JoeCredeYes

Hahahahahaha, yeah we're a special, special breed.

"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."

Maaaan, I kinda forgot ESPN used to have message boards, those were the OG trolling and gloat boards after any big win, simpler times. 38 years old, mostly lurker/sometimes poster. Lurked since '02-'03 and created an account after the series win to join in the celebration. Check in almost every morning with coffee.

I've been spending my nights burning through Sox re-tool simulations on Out of the Park Baseball 2022 to distract me from the lockout. If you're interested in this thread or franchise manager type games, I highly recommend it. You can start a sim from any year in history.

I'll never understand this mindset. I don't have any figures in front of me, but my armchair accounting would lead me to believe the tax revenues and payroll taxes from job creation have more than paid for the tax money spent on stadium construction over the years. The alternative is you play hardball like the idiot Mayor of Oakland that has apparently never heard of a dome stadium and you're left without a baseball team.

Anybody know? would love to see the quote, not seeing any mention in the top google hits.

Man, I want that group in a parade so bad, come back Los, come back!

The Sheets clip where he says "this place is wild" gives me goosebumps. WWF/WWE wrestlers have long cited Chicago as the greatest place to perform due to the crowd energy. Imagine if we didn't have the worst owner in professional sports history, JR has robbed this city of so much joy, there's a special place in hell for that mother fucker.

21 year old Boston fans have been alive for 12 major sports championships, they can all suck my ass.

I think @ChiSox59 just nailed why we're feeling that angst today @fathom really gonna sting if we can't win a playoff series with this roster

I want a Joc platoon, but I'm attempting to appease the masses here.

If they can get this deal, my Gavin Sheets mancrush can be placed on hold.

Would you accept a Kimbrel trade for Segura and a Chris Taylor signing with Sheets/Taylor/Vaughn/Engel platoon in RF if it means another cheap controllable reliever and a slightly better SP? I think that's all I can hope for at this point, I'll probably get nothing and like it.

Very curious to see how his market shakes out.

I'm a troll at heart.

Right, I'm advocating for Joc because I don't think Conforto is realistic or in the Sox plans and I think you can get his production for way cheaper, that's been my point all day. I think we're in clear agreement here on the needs and an improved RF defender would be great. I'm wearing my Rick Hahn hat here searching for ways to improve this team without spending in what appears to be a wild FA market.

You mean like sending your best LH power hitter to Charlotte on a team desperate for LH power hitters?

accidentally put RHP, edited to fix to LHP.

I just don't believe Conforto is the dude you think he is. He's a platoon player that has career Adam Eaton numbers vs LHP, not the kind of guy you give the first $100M deal to in franchise history. I've never contended that Sheets is the long term answer in RF, I contend that you can fix RF for next season without overpaying for Conforto. If you can get Conforto on a short term deal then go for it, long term terrifies me.

Check the numbers.

Which is why I hate to deal him now.

I contend that Gavin Sheets is currently a better hitter vs RHP than Michael Conforto.

Well there are, it just means Vaughn and Sheets platoon or get traded, which I'm not an advocate for as I'm high on both as long term pieces.

I'm not sure why everybody wants to give Conforto (who I believe is Nick Swisher 2.0) $100M+ but writes off Joc as bargain bin trash. There aren't enough ABs available on this team for Conforto and Joc can likely be had for next to nothing and can provide near Conforto production. 1-2 year deal gives you time to see on Cespedes and Colas. If I thought Conforto puts us over the top then I say go for it, I just don't think he does. Sure he's the best FA RF on the market, but I doesn't strike me as a game changing talent. Also, I really want to see Gavin Sheets ABs next year and I'm not scared to admit it. Joc + Chris Taylor please.

Call me old fashioned, but locking up half a billion dollars on your middle infield doesn't strike me as a solid plan to build a functional franchise.