caulfield12

So put me on ignore. Very simple. Maybe you’re not interested in how an owner deciding not to interfere (finally) with his front office personnel and let them handle running the player evaluation and development has worked wonders for the Cleveland Browns, but 2-3 posters brought it up previously and argued they were much more relevant that the Sox. Maybe you dont follow the sport, know who Odell Beckham is, frankly, no idea. http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26243093/grading-odell-beckham-jr-trade-giants-browns-won The NY Football Giants have already somehow outdone the Sox in worst offseason, ever. At any rate, I seem to recall page after page in one of the baseball threads analyzing the Bulls, for example. Life is too short to care about such little, insignificant things. There’s an ignore button for a reason. If you’re just going for cheap shots to get more likes on your board scorecard, I feel bad for you, but stalking posters from thread to thread and making personal attacks over and over again doesn’t contribute much. The board has already lost a lot of contributors since the Machado/Harper debacles. For example, I don’t have any recollection for what your plan is to get us out of this mess. Which free agents would you target next year? Maybe take an interesting/debate worthy position or two...

“The Reds’ offseason additions of Sonny Gray, Alex Wood, Tanner Roark, Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp were a welcome departure from what has become standard operating procedure for many noncompetitive teams in recent seasons, opines Joel Sherman of the New York Post. While many teams have followed the Astros’ model of aggressively tanking to stockpile draft picks and international bonus resources, the Reds at least positioned themselves to have a chance in the division, even if few would peg them as any sort of favorite. “For the first time in a long time we added multiple well-known major league players to this team in an offseason,” president of baseball operations Dick Williams tells Sherman. “That clearly has people’s imaginations going. That is part of the fun. … Just to be able to ponder the possible and the excitement is a huge psychological benefit to our fans.” Even if the moves ultimately fail to yield dividends, several of the newly acquired assets (namely Wood, Roark and Puig) could hold value on the summer trade market, and the Reds didn’t sacrifice any of the organization’s very top prospects in order to take a shot at improved results in 2019.”

https://sports.yahoo.com/browns-dysfunction-runs-deep-new-espn-report-5-reasons-may-180043174.html http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25797430/inside-cleveland-browns-front-office-where-hope-history-collide https://www.cleveland.com/expo/sports/g66l-2019/01/248d850cbe6194/jimmy-haslam-seems-to-have-learned-from-his-mistakes-and-other-takeaways-from-the-espn-piece.html https://thebiglead.com/2019/01/24/can-john-dorsey-control-jimmy-haslam-like-no-one-else-has/

https://sports.yahoo.com/james-dolan-responds-fan-video-shouldnt-taken-bait-215553159.html We could always try thecapproach of this NY Knicks fan to confront/embarrass ownership...front office. Still seems more of a Boston, NY or Philly fan approach than what would play in the Midwest.

Steven Masera, 69, the accountant and financial officer for the Edge College & Career Network and the Key Worldwide Foundation, was also indicted, according to court documents. Masera and Mark Riddell, a private school counselor in Bradenton, Florida, allegedly worked closely with Singer in the scam, according to the indictment. Mikaela Sanford, 32, of Folsom, California, another employee of the Edge College & Career Network and the Key Worldwide Foundation, and David Sidoo, 59, of Vancouver, Canada, were also indicted for allegedly working closely with Singer to facilitate the scam, according to the indictment. Singer would allegedly instruct parents to seek extended time for the children to take entrance exams or obtain medical documentation that their child had a learning disability, according to the indictment. The parents were then told to get the location of the test changed to one of two testing centers, one in Houston and another in West Hollywood, California, where test administrators Niki Williams, 44, of Houston and Igor Dvorskiy, 52, of Sherman Oaks, California, helped carry out the scam, the indictment alleges. Riddell, 36, allegedly either took ACT and SAT tests for students whose parents had paid bribes to Singer, according to the indictment. "Singer typically paid Riddell $10,000 for each student's test," according to the indictment. Those charged in the probe include nine coaches at elite schools, two SAT and ACT exam administrators, one exam proctor, a college administrator and 33 parents, including Huffman and Loughlin. Huffman's husband, actor William H. Macy, was not indicted, but according to the court document he and Huffman were caught on a recorded conversation with a corroborating witness in the case, allegedly discussing a $15,000 payment to ensure their younger daughter scored high on a college entrance exam. Huffman was indicted on charges stemming from the $15,000 she allegedly disguised as a charitable donation so her older daughter could take part in the college entrance cheating scam, the indictment reads. But Huffman and Macy apparently decided not to go through with scheme for their younger daughter. At a hearing before a judge Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, Huffman answered "yes" to questions from the judge and acknowledged she understood the charges against her. Macy watched silently from the front row of the courtroom. Out on $250,000 bond. Live Updates: Ringleader pleads guilty in $25 million nationwide college admissions cheating scam AARON KATERSKY, BILL HUTCHINSON and MIKE LEVINE,Good Morning America 52 minutes ago

