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When do yo think the MLB regular season will start?

On time
- 1 (33.3%)
Late, but on or before April 15th
- 0 (0%)
April 16th through April 30th
- 0 (0%)
May 1st through May 15th
- 2 (66.7%)
May 16th through May 31st
- 0 (0%)
Jun1st through June 15th
- 0 (0%)
June 16th through June 30th
- 0 (0%)
After June 30th
- 0 (0%)
No Season
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: February 13, 2022, 10:41:25 PM


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Yankguy1

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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #60 on: August 04, 2018, 06:22:56 PM »

I posted my reasons about why I thought Britton wasn't a great move and in so doing acknowledged the "keeping him from a competitor" argument was a compelling one. Feel free to go back to them. Oh. You can't? Tough shit. Troll.
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #61 on: August 04, 2018, 06:25:30 PM »

Actually, you never did.
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« Reply #62 on: August 04, 2018, 06:30:47 PM »

Actually, I guess we'll never know. Troll.
 Perhaps you can find it on my Twitter account.
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #63 on: August 04, 2018, 06:32:36 PM »

You think Red Sox "needed" Eovaldi?  For what?

I am going on the premise that you did NOT think Yanks needed Britton (easy, since this is basically what you posted)

The 2 deals are identical, right down to the "we kept him from the opposition" stance.

I thought the Red Sox needed Eovaldi.

Didn't you?
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #64 on: August 04, 2018, 06:34:24 PM »

Say what, Cash?

https://weei.radio.com/blogs/rob-bradford/red-sox-send-message-yankees-brian-cashman

White Sox, Astros, Twins, A's. Phils, Mariners all play Sox tougher this year than NY
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« Reply #65 on: August 04, 2018, 06:35:59 PM »

Actually, I guess we'll never know. Troll.
 Perhaps you can find it on my Twitter account.

I will look

@onetitlesince00, right?
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Yankguy1

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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #66 on: August 04, 2018, 06:38:58 PM »

How'd you guess?
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #67 on: August 04, 2018, 06:48:10 PM »

alittle bit of added drama

alls well that ends well.

Eovaldi was a stud.
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« Reply #68 on: August 04, 2018, 06:55:09 PM »

You think Red Sox "needed" Eovaldi?  For what?

I am going on the premise that you did NOT think Yanks needed Britton (easy, since this is basically what you posted)

The 2 deals are identical, right down to the "we kept him from the opposition" stance.

The deals were not identical.

Britton was an established star closer, Eovaldi more of a lottery ticket starter.

Sox got priced out of the reliever market but could pick-up an end of the rotation starter who might be moved to the pen, or allow someone (Pom) to be moved to the pen.

Britton had a deep market

No one else wanted Eovaldi, which is why the Sox could get him.

and fwiw when I put forth the Ys keeping Britton away from Sox/Astro's was a tangible benefit, a return response disagreed with me.

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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #69 on: August 04, 2018, 06:58:31 PM »

Say what, Cash?

https://weei.radio.com/blogs/rob-bradford/red-sox-send-message-yankees-brian-cashman

White Sox, Astros, Twins, A's. Phils, Mariners all play Sox tougher this year than NY

Cashman sounded like Rex Ryan crying about the Pats.
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« Reply #70 on: August 04, 2018, 07:00:09 PM »

What I said was "while keeping a guy from another team" is always an argument and a compelling one, I prefer my to make trades based on what is needed and the Yankees didn't need to get a guy for whom the talent they gave up could have been used to get a guy they did need. But dammit, it's all on my Twitter page.
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« Reply #71 on: August 04, 2018, 07:03:54 PM »

You think Red Sox "needed" Eovaldi?  For what?

I am going on the premise that you did NOT think Yanks needed Britton (easy, since this is basically what you posted)

The 2 deals are identical, right down to the "we kept him from the opposition" stance.

I thought the Red Sox needed Eovaldi.

Didn't you?

It was obviously a great add.

What I thought isnt the issue
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« Reply #72 on: August 04, 2018, 07:06:09 PM »

What I said was "while keeping a guy from another team" is always an argument and a compelling one, I prefer my to make trades based on what is needed and the Yankees didn't need to get a guy for whom the talent they gave up could have been used to get a guy they did need.

I agree the Ys did not need Britton, they needed a starter, just like they did before the season started, so I assumed a part of Cashman's reasoning for acquiring a guy they did not need (Britton) and could afford, was to keep a needed asset from his competitors.

I do not recall you stating it was a compelling argument, but I do not possess perfect recall.
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« Reply #73 on: August 04, 2018, 07:07:21 PM »

Actually, I guess we'll never know. Troll.
 Perhaps you can find it on my Twitter account.

Closest I can come is Kid's complaining about the press being drawn to shit in their reporting about Josh Hamilton and your response to that.

I don't currently see anything archived from the AL forum later than 2012.
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #74 on: August 04, 2018, 07:10:20 PM »

What I said was "while keeping a guy from another team" is always an argument and a compelling one, I prefer my to make trades based on what is needed and the Yankees didn't need to get a guy for whom the talent they gave up could have been used to get a guy they did need.

I agree the Ys did not need Britton, they needed a starter, just like they did before the season started, so I assumed a part of Cashman's reasoning for acquiring a guy they did not need (Britton) and could afford, was to keep a needed asset from his competitors.

I do not recall you stating it was a compelling argument, but I do not possess perfect recall.
I always acknowledge and reject that argument. I don't think any team is good enough and wise enough to focus on another team's needs at the expense of their own.
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