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not sure yet about Robert and Eloys on base skills. its pretty obvious they both have 40HR power. OBA and good base running in front of those 2 either from #9 or lead off will work out fine.

very similar players. I think NM will double PP's walk rate. Probably only half the homers though. if he ends up hitting 1st or 2nd he'll score about a million runs every year with our line up.

wasn't buffalo's park the first retro park even before Camden yards. I heard JR turned it down for new comiskey. hindsight is always 20/20.

Said the old crank at the end of the bar. Glug-Glug

Never a big Hawk fan, but it did make me laugh every time he talked about PK running the bases with a refrigerator strapped to his back.

Man, I'm on fire all of a sudden. I just matched my post total for the last 3 months!!

I think JR and friends paid about 12 million for the Sox.

don't worry. you can just ignore it like a lot of other people do.

We could if we were in florida, georgia, south Carolina...….

If vaccine is done and administered by 4-1-21, they'll have record attendance next year.

is Schaumburg going to play games against other taxi squads?

maybe he's got the corona right now. if so, he'd be nuts to try and play.

I actually liked watching Parque and Sirotka pitch. Neither one had a ton of physical talent, but they both knew how to pitch. Both guys would jam anybody at any time.

Baldwin, Parque, and Sirotka were our big 3. Yuck!

what kind of arm surgery did he have? any one know?

stockpiling high end young pitching prospects. always a good idea because 60-70% of them blow up.

Vaccine

He's actually worse than the owners.

When teams signed contracts they assumed fans would attend games and spend money. A 100 year pandemic has changed all that. Players want full pay for each game played, even though owners won't take in as much per game(TV money only). This is an unusual problem, but not an unsolvable one. If each side gave a little we could start playing July 4th. If not, both sides will be blamed. That won't be good for any one.

Could still get 80 games in. Give players 80-85% of full pay and play ball. I hate the owners, but they will lose 20-30% of revenue with out fans present. Players should be able to see that. Just compromise and get on with it.

wouldn't change a thing. Pitching depth is the most important thing to have for development and trades.

Sox did great in that trade. Indians and A's, not so much.

I'd make the trade. No telling when baseball restarts, and Franco is younger.

Arizona in July. They'll have to play games at 3 AM.

I agree with your take on this. I think they will end up having similar results career wise for OPS. They'll just have different abilities doing it.