How did the Brewers go from the #5 pick in 2016 when we simultaneously drafted Collins at #10 and then "rebuild/retool" to a nearly World Series team in the span of just two years????? It must have been Junior Guerra, Saladino, Soria, Swarzak, Jennings, Avilan and Matt Fat Albers.

The fact is, if you just randomly had the White Sox ONLY drafting high school and collegiate players from Florida, Texas or California, they'd be MUCH better off than they are now. Forget about scouting the entire country or regions, just be the expert/master of SOMETHING, ANYTHING WILL DO.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25893836/inside-37-year-old-pitcher-luke-hagerty-improbable-comeback-story You can already practically guarantee this story ends up with Hagerty being played by Dennis Quaid again in THE ROOKIE 2: CUBS BOOGALOO Pretty amazing the guy comes back 13 years later after being drafted, at age 37, 12 years since his last pitch in competitive baseball, and is throwing mid to high 90's. I guess Matt Bush is the closest we've had to this story, Josh Hamilton, obviously.

With that in mind, Rick Hahn definitely will be AL Front Office Executive of the Year in 2021/22.

I think most of our thoughts were more like "what the f*#k????"

Please present your options for catcher in 2020. Keep in mind, Grandal's not going to sign a one year deal with the Sox unless we outbid every contender by 10-15%. Or he'll likely be looking for at least a 2 and more likely a 3 year deal at age 31. Also, would love to hear who you REALISTICALLY believe we could get back in return for Carlos Rodon...let's say he's at a 3.50 ERA in early July, good peripherals, .500ish W/L record, lower walk rate than previous years. Do we not need a RF next year? Do we not need a catcher? Since everyone will pooh-pooh the idea of Puig on principle, you're left with Castellanos (he of a career fWAR under 10) and Marcell Ozuna, who profiles remarkably like Puig in terms of their "average" numbers over the course of their young careers. We know none of our minor league outfielders remaining after Jimenez/Robert will be ready until Opening Day, 2021. Then you want to have a contending team built around a rookie or multiple rookies having to perform? Well, that sounds QUITE familiar, doesn't it?

