Yeah, shame on us for posting memories of an epic meltdown thread, I totally forgot that we were talking about it on every other thread besides this one...
Yeah..I'm going to call b.s. on that one At BYTO we banned very few people and it certainly was never because someone who "respectfully disagreed" with anyone. Not that it really matters though and you are getting off topic...anyways back to epic meltdowns in message board history, who is next? Granny Baseball? Yarny?
There wasn't a low level of moderation at all, the mods (and the members as a whole) agreed to let that meltdown play out, it only got better, and better, and better. It actually brought the community together.
Yes, the Twins hate DeDuno so much that they gave him a good number of starts last year, then brought him back into the organization this year. Clearly. How did we all miss this?
Here are some highlights, obviously nsfw kinda http://www.picstation.net/show-image.php?id=5ee1cfa6c89c9036e07384718b7a9ef5 http://www.picstation.net/show-image.php?id=411026ad746adeb82b25fc7833470537 http://www.picstation.net/show-image.php?id=8992c334abb3035d2b5e650a46296163 I will figure out a way to post the whole thread later.
The meltdown happened and then the better meltdown happened once the better video was posted. Perhaps my favorite part is when he came back to the site as "justanotherfAn" the lawyer from Maine and we all played along knowing it was him all along since the IPs matched up. Also rocket pig can u just link us to the thread?
No...Boras wants more than a 1/13 contract for Lohse, which frankly, Lohse has earned. It really has nothing to do with the "13 mil a year" you are talking about, for example: Which is a better contract for him to take 4 years/48 mil (12 mil per year) or 1 year 13 mil?
Have you seen what pitchers are signing for these days? Also as a SP its really all about the length and total dollar amount, since they are always one pitch away potentially from ending their careers. Why should Boras be blackballed? He is the best at his job and looks out for his clients, the owners make **** loads of money, so I really have no issue with him holding out for his clients.
Boras is over the top,but I feel he does this so it gets picked up by the media and people look at what is going on, but he is absolutely correct, the current hard capping of draft picks etc is pretty ridiculous. There has to be a better way to allow teams who want to spend a little bit more money on the draft then others to be allowed to do so.
Oh yeah, NFL is a fools bet no matter what, though I have hit the NFC/AFC championships and the Super bowl the last 3 years somehow (its the only ones I bet typically as I am always in vegas around that time)