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Where y'all aware that there is technology in place to listen throughout the city for gunshots? That's the first I heard of a outdoor, wide area system.

Exactly. Posters were wondering how it could hit that section.

A bullet doesn't fly on a rainbow shaped path. Ballistic tests should be able to prove if it was the backyard celebration. I'm guessing math teachers or possibly social studies.

BTW, sending 20,000 fans towards the exits isn't something to do without careful consideration. You don't want people panicking. MLB requires every team to have an evacuation plan in place. I'm not certain of the time line between when they confirmed it was a bullet that did the damage and how much of the game remained. That could be a big factor in their decision. On the surface continuing to play seems like a mistake. Once more details emerge their plan to have fans exit at the normal end may look less wrong. Disco to Hip Hop.

Which would match when the shooter left. You may need an alibi. PR through the years. Blame it on Outside agitators The opposition Secret government agencies Communists/socialists/radicalized Accident Rival gangs Mafia Lack of God

I'm not certain immediately going to town on the entire front office is the best use of time. I'd focus on the key positions of evaluating talent before some of the logistics stuff. And we assume that everyone in the organization is an idiot and needs to be fired. If you ever worked for an idiot ask yourself, were you an idiot that also needed to be fired? We may have some good people in place. I don't know.

I'm ordering one.

Nightmare on 35th Street

Good point. Would you agree though that its only if the players have some talent. We could take a bunch of A level guys, put them in Sox uniforms, and even with amazing coaching and being well managed, they will lose 100 games. I don't think Sox fans will come out for that. A poor manager with any sort of talented players will drive away fans in frustration with bad decisions. A well coached team with average to above average talent would put fans in the seats.

“I'm sure that there's going to be 150 names come up that want to be a part of this organization,” said Grifol when asked about Moore. “This is a really good organization with a great owner. ... All he wants to do is win. So there's a lot of good baseball people out there. Coming from Pedro, an insider. It must be true.

Interesting idea. I wonder if it's like the Panama Canal. The cost of repairs and keeping it modern was more than what it was worth. Would JR want to own an old stadium or generate revenue out of someone else's building rent free?

Still how many fans come to watch a manager? I don't go to Spurs games and watch Pop.

Enjoy your winter.

If fans didn't show up to watch a Hall of Fame manager. I don't even think they have to do everything right. Just not making things worse will get back some fans. Doing some things right will get a lot more. Everything right would be a twice in a lifetime occurrence.

I'm not going to call it a failure before they start.

100% agree. There are so many player holes to deal with, scouting, etc that the manager thing can wait. Plus this was such a trainwreck before he got here I don't mind giving him a second year.

Thank you. Always looking for ways to dislike this franchise. I was actually thinking things would be better for a few hours.

The new owners would want to bring in their people. Which could make hiring someone from the outside harder if they thought a sale was imminent.

Need a Hall of Fame involved. I like the choice.

Hopefully the procedure went well. If it's the one I'm thinking that's the longest night ever.

I just walked into my home office and saw I had an announcement on my Alexa. I expected to hear the game was starting. I actually needed Alexa to repeat the news because I didn't quite hear it clearly. Then I had it repeat a couple more times because it made me all happy.

2021 he was on the top of the world. Once the Sox cruised to the division title (will anyone show up?) He was a shoo in for exec of the year. Reality was Injuries, poor managing, exposed problems and a three season slide to hell. Earlier he was a rising star within baseball who we wanted unblocked by Kenny before he left for a better franchise. It wasn't all bad but the bad that was is the most soul crushing bad that can't be ignored.

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I'm hoping for someone that thinks of their people as about 100 players, not just a manager. Lots to do, plenty of time to decide on a manager.