Moncada, Anderson, Madrigal, Jimenez and Robert have to be it....leaving RF, C, DH and 1B. There’s no way around that. As it stands, you can add Collins as well, unless anyone believes we’re going to outspend 10+ teams for the services of a 31 year old Grandal. And Grandal will just go year to year like a Moustakas on contending teams unless he gets a minimum 3 or 4 year guaranteed offer...so the risk is high his best remaining season on the deal would be wasted in 2020. Otherwise, trade for Austin Hedges and don’t get shafted again. They would ask for Rodon, undoubtedly. The potential deal to be made would be Rodon, Leury/Yolmer (pick one) and Nate Jones for Hedges and W.Myers/Jankowski/Renfroe/Cordero/Reyes (pick one). Of course, that would also virtually force us to go into the FA market for a legit TOR starter against the big boys.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/felicity-huffman-and-lori-loughlin-reveal-how-to-ruin-kids-190801230.html College Admissions Scandal Reveals Worst Parents Ever There are also some prominent business and finance names, including Doug Hodge, the former CEO of investing giant Pimco, William McGlashan of investing firm TPG, and Gordon Caplan of law firm Wilkie Farr. The suit also charges fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, who is Loughlin’s husband. But it does not name the actor William H. Macy, who is married to Huffman. The bribes in many cases were disguised as payments to a California college-prep service known as The Edge College & Career Network, and as donations to a California nonprofit known as The Key Worldwide Foundation. A man named William Singer ran both and was the alleged mastermind. Families typically made five- or six-figure payments to place their kids, with Singer bribing coaches as needed. He earned $25 million in this manner from 2011 to 2019, according to the indictment. One set of parents paid him $1.2 million to get their kid into Yale. Outrage flooded social media as the news of the cheating scandal broke. But responsible parents can take some pride in playing by the rules and raising their kids to succeed on merit rather than bribes. Opening every door for kids is horrible parenting, because it makes kids dependent on outside intervention to succeed. They never learn to be self-sufficient and can become fragile and needy. I researched the science of resilience for my 2012 book “Rebounders,” and discovered that kids who learn to surmount challenges on their own and even fail (in safe ways) learn how to excel in the real world. Shrewd parents help their kids develop the skills needed to open doors for themselves. It might not be illegal, but it’s a crime against your kids to carry them across every obstacle and prevent them from learning needed survival skills. Some parents do this to feed their own vanity, because kids are a kind of life accessory that must be as impressive as fancy jewelry or a vacation estate. Some commentary regarding Admission-gate characterizes it as an appalling microcosm of a new gilded age in which the rich are richer than ever and the rest can only look in from outside. But that’s not quite right. The perps in Admission-gate will suffer, if it turns out they actually committed crimes. The worst crimes, as the saying goes, are the ones that are legal. The wealthy enjoy the privilege of opportunity: they have access to all the education, financial resources and support systems needed to succeed. The biggest failure of American society at the moment is a shortage of opportunity. Too many Americans are stuck in lousy schools and limiting circumstances, without the resources to succeed. We should punish criminals, if that’s what they turn out to be. But we should provide more people the opportunities that would allow them to get ahead, on their own, without bribes or special treatment or pathologically overwrought parents.

Night game in Glendale with both home teams...no way that gets scrubbed unless there’s an El Niño monsoon.

Burr has been much better this spring than he showed last September. Veira and Ruiz are a couple of other names to watch, Thompson to a lessser extent.

We still don’t have a consensus long-term solution at catcher...that, fortifying the starting rotation with perfect veteran presence, and keeping LUIS Robert off the disabled list are/should be the biggest concerns. Rodon, Cease, Giolito, Kopech, Dunning, Hansen, Hamilton, Nate Jones, Fry (multiple TJ’s) and Herrera (general wear and tear from overuse in KC, diminished velocity) all have various levels of flashing warning signs about potential health issues now or down the road. That’s not unlike the 1998-2001 group of highly-touted pitching prospects. The odds are extremely high (at least for the moment) of being frustrated once again over losing another potential franchise cornerstone or superstar in Adley Rutschman this June.

https://news.yahoo.com/celebs-charged-with-fraud-in-buying-their-childrens-admission-to-top-colleges-180302288.html

More emphatic, lol....it was one way of guaranteeing myself of never posting there again. In the moment, felt like a voice or vote against “the man.”

Weird that there are five more night games on the docket for AZ, all still on, at least so far.

No, I asked for a permanent ban too after they originally gave 10 days...especially after the way they treated my best friend after he joined, arguing with him and imposing the groupthink view on music of all things.

Hamilton didn’t 100% survive...his shoulder is hurting from jamming it in a recent car accident.

Floyd, Granderson, Zobrist, Kipnis=good players Tilson=AAAA fodder

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/us/college-admission-cheating-scheme/index.html

Except we did the opposite this offseason, struck too early and paid above market value for Nova, Herrera, Jay, McCann...overpaid for Colome in terms of trade value and under appreciating Narvaez...overpaying by giving anything (Call) away and assuming Alonso’s contract when the Indians likely would have been forced to discount/subsidize him closer to March 29th.

Minus the much nicer and newer stadium and the cool downtown location....and the picturesque Clemente Bridge/Statue. Definitely some similarities, dumping fan favorites McCutcheon, Cole, Mercer, Harrison, etc.