Back To Bases
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Baseball. The Red Sox. And the vicious cycle of loving to hate them—and hating to love them.
Tito being back always brings mixed feelings for me. His departure was disgusting, and it’s a shame ownership still tries these same tactics today. I wrote about it here:
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Tito’s Return to Boston: A Reminder of How Little Has Changed
Fourteen years after the 2011 collapse, Terry Francona returns to Fenway—but the John Henry playbook remains the same.
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July 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Tito being back always brings mixed feelings for me. His departure was disgusting, and it’s a shame ownership still tries these same tactics today. I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/backtoba...
open.substack.com/pub/backtoba...
June 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
And Walker gives it all back and some
June 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And Walker gives it all back and some
Let me translate for you: “We couldn’t find alignment” means $250m left is a lot of money for a player who only bats four or five times a game and that’s it. Oh, and is clogging the one position that could give the rest of the team flexibility.
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Advocatus Diaboli: In Defense of the Devers Trade
Rafael Devers Is Gone — And That Might Be a Good Thing
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June 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Let me translate for you: “We couldn’t find alignment” means $250m left is a lot of money for a player who only bats four or five times a game and that’s it. Oh, and is clogging the one position that could give the rest of the team flexibility.
open.substack.com/pub/backtoba...
open.substack.com/pub/backtoba...
$250m is a lot for a player who bats four or five times a game and that’s it.
June 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
$250m is a lot for a player who bats four or five times a game and that’s it.