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Yeah people do this and in the end it still hurts the same amount. Maybe not outwardly but on the inside Jack will be just as bummed as the rest of us. If people really believed it wouldn’t happen they wouldn’t be stalking this thread like the rest of us believers.

We have all been desperately pleading for action on this and now that it’s here everyone is like...we’re fucked there are people talking about others...the others will win this...Hahn screwed it up... ?

My man hector coming through with the comforting words that make half sense.

Hahn the pressure is on. Prove yourself now sir.

I actually have confidence that Hahn wouldn’t go quietly in the pursuit of Harper. He’s in this right now. I think.

Jim Bowden is like always wrong which is hard to imagine because I’m sure he has a lot of great connections to get good inside info.

Less income tax than California?

Dick Allen has endorsed JMR and teorey23.

If teorey23 is right he will be a legend that lives on forever in my heart and soxtalk lore just because he dropped in a couple times with a signing ?.

Teorey23 you are full of shit but I like you man. ?

Yeah it just doesn't sound right that Bryce would be going to the Giants. They will still suck and suck for a long time.

Totally but I never really believed the Sox would get either without being in some sort of bidding war. They are going to have to earn either guy I just never seen any one of htese two just falling in their lap at a discount.

I am totally up for a Harper decision either way. It will certainly set the wheels in motion for Machado and that will all be in Hahn's hands to pony up like he always knew he would have to do if he wanted to get either guy.

So it was an educated guess that it was the Giants? Hmmmm This could be quite huge news.

How many times do people have to have fun talking about him before you just laugh at their posts and not think, I should reply to them...

If they offer more money though I can't see Manny turning them down. Maybe Bryce would turn them down for less money but even that I highly doubt because he showed he was chasing the bag when he turned down the Nat's huge offer.

Philly would suck for a sports star though. Its like Chicago except the entire city is the southside. And I am from the southside so I can say that.

Lines up with McPhail's presser! It all makes sense now.

I personally live in a reality that I am aware that my favorite team has to overpay and pay more than a lot of other clubs for a prime free agent talent to come here. I am completely aware of this reality and I am at peace with it.

I wouldn't begrudge them for hitting that mark even though no one else is there yet, no I wouldn't. Because in the end it isn't proposing more money than they need to, its offering the amount that they need get it done before it gets all f'ed up by some other variable. If they are going to do that now instead of wait til later they can eliminate all the risk involved of losing out on him for around the same cost.

I think there are other threads to do that if you would like. But I don’t know why you would wanna do that! This is so intriguing!

My guess at 500 pages was that he would sign when we got to a thousand something but I can’t find what the exact number was...hmm.

So if the Heyman rumor is true and Manny is waiting on a deal that is in the $300 mil range I think I am more upset with the teams at this point. That figure isn’t outlandish considering what many thought the range might get into before this all started. As soon as Rick and other Gms found out they may be able to get a deal on this they are going to try and nickel and dime this to the end. That may wind up biting them in the ass in the end. IMO every team that went into the off season with an eye on him or Harper had to be thinking it would be in that 300 range at the very least.

You will take the negativity and like it.