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Has SoxFest sold out? If not, they are missing a huge opportunity to sell tickets and make money if they wait until it has already started to announce this.

Yikes. That's the least amount of televised games I remember in a while. Luckily we still get the webcast though.

You need to hear Jeff Sullivan's rant about it on a recent Fangraphs Audio. It was pretty funny. He despises it.

Psh, this one wasn't a scoop, just a VERY good guess. And unlike Dan, my guess came true (except it's the deal I wanted the Sox to give him. ☹️)

Boom. Nailed another one.

Sorry, I didn't mean to call it a documentary. I came home and immediately watched a documentary on the band, and mixed my words.

Are the train systems generally safe in Boston? At least compared to Chicago? I avoid taking the trains in Chicago at all costs.

I've finally done it. Just took a shower and I am no longer wearing any White Sox t-shirts. If he signs tomorrow, you're all welcome.

Wow I really liked Bohemian Rhapsody. I knew a bunch of their songs, but really didn't know any of the backstory other than Freddie Mercury being gay and dying of AIDS. I found the movie fascinating and I've spent my time since coming home from the theater just watching documentaries. Rami Malek absolutely nailed it. Really, all of the casting at the very least looked spot on.

Free, and you just line up at the microphone. Last year I asked Hahn if my Rick Hahn shirt was a GREAT shirt or THE GREATEST shirt he's ever seen. And I recently tweeted out the video I took of me asking him if he anticipates blowing past the fabled $68M record contract next year (this offseason), where he revealed that they had offered 9-figure contracts in the recent past. I don't think I had posted the video anywhere last year, but then a Phillies or Yankee fan on twitter was talking shit recently about how the White Sox have never offered a contract over $100M and Hahn has never said as much, and lucky for me, I had EXACT video waiting for him.

If this isn't wrapped up by SoxFest, I wonder how annoyed Hahn is going to be by all the Machado questions.

I'm mostly excited to see what Bob and Buster have to say about this.

Hector Gomez liked the reply, as he continues to believe the 8 yr/$250M offer he reported.

And then whoever this guy is (1500+ followers) tweeted this minutes after Bob's tweet barrage. He's followed by both Bob and AG Sports Network....

To add to this... he's tweeted more... -- He retweeted a Philly writer who tweeted a mock line-up with Harper in it. -- He tweeted "It's down to two teams" with a gif of Harper doing "Shhhh" sign. -- He retweeted Jesse Rogers' quote from Maddon saying Harper is "not going to happen" -- He tweeted "It's on now #BryceSweepstakes" with Kevin Hart gif of "It's about to go down" -- He tweeted to someone who asked if they need to stay up tonight he said "Go to sleep. Rest up for tomorrow." So that's something to maybe monitor tomorrow. Interestingly, he liked a tweet earlier today where someone said the Yankees are lying in the weeds on Harper, and then he also retweeted a Ken Davidoff article from earlier today that said Harper and Yankees were a perfect match. I would be shocked if he's referring to the Yankees, and those two Yankees related things he liked/retweeted were from earlier today. The 7 things above were all just now.

I know people have strong opionions about Incarcerated Bob. I have no idea who the guy is other than having heard his name on the radio before and that he has 122K followers, including me right now in case he has any scoops. Well anyway, he just randomly tweeted these things.... IB BARKSDALE ? ?‏ @incarceratedbob 10m10 minutes ago More Bryce Harper time IB BARKSDALE ? ?‏ @incarceratedbob 10m10 minutes ago More It’s almost time @Bharper3407 The second one includes a gif of Rick Flair yelling.

The girlfriend and I, and my best friend and his wife are going to take a vacation to Boston at the end of May. He is going to be there for a wedding, I will be there just because we've always wanted to see a game in Fenway. Our current plan is to get an AirBNB just south of Boston in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. It's like a couple blocks from the Sam Adams brewery. Does anyone have any opinions on that area? Or places to go or things to see or places to eat? My girl and I are the more adventurous type. My buddy and his wife would rather find a bar and drink all day. We will have a rental car, they are going to Uber around, so it may not even be things for groups of 4.

I don't know how to word this, but how *severe?* is your autism? I know it can vary wildly, but the reason I ask is because would anyone even know if they met you? If not, then I wouldn't bother saying anything to her until maybe some point at the end of the 1st date. Because that might scare someone off if they overshoot the degree in which is affects you. And if you tell them at the end of the date, but the date went great, then they are less likely to care, and are likely to become more understanding of the variances in autism. The best example I can think of of someone who has autism that you would never know is the comedian Jim Jeffries. He didn't find out he even had it until he was like 40. On the other hand, one of my good friend's growing up has a brother who has it, and he never aged intellectually past a 6 year old. Obviously I don't have to tell you about autism, but just pointing out that if you tell someone you have autism, they may get wildly different ideas of what that could entail, and it could put them in a very weird position where even if they do take the date anyway, they will be weird about how to act. As far as the living at home thing, I would save that for the same conversation, because otherwise it's going to lead to a line of questioning where you either have to lie, or you have to say "I can't tell you right now" which is weird. And lastly, I wouldn't make too big of a deal out of it. They are either going to be cool with it, or they aren't. You can't really change them, and it's not worth it to try. You don't want someone that you have to talk them in to accepting you.

Yeah, that's the most fitting guess.

Is anyone else worried that when the Machado to the Sox news is announced, instead of 100% elation and excitement, part of it will just be relief and thinking "Fucking finally, now we can move on to the next target"? I hope Hahn gets a sweet deal in the end, but I feel a bit disappointed that this long drawn out and tedious process is sapping some of the energy and excitement I have for the signing. A month ago I would have lost my mind and texted everyone I know. Now, I will just breathe a big sigh of relief that I can stop wasting my entire day refreshing Twitter and worrying about the Phillies or Yankees swooping in. Anyone else?

I'll say that Machado signs on Friday, the start of the Cubs convention, because humor.

Well, they could be out because the Phillies have offered a deal that the Sox would never considering matching, not because they no longer want him.

Shit, you beat me to it. Well done.

I dunno, seems obtuse.

Big, if true.