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Once parents start telling their kids to skip college and move mulch 10 hours a day for $12 an hour or wash dishes for $11 we will stop have people risking their lives to get here to do those jobs.

That's an interesting question. My guess is we may have led the nation in undocumented workers, some who may have never set foot in another country. Most are just coworkers, friends, neighbors,

A national search! Wow. That's impressive. Definitely missing the green font.

Thank you. And to add, in the age of the portal and NIL deals they may not even be thinking of two years.

Another reason for more bodies. Remember when only a couple guys could throw 100+ mph and that would be a knock out pitch in the 9th. Now it's routine and with spin. It's amazing these guys can pitch 5 innings. You are right, we probably will see a lot more openers and middle relief guys. I am excited to see how it works out for a full season. I wish we could expand rosters and platoon guys. Or allow pitchers to reenter games. Open and close.

You already know the answer. Unlike college lineups, there are no easy outs in MLB. Scouting is more advanced, so getting through a line up a third time is difficult and unnecessary. The bullpens are filled with guys who can play. Also, guys at the MLB level have to throw at maximum velocity to earn and keep a position at the MLB level. It's also why you drive a Toyota to work and keep the sweet Corvette in the garage. Some are just work horses, others are thoroughbreds.

I am not certain what sustainable means in today's game. Just looking at this century the Rangers lost back to back World Series and the Dodgers won back to back. The Royals appeared in back to back. But most of the teams made an appearance and didn't reach the series again for a while. Sustained, maybe the Astros and Dodgers have sustained, the Giants had a few good year, but that's five or six teams out of 30. So sustained is elusive for most franchises. How would signing a couple of big contracts, especially pitchers, create a more sustainable success?

No offense taken. You are absolutely spot on in that assessment. Kenny Williams put together a World Series winning team by assembling a very strong starting rotation without a hall of fame guy out front. Freddy, Jose, El Duque, Mark, and Jon.

My travelling coach taught all of us to score the game and would usually assign guys on the bench to keep score. Later I realized that it was effective at keeping kids heads in the game. He was also really good at sharing the why in his coaching. I remember him explaining why I was batting second. I had no idea why, I just knew I was guaranteed "my raps" in the first and that made me happy.

@77 Hitmen It is difficult as a Sox fan to judge Wrigley. I will say this. Growing up my baseball teams would charter buses and go there for games. I remember walking up the ramp into sunshine and seeing Ernie Banks warming up, the ivy on the walls, and it was very cool. Then I had to go to the bathroom. 😬What pedophile designed those bathrooms?

This thread has me thinking how difficult pleasing every fan would be. After a lifetime of attending baseball games I realize I went from a teenager needing cheap seats and a compassionate fan that would "hey mister" a few beers for us. Parking didn't matter, we would walk a mile for cheap parking. My family had season tickets and I would get them for early season games in bad weather and poor teams midweek in the summer. The big selling point for me then was cheap parking, cheap food, and I could sit anywhere. Then I started using the ballpark for business entertaining. I needed to be close to good restaurants, needed quality seating and concessions and an experience the customer would enjoy. Then I started taking my kids. When they got bored there needed to be some activities beyond watching the game. I needed close in parking, a place to change a diaper, kid friendly concessions, and kid friendly climbs up and down to seats. Then back to being a regular fan. No social obligations, just going to the game to watch some baseball. I started using public trans more so parking wasn't an issue. Money wasn't as much an issue as value. Give me some good food and I will pay concession prices. Baseball was the draw and I didn't need all the extras. I would check the schedule for a good matchup, a marquee player, and go. Now, it's really simple. I will go to whatever game is in town when I am in town. I will take a walk around to see all the changes, but generally I am in my seat from the opening pitch to the last out. I am not drinking nearly as much so not nearly as many bathroom breaks. Now design a stadium that covers all those different needs.

I don't remember Getz describing him as an ace. I could see a free agent and a infielder trade adding two arms.

Realistically adding an ace probably doesn't help this rotation as much as adding two mid rotation guys for the same money.

The Sox were the surprise of everyone and teams would take a chance on a hot name. Much better chances then after losing 100+ games.

Which could mean that JR didn't want to let Getz get away.

Interesting you bring up Atlanta. Wouldn't that be the blueprint for an Arlington Heights development in the suburbs? They left the city. We could also mention the Rangers who went suburban.

I think what Getz did best at the deadline was hanging on to key players. He swung and missed on some gambles. I'm trying to remember the last GM to leave the Sox and get hired anywhere. Their career exit is usually toes before nose. If Getz was fired today I believe he'd be hired quickly.

I wonder how many of the "ballpark as a center piece for development" plans have worked out. It didn't in San Antonio so they are heading back downtown.

I am no longer an Illinois taxpayer so I'll keep this more general. Taxpayers funds recreational facilities throughout their community. People fund dog parks who don't own dogs. National parks they never visit. Historic sites they don't understand. So I'm not always against tax payers funding a stadium. Soon San Antonio will have three stadiums standing that the Spurs have all called home. They will all continue to exist and host events. The city who gladly finance a football or baseball stadium of the leagues would vote to expand to San Antonio.

So far technology has stalled the middle class who are working longer hours for lower standards of living. Capitalism doesn't reward altruism. Companies will start offering 32 hour work weeks without benefits, the Walmart model with lower and lower standards of living. One party celebrated closing government offices and putting people out of work. Are they really going to celebrate shorter work weeks for the same pay?

Most days I never put a key in an actual lock except my classroom door.

Because baseball is really only interesting to the masses after Labor Day.

The board was solidly on the player's side during the last one.

A few things haven't changed. There are still 27 outs and the team with the most runs win. While I agree with you more than most people here, (at just 10% of the time), I'm going to disagree with you here. Even back then they were using the best statistics available. They were using the best science available. Most of those guys even quit smoking in the dugouts. Baseball has been statistics driven forever. The entire fantasy sports industry started with baseball. This is an evolutionary change not revolutionary. Having guys pitching eight or nine innings like it's some silly machismo dick measuring competition is just kind of a silly waste of resources. Baseball will be really exciting when we expand rosters and platoon like football.

I'm hoping they bring someone in that isn't forcing a schtick or trying to create a trademark phrase.