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There is our bucket of water.

It is fun! It makes people feel good. It is a thank you to the die hard fans. The national media will piss on it no matter what. It would be for the people who attend Sox Fest and stalk Soxtalk.

Where Manny was recruiting Bryce!?

The Yankee front office were divided and out on Machado until the heard how Rick Renteria saw something in his eyes. "If he will hustle for Chicago, he will hustle for us!" said Fake Brian Cashman. Yankees plan to offer 1 million less than the Sox and are supremely confident Machado will be filling out their bench.

IF the Sox do not have something planned, the smart thing to do would be to throw water on the rumors. Instead they threw gasoline by having Yonder Alonso call season ticket holders ON CAMERA.

Maybe to reward the few thousand die hard fans that post on message boards and buy season tickets? Maybe to see fan reaction?

My page number guess is coming up. 462. C'mon Manny Machado!

Because RH asked that they announce it tomorrow to make a PR splash while the media is focused on Soxfest? Since they share a spring training facility and have a good working relationship, Dodger GM said sure Rick.

Sox hire a Manny Machado impersonator and send him to New York to throw us off the trail. Well played Brooks Boyer. Well played. Meanwhile, the REAL Manny has been staying with Yonder for weeks. They have the windows painted black and Yonder always brings home food for him. Miami Baseball Brotherhood

Great points. I want to be clear that I want Pederson on the Sox. wOBA is something I will have to look into. I agree that this seems more useful than OBP. Also, ROEs do not factor into OBP. There is value to putting the ball in play.

I agree with this. I see the point of batting average being less important than OBP. However, there are limits. Would you want someone with a .350 OBP and a .228 average or would you want a player with a .350 OBP and a .310 average? Walks do not score a runner from second base. Pederson has low strike outs though. That to me is a major plus. A ground out can advance a runner. A strike out doesn't (usually). I think those of us that hate low averages are traumatized by Adam Dunn era. If that makes me a cave man, I'm ok with that.

Why Miami Heat?

Miami Heat as in two huge free agents. As in Bosh/James? ???? Machado/Harper?????

56.3 career WAR. 19 seasons. 2.96 average per season. Rivera Stats

I think that comes from Yonder Alonso saying many surprises? Nothing at all points to Harper. All Manny.

Yonder seems cool. Need to get ready to order my Alonso jersey.

Manny should buy a ticket and sneak in in disguise. Raise his hand and ask Rick Hahn if the offer is still good and hold up a pen.

Seemed feasible until that. Don't get Van Dammed Rick.

Who? Scooter? Nobody calls him Abraham. His buddies all call him Scooter Zapruder. if they don’t, they should.

I don't disagree with your points. But another thing to consider is Manny Machado being happy playing for the White Sox. Pay him enough that he feels he's paid well for his services. Maybe that's what the Sox are doing here. Nobody will go 200 million for you. We will give you 230.

This is true. Wednesday makes sense for the most news coverage. Monday and Tuesday rumors. Wednesday morning maybe a new rumor. Radio talks about it all day. Wednesday afternoon just before the evening commute, big news hits. Radio has breaking news. 6&10 pm TV news has plenty of time to get good stories. Thursday newspaper headlines. Interviews on the radio. A press conference. White Sox Wednesday isn’t an accident.

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Mr. Reinsdorf calls up Philly. JR says let me tell you a story Philly. Christmas time and 2 daddys want dolls for their daughter. Only 2 dolls left. One putz tries to buy both dolls for $100. Next guy is pissed off and says I’ll buy both for $200. Bidding goes all the way up to $1000 for frickin dolls. They both end up getting one doll for $500. They could have both had one doll for $50. Gotta go. I have an appointment with a free agent 3rd basemen.

Manny Machado will just show up to Soxfest, then sign the contract on stage to rousing applause. It will be ceremonial. The real contract will have already been legally signed on D Day 1/14/19. That's how I'm going to imagine it today.