Texsox

I'm not saying anyone makes too much money.

No. Do you think that if their costs go up they will just accept lower profits or will they pass those higher costs on to the consumer? Especially the consumer that took the side of increasing costs?

It's more of a shame there is only one form of entertainment in the summer.

And who is negotiating for the fans? If they get people to pick sides, they win. They only lose if people blame the entire sport.

And a network pays $$$$$$$ more for broadcast rights and charges more for advertising, and that beer at home costs a little more. Eventually no matter which side gets a bigger slice of the pie they will find a way for the fans to provide them a bigger pie.

"When billionaires fight with millionaires it's the folks in debt that get screwed" Tex

I think they have to do everything as the opportunity presents themselves. They need someone like him. If they said we can only do these three things right now and one or two doesn't materialize it's suddenly April and you also have a bench to fill. There's a prioritized to do list but check off anything on this list. I don't believe his contract is really going to prevent them from overpaying. I can think their historically cheap ass ways will prevent them from over spending.

This deserves it's own thread

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Why bother there won't be a season next year.

I might have to start paying attention to the local teams. It would be less frustrating.

I just was in a long conversation about this and other what I'm calling "faith based investments". To me it all fits into art. A painting doesn't have much material value, just the exclusivity of having it. Same with digital investments. If I was younger I'd consider putting 10% or so in NFTs, crypto, etc. But my current glide path doesn't have much room for pure speculation beyond some single stock purchases to augment my ETFs and Mutual Funds.

If the Sox spent 4/$53 everyone here would believe they overspent, that the market wasn't close to that for him.

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So who is failing as a set up guy that will be HoF level closer? Are you suggesting guys who get demoted fall apart and never return to their former glory?

Since set up and closer are so radically different which poorly performing set up man is really a HoF closer?

I wouldn't be surprised if he's the last signing.

I really like the guy and no matter where he's pitching next year I wish him success. But SS is spot on. It's not my money, so if the team signed him to a QO, I wouldn't have been upset, but I'm equally not upset that they didn't. I still believe he signs something around $45/3 after most of the market has been played out.

Love it.

I think the Sox will sign him . . . Eventually

I had the Chiefs Raiders version my best friend had the Bears Packers.

Probably not 100% there was a little bit of insurance if anything happened to Liam. There were more ways for the deal to look good than bad. It looked like we would be rock solid with any lead after 5.

Posters who always predict the worse will sometimes be right.

Happy Thanksgiving