never went anywhere.