Seriously? If you are going to post something, don't be too lazy to back it up.Too tired to copy articles, but I’m almost positive a CHB column said something to this effect.
Seriously? If you are going to post something, don't be too lazy to back it up.Too tired to copy articles, but I’m almost positive a CHB column said something to this effect.
They’re both heading to a very good situation. They should be happy.Mookie looked absolutely pumped. I think he resigns with the Dodgers. Price hasn't looked that happy in years.
Of course. Just my initial thoughts from that press conference are that there is probably a better chance that he resigns with the Dodgers than signing with the Sox.They’re both heading to a very good situation. They should be happy.
Good for you, turning down that last raise your boss offered you. The world needs labor that knows it’s place, amirite?There’s always a “But....” with Mookie. I love him as a player, and I don’t doubt his love of the team, but deep down he’s just another egotistical athlete who wants his big payday. He’d play in the North Pole if they offered 12/450. Good luck to him, but good riddance at the same time.
Seriously, I don’t get why so many people criticize talented people that want to get paid. The guy is one of the best handful of people on the planet at something that generates billions of dollars for team owners. It’s his right to go to the highest bidder when he’s contractually able too I applaud him for that. I think he’s handling this perfectly.Good for you, turning down that last raise your boss offered you. The world needs labor that knows it’s place, amirite?
How's the school system at the North Pole?Good for you, turning down that last raise your boss offered you. The world needs labor that knows it’s place, amirite?
Yes, for God's sake. Mookie needs to feed his children and that last couple tens of millions could be the difference.Good for you, turning down that last raise your boss offered you. The world needs labor that knows it’s place, amirite?
I am totally comfortable with the last act of David Price being a shout out to Big Lame James. Thanks for the 2018 WS and all, but I now close the book and put it back on the shelf.
I don’t disagree with up about Mookie - who can and should do whatever he wants - but I’m amused to see you standing up for free will in between lecturing us about the World Baseball Classic and how teams/players must be FORCED to change their schedules to participate.Good for you, turning down that last raise your boss offered you. The world needs labor that knows it’s place, amirite?
Sure, but so is people talking about them as if they have some kind of moral imperative to factor fan loyalty into their career decisions, or that it's unseemly for them to pick the highest bidder for their services, which is, if anything, even more ridiculous. Like every other free agent, Mookie Betts is 100% entitled to whatever criteria for picking his next home suit him. If he wants to pick the team with the coolest uniform, or the city with the best Thai restaurants, that's his call. And if he wants to pick whoever offers him the most money, that, too, is his call, and it says nothing whatsoever negative about his character. The only thing he owes Boston fans (or, in nine months, Dodgers fans) for their adulation is a sincere thank-you. Period.One of the best SOSH cliches is people talking about pro athletes like they're stitching seams at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
Totally agree.Sure, but so is people talking about them as if they have some kind of moral imperative to factor fan loyalty into their career decisions, or that it's unseemly for them to pick the highest bidder for their services, which is, if anything, even more ridiculous. Like every other free agent, Mookie Betts is 100% entitled to whatever criteria for picking his next home suit him. If he wants to pick the team with the coolest uniform, or the city with the best Thai restaurants, that's his call. And if he wants to pick whoever offers him the most money, that, too, is his call, and it says nothing whatsoever negative about his character. The only thing he owes Boston fans (or, in nine months, Dodgers fans) for their adulation is a sincere thank-you. Period.
I kind of agree with you in principle, but it's a slippery slope. If Curt Flood and Marvin Miller don't lead the charge, the owners are still paying ball players relative peanuts today in a system rigged to keep it so. It seems fair for workers to get the top dollar they can. Particularly in the interest of the fringe players who aren't hitting the Powerball/stupid-money/my-grandkids-won't-have-to-worry-about-anything-financially jackpot upon reaching free agency. Those guys are the ones for whom this argument probably matters the most.Yes, for God's sake. Mookie needs to feed his children and that last couple tens of millions could be the difference.
