Red Sox/MLB 2023 Spring Training Begins- Forbes says Boston Red Sox are worth $4.5 billion

[Seidenbergy]

If fans sent death threats to John Henry, they could never get in trouble because he'd deny they existed.

 

[McGarnagle]

If fans sent death threats to John Henry, they could never get in trouble because he'd deny they existed.

He probably traded his best bodyguards to Steve Cohen for a couple trainees too.

 

[CDJ]

It's probably someone in this thread

beat me to it


I saw enough in the first inning, this is a 102 win team

 

[Terrier]

Have the Red Sox ever taken on, say, the Univ. of Florida or Miami?

 

[GatorMike]

Ceddanne Rafaela took a walk.

That's a good sign.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

It's probably someone in this thread

Lolol how comical would that be.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

Red Sox sign slugger who hit 27 homers for White Sox in 2018 to minor league deal

The Red Sox have signed Daniel Palka (27 homers in 2018) to a minor league contract.

www.masslive.com

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Lolol how comical would that be.

I would actually find it sad.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

There are five plausible scenarios for how this could unfold:
1. Song defies the longest of odds and makes the Phillies out of camp as a reliever.
2. Song is unable to meet the loftiest goal — making a big-league roster in five weeks after not having pitched in three years — and the Phillies place him on waivers. If he clears waivers, he is offered back to the Red Sox for a $50,000 return.
3. Song shows enough in the next five weeks to make him intriguing, but too much of a project for a contending team to carry on its active roster. The Phillies trade him to another team better equipped to keep him in the majors. (The Rule 5 stipulations would still be enforced.)
4. Song suffers an injury while trying to return to pitching shape, and the Phillies delay a decision on him by placing him on the injured list (while adding him to the 40-man roster). The rest of the league, specifically Boston, would pay close attention to this hypothetical situation.
5. The Phillies attempt to challenge conventional business by citing a rare situation that buys them more time with Song.

 

[smithformeragent]

Twenty Years Later - June Doomed the '94 Red Sox Long Before the Strike Ever Did

The Red Sox held a 10-year reunion last week. There will not be a similar celebration honoring the team from two decades ago.

www.google.com

 

[CDJ]

75% he ends back in the org, 20% he ends up on a bottom feeder, 5% he makes the Phillies and stays on that roster all year (and that’s being generous)

 

[GatorMike]

 

[CDJ]

I dig it

 

[Mione134]

I get anxious watching it lmao

 

[GatorMike]

I dig it

I do, too.

 

[McGarnagle]

I'm intrigued to see just how much the pace quickens this year as a result.

 

[GatorMike]

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

It's beautiful.

 

[Johnnyduke]

It's beautiful.

Yes yes yes. About damn time.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Yes yes yes. About damn time.

I think its absurd, 6 seconds left and gets an infraction and the pace always slows in certain situations in baseball with runners on. Is Machado supposed to prepare for the pitch and get the sign from the dugout while having to watch that ridiculous timer (which still has 6 seconds on it)

 

[smithformeragent]

I’m somewhat intrigued and will throw on the Sox this afternoon.

 

[GatorMike]

I think its absurd, 6 seconds left and gets an infraction and the pace always slows in certain situations in baseball with runners on. Is Machado supposed to prepare for the pitch and get the sign from the dugout while having to watch that ridiculous timer (which still has 6 seconds on it)

It's a league where attendance and viewership are trending down, and the demographics are consistently trending older.

They need to do something.

In fact, they've needed to do something for quite a while.

 

[KrejciMVP]

It's a league where attendance and viewership are trending down, and the demographics are consistently trending older.

They need to do something.

In fact, they've needed to do something for quite a while.

I highly doubt someone on the fence about watching baseball is going to be ultra intrigued by a pitch clock violation. Would someone suddenly become a basketball fan bc they have a shot clock? If baseball is to survive then more investment has to be made in programs to find baseball players. In Montreal I remember all the baseball fields never getting any money but soccer fields did. Cheap gimmicks like a pitch clock are an exercise in futility and makes the league look more micky mouse just like the ghost runner at 2nd

 

[GatorMike]

I highly doubt someone on the fence about watching baseball is going to be ultra intrigued by a pitch clock violation.

Agreed.

But I also don't think they're ultra intrigued by 30 seconds of equipment adjustments, spitting, short walks around the pitcher's mound, and a half dozen practice swings between pitches, either.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Agreed.

But I also don't think they're ultra intrigued by 30 seconds of equipment adjustments, spitting, short walks around the pitcher's mound, and a half dozen practice swings between pitches, either.

how did you manage to watch baseball all these years if all the rituals annoy you. Nomar had his pre bat habits, never bothered me