I would be sad if it didn’t happen in your lifetime.Originally Posted by harmony
Maybe within my lifetime ... maybe not.
I was a hardcore Denver Broncos fan for 20 years but lost interest after the Broncos won back-to-back Super Bowls in the late 1990s. I don't follow the NFL at all these days.
Sometimes it's the journey, not the destination.
Or not.
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This is "the cliff" many of us spoke of.
9 Keepers
6-8 prospetcs called up
8-10 low cost free agents signed this winter, just to field a team and stay under the tax line.
This might be the opening day roster (with more than 7-9 keepers) with NO free agents signed:
SP: Price, Sale, ERod, Eovaldi, Johnson/Velazquez
RP: Workman (last arb year), Barnes, Hembree, Taylor, DHern, Brasier, Brewer/Walden/Lakins/Shawaryn
Poyner/ Reyes/ Weber/ Kelley
C: Vaz & Leon (at min salary) or Centeno
1B: Dalbec/Travis/Ockimey/Curletta (Chavis from 2B)
2B: Chavis & Marco (Maybe re-sign Holt)
3B: Devers
SS: Bogey & Lin/Chatham
LF: Beni
CF: Castillo/GHernandez/Duran
RF: Betts (if not traded)
DH: Pedey/Dalbec/Ockimey
No:
JD
Porcello
JBJ
Moreland
Pearce
Nunez
Wright
I think that's enough to get under the luxury tax line. (I'll do the math later.)
Maybe Betts or Beni will be gone and replaced by 1-2 cheap free agents on 1 year deals.
Last edited by moonslav59; 07-17-2019 at 04:38 PM.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I lost interest after the Denver Broncos attained the "ultimate goal" in consecutive years.
Perhaps I am fortunate that my life lacks a success void yearning to be filled vicariously by the onfield success of my favorite sports team. My happiness does not correlate with the wins and losses of the Seattle Mariners.
Generalizations have little value but ...
Red Sox fans tend to be visceral while Mariner fans tend to be cerebral. Sox fans revel in the instant joy of a win or a World Series title while Mariner fans tend to be problem-solvers entranced by the troubles of their favorite franchise. It's probably no coincidence that Dave Cameron and Jeff Sullivan went from amateur bloggers for the Mariners to managing editors at FanGraphs to jobs in the front offices of two MLB teams.
It must have been easy not following the sucky Broncos after their 2 wins.
I'm not sure I agree with your generalizations, since there are many cerebral Sox fans, many of whom have gone on to "heady" jobs in baseball.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Harm , That is kind of deep . I don't take this stuff all that seriously . I just want to have some peanuts , crackerjacks and enjoy the games . And it is more fun when the team is good .
Every sports fan is on their own personal trip. You do see mob behavior, but when you come on a message board like this you see that other fans all have their own personal perspective. That's why we argue so much LOL
I admit to deriving great satisfaction from the Red Sox run of championships. My profile as a sports fan is pretty simple. The Red Sox are the only sports team I have cared about long-term. Favorite teams in other sports were all short-term. And I was a Red Sox fan for 35 years before seeing them win a title. I was 48 years old before knowing what it was like to have my team win a championship.
It was quite a relief.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Ya. It's been obvious for some time that you consider yourself to be more cerebral than we Sox fans are. And more of an asshole at times, too!
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully
Was that necessary?
Diverse opinions are welcome here.
Ya. I should have deleted that part and just let the first part stand.Was that necessary?
Diverse opinions are welcome here.
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully
It's all good.
Or just added “or not”.
Like this:
Our resident mariners fan can be an asshole.
Or not.
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Nice.Every sports fan is on their own personal trip. You do see mob behavior, but when you come on a message board like this you see that other fans all have their own personal perspective. That's why we argue so much LOL
I admit to deriving great satisfaction from the Red Sox run of championships. My profile as a sports fan is pretty simple. The Red Sox are the only sports team I have cared about long-term. Favorite teams in other sports were all short-term. And I was a Red Sox fan for 35 years before seeing them win a title. I was 48 years old before knowing what it was like to have my team win a championship.
It was quite a relief.
The Sox have always been way ahead of my other sport teams' following.
I used to score the games by radio or try to watch them on my TV set on UHF Channel 38 all the way from Portland, Me.
I was a kid in Milwaukee during the Packer and Bucks championships, and they still have a place in my heart but no where near the Sox.
I played fantasy football for 3 years and won twice. They booted me out of the league by changing it to postal workers only. I think I lost my extreme love of the Packers while rooting for Emmit Smith and Gud Frerotte to score, score, score... The Pack and Bucks sucked for many years, but they've had their moments in the sun or partial shade.
I admit I've channeled much of my OCD tendencies to one thing:
The Boston Redsox!
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
RIP Pumpsie Green.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I think you're older than I am, but not by much. I grew up a few miles n. of you, and channel 38 almost never came in. So yes, it was Curt Gowdy on the radio. I too would score games, but my OCD brother, an early sabermetrician, developed a method of scoring (or heard of it?) and scored each game for a whole year using it. (And ditto on Pumpsie. It's a shameful reminder of the racism in New England that the RS were the last team of the big three sports to integrate [except for the still loathsome team from D.C. in the NFL]. I believe the Bruins had a black player before the RS did.)
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