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I think we are looking way too deeply at his comments about his friends and what they've said to him.

Well, knowing what we do now about the whole process, his friends got that call right. Why the hell would he want to play here over SD, especially for 50m less?

The White Sox are penny wise and dollar dumb. This is just such a typical White Sox move. This front office reminds me of my father in-law, who travels around the Chicago suburbs in a big van, to and from various yard sales and estate sales, buying other people's garbage hoping to sell it a few months later on his amazon store.

Annoyed when asked about the Sox. Friends advised him to sign in SD. what an indictment of the franchise.

How did he throw his friends under the bus? By saying that they gave him honest advice? "Surround yourself with people who will be open and honest with you, and not people who only tell you what you want to hear."

How is Manny an ass though? If I had to pick between Chicago and San Diego for my immediate work environment, I choose San Diego 10 out of 10 times. Its 72 and sunny EVERY day. And.... he is making 50 million MORE having chosen San Diego. Let's not deflect our animosity onto Manny. The. Sox. fucking. blew. it.

the real question is... is he related to Manny Machado...

There's that, too. It's also entirely possible that Lopez turns out to be the reliever all the experts thought him to be... and the Eaton trade becomes a disaster too. Yoan HAS to turn the corner... Eloy has to become a world beater and Cease has to be a staff ace. All of these things HAVE TO happen now.

They could post a montage of fan-made memes ridiculing their offseason incontinence

This point being made is paramount... without Cease and Jimenez they are in a dark, dark place.

and for the record, Holmes needs to maintain a professional relationship with the GM of a major league franchise... so I don't fault him at all for, TBH, what was clearly a platform for Rick Hahn. If you want to get blackballed, you go hard.

Right. I do this at work all the time, when I've been told to verbally accept responsibility for something I was instructed to carry out by my superiors, because they won't penalize me for it.

Summary: They STILL FUCKING THINK that their offer to Machado was good. It's obvious that they aren't signing anyone else this offseason. Sox fans should be excited about watching the prospects "bloom"

"When we talk next year..." Machado still will be a Padre and you still will be a failure in that regard.

Won't talk about Harper. Fair. At least he didn't say that they won't dip their toes in the deep end of professional sports roster building.

We weren't going to get to the 300m level, but there's no set limit. What the actual fuck am I listening to?

Its unfair to suggest the Sox have to "overpay" free agents because the Sox aren't a good destination. Players sometimes choose other locations.... wait, so its the player's fault you lowballed with an incentive-based contract to the best player to hit free agency in 10 years? My head hurts.

Rick: they said we wouldn't do X, we did X. they said we wouldn't do Y, we did Y. they said we wouldn't do Z, we TRIED to do Z. No, you FAILED.

Holmes asking about fan reaction.... this should be good.

This is painful to listen to... he clearly doesn't get that their offer was shitty and that was why he signed elsewhere.

I posted this somewhere yesterday... Uncle Jerry's 2019 Free Agency Participation Trophy

Charlie Haeger is my favorite Dodger.

There are some guys I follow on twitch who have had Anthem via early access now for a week or so... all of them already at max level, completed end game and are bored. Seems to be pretty hollow at launch. But could be that they just played too much.

I hope that Holmes will ask Hahn the important questions, such as if the Sox plan on adding replicas of the "Chair at the Table" to the merchandise stands around the park...

Probably stop giving the team/owner money. That's really the only way to properly "voice" your displeasure. However, the team gets so much money from revenue sharing, MLB Adavanced Media, etc... "fan money" is such a small drop in the bucket that it doesn't even matter......