Texsox

Leury will be around for a couple more years. "Grifol: "I've seen Leury play for a while. Leury's a talented player"

But it may be rough to repeat that without a hall of fame manager to guide him.

And I responded to your jest as if you actually meant it. Sorry.

So do I. Ironically we may be back to 1980s era pay per view models. JR was way ahead of the curve.

Now imagine the guy playing in a post season game at Yankee stadium. He'd s%*# his pants. We keep drafting guys that can't handle any stress.

And seriously, I care more about our players and their desire to win than the octogenarian chairman.

We survived the DH only being in AL ballparks for a couple decades. Having different rules in the post season isn't a big deal to me.

Keep the tie.

This makes a lot of sense. Now let's look how it could be manipulated unfairly. I wonder how many players have been investigation only to be cleared? Imagine if a disgruntled ex could get an investigation started right as a player enters free agency? That seems unfair to the players. I wonder what avenues the owners have tried to get entered into the CBA that would protect them.

While it's easy to blame MLB for the investigation taking so long, could it be Clevinger's legal team pushed to delay as long as possible? Seems like the person who gains the most by the delay was him.

If he cared about winning we'd have a top ten payroll.

This really hit home in our district after Uvalde. How many teachers and students are in classes today who are not able to focus on lessons? Daydreaming is one thing, persistent fears for personal safety is a completely different issue. It's also adding to the acute teacher shortage around the country. Lack of respect and constant attacks wears folks down. We have to take a bullet to gain any respect from the community at large.

As a teacher with a sense of duty to protect my students, I've learned my family worries a lot for my safety. I worry for my son's safety who teaches middle school. How to prevent this? Companies are realizing there is money in inventing systems to keep kids safe. Go to Green looks promising to help lead kids to safety. Less intrusive metal detection technology is being worked on. Shifting money from other areas to enhance security is being done. Voters tend to approve bonds with school safety measures. Out of respect for the many victims of gun violence each year, perhaps we can shift from any gun debate, which leads us down a predictable path.

Like every other worker in our economy. By doing what the person paying him believes is worthy of the pay check. Personifying all that is wrong with the team may be in his job description.

Somewhere a front office person is teaching a few phrases to the players. "Sox showing a new energy" "Hoping to stay healthy" "It's not a distraction because he wasn't really ever on the team" "We're really going to like playing for him" "I'm hear to do what I can to help this team win a championship"

Post of the year.

This is a perfect example of when to bump a 14 year old thread.

I totally agree. I also remind myself that I've thought that for most of the past 50 off seasons and yet I allowed them to continue to disappoint. I'm going in with really low expectations. I'm not going to plan my days around watching or listening to games. I'm not going to plan trips to Chicago around home stands. I'm looking at some east coast and Canada games based on when I'm going to be there, not when the Sox will be in town. The last part I think will be cool. Cheering for the home team may enhance the experience.

After fifty years of off season optimism I'm in the "I'll get excited when I see something on the field to get excited about" club. I do wish I had the old enthusiasm but I've been fooled to often but JR and Co. They've worn me down.

What I liked most when I had season tickets (Sox, Bulls) it was making friends with everyone around me, knowing the vendors in my section, not worrying about sight lines, etc. I probably would still have them if I was living in Chicago.

Real Sox fans will predict we win 85!

I'm laughing and crying at the same time.

Upon further review by the figurative replay official, I'll withdraw my extrapolation of your comment and take a five yard penalty. Also, I appreciate your use of language.