One of the best SOSH cliches is people talking about pro athletes like they're stitching seams at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
Me too. He's said a million times he was going to FA to raise the bar for the whole union. I don't know why this is such a hard concept for some people.Totally agree.
everything I’ve read seems to say
many of the things written assume
Has a credible news outlet actually written or said this?
Oh come on now.a CHB column
Man, I don’t begrudge you your feelings, but this is not my view, to put it mildly.There’s always a “But....” with Mookie. I love him as a player, and I don’t doubt his love of the team, but deep down he’s just another egotistical athlete who wants his big payday. He’d play in the North Pole if they offered 12/450. Good luck to him, but good riddance at the same time.
Mookie looked absolutely pumped. I think he resigns with the Dodgers. Price hasn't looked that happy in years.
And fans get to feel about him leaving, for a money difference he'll never really feel, however they choose. I personally don't begrudge him, but I'm also not fan of the Bob Ryan, you must be gracious to all returning former players, lectures(And I don't mean you, with that). It's a 2 -way street. He's free to go to the highest bidder, but it's unrealistic to expect every fan to be gracious and magnanimous about it. I'll cheer him when he comes to Fenway, but I understand those that may have a chillier response.Sure, but so is people talking about them as if they have some kind of moral imperative to factor fan loyalty into their career decisions, or that it's unseemly for them to pick the highest bidder for their services, which is, if anything, even more ridiculous. Like every other free agent, Mookie Betts is 100% entitled to whatever criteria for picking his next home suit him. If he wants to pick the team with the coolest uniform, or the city with the best Thai restaurants, that's his call. And if he wants to pick whoever offers him the most money, that, too, is his call, and it says nothing whatsoever negative about his character. The only thing he owes Boston fans (or, in nine months, Dodgers fans) for their adulation is a sincere thank-you. Period.
That article was strange because first it made it seem like if Brodie had agreed to deal McNeil, the deal could have worked, but then Sherman went on to point out that the Mets would have needed to send dead money back in Cespedes and/or Lowrie, kind of making the whole article pointless.Another thing: we just learned today he almost got traded to the effing Mets, but they wouldn’t include McNeil.
First, let me compliment you on this extremely relevant response to my post in particular and this thread in general. Definitely not a totally out-of-leftfield, completely ungermane drive-by post, no-siree.I don’t disagree with up about Mookie - who can and should do whatever he wants - but I’m amused to see you standing up for free will in between lecturing us about the World Baseball Classic and how teams/players must be FORCED to change their schedules to participate.
Jesus does that suck. They probably could have got a haul for him then.Dodgers discussed a trade of Mookie with DD last July.
View: https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1227709052479844352
Fenway in August/September would have been beyond ugly if that had played out. It's going to be bad enough this year even considering all the hope that normally comes along with Opening Day. Ownership better hope they don't start off slowly again this year...Based on the negative backlash of dealing Mookie after a whole off-season trying to trade out from under the CBT and getting nowhere, I can only imagine the epic shitstorm that would’ve resulted if DD had dealt Mookie after a winning streak at the deadline in 2019.
The Sox were in the middle of an 8 game losing streak at the deadline. But they were 15-10 in July 2 1/2 games behind Tampa and Oakland for the 2nd Wild Card slot. My point, yeah they were still in it but seemingly fading away. Although it never felt like they ever were ever in it really in the whole season. And an epic shitstorm is a pretty accurate summation of what would've happened after trading Mookie.Based on the negative backlash of dealing Mookie after a whole off-season trying to trade out from under the CBT and getting nowhere, I can only imagine the epic shitstorm that would’ve resulted if DD had dealt Mookie after a winning streak at the deadline in 2019.
The best one, however, is that if someone doesn't want to sign or re-sign IN BOS-FUCKING-TON, it's because he's an egotistical greedhead.Yes, for God's sake. Mookie needs to feed his children and that last couple tens of millions could be the difference.
One of the best SOSH cliches is people talking about pro athletes like they're stitching seams at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
Thank you, I'm honored.Can we lock this damn thread already please? It is already fast becoming, in the words of one of my favorite posters, "an epic shitstorm".