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  1. EdRalphRomero

    Anchor Investment or Distressed Asset? Where the Red Sox Fit in the FSG Portfolio

    I realize this is going to be a wildly unpopular post. But I do think we have to look at the weak correlation between spending and winning -- at least in 2023. Here is the Spotrac breakdown. Overall, it shows a weak positive correlation between spending and winning. And I stipulate up-front...
  2. EdRalphRomero

    The Red Sox Payroll Poll

    I appreciate the poll, and it is interesting to see the consistency in responses, at least as of this writing. I suspect we are in a realignment of the realities of free agency where free agent money is just not going to be able to buy you the caliber of player that it could previously. I will...
  3. EdRalphRomero

    What is next for BB?

    The odds are against it, in particular because of the record to be broken, but it would be an amazing ending if he wrapped things up at the Naval Academy.
  4. EdRalphRomero

    Not our Star Blazer: Yamamoto signs with the Dodgers for $325 million, 12 years

    It’s always the money, except when they say it’s not about the money…then it’s really the money.
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    Rhamondre Stevenson: High Ankle Sprain. Best Possible Outcome?

    Having just watched my 17 year old son take 9+ weeks to recover from a high ankle sprain I have no idea how anyone could play football this year. Now I recognize that high ankle sprains are all different, but my kid is just now able to do his sport mostly without pain almost 4 months later. He...
  6. EdRalphRomero

    Rafael Devers: post extension performance

    I mean…a .741 OPS over 77 PA is not really notable.
  7. EdRalphRomero

    The Sons and Daughters of Kate Bishop (archery)

    As with most great archers, I decided to take up the sport at the age of 48. I live in Connecticut, and my kids compete in the Nutmeg games (like a state Olympics only with a stupid name) in fencing. Well I decided I needed something for me so I went through the Nutmeg Game sports and landed on...
  8. EdRalphRomero

    Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

    And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost.
  9. EdRalphRomero

    What does 2023 look like?

    I'll say that I have been a defender of Bloom, "the plan," and John Henry. That said, at this point I lay this primarily at Henry's feet. I think I remember (but I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong) that it was clear DD was out the door when he gave Sale what I believe to be the most...
  10. EdRalphRomero

    Filling the Lyric Little Bandbox, 2023

    I do love this place.
  11. EdRalphRomero

    Team Mac or Team Zappe?

    I voted Mac. But I also voted Bledsoe so….
  12. EdRalphRomero

    Hansel Robles has been designated for assignment.

    This should fire up the hot stove
  13. EdRalphRomero

    Jeter out as Marlins CEO

    Now that Jeter has left, the Marlins will certainly be tested
  14. EdRalphRomero

    The Mainboard MLB Lockout Thread

    For what it is worth, I don't respond as well to Bernie's argument (which is probably not surprising as I am a capitalist). I think there is a much stronger argument to be made that the players salaries are artificially constrained. In a true capitalist system the players should be able to...
  15. EdRalphRomero

    How many official regular season games do you think the Boston Red Sox will play this season?

    It is amazing to me that the owners are taking this hard-line stance now. What follows is anecdotal, admittedly, but I see so few young people who care about baseball at all. When I was a teenager I watched every Sox game broadcast on TV, talked about it with my friends at school, and read...
  16. EdRalphRomero

    Build an All-Star team with just your initials

    C: Sherm Lollar (.264/.357/..402) - Sorry Sandy, I'll always love you 1B: Sam Leslie (.304/.366/.421) 2B: Steve Lombardozzi [the elder shitty 2b not his son the shitty 2B] (.233/.307/.347) SS: Sam Laroque (.249/.326/.328) 3B: Scott Livingstone (.281/.317/.369) RF: Sixto Lezcano...
  17. EdRalphRomero

    RIP MikeF

    So sad to read. I was one of the many that did not know Mike, but loved his reports. They were filled with everything I love about baseball. I hope his memory is a comfort to all who knew and loved him.
  18. EdRalphRomero

    AFC playoff chase 2021

    You really do have to give 2 to them
  19. EdRalphRomero

    Pats-Colts Discussion Thread

    Meanwhile JJ Taylor is still not practicing after being put on the Covid list 2 weeks ago right? This could have been his entrance but may be his exit.
  20. EdRalphRomero

    Red Sox player that you cared most about

    Jeff Sellers, and Rob Woodward. (honorable mention to the quickly traded Mike Brown). Fell in love with those guys in that magical summer of 86. I really didn’t know anything about baseball yet (other than I couldn’t hit one) and those guys were the saviors from the minors and the future...