Jack Parkman

They are up against the luxury tax. It might as well be a salary cap. Don't underestimate the value of payroll flexibility.

It's fine if they're subjective, as long as my boss lets me know what he's looking for and if I'm actually accomplishing them. Even if the steps aren't measurable, as long as I know where I stand throughout the process and have some goals I need to reach to get there, I'm fine. It's all about communication. If my boss just wants me to do my job and leave them alone and have them make all of the decisions, that isn't going to work. The X Y Z stuff is kind of idealistic and is my "in a perfect world" type thing, and it would be really easy to hold that kind of job. I need to check in with my boss to make sure we're on the same page with stuff periodically. What I'm not going to do is put in 12 months worth of work with zero feedback. Feedback and clear communication is really important. Without those I get anxious and frustrated.

The fanbase will eviscerate Theo if they bring him back. They have Adam Dunn/Yonder Alonso levels of hate for Q.

Not necessarily, if steps and progress are clearly defined at the beginning of each project, I'm fine. I can work independently with those guidelines. If the project needs to be done in three months, With step X done after the first month, step Y done after month two, and the entire project done after month 3 that is fine. If you give me a project, and say " Have this done in 90 days" that would drive me nuts. If you say " Have this done in 90 days, and if you have X done in 30 days and Y done in 60 days you're pacing yourself properly" That works for me. The interim steps are necessary to make sure I'm on the right track. Those are the little things that help. Is that too much to ask? This is the task-subtask model that would help me greatly. If the task-subtask is too much, than a 1-1 meeting with my boss at the end of the month to go over what I've accomplished is ok. As long as I'm keeping my boss happy, and it is clear to me that my boss is happy, I'm fine. The biggest thing that drives me nuts is not sharing career advancement goals. Without that, my motivation is gone. Clearly defined. Goals. 1 year goals, 3 year goals, 5 year goals, etc. If you meet these criteria, then you advance. If you don't, you stay put. There is no arguing and no excuse making. Everything needs to be objective. When shit gets subjective, it drives me nuts. I'm fine working independently if all of these things are laid out at the start of the program/job. When the job itself becomes ambiguous and the performance measurement subjective, then it falls apart. I was able to motivate myself fairly easily in school and college because everything was quantifiable and I could measure my progress along the way. The one exception was my HS and college literature classes, because the grade was 100% subjective. The main reason I need these things is to give me peace of mind that I'm doing my job properly. Without them, I become deathly afraid that I'm getting fired tomorrow. I've had jobs where I got hired and fired within two weeks and I never saw termination coming. I thought the job was going well, and my boss never indicated anything was wrong. It has left me with PTSD about my jobs where I need reassurance that my boss is satisfied with my work periodically for peace of mind. Otherwise, every day I go into work with dread that I'm getting fired. All of these quantifiable things are a response to my PTSD with being blindsided with getting fired. If I know that it is coming, I can handle it. If I don't it is horrible.

Ok, so to clarify my issues with holding a job: This is how I roll: Every job is broken down into tasks and subtasks, and with the completion of each task there is a quantitative level of progress attached. Upon being hired, the tasks required for advancement are clearly defined. If you complete goals X, Y, and Z, you get A dollars. If you go above and beyond that, for X time frame, you get promoted/ a raise and extra responsibility. Numbers and time make sense to me. Clearly defined goals and steps make sense to me. It is insanity to go into a job, do it every day and hope that you're doing a good enough job to hold the position and advance. If those things are not clearly defined, the job is a complete waste of time and effort to me. Everything must be quantified, in both numbers and time. Without that, there is no reason to continue doing the job. It is why Uber Eats works well for me. I know that, on average, X number of deliveries gives me Y dollars. Those quantifiable numbers makes the entire thing doable. Without those quantifiable numbers, my entire motivation to work falls apart. I find it nearly impossible to motivate myself without a concrete goal and concrete steps to measure my progress along the way. To me, without those things, there is no purpose to your work, and there is no reward for your time and effort. They say that you have to "dangle the carrot" in order to motivate people. If you're always chasing the carrot, and never get to take a bite, it loses its effect for me. Without taking a bite of the carrot, the carrot might as well not exist. X amount of work and effort= Y reward. This makes sense to me X amount of work and effort = mystery reward. This is insanity.

I'm nowhere near a religious person, but Praise Jesus

He's probably going to miss the entire season. I wouldn't touch him with a 10 foot pole.

Not Dylan Cease. /thread

Kingman was one of Those guys that never walked but hit a ton of homers, right? He was before my time.

Enough so that the Sox can move him at the TDL. He has to show some semblance of plate discipline for that though.

You were saying???

Lol.

This inning is exhibit A for why the steal has declined in baseball. Most of the time it doesn't make sense.

Yeah, they're going to blow this one.

I remember how Bobby Jenks was only a fat fuck when he was blowing saves.......

He should replace it with a splitter.

McCann!!!

We know, but he asked him for his opinion. That still counts.

Sinkers=bad I don't understand why he took two guys with a + and ++ curve and gave them a slider. It's worked with Giolito but not so with Lopez. I think a lot of Giolito's problem with his curveball is that he lost the feel for it and can no longer throw it for a strike. It still has nasty movement.

Giolito wasn't a Cooper fix. Giolito fixed himself.

I always thought he was going to be worse this year, but I did think he'd resemble an MLB pitcher.

I want Coop gone. It is time. Ricky and Cooper can go. Cooper is a relic, Ricky just sucks.

^^^ I never thought he'd be this bad, but I thought he was a 4.2-4.5 ERA guy.

Lopez in 2019 is different than Giolito in 2018. Even with his lack of command, the opposition didn't hit Giolito all that much. Walks killed him, and he'd always give up his hits after walking 2 batters. Lopez is just getting lit up like a cheap Chinese Christmas tree

Lopez sucking this year is incredibly annoying.