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When the Bulls signed Dwayne Wade and Rajon Rondo a few years back it nearly broke me as a Bulls fan. I didn’t watch a single game until after Butler was traded away. It it is ok to divorce yourself from a team, permanently or for a season or two. If they really make you miserable day in and day out, at some point that shit is on you.

I quit paying attention to the Bears and the NFL ages ago. It is quite possible to quit a sports franchise. I spend zero energy on that sorry team and couldn’t be happier. Continually threatening to do so while constantly whining on a message board says more about you than it is an indictment of the team. There are dozens of other sports teams you could invest in, yet you choose to remain miserable. Log off, flip on the tv, and find your bliss elsewhere, please.

I’m torn. I’d hate to give up Crochet, but a Crochet level reliever is probably easier to find again than a guy like McNeil that fits this teams needs like a glove. It’s a tough call but a move I’d probably make.

Nice to see that Manfred is busy firing journalists instead of negotiating with the MLBPA in good faith.

This team needs a legit starting PF IMO, but I don’t know how they acquire one without depleting it’s depth in a detrimental way. Interior D and rebounding are two big issues that could limit this team when it matters.

Is winning 60 games out of the realm of possibility? Perhaps. But there is definitely something special about this squad.

"This new era of players playing for the highest bidder will ultimately ruin the game. " Based on what exactly? Last I checked Baseball revenues have continually risen, and the players share hasn't, and the owners locked said players out because they don't want to share those higher revenues with the very players the create those revenues. So how exactly has "players playing for the highest bidder" aka trying to maximize their earnings during a limited playing career ruined the game? Baseball seems pretty popular to me. Lucas Giolito made $4,1500,00 last season and is still on his rookie deal. Not exactly a high priced player in today's game. I know you are stating your own opinions here, something you are completely free to do, but a little fact checking goes a long way.

Time will tell what exactly? Never mind, don’t answer, it won’t be based in factual evidence anyway.

Service Time manipulation is so commonplace that its discussed on message boards and on social media. Kris Bryant is an outlier in filing a grievance, but every single team considers when to start the service time clock on top prospects. Claiming it affects "relatively few people" is rather specious. Please point to any source of evidence that "the average player" feels well paid. Didn't you also purport that all players are millionaires? But suddenly they are worried about missing paychecks?

Bell seemed pretty useful on those Warriors teams, I'd love to see him stick here.

McCann's career years here got him paid. And frankly, good for him. As sad as I was to see him go, reacquiring him at this juncture makes zero sense. On top of giving away Eloy's massive untapped potential, injury concerns aside, in the same deal is just silly.

All I want for Xmas is a new CBA, with universal DH, a 3 game Wild Card round eliminating the “play in” game, and no more Manfred-ball gimmicks.

This is the ultimate outcome, and it's incredibly frustrating as fans because little changes for us either way.

Why aren’t you saying this about ownership? When is enough enough for the billionaires? I’m sorry but it’s pretty clear you are anti-player with these stances. I personally think the top end salaries are absurd, but that is what the market will pay. I don’t fault the players for trying to maximize their earnings during a very limited playing career. The owners are still making money off the players while the players are locked out. A lockout that was entirely unnecessary but voted for unanimously by billionaires who have no interest in negotiating in good faith.

The owners locked out the players because they don’t want to share a larger portion of the massive revenues the players generate. So the players should just concede any leverage to improve their situation to insure no one misses a paycheck?

How is the "average" major league player improving his situation under what the owners are offering?