soxfan49

Olli Maatta blows

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Fixed

What a disaster

Keep Bowman now. He's a great drafter and he'll really hit some home runs on those s***ty picks he got in return.

Me? From a different planet? Listen to yourself. You defended Bowman ad nauseam in the Bowman vs Q debate, and shortly thereafter (and I could be mistaken), you slightly changed your stance by saying "well, I can see both sides." Now recently you fully backed Bowman again, only to now say "well he should get fired if he doesn't trade players." Stunning, really. ^^^

From defending Bowman to not defending him to defending him and now potentially not defending him all in a matter of, what, 7 months? You cannot make this stuff up

You...being...*gulp*...optimistic?

Got this dipshit and Seeler in the lineup along with Gustafsson but hey good thing they were in a rush to deal Jokiharju

Oh good, a 6th decent or good player in 10 years

There is pressure on every QB drafted high or acquired for a lot. Chicago, New York, Arizona. It doesn't matter

Are you saying Kyle Orton, Henry Burris, Kordell Stewart, etc would've been GREAT if it wasn't for the fans?

This is a loaded question. I mean, how much is the SS payout monthly? Is she careful or careless with her money? If the payout is $1,500/month and she only spends $750 of it, she can probably live very well for the rest of her life with no issue. Keep in mind SS can now be taken at 67 and even 70 now, not just 62 or 65. Just because she's inheriting 1M doesn't mean she will "need" to take distributions from it. If it's an IRA then yes but there are a few options- lump sum, 5 year or stretch IRA- but if it's a life insurance payout, she can simply take it and put it into a checking/savings. At that point I'd put some in a short term bond fund or a conservative mutual fund. Hell, even a CD isn't a bad option although the rates on those have declined over the summer.

Yeah I agree, although the contract isn't bad for a decent QB especially considering there's no guaranteed money left (if what I read is accurate)

Pretty average is a lot better than complete horseshit

I hate the Cubs

You are being laughed at. The Havlat/Hossa stuff is probably some message board nonsense that can't be proven. He would absolutely not have 10 calls within hours of his firing. Again: laughable. Bowman has little to do with these Stanley Cups. Aside from Debrincat, Shaw, and I guess Dach, who has he drafted (oh and Jokiharju and Teuvo who he stupidly traded for scrubs)? He's made terrible trades. He's given away horrific contracts. The guy is a dope and the coach he hired is even worse.

After initially taking Bowman's side in the Bowman vs Q battle, didn't you end up bashing Bowman? Now you're back on the idea that he isn't that bad? Bowman's a terrible GM. Drop it already

They're not going to get Carr and he'd be a back-up. I was hard on Pace and Nagy for their early January pc, but perhaps that was just a really good poker face. Carr is nothing special, but he certainly isn't the worst QB in football and that's music to my ears. My only fear is that Raiders fans can't stand Carr when he plays in big games. Even a Bay Area writer back in October wrote how Carr's play is good enough against mediocre teams but not even close against KC, etc. It's not like he had a poor cast in Oakland either. OL was great, weapons were decent, good RB. He also sucks in cold weather

Jeremy Trestman at it again Weird to say this when 7 months ago they gave up on Jokiharju. This franchise is becoming laughable

Good lineup, great bullpen. If they can find some starting pitching I think they'll be a damn good team

Scary thought- if the Padres go down 3-1 in the NLCS is he going to pack it in there too? Whatever, not my problem

Things going smoothly for Machado already. From the Athletic: No profession asks “what have you done for me lately” as often and as caustically as professional sports. Last season, Machado logged a .796 OPS, including a .653 mark between August and September. He fell short of Gold Glove contention. Although he denied that his effort waned as the season spiraled and the games became increasingly irrelevant, people in the organization saw cause for some concern. Machado’s teammates slumped along with him, but his compensation dwarfed theirs. As a result, outside of San Diego, he is no longer a consensus top-10 player. Yet there is plenty of reason to believe he could return to form. Machado has been an All-Star at age 21, 23, 24 and 26 and a Gold Glover in two of those seasons. He does not turn 28 until July. And before the final two months of 2019, he was sitting on an .863 OPS, having overcome a flat start at the plate. On Tuesday, he spoke of the benefits of a routine offseason. Unlike last winter, he did not have to balance preparation with the burden of free agency, and he reported to camp several days early for a position player. He looks noticeably leaner and more defined. When a reporter suggested as much, he offered a snappy retort. “Lose weight? Naw, man,” he said. “I’m swole as hell.” As he has before, Machado acknowledged he was coming off a desultory season. He spoke of learning from mistakes, of returning to fundamental baseball, of growing and trying to help those around him do the same, of finding his old, productive self. Yet he radiated confidence in his ability. He does not believe he will have to dig for it. “I don’t need to show anybody,” Machado said. “They know who I am. They’re still afraid of me when I step in the box, no matter if I’m hitting .300 or if I’m hitting .500. I’ve just got to go out there, do my thing, keep being the best player I can possibly be, the best teammate I can be. At the end of the day, it’s about winning ballgames, and with the ballclub that we have here, we’re confident that we can go out there and surprise a lot of people.