I'm becoming a big fan of McCann, dude is a hell of a player.

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There is talent. They can hit.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Colome is a piece of shit? Didn't the guy strike out 3-4 hitters? Isn't this guy one of the best relievers in all of baseball?

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Do you really think he is one of the best relievers in all of baseball? I don't. And even if he were, I wouldn't have traded for him to close for a 75 win team so you could flip him at the deadline for a player who will never be anywhere near as good as Omar Narvaez.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I get it, Jorr. And I don't really disagree. However, the Sox bullpen was so unbelievably atrocious last year that they had to do something to shore up the back end. Guys like Covey and Minaya coming in to high leverage situations is absolutely a valid reason of why this team lost 100 games last season.

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The bullpen is atrocious again this year. I don't even know about the back end because they haven't really gotten to it in critical situations very often. But I'm not excited about Herrera and Colome.

And anyway, they're not really trying to win this season anyway. If they were they would have spent a little money and gotten a real starter or two and a corner outfielder. I think we can imagine a couple starters and an outfielder (not Harper) and how this team would likely be a contender in the Central if they were on the team.

I don't like throwing seasons away. I criticized the Cubs for doing it. Now I'm criticizing the Sox. You may never get another year of Machado/Anderson like this one and it's wasted just like all the great Sale seasons were wasted.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I think those couple starters were supposed to be Kopech and Rodon, possibly Dunning. The corner OF is Eloy.

The rebuild was to acquire young talent and that talent has to stay healthy and start playing to its potential at the big league level.

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I don't buy for a minute, Hahn put a team together to tank. On the flip side, I am not saying he put one together to win. And you can not tank if half the league is tanking.

Losing Navarez hasn't been as painful with McCann playing as well as he has been.

Hopefully it continues.

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Add in a resurgent Abreu and you really wonder what in the hell Hahn was trying to do with this year? He's just a half assed gm who still hasn't proven that he can draft, or sign ML talent.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

It's easy for these young guys to celebrate tanking. You and I only have so many summers left.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I'm not going to overthink why they are bad. They are bad and have been bad for a decade. Now they choose to be bad. They can call me back when they decide they would like to field a competitive team.

I don't watch Sox games right now. I watch a couple of players at bats and a couple of pitchers throw.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Well, the rebuild is in trouble for 3 specific reasons. Kopech, Dunning, and Rodon. I'm still extremely optimistic about the outfield, all 3 positions.

Also puzzled why Abreu wasn't extended over the winter.

So just Cubs games?

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The Sox are almost a .500 team with many injuries. They arent bad.

Look at how many games they've had against Kansas City, Baltimore, and Detroit. They're bad.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

KC and Detroit are in the division though. So plenty more to come.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

There are probably fans on KC and Detroit message boards excited for the same reason.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Best part is Cleveland possibly going into tank mode come July.

Because he's 32.

So...Welcome Jake Burger? Collins?

Yikes

Don't fool yourself

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FAR SUPERIOR

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beautiful!

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This really has turned into the movie Major League. I just don't see the same result happening.

The pen seems fine to me.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Huh? They knew they were getting nothing from Kopech and Dunning this year awhile ago. And this also ignores that Keuchel is still out there.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

It’s easy for dumbass young guys to celebrate it. Anyone who’s a fan of teams more than a fan of spreadsheets loathes it.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Seems like an odd day to post this considering Herrera’s 9th

Bummer and Fry have been pitching well lately though.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Sarcasm friend. The pen is no where close to fine.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."