There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Ok, we can cut the Sox a little slack.

...until everybody else needed to get paid.

I thought you were done with being a Sox fan anyway? You're doing an awful lot of posting about them for somebody who says this franchise is on their pay no mind list.

Hold up on the slack for a minute.

The conclusion reached by southsidesox in that story (and they do admit it is just them connecting dots) belies the story as told from RH own mouth.

I'll paraphrase: The Padres made their offer. KW AND JR sat down in a room on the Monday and had "a very frank" discussion with Lozano about the parameters of the Padre deal. The Sox submitted a counter chalk full of non guaranteed money that they deemed to be a superior contract. Machado signed the Padre deal.

That is straight from the horse's mouth.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

No, gd. You're just posting because you rant and rave and say you're done with the team like a PMS'ing woman when you know damn well you will attend more 2019 Sox games than just about anybody else on this board.

Have a link to that Hahn statement?

Sir's Score interview with Rick Hahn of I believe February 19. First hour of the show

No, gd. You're just posting because you rant and rave and say you're done with the team like a PMS'ing woman when you know damn well you will attend more 2019 Sox games than just about anybody else on this board.

They aren't in the baseball business.

They're in the making money and fucking fans business.

And they're fucking pros at it.

Why?

This doesn't make any sense.

I dont really understand why some fans take offense or are loathe to admit their owner is cheap.

The tribune was cheap with the cubs for a long time. I never shied away from admitting it.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Hold up on the slack for a minute.

The conclusion reached by southsidesox in that story (and they do admit it is just them connecting dots) belies the story as told from RH own mouth.

I'll paraphrase: The Padres made their offer. KW AND JR sat down in a room on the Monday and had "a very frank" discussion with Lozano about the parameters of the Padre deal. The Sox submitted a counter chalk full of non guaranteed money that they deemed to be a superior contract. Machado signed the Padre deal.

That is straight from the horse's mouth.

That article is hilarious.

Over the years, I think there are MANY things that the Sox have done on and off the field that are petty and cheap.

IMO, offering a player $250million guaranteed isn't one of those things.

They aren't in the baseball business.

They're in the making money and fucking fans business.

And they're fucking pros at it.

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

Sir's Score interview with Rick Hahn of I believe February 19. First hour of the show

Over the years, I think there are MANY things that the Sox have done on and off the field that are petty and cheap.

IMO, offering a player $250million guaranteed isn't one of those things.

That's one way to look at it.

Here is how I would look at it, if it were my team. You lost out on a great player over 50 million dollars spread over 8 years.

...until everybody else needed to get paid.

I thought you were done with being a Sox fan anyway? You're doing an awful lot of posting about them for somebody who says this franchise is on their pay no mind list.

[The agent gave the Sox an idea of the offers out there and where he expected the offers to end up (no teams or specific details mentioned). They were given Machado's idea of what he wanted in the contract. Lozano never said "Padres are offering 10/300m + opt-out, etc., can you match it" Sox made a counteroffer that they felt was fair to both team and player.

So the Sox had another opportunity to revise their offer (which they did), but never given the specific contract details of the Padres offer. Perhaps this is how it happens in sports negotiations, but an outside view leads me to believe the Sox did enough to bring him in. I don't blame Machado for taking the extra $50m, I just wouldn't have done the Padre offer if I was the Sox.

That's one way to look at it.

Here is how I would look at it, if it were my team. You lost out on a great player over 50 million dollars spread over 8 years.

That's one way to look at it.

Here is how I would look at it, if it were my team. You lost out on a great player over 50 million dollars spread over 8 years.

No, gd. You're just posting because you rant and rave and say you're done with the team like a PMS'ing woman when you know damn well you will attend more 2019 Sox games than just about anybody else on this board.

I dont really understand why some fans take offense or are loathe to admit their owner is cheap.

The tribune was cheap with the cubs for a long time. I never shied away from admitting it.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

The agent gave the Sox an idea of the offers out there and where he expected the offers to end up (no teams or specific details mentioned). They were given Machado's idea of what he wanted in the contract. Lozano never said "Padres are offering 10/300m + opt-out, etc., can you match it" Sox made a counteroffer that they felt was fair to both team and player.

So the Sox had another opportunity to revise their offer (which they did), but never given the specific contract details of the Padres offer. Perhaps this is how it happens in sports negotiations, but an outside view leads me to believe the Sox did enough to bring him in. I don't blame Machado for taking the extra $50m, I just wouldn't have done the Padre offer if I was the Sox.