MiddleCoastBias

I'm a little jealous of Mets fans right now. Oh, to have an owner that actually likes your team and fanbase.

Alas, "the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long."

Ah, plausible deniability! "Simon didn't say..."

I know we go through this every year, but isn't the joke/hope that we'll make a big splash the day before Thanksgiving? I know the Thome/Rowand trade was that Wednesday and I feel like there have been a host of others (maybe Dye?) Anyway, I say we sign Springer on Wednesday ?

Haven't you lost and welched on like 7 ban bets at this point? They'll welcome you.

So you're telling me that these owners have lied to me and that they DON'T lose money every year?? ?

This may be very naive, but I've never understood ownership structure and their motivation. Say JR owns a plurality but not a majority, so there are a bunch of other owners out there. We *only* hear JR's name out of all of the owners, and he's THE defacto owner popularly. Everyone assumes he makes the decisions and it's his team. I've been led to believe (rightly or wrongly) than owning a baseball team is also not a money-making venture after all of these owners cry poor. Why would minority owners want to own a portion of the team if they don't get a say in team decisions, don't get their name out there as the owner, and supposedly lose money or make very little? I know the easy answers are "power, clout, bragging rights, because they can", etc., but it just always surprises me that people want to throw around tens of millions of dollars for...... reasons.

I said it in another thread maybe a month ago, but I maintain the way to lock up Springer early in the process and avoid getting outbid is to get creative with player and/or team options. Think one (or two!) options on a 4 or 5 year deal. Gives him the certainty of getting paid now when the 2021 outlook and post-CBA world are very much in flux, and gives him an option to bail if he plays himself into a more favorable market in the coming years. Same goes for someone like Bauer (who likes betting on himself anyway). I think we see more creative contracts this off-season and hope we're leading the charge.

Maricopa Sheriff's dept right now https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/129e4f3d-283c-409a-8e16-91e6887a8f36

Never thought I'd say it, but I'm jealous of Mets fans right now. Hearing how Cohen has always been an ardent fan, has a chip on his shoulder to always being overshadowed by the Yankees, and being the richest owner in history and wants to build a contender *now*, they're primed for good years ahead. Good for them, their fans have earned a chance.

I hope this thread is deleted by the time I wake up tomorrow.

Hey don't sell them short, they have an MVP candidate in Ryan Tepera.

It always breaks my brain for a minute when I come back to ST and see a new thread with multiple pages and I assume news is breaking quickly, before I realize it's just a re-org thread

Ahem, on Soxtalk we refer to them as "sauces", thank you very much.

Personally, I've wanted to lay the ask out here for Not Steve/Portillos/Al's to use some code word in a tweet so we know they're reading this (which I think we all think they're poster(s) here). So yeah if they're reading this, please use "razzmatazz" in a future tweet. Please and thank you.

I can't wait for the report to come out tomorrow that Katz has already spoken with the pitchers and Grandal, just add more fuel to the board meltdown that TLR still hasn't spoken to anyone but his attorney.

This is a good sign. Wonder what kind of impact, if at all, this has on convincing someone like Bauer to come here as well.

The Sox' public comment days later comes out like a wet fart. Craig gets it.

This sucks for the players... because it definitely IS a distraction for them.

B-Mac chimed in on this. He's been VERY vocal about the cheaters, so to hear this (granted, one voice) may be telling. I understand he also has the luxury to say this as a former player that current free agents may not, but players are definitely thinking about this.

"In doing so, they sent two letters of the alphabet to their loyal followers: F (faith) and U (unity). I think that’s what those letters stand for."

George O'Leary famously "resigned" days after being hired by Notre Dame after it was discovered he lied on his resumé https://www.cbsnews.com/news/notre-dame-coach-resigns-in-disgrace/ More recently, Beltran was hired and fired by the Mets last year after the cheating scandal broke. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/mets-fire-manager-carlos-beltran-wake-astros-sign-stealing-scandal-n1116271

And Jerry for continuing to use him as a mouthpiece to fall on the sword while he sits quietly by.

I hit the laugh emoji on this because I'm at the point where I'm *so* pissed/frustrated/embarrassed/disappointed by this whole charade the front office is putting on so that all I have left to do is laugh.