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<t>Which brings us back to our owner. This organization is where it is, because of him. Is there a single person on this board who thinks we'll keep Bell? Are we going to trade him because we have talent pushing him off the roster, or is it because we will have to pay market price for his production...

<t>4E7B6C6C675E6C6C67606C090 wrote: You think those selfish, greedy, incompetent, carpbetbagging owners (not naming names) out there would ever give that one iota worth of thought?  Chances are, they'd keep it for themselves.  Or, himself.<br/> <br/> <br/> Yeah, and I'd be a bigger fan if I didn't h...

I think the salaries of any players who refuse to play should be divided up and paid to minor-leaguers who are prohibited from playing.

<t>A couple of guys from REM put the band together, and they really love the game. Cool stuff in their 3 albums. I love the Pirates' content, and it is fun to think that other fans of the game enjoy hearing about Doc Ellis like they do Ted Williams or Curt Flood. Some of the songs are great, but onl...

<r>Don't know if this has been discussed, but I love listening to The Baseball Project this time of year. Even if all their songs don't grab you this: <URL url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcg7A_-M-g%22%3Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcg7A_-M-g"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.youtube.com/watc...

<t>Want to see the pace of play stepped up? Call the actual strike zone and make a walk 3 balls. Pitchers can throw strikes, but how many 3-2 counts started out as 0-2 or 1-2 with 2 pitches way out of the zone? Get the umpires to aggressively call the defined zone as strikes, pitchers won't waste pi...

<t>646D65747A000 wrote: Well, filling in by trades is the main way of doing it, not signing FAs.   <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> You need a GM who can draft and develop and who doesn't lose trades as consistently as NH did.   I'll give him credit, he was able to extract value from dumpster dives more than...

<t>6A474A5B5C4D5A1A19280 wrote: Bobster, what if there was a two (or three) year rebuilding exemption? You could dip below but only for a set time.<br/> In a different thread I suggested that a payroll floor average be used for precisely this reason: to allow teams a chance to go through a rebuild. ...

<t>Color me VERY skeptical. I think Marte is a fantastic accessory talent, but not a foundational talent, so I do not have a strategic problem with the trade. I believe going to Arizona will be good for him, and wish him the best. The talent we received in the trade may well be elite, and so this co...