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    How much does winning and losing affect your fandom?

    I purchase the MLB package every year so I can watch Boston (can't get NESN where I live), and I would say that I am more of a Boston fan than a baseball fan. I start every season with optimism, but when they suck I stop watching. I still follow, but won't start investing time to watch until...
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    How Much Does Ownership’s Level of Spending Affect Your Fandom ?

    Ownership has consistently spent at around the cap level, frequently above it, I have no reason to believe that they are changing that paradigm. If, for some reason, this year, or next they are $20M or $30M below the cap, I don't think that makes them a "mid-market" team. In any case, the size...
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    The Red Sox Payroll Poll

    Ideally the team establishes a pattern where they take one massive (8-10 years) free agent contract about every 3 years, one large free agent contract (4-6 years) every year, have a development system has a reasonably consistent stream of cost controlled talent, trade from areas of redundancy...
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    Larry Lucchino to sell the Worcester Red Sox to Diamond Baseball Holdings

    Does anyone have a sense of the scale of the purchase? $5M, $50M, $500M, I have no idea.
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    X Leaves the Spot for San Diego: 11 years, $280M

    A reasonable counter would have been 10/225; it doesn't insult the $$/yr, just asks for more term and has wiggle room to move to 8/180. I've accepted low ball offers for things because I needed the cash, I've offered and had accepted low ball offers, I've had low ball discussions that were...
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    What does 2023 look like?

    And two games away from finishing fourth in the division and missing the playoffs entirely. I remember a Rockford Files episode where Rocky is looking at a fight cut on Jim's face and says "an inch to left and you would have lost your eye", Jim responds, "an inch to the right and they would...
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    Red Sox Rumors - Just Kidding

    he will be a 4-5 bWAR player (maybe more) for the next 5-6 seasons. Then he will drop down into the 3-5 range for about 3 more seasons, then be a 2-3 bWAR player those last couple The narrative that players after age 30-32 and are going to be decreasingly useful is flat incorrect. The low end...
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    Carlos Correa and the Giants agree on a 13-year, $350m deal

    The problem with these contracts isn't that the players performance fades like a nice sunset and last few years are inflation adjusted deferred cash. The issue, and frankly the most likely outcome, is that performance hits a binary cliff at age 32-35 and the team is carrying $25M - $30M of...
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