Red Sox/MLB Hot Stove Part 2: Lockout Edition - 6 games lost, 156 to go

[McGarnagle]

Sergio Mitre is a piece of living excrement

 

[CDJ]

JESUS, I did not expect to see that when I googled his name


Bad guy, bury under the prison plz

 

[EverettMike]

No way I was prepared for it to be that vile a crime. I wish I didn't even look.

 

[Fenway]

Sergio Mitre is a piece of living excrement

That is an understatement

 

[BradPark22]

Good Lord, there are no words...

 

[Mione134]

I wish I never looked up his name.

Rot in hell.

 

[Alicat]

Karma will get him.

I need brain bleach after looking it up

 

[Fenway]

Decision on LeLacheur Park looming for Lowell

A decision on whether to pay up to $30 million on upgrades to LeLacheur Park, former home of the Lowell Spinners (Short-A; NY-Penn League), to house a Boston Red Sox-owned MiLB team relocating from Salem is looming–and it’s not looking great for the Sox.

The game plan from the Red Sox when MLB downsized MiLB from 160 to 120 years was to let the Spinners down, lobby the city for LeLacheur Park improvements, and them move the Salem Red Sox to town. That LeLacheur Park would need a lot of work is not exactly a secret: it was built as a college/short-season ballpark, and it would need a big investment if Lowell wanted to pursue a return to pro baseball. How big, given the rising cost of materials and inflation, is beginning to be an alarming issue for a city facing its own economic issues. One incoming estimate from an incoming Lowell City Councilor now potentially sits north of $30 million; that’s up from the $10 million tossed about by city officials in late August 2021.

An investment of that size is unlikely to receive much support on the City Council, unless the Red Sox want to fund it.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

The surprising impact Jerry Remy had on Christian Arroyo

Arroyo takes criticism a lot more constructively than Price, which isn’t saying much now that I think about it.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Decision on LeLacheur Park looming for Lowell

A decision on whether to pay up to $30 million on upgrades to LeLacheur Park, former home of the Lowell Spinners (Short-A; NY-Penn League), to house a Boston Red Sox-owned MiLB team relocating from Salem is looming–and it’s not looking great for the Sox.

The game plan from the Red Sox when MLB downsized MiLB from 160 to 120 years was to let the Spinners down, lobby the city for LeLacheur Park improvements, and them move the Salem Red Sox to town. That LeLacheur Park would need a lot of work is not exactly a secret: it was built as a college/short-season ballpark, and it would need a big investment if Lowell wanted to pursue a return to pro baseball. How big, given the rising cost of materials and inflation, is beginning to be an alarming issue for a city facing its own economic issues. One incoming estimate from an incoming Lowell City Councilor now potentially sits north of $30 million; that’s up from the $10 million tossed about by city officials in late August 2021.

An investment of that size is unlikely to receive much support on the City Council, unless the Red Sox want to fund it.

Pawtucket has a perfectly good stadium just sitting there unused. Bring Salem to Pawtucket!!

 

[Fenway]

Pawtucket has a perfectly good stadium just sitting there unused. Bring Salem to Pawtucket!!

Word is McCoy will be torn down for a new high school

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Word is McCoy will be torn down for a new high school

What a travesty.

 

[Fenian24]

Word is McCoy will be torn down for a new high school

That absolutely sucks, I loved McCoy and it was where I saw my first pro sports event when i was 10. I know the neighborhood isn't great but that stadium and Pawtucket should always have a team.

 

[N o o d l e s]

It’s better than residential buildings at least

 

[N o o d l e s]

Wladimir Balentien Announces Retirement From NPB

Respect. Could have been a Hall of Famer in MLB but chose to go challenge himself.

 

[CDJ]

Wladimir Balentien Announces Retirement From NPB

Respect. Could have been a Hall of Famer in MLB but chose to go challenge himself.

Had a 60 homer season in Japan, can only imagine what he would’ve done in the bigs that year. 80+?

The true home run king

 

[EverettMike]

This thread's best bit.

 

[HockeyMomx2]

Robot umpires at home plate moving up to Triple-A for 2022, one step away from major league baseball

Not looking forward to this. As frustrating as it may be sometimes, the human element is part if the game. Not sure how much longer I will follow baseball once it hits MLB.

 

[CDJ]

Give me robots over Ron Kulpa every day and twice on Sunday

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

That absolutely sucks, I loved McCoy and it was where I saw my first pro sports event when i was 10. I know the neighborhood isn't great but that stadium and Pawtucket should always have a team.

The neighborhoods around McCoy are older and a tad run down but I don’t think they have much trouble/crime. St. Rays is right there and a public school that’s slipping my mind.

What Luchinno did to the PawSox is sickening. The fact they’re probably going to tear it down for a high school is sad.

They should use the stadium for high school championships (baseball and football) and work on getting a team back (since one should have never left).

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Not looking forward to this. As frustrating as it may be sometimes, the human element is part if the game. Not sure how much longer I will follow baseball once it hits MLB.

Im all for robots. MLB umps are some of the biggest assholes in professional sports when it comes to major league officials. Too many massive egos thinking they’re bigger than the game and making it about them.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

Royals Sign Colten Brewer
It seemed so much worse than a 4.98 ERA.

 

[sarge88]

Not looking forward to this. As frustrating as it may be sometimes, the human element is part if the game. Not sure how much longer I will follow baseball once it hits MLB.

After being at game 6 vs. Houston last fall, where Laz Diaz missed over 20 ball and strike calls, including missing a pivotal strike 3 by Eovaldi, I am entirely fine with balls and strikes being called electronically.

 

[HockeyMomx2]

Give me robots over Ron Kulpa every day and twice on Sunday

Im all for robots. MLB umps are some of the biggest assholes in professional sports when it comes to major league officials. Too many massive egos thinking they’re bigger than the game and making it about them.

After being at game 6 vs. Houston last fall, where Laz Diaz missed over 20 ball and strike calls, including missing a pivotal strike 3 by Eovaldi, I am entirely fine with balls and strikes being called electronically.

Valid points. I'm just being crotchety I guess.

 

[McGarnagle]

Give me robots over Ron Kulpa every day and twice on Sunday

Robot umps seem impractical, but after this guy, I'm all for it...